Christian Pakistani minister shot dead in Islamabad

Christian Pakistani minister shot dead in Islamabad


Christian Pakistani minister shot dead in Islamabad

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:50 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, who has been calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law, was killed in a gun attack in Islamabad on Wednesday, a hospital official said.


Libyan volunteers eager to fight Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PST

New Libyan rebel recruits stand in formation during a training session after signing up with the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi  after signing up at a training base in Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 1 , 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - More than 100 Libyan men stood at attention, marched in place and chanted "God is great" before a squad of trainers in Benghazi, the epicenter of the opposition-controlled eastern half of Libya.



Taiwan, China bust joint kidnapping case (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:08 PM PST

AP - Prosecutors say a businessman from Taiwan who was kidnapped in China by a team of Chinese and Taiwanese gangsters has been freed.


Las Vegas Sands Reveals SEC Probe Into Macau Business

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:35 PM PST

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson's battle with his former head of China operations is attracting the inte


Families trapped in Cote d'Ivoire

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:57 PM PST

UN refugee agency says 60 families without food have been prevented from leaving violence-hit suburb of commercial city.


SKoreans to send Mideast protest video to NKorea (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:33 PM PST

A South Korean anti-war protester gives a flower to an army soldier during a rally against South Korean activists who  launched propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, at a main gate of Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. South Korean activists say they will continue launching propaganda leaflets toward North Korea despite Pyongyang's threats to fire at South Korean border towns in retaliation.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korean activists vowed Wednesday to send propaganda material into North Korea including footage of protests in the Middle East despite its threats to open fire on the South in retaliation.



Mobility Seeds The Cloud

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:08 PM PST

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Why I Won't Write About Charlie Sheen Again (Until I Do)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:41 PM PST

But after watching Sheen's interview this evening on 20/20, I'm feeling queasy. To me, Sheen came ac


Tech's Sales Future - Media

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PST

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Why We Gossip about Charlie Sheen

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:48 PM PST

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Libyan rebel army prepares for war

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:34 PM PST

Ragtag units gather and organise themselves to march on the capital, Tripoli, still under Gaddafi's control.


U.S. forces to target Taliban returning to Kandahar (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PST

U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company smoke while riding on the back of a vehicle in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Beefed up U.S. security in southern Afghanistan will make it difficult for the Taliban to reintroduce forces into their Kandahar stronghold when the spring fighting season begins, a top general said on Tuesday.



17 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:15 PM PST

A state police officer runs during a confrontation with members of a gang in the neighbourhood of Casa Blanca in Xalapa, State of Veracruz, Mexico, in January 2011. US law enforcement agents have arrested 678 gang members from 113 different organizations, including 13 linked to drug trafficking groups in Mexico, an official said here Tuesday.(AFP/File/Antonio Palacios)AP - Soldiers on Tuesday unearthed 17 bodies buried in two clandestine graves in the southern state of Guerrero and authorities said they were searching for more.



Report Details How Saudi Royals Cream Off Oil Revenue

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:12 PM PST

Reuters report gives delicious detail on Saudi handouts to royals.


The New White House Report on Women, and What We Have to Stop Complaining About

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:55 PM PST

Today, on the first day of Women's History Month, the White House released a new report entitled Wom


You're on Your Own

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:12 PM PST

You're On Your Own: A Solution to the Social Security Crisis Lies in Giving Americans the Incentive


Charlie Sheen Audience Exploding on Twitter

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:23 PM PST

What a day on Twitter for Charlie Sheen! In just a few hours since joining the social networking ser


Paris collections get off to a minimalist start (AFP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:47 PM PST

British designer John Galliano (C) leaves a police station in Paris. The fall-winter pret-a-porter collections in Paris got off to a minimalist start, overshadowed by the furore surrounding Galliano after Dior said it will sack its chief designer after a video surfaced showing him insulting cafe patrons and declaring AFP - The fall-winter pret-a-porter collections in Paris got off to a minimalist start, overshadowed by the furore surrounding John Galliano at Christian Dior.



College Aid Announcements Sign of Predictable Change

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:21 PM PST

Two years ago I wrote an article for Forbes, Billions in Merit Aid Up For Grabs, in which I shared s


Silicon Valley Tour of VC Backed Nanosys

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:43 PM PST

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