Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:15 PM PST

AP - Two prominent Lebanese politicians debating the unrest in neighboring Syria have exchanged blows on live television, in an indication of the deep divide between Lebanese factions over their relationship with Damascus.


China vulnerable to asset bubbles, warns IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:04 PM PST

Reuters - China's biggest commercial banks face systemic risks if a combination of credit, property, currency and yield curve shocks that could be withstood in isolation were to occur together, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.


Meet Me At The Corner Of Mises & Jane Jacobs!

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PST

About three years ago Adam wrote about the the story of I?On Village, a New Urbanist development build about a decade ago five miles outside of Charleston,??and the difficulties that Vince Graham faced trying to build it. For one, the project had to be scaled down in some pretty significant ways: [The developers] worked to ...


New York police evicting 'Occupy' protesters

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:39 PM PST

Anti-Wall Street protesters camped in Manhattan park since September say police have begun moving them off the site.


VIDEO: Police close Occupy Oakland camp

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:50 PM PST

Police have shut down a camp set up by Occupy Oakland protesters in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza just a day after 50 people were arrested in a similar clear-out of a camp in Portland, Oregon


VIDEO: Change at the top for Spain?

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Spain's governing socialist party seems to be heading for its worst ever defeat in this week's general election.


VIDEO: 110-carat yellow diamond 'to fetch £7m'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST

Auction houses in Geneva are defying Europe's economic problems by holding their annual jewellery sales and one of the world's rarest and biggest diamonds is on offer.


VIDEO: Herman Cain stumbles in Libya remarks

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:11 PM PST

US Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain struggles to answer when the editors of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ask if he agreed with President Obama's policies toward Libya.


Egypt court clears way for ex-NDP candidates

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:52 PM PST

Court ruling allows former members of Mubarak's National Democratic Party to run in Egypt's parliamentary election.


VIDEO: 110-carat yellow diamond 'to fetch £7m'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST

Auction houses in Geneva are defying Europe's economic problems by holding their annual jewellery sales and one of the world's rarest and biggest diamonds is on offer.


VIDEO: Change at the top for Spain?

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Spain's governing socialist party seems to be heading for its worst ever defeat in this week's general election.


Monti seeks backing from Italy's main parties

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:51 PM PST

Mario Monti prepares for crucial day of political wrangling in bid to secure cross-party consensus for economic reforms.


Forerunner of Libyan army deployed in militia feud (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:38 PM PST

Derrin Smith, an advisor to the U.S. government's inter-agency task force on MANPADS (man portable air defence systems), holds up a factsheet on MANPADS threat during a news conference at the American embassy in Algiers November 14, 2011. Most of Libya's missing stocks of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are still inside the country but they need to be secured before they are smuggled to militants outside the country, Smith said on Monday. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Hundreds of uniformed men described as members of a new Libyan army have been deployed for the first time to settle a bloody feud between rival militias, officials say.

Suspected US missiles kill 7 militants in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:49 PM PST

A Pakistani vendor weaves a cot with nylon threads at his shop in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border early Tuesday morning, killing seven alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Obama to vow bigger Asia footprint on Pacific tour (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:07 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will unveil plans to deepen America's military presence in the Asia-Pacific region during a trip this week to Australia, where he hopes to bolster ties with a staunch U.S. ally.


AdVoice: SAP CIO: iCloud and DropBox Not Secure Enough, We'll Build Our Own

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PST

Users love cloud storage services like DropBox and iCloud for their power and ease of use. IT managers hate them for the ginormous potential for data leakage and loss they create. But clamping down on them isn?t so straightforward. In the past, a CIO could simply decree DropBox and iCloud verboten and his or her ...


Steve Forbes Vs. Former AOL Chairman Steve Case On Jobs, Entrepreneurship And The Economy

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:57 PM PST

Steve Forbes and Former AOL Chairman Steve Case faced off in a conversation with McKinsey & Company Director James Manyika at the Techonomy Conference in Tucson, Arizona


VIDEO: Europe facing 'greatest crisis since WWII'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

The latest growth figures for the eurozone will be published on Tuesday and they are likely to make sobering reading.


Drone strike 'kills fighters' in Pakistan

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:46 PM PST

Officials say at least six dead in apparent US attack on compound used by armed groups near border with Afghanistan.


19 Year-Old Vows To Disrupt Solar Industry

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:33 PM PST

Eden Full wins the Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition at the Techonomy conference in Tucson, Arizona.


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