StartX Launches The Best Of Stanford Startups

StartX Launches The Best Of Stanford Startups

StartX Launches The Best Of Stanford Startups

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:15 PM PDT

StartX, the nonprofit accelerator for Stanford-affiliated start-ups, launched its latest group of co


Russia bans vegetable imports from EU (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Employees of Czech center of national reference laboratories prepare samples of vegetables for molecular testing on EHEC bacteria (bacterium Escherichia coli.) in Brno June 1, 2011. Samples of vegetables imported from various countries are tested for E.Coli at the laboratory. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLICAGRICULTURE DRINK TECH - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SCI TECH FOOD)AP - Russia has extended its ban on vegetable imports to all of the European Union in a bid to prevent a deadly bacterial outbreak that left 16 people dead from spreading into the country.

India yoga guru anti-graft fast gains momentum (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Reuters - India's government suffered a fresh blow Thursday in containing growing anger over corruption from million of voters as a leading civil activist joined forces with an influential yoga guru in a "fast-until-death" against graft.


India yoga guru anti-graft fast gains momentum

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government suffered a fresh blow Thursday in containing growing anger over corruption from million of voters as a leading civil activist joined forces with an influential yoga guru in a "fast-until-death" against graft.

VIDEO: G-Mail users hit by 'Chinese' hackers

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:09 PM PDT

Google believes Chinese hackers have tried to access the G-Mail accounts of hundreds of users, including US government officials, and Chinese journalists.


VIDEO: Is Nato's strategy working in Libya?

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:32 PM PDT

On Wednesday, Nato extended its campaign in Libya for another 90 days. But questions are being asked about its effectiveness.


VIDEO: Hungary seeks to solve Roma tensions

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:05 PM PDT

In Hungary, tensions between the large Roma minority and the non-Roma majority have sharpened in recent months, with the setting up of several uniformed civil guard groups under the wing of a far-right party, Jobbik.


US senator McCain to meet Myanmar's Suu Kyi (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:05 PM PDT

File photo of US Senator John McCain, who is on a visit to Myanmar. The senior Republican's visit comes as President Barack Obama, who beat McCain in the 2008 White House race, pursues greater engagement with the military-dominated nation.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - US Senator John McCain was expected to meet Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday during a visit for talks with the new army-backed government and opposition.

VIDEO: G-Mail users hit by 'Chinese' hackers

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:09 PM PDT

Google believes Chinese hackers have tried to access the G-Mail accounts of hundreds of users, including US government officials, and Chinese journalists.


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks (June 2)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Investors and traders in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the


Libya oil chief defects, NATO extends campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Medics wheel an injured rebel fighter at a field hospital near Misrata's western front line, some 25km from the city center May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Libya's top oil official became the latest leading figure to desert Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, complaining of "unbearable" violence and adding political momentum to a revolt against the leader's long rule.

Japan PM says will quit after quake recovery (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday offered to step down once the country has recovered from the March 11 quake and tsunami in a concession to his enemies ahead of a no-confidence vote.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday offered to step down once the country has recovered from the March 11 quake and tsunami in a concession to his enemies ahead of a no-confidence vote.

Noel the turtle proves amputees survive in wild (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT

This undated Australia Zoo handout photo received shows zoo staff with a green sea turtle 'Noel' being released off Mooloolaba in Queensland with a tracker attached to her shell. Grave fears were held for Noel when she was released back into the wild after having a flipper amputated but the resiliant giant 93 kg animal proved it is no handicap by swimming more than 2,600 km since last December.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Grave fears were held for "Noel" when she was released back into the wild after having a flipper amputated.

Libya oil chief defects, NATO extends campaign

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:12 PM PDT

TRIPOLI/ROME (Reuters) - Libya's top oil official became the latest leading figure to desert Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, complaining of "unbearable" violence and adding political momentum to a revolt against the leader's long rule.

In France, a Muslim Offensive Against Evolution (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Time.com - A controversial Turkish-born preacher, who never appears live in public, is spreading a Koran-inspired defense of creationism. For some young French Muslims, this frontal attack on Darwin rings true


Merkel backs Lagarde to be IMF chief (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:42 PM PDT

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she supports French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund.


The Hidden Fallout from Germany's Sudden Nuclear Shutdown (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Editorial: In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the phase-out of nuclear energy in Germany has been decided so quickly, and with so little thought, that it skirts the edges of democratic legitimacy


Japan PM suggests eventual resignation

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Under fire from the opposition and members of his own party in no confidence vote, Naoto Kan says he could step down.


Give Me Orwell Or Give Me Cyber-Crime

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT

? We face a stark choice between a potential Orwellian state and lives ruled by cyber-terrorist


25 Pakistani forces killed after cross-border raid (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:36 PM PDT

A Pakistani boy walks toward a water point to collect water for his family, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, June 2, 2011. The U.S. should hold back much of its $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan until it reforms dysfunctional policies related to energy, taxes and other areas, according to a new report that criticizes the American aid program's focus in a country beset by corruption, poverty and militancy. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Reuters - Twenty-five Pakistani security forces have been killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan after about 200 militants crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked a security checkpost, a government official said on Thursday.
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