VIDEO: Workers struggle after E.coli scare

VIDEO: Workers struggle after E.coli scare

VIDEO: Workers struggle after E.coli scare

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Spanish farmers lost millions of euros worth of business when Germany initially blamed cucumbers in Spain for a fatal E. coli outbreak.


China inflation at near three-year high

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Inflation hits 34-month high at 5.5 per cent, powered by rising food prices and commodities.


Japan city to give radiation counters to children (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Japan's Fukushima city will hand radiation measuring devices to all children aged between four and 15 for three months from September to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant, an official at the city's education board told AFP.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away.

Britain cannot defend Falklands: 1982 commander (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:31 PM PDT

File photo of a field artillery battery firing during a military exercise at Mount Pleasant British base, Falklands. Military cuts mean Britain would be hard put to defend the Falkland Islands from another Argentine attack, the commander of the naval task force that recaptured them exactly 29 years ago said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Daniel Garcia)AFP - Military cuts mean Britain would be hard put to defend the Falkland Islands from another Argentine attack, the commander of the naval task force that recaptured them exactly 29 years ago said Tuesday.

Amnesty urges Malaysia to arrest Sudan leader (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:26 PM PDT

AP - Rights group Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Tuesday to withdraw its invitation for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, or arrest him if he turns up for an economic forum.


Air Canada to continue to operate during strike (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The union representing customer service and ticket sales agents at Air Canada Inc went on strike after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the country's biggest airline.


Dalai Lama mistakes Australian PM for a man (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gestures while speaking at Parliament House in Canberra on June 14, 2011. Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard confirmed she will not meet with the 75-year-old Buddhist during his current tour of Australia.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - It may be just as well that the Dalai Lama has given up his political role after the revered Tibetan spiritual leader Tuesday referred to Australia's female prime minister as a man.

German Student Creates Pool Playing Robot

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

A Master's student in Germany has created a robot capable of playing a decent game of pool.


Attention Couch Potatoes: Turn Off TV For Your Successful Retirement

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:43 PM PDT

Watching too much TV and too much time on the net can lead to more than being overweight. It can al


Something for Everyone: Why Turkey's Vote Is Good for Democracy (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Erdogan fell short of a supermajority but that is likely to be envigorating for the country's parliamentary democracy


Pilot killed as blimp crashes in Germany (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:18 PM PDT

Rescuers carry a coffin at the airfield in Reichelsheim, central Germany, early Monday June 13, 2011. An airship crashed in Germany and caught fire Sunday, June 12, killing the pilot. The DAPD news agency reported that police said the aircraft's three passengers were able to escape unharmed from the accident Sunday evening near Reichelsheim, outside Frankfurt. The airship was returning from an appearance at a local music festival. There was no immediate word on the cause of the accident (AP Photo/dapd/Mario Vedder)AP - Police say a blimp has crashed in Germany and caught fire, killing the pilot.

Pakistan removes paramilitary chief over killing (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:37 PM PDT

This television frame grab taken from Awaz News channel on June 10, shows a paramilitary soldier holding an assault rifle to the neck of unarmed Pakistani youth Sarfaraz Shah (L) moments before he was shot dead in a public park in Karachi.(AFP /Awaz News/Ho)AFP - Pakistan's military removed the chief of the paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday over the filmed killing of an unarmed man in a public park that shocked the nation.

Australian forces receive 'very many' abuse claims (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:19 PM PDT

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith (pictured) has admitted that the government had received AFP - Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith said on Tuesday the government had received "very many complaints" of sexual and other abuse within the military, as new rape allegations emerged.

The Best And Worst Cities For Jobs This Summer

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT

Employers in all 50 states expect the bleak employment picture to perk up during the three-month per


Product Review: Informatica Addresses The Impending Big Data Challenge With Release 9.1

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:52 PM PDT

Big Data Emerges As A Challenge In A World Of Unstructured Data Proliferation Data volumes continue


Romney Wins GOP Debate - Media Training

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:44 PM PDT

http://www.tjwalker.com http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com Analysis of the GOP New Hampshire Deba


Japan to compensate nuclear victims

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:24 PM PDT

Relief at nuclear operator TEPCO as cabinet approves bill to compensate thousands of people effected by Fukushima plant.


Australia's boom lures new wave of European immigrants (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Reuters - About 100 men in their 20s and 30s, filled a conference room at a Dublin hotel last week to hear a migration agent describe the personal fortunes waiting to be made a world away in the booming mining towns of the Australian outback.


India, Sri Lanka resume ferry after 28 years (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

A passenger ferry began operations between India and Sri Lanka for the first time in 28 years after a previous service was disrupted by the island's ethnic war, officials said.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)AFP - A passenger ferry began operations between India and Sri Lanka for the first time in 28 years on Tuesday after a previous service was disrupted by the island's ethnic war, officials said.

Special report: Australia's big dig for foreign workers (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:51 PM PDT

Bangladeshi Mohammed Monirul Islam works at the Karratha Aluminium Welding in Karratha April 19, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Lucille Lievaux, a 25-year-old French geologist, commutes to work on a plane, a 1,300-km journey from Australia's Indian Ocean city of Perth to the mining town of Karratha, a smudge of suburbia on the continent's barren northwest coast.

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