2010 Games End With Wink, Smile

2010 Games End With Wink, Smile


2010 Games End With Wink, Smile

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:29 PM PST

Vancouver ended its time hosting the 2010 Olympic games on a light-hearted note, with a closing ceremony that featured floating moose, dancing Mounties and gigantic cut-out hockey players wearing the gold medals Team Canada had won hours before.


Turkey's rift deepens with latest military arrests

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:34 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on military officers accused of conspiring to topple a government they see fostering Islamist ambitions brings the country to a historic juncture and raises the prospect of deep social division.


Veterans revisit nuclear test site

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST

Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims.


Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST

Sylvia Smith looks at how the cactus is giving a depressed region of Morocco the chance to develop a profitable new industry in skin care products.


Militants destroy NATO oil tanker in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

Members of the Pakistani Hindu community celebrate the Hindu festival of color, Holi in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Pakistani militants have attacked a tanker carrying fuel to NATO and US forces in Afghanistan.



Veterans revisit nuclear test site

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST

Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims.


Prickly plant boosts Morocco's profits

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 02:59 PM PST

Sylvia Smith looks at how the cactus is giving a depressed region of Morocco the chance to develop a profitable new industry in skin care products.


U.S. State Dept's Steinberg heads to China, Japan

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - James Steinberg, deputy secretary of State and one of the Obama administration's leading voices on China, will leave for China and Japan on Monday, the State Department announced late Sunday.


Russia, Georgia reopen vital border crossing

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:14 PM PST

DARIAL GORGE, Georgia -The only usable land border crossing between Georgia and Russia reopened Monday after more than three years of closure, restoring a vital route between Russia and the strategic South Caucasus.

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Clinton adds Buenos Aires to Latin American tour

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:59 PM PST

SAN JUAN -US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added Buenos Aires to what is now a six-country Latin American tour highlighted by a solidarity, albeit shortened visit to quake-stricken Chile.

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Radio station for divorcees battles stigma in Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST

Egyptian radio presenter and divorcee Mahassen Saber listens to a radio program on her Internet-based station AFP - When her divorce finally came through after a painful four-year procedure, Mahasen Saber became the target of reproving looks and gossip in Egypt's conservative society.



Toyota chief visits China amid recall woes (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:31 PM PST

AP - Toyota President Akio Toyoda's visit to China to talk about his company's quality problems reflects the fast-growing Chinese market's importance to automakers as they struggle with weak global sales.


Millennials On The Move

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

Two new polls give us a glimpse into America's future.


2010 Games End With Wink, Smile

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:29 PM PST

Vancouver ended its time hosting the 2010 Olympic games on a light-hearted note, with a closing ceremony that featured floating moose, dancing Mounties and gigantic cut-out hockey players wearing the gold medals Team Canada had won hours before.


Japan agency 'sorry' after tsunami less than feared

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:34 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather agency apologised on Monday for "crying wolf" when it urged some 1.5 million people to evacuate ahead of a possible major tsunami, only to find the waves that finally hit were far smaller than feared.


HSBC chief set to donate bonus to charity: reports (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST

File photo of Michael Geoghehan, chief executive of HSBC, who will on Monday announce plans to donate his annual bonus of nearly 4 million pounds (6.1 million US dollars) to charities, reports said.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Michael Geoghegan, the chief executive of banking giant HSBC, will on Monday announce plans to donate his annual bonus of nearly 4 million pounds (6.1 million US dollars) to charities, reports said.



Chile minister says navy made mistake on tsunami (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:46 PM PST

Rosa Neira, 36, stands in front of a damaged house after an earthquake in Pelluhue, some 322 kms, about 200 miles, southwest of Santiago, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile's defense minister said Sunday that the navy made a mistake by not immediately issuing a tsunami warning after a mammoth earthquake, a step that could have helped coastal villagers flee to higher ground sooner.



Apple admits some plants using child labour

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 07:44 PM PST

SHANGHAI – The iPod you have just bought may well have been made using child labour.

Apple has admitted that some of its factories, many of them in China, have hired at least eleven 15-year-old children to work in three factories in the last year.

The discovery was

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EXCLUSIVE - China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:05 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global "champion", a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.


A Crisis Waiting To Happen

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

The problem with the Volcker banking plan.


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