Study: Teen Suicide Rates Diverge

Study: Teen Suicide Rates Diverge

Study: Teen Suicide Rates Diverge

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:24 PM PST

Teenage girls are about three times as likely as boys to attempt suicide for drug-related reasons, according to an analysis of emergency-room visits.


Cambodia Disputes Thai Temple Allegation

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:33 PM PST

Cambodia angrily rejected Thailand's accusation that Cambodian troops used a centuries-old temple along their disputed border as a military base, revving up a war of words amid a fragile truce.


Israeli air force strikes Gaza, 8 wounded (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:39 PM PST

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a burning medicine warehouse in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Early Wednesday, Israeli aircraft carried out air strikes against four targets including Hamas and Islamic Jihad training camps and a medicine warehouse in Hamas-controlled Gaza in response to a rocket fired from Gaza into Israel on Tuesday. Gaza's Health Ministry says eight people were injured during the Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)AP - Officials in Israel and Gaza say Israeli aircraft have carried out retaliatory airstrikes in the territory after militants launched rockets into Israel.

Egypt's Military-Industrial Complex: Why the Generals Wield Such Power (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:45 PM PST

Time.com - The country's military not only secures its borders but runs a large section of the economy. It is emerging even more powerful in politics after the uprising, even though its actual might may be decaying


Light plane crashes in Sydney street (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:08 PM PST

An air-traffic control tower in Sydney. A light plane has crashed into a Sydney street, cutting power to thousands of people but miraculously causing no injuries.(AFP/File)AFP - A light plane crashed into a Sydney street Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of people but miraculously causing no injuries.

Can the U.S. Make Amends After Blowing Up an Afghan Town? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:45 PM PST

Time.com - The only way to make Tarok Kolache safe again after the Taliban booby-trapped it with bombs was to blow it up. Now residents have lost not only their homes but also their livelihoods. What can the U.S. do?


Capello hopes England's football squad will shine (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:33 PM PST

Fabio Capello, pictured, hopes to see a glimpse of a brighter future for England when his side face Denmark in Wednesday's friendly in Copenhagen.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fabio Capello hopes to see a glimpse of a brighter future for England when his side face Denmark in Wednesday's friendly in Copenhagen.

China police stop spread of Egypt news: activist (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:48 PM PST

An Egyptian anti-government demonstrator waves a national flag as she walks toward Cairo's Tahrir Square. Police in southwest China have barred activists from distributing leaflets about anti-government protests in Egypt and Tunisia, deeming the news too sensitive, one dissident said Wednesday.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Police in southwest China have barred activists from distributing leaflets about anti-government protests in Egypt and Tunisia, deeming the news too sensitive, one dissident said Wednesday.

Taiwan detains general in China spy case (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:53 PM PST

An attack helicopter prepares to strike during a drill at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in central Taiwan. A Taiwanese major general has been taken into custody accused of spying for China for three years while stationed abroad, the defence ministry said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - A Taiwanese general has been detained accused of spying for China, the defence ministry said Wednesday as it scrambled to limit the damage from what it called the worst espionage case in 50 years.

What Insider Traders Should Avoid

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:19 PM PST

Wiretaps played a major role in the government's recent insider trading probe.


Australian Consumer Sentiment Rebuilds Slowly

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:47 PM PST

Australian consumer confidence recovered in February from the pounding it saw in January after floods in Queensland state, but the rebound was slowed by a cyclone that ripped the same state's coastline apart last week.


U.K. to Aid Businesses

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

The U.K. government will announce new export trade-finance initiatives aimed at helping small businesses gain access to overseas markets as part of its strategy to boost export growth.


Audit Faults U.N. Deal With PwC

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 07:18 PM PST

United Nations officials made "serious breaches" of U.N. rules in awarding PricewaterhouseCoopers with a multimillion-dollar consultant contract on a project to overhaul the U.N.'s computer system, according to a U.N. audit.


White House to Revive Latin America Deals

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:24 PM PST

The Obama administration is accelerating efforts to revive stalled trade agreements with Colombia and Panama, aiming to resolve outstanding issues this year and send the pacts to Congress for ratification immediately thereafter, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk is expected to tell a congressional committee.


Trial sought for Berlusconi in prostitution probe (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:15 PM PST

A demonstrator wears a mock mask of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with underwear during a protest in Arcore, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, to demand Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Italian prosecutors were set to request that Premier Silvio Berlusconi stand trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and then used his influence to try to cover it up.

Teen obesity could shrink Australian lifespans (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:11 PM PST

Australia is one of the world's fattest nations, with the most recent National Health Survey classifying 25 percent of people aged 18 or older as obese, and 37 percent as overweight. The total cost of obesity, including health and productivity costs, was estimated to be around Aus$58 billion ($58 billion) a year in 2008, the most recent available figures.(AFP/File)AFP - Health experts warned that Australia's life expectancy could be sent into reverse after a new study found alarming levels of obesity among teenagers.

London, Toronto exchanges poised to combine forces (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:20 PM PST

Reuters - The London Stock Exchange is in advanced talks to take over the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, a deal that would create a major center for trading mining shares if it overcomes likely political opposition in Canada.


US teen killed in Juárez puts spotlight on Mexico's unsolved murders (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - At least one US citizen was among three teenagers fatally shot this weekend in the violent border city of Juárez, Mexican authorities confirmed today, in the latest case of Americans caught up in Mexico's drug war.


In Julian Assange extradition case, spotlight turns on Swedish law (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:12 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Swedish legal system found itself under the microscope this week as defense lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, called the judiciary’s investigation into the famed whistleblower flawed and politically motivated.


At CIA, mistakes by officers are often overlooked

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:00 PM PST

In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been taken to a secret prison in Afghanistan for interrogation.


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