Football fiasco

Football fiasco


Football fiasco

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:01 AM PDT

The problem of selling half a million World Cup tickets


Six powers intensify Iran sanctions talks: envoys

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:51 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany are accelerating negotiations on a new round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, U.N. diplomats said on Thursday.


Obama sets Mars goal for US

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama says it should be possible to send astronauts to orbit the planet Mars by the mid-2030s.


UK extends ash air restrictions

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Restrictions on UK airspace will stay in place until 1300 BST because of a huge volcanic ash cloud, but some flights may run.


20 killed in Myanmar terror attack

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 07:48 AM PDT

At least 20 people have died and more than 70 others were injured after blasts ripped through the Myanmar city of Yangon, a Yangon Hospital official told CNN.


Europe faces prolonged air chaos

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:02 PM PDT

European air traffic controllers say flights could be disrupted for another 48 hours by ash spewing from a volcano in Iceland.


Polling ends in Sudan elections

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Polling ends in Sudan's first elections in more than two decades as presidential aide warns of riot risk.


Former Senior National Security Agency Official Is Indicted

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:05 AM PDT

Thomas A. Drake has been accused of providing classified information to a reporter in hundreds of e-mail messages in 2006 and 2007.


MoMA Performance Art Brings Bad-Touch Lesson to Life

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT

The Marina Abramovic retrospective, which features performers in the nude, has generated unwelcome behavior by visitors.


Signs of Pilot Error in Polish Crash

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:52 AM PDT

For a few terrifying seconds before a Polish jet crashed in western Russia on Saturday, its crew members knew they were about to die, said Poland's chief prosecutor on Thursday.


Seven foreigners killed in Kandahar blast: police

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:13 AM PDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven foreign workers, believed to be British, were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Thursday, a police official said.


British candidates face high-stakes TV debate

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:48 PM PDT

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A new era in British politics begins Thursday with the first televised debate between the three main candidates for prime minister.


Nose-dwelling leech species found

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:09 AM PDT

A new species of leech, discovered by an international team of scientists, has a preference for living up noses.


Brain 'splits to multi-task'

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

An inability to deal with more than two things at a time may be "hard-wired" into our brain, research suggests.


‘Rubber Rooms’ for Teachers Are Being Eliminated

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:27 AM PDT

The deal would do away with the ridiculed "rubber rooms" where teachers receive pay for doing nothing.


Continental Reopens Talks With United

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:35 AM PDT

Continental Airlines has reopened merger talks with UAL, United Airlines' parent company, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.


Deadly Blasts Hit Kandahar

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:13 AM PDT

At least two bombs rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least six people and injuring at least eight, while fighting in the north of the country left four German troops dead.


Malaysian Oil Giant Halts Iran Gas Shipments

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Petronas said it stopped shipping gasoline to Iran last month, adding to a growing list of firms that have taken action as Western pressure builds for fresh sanctions against the Islamic state over its nuclear program.


Dispute involving Manatt law firm, accused drug kingpin strains U.S.-Jamaica relations

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Last fall, the blue-chip law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips signed a $400,000 contract to lobby on behalf of the government of Jamaica, spending the next several months talking with the White House and other administration officials about why the United States should not extradite an accus...



Sit-in Grows in Central Bangkok

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

Anti-government demonstrators turned Bangkok's central shopping area into a tent city and vowed to make it their "final battleground."


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