New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com)

New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com)


New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Italians are increasingly turning to the Internet to challenge thetraditional media outlets long dominated by Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi's government


Chile tsunami costs Japanese fisheries $68 mln (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT

A fisherman checks cultured seaweed on the sea off the coast of Shizugawa port at Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, on March 1, a day after the area was hit by a small tsunami triggered by a massive Chilean earthquake. The Pacific-wide tsunami caused $68 mln of damage to Japan's fishing industry, a report said Saturday.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)AFP - The Pacific-wide tsunami generated by the massive undersea earthquake off Chile's coast last month caused 68 million dollars of damage to Japan's fishing industry, a report said Saturday.



Pakistan's Chief Justice Takes on its Political Class (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Iftikhar Chaudhry is making life difficult for Pakistan's political leaders in a battle whose outcome could have have profound implications for the country's fledgling democracy


China adding missiles near Taiwan - U.S. navy official

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:18 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - China has added long-range missiles near Taiwan and leads the self-ruled island in military defences, a U.S. navy official said, suggesting that Taiwan may need new F-16 jet fighters.


Mubarak set to return to Egypt

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:51 PM PDT

President to return home in next two days following surgery in Germany, paper says.


Burma stages landmark army parade

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Thousands of soldiers have taken part in Burma's annual Armed Forces Day parade in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.


Burma stages landmark army parade

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Thousands of soldiers have taken part in Burma's annual Armed Forces Day parade in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.


S Korea warship sinks near North

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:26 PM PDT

 

South_Korea
This undated picture released by the Republic of Korea Navy shows a Pohang class Patrol Combat Corvette PCC-772 Chonan.
SEOUL 

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Allawi in coalition talks after slim win over Iraq PM

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:57 AM PDT

BAGHDAD -Former premier Iyad Allawi was to begin talks on Saturday to form a government after his bloc edged out incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in declared results from Iraq's election.

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China has suspect in Japan tainted dumplings case (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:26 PM PDT

AP - China has detained a man suspected of poisoning frozen dumplings that sickened at least 10 people in Japan two years ago, which caused a food safety scare in a key export market and further hurt foreign confidence in Chinese products.


Chinese Industrial Profits Soar

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 05:21 PM PDT

Profits at China's major industrial enterprises more than doubled in the first two months of this year from a year earlier, as profitability returned to levels last seen before the financial crisis.


Opposition arrests in Venezuela

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:19 PM PDT

Two high profile opposition figures have been arrested in Venezuela.


Opposition arrests in Venezuela

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:19 PM PDT

Two high profile opposition figures have been arrested in Venezuela.


Athletes Zoom Downhill in Woks

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 06:14 PM PDT

Originally cooked up as a TV stunt, wok racing has become popular among some of the top German bobsledders and lugers, and has its own annual championship.


S.Korean navy ship sinks; North link "unlikely"

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:18 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president ordered an investigation on Saturday into the cause of the sinking of a navy ship near the disputed North Korea border but officials said it was unlikely to have been the result of an attack by Pyongyang.


BA cabin crew start four-day strike (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:50 PM PDT

BA cabin crew launched a four-day strike Saturday, the second wave of action in a week as part of a bitter, long-running dispute over pay and conditions.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - BA cabin crew launched a four-day strike Saturday, the second wave of action in a week as part of a bitter, long-running dispute over pay and conditions.



BA crew members begin second strike

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:55 PM PDT

A second four-day walkout is part of dispute over pay and conditions.


S.Korea warship sinks near North's border

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:26 PM PDT

South_Korea
This undated picture released by the Republic of Korea Navy shows a Pohang class Patrol Combat Corvette PCC-772 Chonan.
SEOUL 

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Six killed on Gaza border as Netanyahu mulls US pressure

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:29 PM PDT

JERUSALEM – Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers died in clashes on the Gaza border on Friday, an army general said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consulted his security cabinet on US pressure on settlement building.

"An officer and a soldier were killed and

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6.2-magnitude quake strikes northern Chile

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:53 AM PDT

SANTIAGO – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Friday, one month after a massive quake devastated the country's south central region, though officials reported no immediate victims or damage.

The quake struck at 10:52 am (1452 GMT) 605 kilometers (375 miles) north of

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