Taiwan police say 800 arrested over phone scams (AP)

Taiwan police say 800 arrested over phone scams (AP)

Taiwan police say 800 arrested over phone scams (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:04 AM PDT

AP - Taiwanese police said Thursday they have arrested 800 suspected phone scammers in raids coordinated with police in China and seven Southeast Asian countries.


Mexico court defers abortion law to states

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Judges uphold state of Baja California's constitutional amendment that says life begins at conception.


Pakistani leaders discuss Haqqani allegations

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Political leaders hold all-party talks to address growing US demands on Islamabad to tackle armed networks.


Pakistani leaders to meet on crisis with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Indian Army officers salute during a wreath laying ceremony for the late Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria, in a military garrison in Srinagar September 29, 2011. Lieutenant Khajuria, along with another soldier and two policemen were killed late September 27, in a fierce gun battle with militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba, a Pakistan based militant group, in the forest area of Kupwara in north Kashmir, said the Indian Army's spokesman in Srinagar. Five militants have also been killed in the ongoing operation, added the spokesman. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY OBITUARY)Reuters - Pakistani political leaders hold all-party talks on Thursday to address growing American demands on Islamabad to tackle Islamic militants and the possibility that the United States might take unilateral military steps in the country.

European stocks edgy ahead of German vote (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:33 PM PDT

A man looks down as he walks past an electronic board displaying market indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - European index futures fell on Thursday ahead of a vote in Germany's parliament that is expected to approve new powers for the euro zone's bailout fund, but also underline the political divisions hampering efforts to solve the region's debt crisis.

US-Mexico governors conference languishes (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:03 AM PDT

AP - New Mexico is again the only U.S. state that sent its chief executive to an annual conference of governors from the Mexican and U.S. states along the border, fueling questions about whether the 30-year-old tradition has lost its way.


China grain prices to rise despite bigger harvest (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:34 PM PDT

AP - China's grain harvest will post its eighth consecutive increase this year but consumers will still face moderate price rises as supplies struggle to keep pace with growing demand.


Baseball Thrills With Rays' And Cards' Comebacks, Collapse By Sox And Braves

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:51 PM PDT

Across the span of four games in four cities, wildcard playoff berths were on the line for underdogs to snatch from teams that lost large leads and will watch the postseason on the sofa. It was a great finish for the 2011 baseball regular season and enthusiasm could spill over into a few related stocks. If these kinds of theatrics continue into the first round of the MLB playoffs, you could actually see higher sales than expected for the fourth quarter of 2011 at Buffalo Wild Wings and other eat-'em-up and drink-'em-up outfits like Chili's, owned by Brinker International, or Applebee's, owned by Dine Equity.


Pakistani leaders to meet on crisis with U.S.

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:18 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani political leaders hold all-party talks on Thursday to address growing American demands on Islamabad to tackle Islamic militants and the possibility that the United States might take unilateral military steps in the country.

VIDEO: Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Nesat

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Hong Kong schools, financial markets, and businesses have shut as Typhoon Nesat brought howling winds, squalls of rain and rough seas to the territory.


Oil near $81 ahead of Europe debt fund vote (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Protesters opposing the Keystone XL pipeline carry a mock pipeline in front of Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, before a public hearing began inside. Environmentalists and landowners, who held a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas through the sandhills of Nebraska, expressed concern about the pipeline's effect on the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast subterranean reservoir that spans a large swath of the Great Plains and provides water to eight states, while supporters of the pipeline, which include labor unions and business groups, held an opposing rally and spoke of jobs and development and energy security. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Oil prices hovered above $81 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders looked to Germany to approve a measure to strengthen a fund intended to help Europe overcome its debt crisis.

Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle Fire at a mass market-friendly $199.


Amazon's New Kindles Will Explode the E-Book Market

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Now that Amazon has priced Kindles under the sweet spot of $100 and has a low-priced tablet, expect the e-book market to explode.


The Most and Least Efficient MLB Teams of 2011

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:39 PM PDT

The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers have done it again. Unfortunately for baseball fans on Long Island and North Chicago, so have the Mets and Cubs. And while there was an unexpected surge in cost-efficiency in Arizona compared to 2010, there was an equally unexpected drop-off in cost-efficiency in Minnesota. With the exciting conclusion ...


Mexico court defers abortion law to states

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:39 PM PDT

Judges uphold state of Baja California's constitutional amendment that says life begins at conception.


VIDEO: Severed heads left at Mexican school

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Mexican police have found five decomposing heads left in a sack outside a primary school in Acapulco.


VIDEO: Pope statue sculptor defends his work

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT

A vast bronze statue of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome's main railway station has been criticised but its sculptor stands by his creation.


VIDEO: Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Nesat

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Hong Kong schools, financial markets, and businesses have shut as Typhoon Nesat brought howling winds, squalls of rain and rough seas to the territory.


VIDEO: Does Iceland still want to be in EU?

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:27 PM PDT

After its economy crashed three years ago Iceland launched a bid to join the European Union, but current opinion polls suggest some people's views have changed.


VIDEO: Severed heads left at Mexican school

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Mexican police have found five decomposing heads left in a sack outside a primary school in Acapulco.


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