Apple laptop user has "vultures" lawsuit dismissed (Reuters)

Apple laptop user has "vultures" lawsuit dismissed (Reuters)


Apple laptop user has "vultures" lawsuit dismissed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Reuters - A federal judge has dismissed a plaintiff's lawsuit against Apple Inc that accused company employees of waiting like "vultures" to spy on her every time she used an Apple laptop to access the Internet.


Factional clashes in Pakistan's Karachi kill at least 17 people (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Rival ethnic-based political factions have clashed in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi and at least 17 people have been killed, reviving worries of the return of the violence that plagued the city in the 1990s.


North Korean torpedo 'sunk warship'

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A North Korean submarine's torpedo sank a South Korean navy ship on 26 March causing the loss of 46 sailors, an international report has found.


Factional clashes in Pakistan's Karachi kill at least 17 people

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:48 PM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - Rival ethnic-based political factions have clashed in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi and at least 17 people have been killed, reviving worries of the return of the violence that plagued the city in the 1990s.


North Korean torpedo 'sunk warship'

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A North Korean submarine's torpedo sank a South Korean navy ship on 26 March causing the loss of 46 sailors, an international report has found.


College students stabbed in dorms in south China (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Knife-wielding men stabbed nine college-age students at a vocational school in southern China, breaking into their dormitories after a dispute at a food stall hours earlier, local media said.


Lessons From Japan's Trade Policies

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:17 PM PDT

China could take a tip from the easy access Japan granted foreign businesses.


Thai government extends curfew

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Emergency measures to remain in place for the next three days as PM pledges to restore order.


College students stabbed in dorms in south China

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:02 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Knife-wielding men stabbed nine college-age students at a vocational school in southern China, breaking into their dormitories after a dispute at a food stall hours earlier, local media said.


Singapore's GDP soars 16 percent in first quarter (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:54 PM PDT

AP - Singapore revised up its first quarter economic growth to a blistering 16 percent as manufacturing, finance and tourism roared back from last year's recession.


Thai government extends curfew

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:42 PM PDT

Thailand's government extended its curfew until Sunday morning, as violence continued in the country besieged by anti-government protests.


In China, Kong Challenges Coke And Pepsi

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:38 PM PDT

The Taiwanese company has conquered the tea market and is gunning to ramp up the rest of its beverag


Cameron on the Continent: A Euroskeptic Meets Europe (Time.com)

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Once staunchly anti-Europe, Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron is meeting with leaders in Paris and Berlin, and bringing with him a softer, more amicable attitude towards the E.U.


Sunken S.Korean warship overshadows Clinton Asia tour (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:33 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the new START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty on Capitol Hill May 18, 2010. North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship is set to dominate Clinton's Asian tour after she leaves Washington on Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship is set to dominate US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Asian tour after she leaves Washington on Thursday.



Seoul: N Korean torpedo sank ship

Posted: 19 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT

Investigators say torpedo fired by North Korean submarine sank Cheonan in March.


Oil Trade With Iran Thrives, Discreetly

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Companies like Shell and BP continue to do a brisk business buying Iranian oil products. But they keep a low profile, hiding their ships' movements—even though the deals are perfectly legal.


China Risks Little in Backing Sanctions

Posted: 19 May 2010 06:32 PM PDT

Beijing didn't have to trade a key interest in Iran—oil and gas—to support the U.N. sanctions draft announced this week.


BYD's Electric Taxis Hit Shenzhen's Streets

Posted: 19 May 2010 09:01 PM PDT

Even private companies maintain close ties with the government, providing BYD a test ground for its


Chinese Firm Angles For Cleveland Headquarters

Posted: 19 May 2010 08:52 PM PDT

The municipal government would buy millions of dollars in LED lighting from Sunpu-Opto in exchange f


Japan, US to end base row: reports (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2010 08:51 PM PDT

A US Marines helicopter takes off from the US Futenma base in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture, April 24. Japan and the United States plan to settle a row over a US airbase this month, largely in line with Washington's wishes, reports said Thursday, a day before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Tokyo.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan and the United States plan to settle a row over a US airbase this month, largely in line with Washington's wishes, reports said Thursday, a day before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Tokyo.