VIDEO: Libya: Rebels prepare to do battle for Sirte

VIDEO: Libya: Rebels prepare to do battle for Sirte

VIDEO: Libya: Rebels prepare to do battle for Sirte

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT

A deadline set by the Libyan rebels for the loyalist-held town of Sirte to surrender or face all out assault expires on Saturday.


What Is the Chinese Dream? ??? Part II

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:05 PM PDT

There is no "Chinese Dream" that defines China the same way that the American Dream defines America.


VIDEO: Obama lays out $450bn jobs plan

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:42 PM PDT

In a rare address to Congress, President Obama has urged its members to back a $450 billion plan to increase jobs and stimulate the American economy.


U.N. boss uses 9/11 to call for global anti-terror treaty

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:29 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has used the approaching 10th anniversary of September 11 attacks on the United States to renew his call for a global counter-terrorism treaty, which has been thwarted for a decade amid arguments over what constitutes terrorism.

Al Qaeda shadow of former self 10 years after 9/11 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Al Qaeda's core leadership is badly wounded and almost certainly incapable of mounting another attack like the one on September 11, 2001, in New York and Washington, according to U.S. and European security officials.


Captain Jihad: Ex-terrorist is now comic book hero (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:24 PM PDT

AP - The real life adventures of former al-Qaida-linked terrorist Nasir Abas have become a new comic book in Indonesia depicting him as a militant villain who transforms into an invaluable ally in the fight against terrorism.


Al Qaeda shadow of former self 10 years after 9/11

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's core leadership is badly wounded and almost certainly incapable of mounting another attack like the one on September 11, 2001, in New York and Washington, according to U.S. and European security officials.

Did The Events of September 11 Change Business?

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:40 PM PDT

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the USA. Certainly the world at large was never the same, but it?s worth asking, how did 9/11 affect how business was done? Well clearly it altered the world economy in the short term, and the trading status of several middle eastern countries ...


Retired general promises security in Guatemala vote

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT

SOLOLA, Guatemala (Reuters) - During Guatemala's civil war, Mayan weaver Mari Luisa Chiro was terrified of the soldiers who patrolled her small village. Now she says she wants the army back to crack down on criminals and drug traffickers spreading fear in the country's highlands.

Russia Reportedly Planning to Build Tunnel Under Bering Strait

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:56 PM PDT

The rumors about a Russian effort to construct what would be the world?s longest tunnel connecting Alaska and Siberia escalated to a fever pitch at a press briefing yesterday at Foggy Bottom. In the following colloquy, an unidentified reporter seemed to catch the U.S. State Department?s spokesperson, Victoria Nulan, off guard: QUESTION: There have been ...


6 killed, 13 hurt in fireworks blast in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:09 PM PDT

AP - Venezuelan authorities say fireworks stored illegally in a home have exploded, killing six people and injuring 13.


South Korean maestro to visit North next week (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:58 PM PDT

AP - South Korea says it will allow a prominent South Korean orchestra conductor to visit North Korea next week. The trip is another sign of easing tensions between the rivals.


The Weekly E-Reading List - 9/8/2011

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:30 PM PDT

This week's e-reading list features labor struggles, the ethics of superheroes, and dead dwarves.


US envoy in Myanmar for talks with government (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:51 PM PDT

AP - A United States Embassy official says Washington's special representative to Myanmar has arrived in the country's administrative capital of Naypyitaw for talks with officials of the new nominally civilian government.


Vietnam's former President Cong dead at 99 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:51 PM PDT

AP - Vietnam's state media say former President Vo Chi Cong has died at age 99.


Our Shrinking Biopharma Ecosystem

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:17 PM PDT

The sustainability of the biopharma sector depends on a continual flow of new startups to both feed Big Pharma?s pipelines and to create the next generation of emerging mid-cap companies. ??At the BioPharma America conference this week, several panelists asserted that??we aren?t starting enough new companies to resupply the ?corporate pipeline? for future acquisitions, and ...


Syrian protesters call for foreign help

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:04 PM PDT

Activists appeal to the international community to send human rights monitors to deter attacks against civilians.


Rival Sudans agree to pull out from Abyei

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:08 PM PDT

The latest accord has been reached during talks in Addis Ababa,UN officials say.


The Evolution Of Non-Carbon Life Forms

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:01 PM PDT

University of Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin gave this mind-warping TED talk in Edinburgh in July about his work in the lab getting non-carbon based molecules to ?evolve,? that is, begin to take on behaviors that carbon-based life forms know quite well. That is, how to replicate, reassemble and compete. If you count up all the ...


The Rise of Rice: New York Eateries Dedicated to the Grain

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:33 PM PDT

September is National Rice Month. 21 years ago the USA Rice Federation petitioned for the honor in recognition of the importance of the grain to the US, and to celebrate its role in the nation?s diet. And quite a role it plays too. The average American chows down on 25 pounds of rice every year. ...


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