ArtsBeat: What to Expect at CMJ

ArtsBeat: What to Expect at CMJ


ArtsBeat: What to Expect at CMJ

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT

Most CMJ performers qualify as indie-rock; there's collegiate-minded hip-hop, too.


EU Nears Ban on Animal Cloning

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:07 PM PDT

The European Union moved a big step closer toward a ban on cloning farm animals and a prohibition of imports of cloned livestock and their meat and milk.


Lady Thatcher treated in hospital

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher is admitted to hospital in London for an infection to be treated.


'Deadly clash' in Guinea capital

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:24 PM PDT

At least two people are killed and several injured in street clashes in Guinea's capital Conakry ahead of a presidential run-off.


Science cuts 'less than feared'

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT

The UK's core civil science budget will be cut in by less than 10% over the next four years, BBC News understands.


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Posted: 19 Oct 2010 10:02 AM PDT


Council agrees £146m savings plan

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:17 PM PDT

Coventry City council approves savings of £146m by 2014, which could result in up to 1,000 jobs being lost.


Dubai Says Hit Team Suspect Arrested In Canada

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:02 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai but offered Dubai police no information on the matter, the Gulf emirate's police chief said on Tuesday.


U.S. Soldier In Custody After Afghan Detainee Death

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been taken into custody after an Afghan detainee was found dead in his cell in the south of Afghanistan over the weekend, apparently from a gunshot wound, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.


Canada Halts Rate Rises, Downgrades Forecast

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Canada's central bank halted a string of interest-rate increases it started in June, warning that international currency tensions could hamper global recovery and forecasting slower growth than it had projected just a few months ago.


Clashes during protests in France

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT

More than one million people protest across France in a sixth national day of action against planned pension reforms, officials say.


EU proposes new Europe-wide VAT

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:46 AM PDT

The European Commission puts forward proposals for direct EU taxes on member states, including a possible EU-wide VAT.


Microsoft bets on cloud services

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:49 AM PDT

Microsoft takes on Google in wooing business customers with its next generation cloud-based product.


China Is Said to Halt Exports to U.S. of Some Key Minerals

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:29 PM PDT

An interruption of rare earth exports beyond Japan may signal Beijing's willingness to flex its growing economic muscle.


About New York: Landlord’s Sensor Knows When Toilet’s Blocked

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:34 AM PDT

Roberto Fata, 42, ushered his father, Gene, 80, and their rental property business into a new era of maintenance monitoring.


Militants attack Chechen parliament

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 10:02 AM PDT

MOSCOW - Militants attacked the parliament building in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya on Tuesday, setting off a gun battle that left six people dead and 17 injured.


Britain announces major military cutbacks

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 12:04 PM PDT

LONDON - Washington's closest ally unveiled its deepest military cuts since the end of the Cold War, with a cash-strapped Britain announcing Tuesday that it will withdraw thousands of troops from continental Europe, decommission warships, mothball an entire class of fighter jets and delay upgrading...



Iran's Khamenei says allies' sanctions are 'creating a division'

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:57 AM PDT

TEHRAN - In a rare response to increasingly tough sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that such measures appeared aimed at "creating a division" between the people and the leaders of the Islamic republic.


U.S. soldier in custody after Afghan detainee death

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:47 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been taken into custody after an Afghan detainee was found dead in his cell in the south of Afghanistan over the weekend, apparently from a gunshot wound, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.


Rash of Killings Grips Pakistan's Largest City

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Gunmen killed 16 people in Pakistan's largest city Tuesday, officials said, the latest victims in a surge of violence to grip Karachi and underscore the poor state of law and order in this U.S.-allied nation.


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