VIDEO: Putin to address party congress

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• VIDEO: Putin to address party congress
• VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman
• Libyan fighters ready for final Sirte assault
• The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com)
• Heavy security in Bahrain for parliament elections (AP)
• Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com)
• France to 'extradite' Noriega to Panama
• VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman
• Hong Kong's 1st Apple store mobbed on opening day (AP)
• NASA says satellite collision 'imminent'
• US students convicted for disrupting speech
• Turmoil Hits Even Asia's Bastions
• The Secret to Berlusconi's Dolce Vita
• Farm to Massage Table
• Only In…Florence
• Hurricane Hilary blamed for 3 deaths in Mexico (AP)
• Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test (Reuters)
• VIDEO: Chavez returns after chemotherapy
• Top Groupon exec jumps back to Google
• Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test

VIDEO: Putin to address party congress Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:46 PM PDT Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is to address delegates of his United Russia party later today, amid speculation that he may announce if he will run for president in the 2012 election.

VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT Author Philip Pullman speaks to Matthew Stadlen about the importance of storytelling, whether he believes in God, why he doesn't think about his audience and his favourite book.

Libyan fighters ready for final Sirte assault Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:50 PM PDT NTC commanders rush to evacuate residents so that it may continue its advance on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown.

The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT Time.com - Chef Jordi Roca is already known for making pastries that taste like popularperfumes smell. Now he's reversing the concept with scents based on hisrestaurant's dessert list

Heavy security in Bahrain for parliament elections (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT AP - Bahraini police are staging a massive show of force across the Gulf island kingdom for highly charged parliamentary elections that Shiite-led opposition groups have vowed to boycott.

Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT Time.com - Competing visions of the causes of conflict and the terms of ending it cloud hopes for a breakthrough any time soon

France to 'extradite' Noriega to Panama Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:19 PM PDT Deposed leader serving seven-year sentence for money laundering is wanted at home over charges of human-rights abuses.

VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT Author Philip Pullman speaks to Matthew Stadlen about the importance of storytelling, whether he believes in God, why he doesn't think about his audience and his favourite book.

Hong Kong's 1st Apple store mobbed on opening day (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT AP - Apple Inc. opened its long-awaited first store in Hong Kong on Saturday, with thousands of fans of the computer and gadget maker pouring in on the first day.

NASA says satellite collision 'imminent' Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT Estimates of where debris from the defunct six-tonne UARS satellite might fall will be narrowed hours before impact.

US students convicted for disrupting speech Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:04 PM PDT Ten students to do community service for protesting against Israeli envoy's speech at a California university last year.

Turmoil Hits Even Asia's Bastions Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT The huge selloff in Indonesia and some other similar markets is a reminder of how quickly global capital flight can spread even to countries with strong economic fundamentals.

The Secret to Berlusconi's Dolce Vita Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:58 PM PDT He adores his kids, talks about his mamma, hates rules, tells jokes—he's the quintessential Italian, says Beppe Severgnini.

Farm to Massage Table Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:18 PM PDT Upscale spas around the country are using fresh, local and organic ingredients in delicious facials, massages and masks.

Only In…Florence Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT Four extraordinary experiences you can only have in this Renaissance city, from art-filled private passageways to a visit to an aristocratic perfume-maker.

Hurricane Hilary blamed for 3 deaths in Mexico (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:06 PM PDT AP - Hurricane Hilary moved away from Mexico's southwestern coast in the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm Friday, and search teams recovered the bodies of three fishermen caught in the storm.

Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:10 PM PDT Reuters - Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday.

VIDEO: Chavez returns after chemotherapy Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after having what he says was his final round of chemotherapy.

Top Groupon exec jumps back to Google Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:41 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO: Groupon revealed on Friday that the startup's chief operating officer was leaving after just five months for a job at her former employer -- Google. Margo Georgiadis quit for a post as president of the Americas for the California-based Internet giant. Georgiadis was vice president of global sales at Google before leaving in April to work at fast-growing daily-deals hotshot Groupon. "Groupon is a great company and I feel privileged to have worked there even for a short time," Georgiadis said in a note released by Groupon. "It was a hard decision to leave as the company is on a terrific path," she continued. It is the second time this year that Groupon has lost its chief operating officer. Turnover among executives has been cited as part of the reason the startup has delayed an initial public offering of stock (IPO). "As a fast-growing company, we've done a lot of hiring this year, including on our senior executive team," Groupon said in a blog post. "It would have been great if I could say that we batted 1,000 per cent, but that's rarely the case," it continued. Groupon has seen tremendous growth since it was launched in Chicago in November of 2008. Revenue climbed to US$392.6 million in the second quarter of this year from US$1.2 million in the same period in 2009, but the company posted a net loss of US$101.1 million as compared to a minimal profit of US$21,000, according to IPO paperwork filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In the same two year stretch, Groupon expanded into 170 new North American markets and 45 countries, according to the filing. The number of Groupon subscribers grew from 152,203 as of the end of June 2009 to 115.7 million at the end of the second quarter this year, SEC paperwork indicated. - AFP

Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:10 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday.

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