U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties

U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties


U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Pakistan hold high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at reversing decades of mistrust, but tensions over issues from nuclear cooperation to security are still expected to taint relations.


N.Korean leader has chronic kidney failure: expert (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:16 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (centre) is seen inspecting the Huichon General Machine-Tool Plant in Huichon city in Chagang province of North Korea. Kim is suffering from kidney failure which requires dialysis and also has partial paralysis following a 2008 stroke, the head of a state research institute in Seoul said on Wednesday.(AFP/KCNA/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is suffering from kidney failure which requires dialysis and also has partial paralysis following a 2008 stroke, the head of a state research institute said Wednesday.



Pirates seize British Virgin Islands cargo ship

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:58 AM PDT

BRUSSELS -Pirates seized a British Virgin Islands cargo ship with a mainly Sri Lankan crew of 25 off the Oman coast on Tuesday, the EU's naval force patrolling the region announced.

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Budget to target soaring public debt (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (C) holds meeting at the Treasury. The government will unveil an eagerly awaited budget on Wednesday as it seeks to tame soaring public debt and shore up support with a general election just weeks away.(AFP/Pool/Leon Neal)AFP - The government will unveil an eagerly awaited budget on Wednesday as it seeks to tame soaring public debt and shore up support with a general election just weeks away.



More police sent to crime-plagued Ciudad Juarez (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:38 PM PDT

A Tijuana police officer stands next to seized marijuana during a presentation to the press in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, March 21, 2010.  According to the army, 4,718 kilograms (10,401 pounds) of marijuana were seized from a warehouse in Tijuana on Saturday during a joint operation with the Tijuana police and no arrests were made. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Jet planes loaded with 450 federal police officers arrived in this city, known as Mexico's murder capital, on Tuesday to bolster a federal force struggling to control violent drug traffickers.



US tells China to mull 'implications' of Google move (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT

A bouquet of flowers is seen outside Google's China head-office in Beijing, on March 23, after the US web giant said it would no longer filter results and was redirecting mainland Chinese users to an uncensored site in Hong Kong. The US cautioned that China must consider the AFP - The United States cautioned that China must consider the "implications" of Google's decision to effectively shut down its Chinese search engine because of censorship and cyber-hacking.



AT&T Wants Developers And Consumers To Optimize Bandwidth

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Telco plans to release tools to help application developers and customers use its wireless network e


Up From The Ashes

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green's "The Road From Ruin."


Resisting ObamaCare, Gandhi Style

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Americans will lose control over basic decisions if this law stands.


Finance For The People

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Getting regulatory reform right.


Finance For The People

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Getting regulatory reform right.


The Race Between Technology And Journalism

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Why the agile will inherit the media.


Marketing Is Being Devalued

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Leadership is about business, not communications, management.


Obama, Netanyahu seek to defuse U.S.-Israel tensions

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to ease strained ties but their talks yielded no sign of a breakthrough in the stalled Middle East peace process.


China newspaper accuses Google of helping U.S. intelligence (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese Communist Party newspaper accused Google on Wednesday of colluding with U.S. spies, and said the firm's retreat from China over censorship justified Beijing's efforts to promote homegrown technology.


Israeli official: Construction in East Jerusalem years away

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:36 PM PDT

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said Tuesday his government would take two years to implement plans to expand the East Jerusalem settlements in Ramat Shlomo, a plan that set off a diplomatic imbroglio with the United States when it was announced two weeks ago.


2 slain Mexican students memorialized

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:50 PM PDT

A photo on a Facebook page shows them dressed in black suits, white shirts and stylish ties. They're at some sort of dinner and they look straight into the camera, their young faces full of hope and promise and that assuredness reserved for those for whom the future stretches endlessly.


California AG moves to stop Jackson's doctor from practicing

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:01 PM PDT

The California state medical board will ask a judge to prevent Dr. Conrad Murray from practicing medicine in California while he is being prosecuted in Michael Jackson's death, according to documents filed on Tuesday with the court by California Attorney General Jerry Brown.


Deutsche, Moore Capital in UK insider trading probe (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:23 PM PDT

Reuters - One of the biggest insider trading cases to hit London in years cast a shadow on Tuesday on European banks Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) and BNP Paribas SA , as well as U.S. hedge fund Moore Capital.


Sports betting under review in Malaysia (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:20 PM PDT

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (pictured) has been quoted as saying by the New Straits Times that Malaysia plans to review proposals to legalise sports betting ahead of the World Cup finals in South Africa.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Malaysia plans to review proposals to legalise sports betting ahead of the World Cup finals in South Africa, a report said Wednesday.