News - aePiot http://aepiot.com/ aePiot - latest news - NEWS from around the world en 2012 aePiot.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:07:26 GMT Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:07:26 GMT 3 Ore. mushroom pickers rescued after 6 days lost (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0300 This undated photo provided by Karanda Williams shows Daniel and Belinda Conne. The couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after they got lost while picking mushrooms and survived six days deep in the Oregon coastal forest, taking shelter part of the time in a hollowed-out tree. Belinda and Daniel Conne, both 47, and their 25-year-old son, Michael, were spotted by a helicopter pilot and later flown to a hospital. Curry County Sheriff John Bishop said Daniel Conne suffered a back injury, Belinda Conne had hypothermia, and their son Michael had a sprained foot. All three also were dehydrated and hungry. (AP Photo/Karanda Williams)AP - A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead.


]]> Navy: 8 Calif.-based sailors discharged for hazing (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0300 FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2005 file photo, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) steams off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia while conducting humanitarian assistance, Eight sailors have been discharged from the Navy after video surfaced of a hazing incident aboard, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship that included the choking of a fellow sailor, a Navy spokesman said Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-e, File)AP - Eight sailors have been discharged from the Navy after a hazing incident aboard a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship that was captured on video and included the choking of a fellow sailor, a Navy spokesman said Saturday.


]]> Gingrich says he's staying in GOP race (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0300 Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up with front-runner Mitt Romney by the Texas primary in early April.


]]> Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:55:00 +0300 Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.


]]> Wen says China has stake in helping Europe (Reuters) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:44:00 +0300 Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:36:00 +0300 U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden speaks with Sharon Bryant (not pictured), owner of S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.


]]> Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world (AP) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:06:00 +0300 Workers examine damage at the Embassy of Syria in Canberra, Australia Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A mob of 50 men ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after another six Syrian embassies were attacked in Europe and the Middle East following Syrian forces reportedly killing more than 200 people in the city of Homs, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob McGuirk)AP - Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire.


]]> Olympus to hold shareholder meeting on April 20 (Reuters) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:05:00 +0300 Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban (Reuters) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:07:00 +0300 Romney sails to easy win in Nevada (Reuters) http://aepiot.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:23:00 +0300 U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.


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