Karzai holds emergency meeting after attacks

Karzai holds emergency meeting after attacks


Karzai holds emergency meeting after attacks

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:16 PM PST

Afghan president summons security chiefs as he returns to Kabul after attacks on Shia Muslims killed 60 people.


Egypt Brotherhood party says wins 34 run-off seats (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:11 PM PST

An Egyptian soldier stands guard as members of the election committee sit in a bus with ballot boxes after voting closed, outside a voting center during the second day of the parliamentary run-off elections in Cairo December 6, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 34 individual seats of the 45 it contested in the first run-off vote of a parliamentary election, a party source said on Wednesday.



Experts stumped by ancient Jerusalem markings (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:13 PM PST

AP - Mysterious stone carvings made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem have archaeologists stumped.


Foreigners in China squeezed by pensions, taxes (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:09 PM PST

AP - Foreign companies that are looking to China to shore up wilting global sales have been hit by higher payroll taxes, surcharges to subsidize unions and other changes that are making conditions tougher just as economic growth slows.


Egypt Brotherhood party says wins 34 run-off seats

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:11 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 34 individual seats of the 45 it contested in the first run-off vote of a parliamentary election, a party source said on Wednesday.


Stamps.com Pullback Below $26 Looks Like A No-Brainer Buy

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:52 PM PST

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Astronomers Discover Record Sized Black Holes

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST

Astronomers have discovered two massive black holes that are far larger than the entire solar system, and may hold clues to how the universe evolved.


VIDEO: Second night of protests in Moscow

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:45 PM PST

Protesters have taken to the streets of Moscow for a second night to express their anger at Sunday's parliamentary elections.


VIDEO: Is Treaty of Rome still welcome?

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:49 PM PST

As the European Union and eurozone come under mounting pressure, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from the site of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, and asks if there is still support for its aims.


VIDEO: Second night of protests in Moscow

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:45 PM PST

Protesters have taken to the streets of Moscow for a second night to express their anger at Sunday's parliamentary elections.


VIDEO: Is Treaty of Rome still welcome?

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:49 PM PST

As the European Union and eurozone come under mounting pressure, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from the site of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, and asks if there is still support for its aims.


VIDEO: Eurozone: Geithner to meet Sarkozy

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:41 PM PST

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is due to hold talks with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy about the state of the eurozone.


Japan firm recalls tainted baby milk

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:24 PM PST

Affected formula contains traces of radiation from Fukushima plant, but manufacturer says levels within safety limits.


MIT's Scott Aaronson Explains Quantum Computing

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:08 PM PST

MIT's Scott Aaronson breaks down the real and the fanciful of quantum computing.


VIDEO: Eurozone: Geithner to meet Sarkozy

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:41 PM PST

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is due to hold talks with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy about the state of the eurozone.


Why Are Burmese Scientists Studying Missile Technology in Moscow? (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:10 PM PST

Time.com - Hillary Clinton made a dramatic visit to the once ultra-isolated rogue state of Burma to warm relations. But the regime still has members of its military in Russia studying missiles big enough to carry a nuclear bomb


China export outlook darkens, officials say (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:04 PM PST

Reuters - China's annual rate of export growth slowed in November versus October, vice commerce minister Chong Quan told reporters on Wednesday after an official media briefing.


Playing for Time: Syria's Regime Dodges and Parries -- but Keeps on Killing (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:10 PM PST

Time.com - In a letter to the Arab League, Damascus provides counter-offers to the regional sanctions -- but on its own terms. Can Syria outlast this rare united front by its neighbors?


FARC pledges hostage releases after protests

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST

Colombian rebels say they plan to free six of 11 captive security forces members after government-backed demonstrations.


Planes and protests on Geithner's visit to Europe (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:33 PM PST

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner briefs the media during a news conference with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble after a meeting at the finance ministry in Berlin, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is seeing the sites on his whirlwind three-day, three-country tour of Europe. Not that he's spent time touring the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.



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