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

 

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

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This undated picture released by the Republic of Korea Navy shows a Pohang class Patrol Combat Corvette PCC-772 Chonan.
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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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Access to Mumbai terrorist creates rift between India, U.S.

Access to Mumbai terrorist creates rift between India, U.S.


Access to Mumbai terrorist creates rift between India, U.S.

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PDT

NEW DELHI -- India is demanding unfettered access to David Coleman Headley, an American citizen who pleaded guilty in a U.S. court last week to scouting targets for the 2008 terrorism attack in Mumbai.


Sports of The Times: If It’s All About the Journey, Cornell Didn’t Lose

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Kentucky's basketball I.Q. was on full display Thursday, but Cornell felt something the Wildcats never will.


In Upset, Allawi Bloc Wins Iraq Elections

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:14 PM PDT

The predominantly Sunni alliance narrowly edged out Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki's list to become the largest bloc in the country's next parliament, according to final preliminaryy results.


China's Vetting System for Acquisitions Moves Ahead

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:16 AM PDT

China's government is moving forward with a new system to vet foreign acquisitions of local companies for national-security concerns, officials and lawyers say.


Church-Van Crash in Kentucky Kills 11

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:26 AM PDT

A truck crossed a Kentucky interstate median and hit a Mennonite church van headed to a wedding, killing 11 people.


EPA Denies Arch Coal Permit

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:33 PM PDT

The EPA denied a proposal by Arch Coal to dig the largest mountaintop coal mine in Central Appalachia.


Militants Kill Two Israeli Soldiers

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The Israeli military says two soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with militants who were planting explosives along the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip.


Allawi's coalition wins Iraqi elections

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:07 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- The coalition of former prime minister Ayad Allawi has won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, according to final results released Friday.



'He raped me'

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:57 AM PDT

Victims of Catholic priest sex abuse talk to the BBC


Deadly crush at Uganda royal tomb

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:25 AM PDT

At least one person is killed and 10 injured as thousands gather at a Ugandan royal tomb, destroyed by fire last week.


Allawi's bloc wins most Iraq seats

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Iraqiya won 91 seats while Maliki's State of Law won 89.


Film: Greta Gerwig’s Breakthrough Performance in ‘Greenberg’

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Greta Gerwig, most likely without intending to be anything of the kind, may well be the definitive screen actress of her generation.


S. Korean naval ship sinks near border with N. Korea

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:25 AM PDT

TOKYO -- A South Korean naval ship sank early Saturday after an explosion tore a hole in its bottom near a disputed sea border with North Korea.


Challenger Allawi takes most seats in Iraq vote

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 12:33 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi's coalition won the most seats in Iraq's election, according to preliminary results on Friday, but the tight race foreshadowed long, divisive talks to form a new government.


South Korean navy ship sinks

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Emergency security meeting being held in Seoul to investigate the incident.


Allawi wins most Iraq poll seats

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's bloc has won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, final results show.


South Korean navy ship sinks

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Emergency security meeting being held in Seoul to investigate the incident.


Mugabe defiant on ending power-sharing dispute

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:35 AM PDT

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday he would only implement terms of an agreement he signed in 2008 with rival Morgan Tsvangirai if the West removed sanctions on his allies.


Tighter Rules Fail to Stem Afghan Deaths at Checkpoints

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:00 AM PDT

The pace of shootings by U.S. and NATO troops from convoys and at checkpoints has not declined despite new rules aimed at reducing the killing of innocents.


Top lieutenants

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Who is waiting in line behind Burma's Than Shwe?