New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November was up 39 cents to $90.37 a barrel in morning trade after closing overnight below $90 a barrel for the first time since August 2.

The Nexus 7's 16 gigabyte model, powered by the latest generation of Android software is available to order at Google Play starting Tuesday and will hit store shelves on October 2.

 

Priced at 19,800 yen ($255), it comes in around half the price of the lowest spec third generation iPad available in Japan.

Two blasts targeting military buildings rocked central Damascus Wednesday, a witness and Syrian Television reported.

The blast in the upscale Abu Roumaneh neighbourhood was aimed at an Air Force headquarters that commands warplane strikes against rebel positions across Syria. Smoke from the attack was billowing across the city, a witness told DPA.

Sao Paulo (Brazil): World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out his second draw on the trot, signing peace with Levon Aronian of Armenia in the second round of 5th Final Masters in Sao Paulo.

With draws from two white games so far, it turns out to be a mediocre start for Anand, who is back to competitive chess after a four-month break.

Pattie Mallette was 18, living in a home for pregnant girls after years of unrelenting sex abuse and depression when she gave birth to a boy she thought she'd name Jesse, a boy whose first cry sounded like a song.

 

"Even in this pall of night, there is light", a Pakistani daily said Tuesday after young men and women in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad armed themselves with brooms, paint and brushes to clean up areas hit by clashes following protests over an anti-Islam film.

The judge investigating the death of poet Pablo Neruda Monday directed experts to prepare new reports to help him determine whether to allow the body of the Nobel laureate, who died 39 years ago, to be exhumed.

Specialists from the University of Chile will have to determine if the exhumation is necessary, Judge Mario Carroza told reporters.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistan government minister has personally offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who kills the man who made the anti-Islam movie that is drawing ire throughout the Muslim world.

Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour announced the bounty at a news conference Saturday, but he made clear to CNN he was speaking for himself and not as a government representative.

Japan protested to Taiwan, a day after it lodged a complaint with China over what it said was a similar intrusion by Chinese boats.

Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated sharply this month after Japan bought disputed East China Sea islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from their private owner, sparking anti-Japan protests across China.

Cairo (CNN) -- A leading figure in the Sunni Islam world called for fellow believers to respond to recent controversial portrayals of Mohammed -- which he said "spread hatred" -- just like the prophet himself would, "through patience and wisdom."