Nepal decides to measure up Mount Everest (AP)

Nepal decides to measure up Mount Everest (AP)


Nepal decides to measure up Mount Everest (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT

AP - Nepal's government has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is.


Tear gas quells asylum seeker protest in Australia (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:41 PM PDT

AP - Australian police fired tear gas and shock grenades to quell asylum seekers who set fires at a detention center in a protest that the prime minister said Wednesday could hurt their chances of getting visas.


Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:46 PM PDT

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan's south Tuesday where Afghan forces are readying to assume security responsibility within hours, another worrying sign as insurgents seek to disrupt a gradual transition process.


5 Foods that Burn Away Fat

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:19 PM PDT

When it comes to losing weight, food can be your friend. But only the right foods. Here, 5 foods tha


Cisco's Cuts Don't Impress, Priceline And TravelZoo Show Spunk With Quiksilver and LULU

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Priceline rallies from $511 intraday on Monday to a close of $537 on Tuesday. Still to come this wee


Lenovo Launches Family Of Tablets: Two Android, One Windows

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT

In the world of tablets, some companies launch one model and stick to it (Apple). Others introduce s


Carlos Slim's Gift To The Disabled

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:40 PM PDT

Anthony Kennedy Shriver's Best Buddies charity got the richest guy in the world to give seed money t


Tech, U.S. debt progress lifts stocks; euro dips (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:47 PM PDT

A man monitors stock market prices inside a brokerage in Taipei in this March 17, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - Asian shares rose on hopes that an 11th-hour deal in U.S. debt talks would avert a rapidly approaching default while blowout results from Apple lifted the tech sector which is likely to extend gains into European trading as well.



Dora named 4th hurricane of Eastern Pacific season (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 10:45 AM EDT shows mostly clear skies across the Caribbean Islands and Central America with some areas of active weather.  Tropical Storm Bret spinning to the north of the Bahamas is bringing scattered showers.  At the same time, a tropical wave positioned over the eastern Caribbean Sea is triggering showers over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.  To the east, onshore moisture is triggering thunderstorms over parts of Central America. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Rain fell on the Mexican coast late Tuesday as Dora became the fourth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season.



Powerful earthquake strikes southern Kyrgyzstan (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:32 PM PDT

AP - A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan early Wednesday. No casualties or serious damage were immediately reported.


Uruguay reach Copa America final

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Luis Suarez scores twice as Uruguay, seeking record 14th title, beat Peru to advance to Sunday's final in Buenos Aires.


ASEAN-China agree on South China Sea guidelines (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:59 PM PDT

A labourer climbs a flag pole close to the national colours of various ASEAN nations at a summit of the regional bloc. Officials from China and ASEAN said Wednesday they had agreed a set of guidelines regarding cooperation in disputed areas of the South China Sea.(AFP/File/Sonny Tumbelaka)AFP - Officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said Wednesday they had agreed a set of guidelines regarding cooperation in disputed areas of the South China Sea.



Tear gas fired in Australian immigration riots (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:53 PM PDT

An activist shows his support for refugees during a rally in Sydney. Australian police have said they fired tear gas, sound and flash weapons and AFP - Australian police Wednesday said they fired tear gas, sound and flash weapons and "bean bag" bullets to quell overnight riots at the Christmas Island immigration detention centre.



VIDEO: Piers Morgan denies phone hacking claim

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:16 PM PDT

During questioning of the Murdochs, a Conservative member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Louise Mensch, claimed that his autobiography referred to the use of hacking.


Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phone hacked (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Taliban spokesmen said their mobile phones, emails and a website had been hacked and messages issued on Wednesday falsely reporting the death of the movement's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.


Kenya's Latest Crisis: The Refugee Camp Around the Refugee Camp (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - There is no room in the world's largest refugee encampment to take in the latest influx of Somalis fleeing drought and famine in their homeland.


Taliban deny that their leader is dead (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:34 PM PDT

The flag draped casket of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Schneider, of Phoenix, New York, is carried by U.S. Marines before his funeral inside Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, July 19, 2011. Schneider was killed last month by an improvised explosive device while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.  REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY OBITUARY)AP - Taliban spokesmen are denying reports that the insurgent group's leader Mullah Omar is dead.



Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phone hacked

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:02 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Two Taliban spokesmen said their mobile phones, emails and a website had been hacked and messages issued on Wednesday falsely reporting the death of the movement's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.


Another Foxconn worker "falls to death" at south China plant

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:33 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday, the latest in a series of apparent suicides by young migrant workers at its factory complexes in the past two years.


FBI arrests 16 over cyber attacks

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:04 PM PDT

Arrests made in connection with attack on PayPal website allegedly carried out by hacker collective Anonymous.