VIDEO: Putin to address party congress

VIDEO: Putin to address party congress


VIDEO: Putin to address party congress

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is to address delegates of his United Russia party later today, amid speculation that he may announce if he will run for president in the 2012 election.


VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT

Author Philip Pullman speaks to Matthew Stadlen about the importance of storytelling, whether he believes in God, why he doesn't think about his audience and his favourite book.


Libyan fighters ready for final Sirte assault

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:50 PM PDT

NTC commanders rush to evacuate residents so that it may continue its advance on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown.


The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Chef Jordi Roca is already known for making pastries that taste like popularperfumes smell. Now he's reversing the concept with scents based on hisrestaurant's dessert list


Heavy security in Bahrain for parliament elections (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Riot police enter the Shiite village of Jidhafs, Bahrain, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, where they chased protesters through narrow streets to keep them from heading into the capital of Manama. Bahrain's Sunni rulers are practicing 'fake democracy', the Gulf kingdom's leading Shiite cleric said Friday as opposition groups called for a boycott of weekend parliamentary elections and stepped up protests for greater rights. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Bahraini police are staging a massive show of force across the Gulf island kingdom for highly charged parliamentary elections that Shiite-led opposition groups have vowed to boycott.



Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Competing visions of the causes of conflict and the terms of ending it cloud hopes for a breakthrough any time soon


France to 'extradite' Noriega to Panama

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:19 PM PDT

Deposed leader serving seven-year sentence for money laundering is wanted at home over charges of human-rights abuses.


VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT

Author Philip Pullman speaks to Matthew Stadlen about the importance of storytelling, whether he believes in God, why he doesn't think about his audience and his favourite book.


Hong Kong's 1st Apple store mobbed on opening day (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT

A customer cheers with staff members of Apple Inc. at the new store in Hong Kong's upscale International Financial Center Mall Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Apple Inc. has opened its long-awaited first store in Hong Kong, with hundreds of fans of the computer and gadget maker pouring in on the first day.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Apple Inc. opened its long-awaited first store in Hong Kong on Saturday, with thousands of fans of the computer and gadget maker pouring in on the first day.



NASA says satellite collision 'imminent'

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT

Estimates of where debris from the defunct six-tonne UARS satellite might fall will be narrowed hours before impact.


US students convicted for disrupting speech

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:04 PM PDT

Ten students to do community service for protesting against Israeli envoy's speech at a California university last year.


Turmoil Hits Even Asia's Bastions

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT

The huge selloff in Indonesia and some other similar markets is a reminder of how quickly global capital flight can spread even to countries with strong economic fundamentals.


The Secret to Berlusconi's Dolce Vita

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:58 PM PDT

He adores his kids, talks about his mamma, hates rules, tells jokes—he's the quintessential Italian, says Beppe Severgnini.


Farm to Massage Table

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:18 PM PDT

Upscale spas around the country are using fresh, local and organic ingredients in delicious facials, massages and masks.


Only In…Florence

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Four extraordinary experiences you can only have in this Renaissance city, from art-filled private passageways to a visit to an aristocratic perfume-maker.


Hurricane Hilary blamed for 3 deaths in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:06 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, September 23, 2011 at 1:45 PM EDT shows Tropical Storm Ophelia located about 635 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. The system remains at tropical storm strength with maximum sustained winds up to 40 mph. The forecast storm track takes the system northward through the Atlantic Ocean, and is not a threat to the Gulf of Mexico or the East Coast of the U.S.  (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Hurricane Hilary moved away from Mexico's southwestern coast in the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm Friday, and search teams recovered the bodies of three fishermen caught in the storm.



Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday.


VIDEO: Chavez returns after chemotherapy

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after having what he says was his final round of chemotherapy.


Top Groupon exec jumps back to Google

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:41 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO: Groupon revealed on Friday that the startup's chief operating officer was leaving after just five months for a job at her former employer -- Google. Margo Georgiadis quit for a post as president of the Americas for the California-based Internet giant. Georgiadis was vice president of global sales at Google before leaving in April to work at fast-growing daily-deals hotshot Groupon. "Groupon is a great company and I feel privileged to have worked there even for a short time," Georgiadis said in a note released by Groupon. "It was a hard decision to leave as the company is on a terrific path," she continued. It is the second time this year that Groupon has lost its chief operating officer. Turnover among executives has been cited as part of the reason the startup has delayed an initial public offering of stock (IPO). "As a fast-growing company, we've done a lot of hiring this year, including on our senior executive team," Groupon said in a blog post. "It would have been great if I could say that we batted 1,000 per cent, but that's rarely the case," it continued. Groupon has seen tremendous growth since it was launched in Chicago in November of 2008. Revenue climbed to US$392.6 million in the second quarter of this year from US$1.2 million in the same period in 2009, but the company posted a net loss of US$101.1 million as compared to a minimal profit of US$21,000, according to IPO paperwork filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In the same two year stretch, Groupon expanded into 170 new North American markets and 45 countries, according to the filing. The number of Groupon subscribers grew from 152,203 as of the end of June 2009 to 115.7 million at the end of the second quarter this year, SEC paperwork indicated. - AFP


Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:10 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday.


Ex-Bolivian anti-drug chief gets U.S. prison sentence

Ex-Bolivian anti-drug chief gets U.S. prison sentence


Ex-Bolivian anti-drug chief gets U.S. prison sentence

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:53 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - A former top Bolivian anti-drug official was sentenced to 14 years in a U.S. prison on Friday in a cocaine trafficking case that proved a major embarrassment for Bolivian President Evo Morales.


Netanyahu to Abbas: 'Let's meet today'

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Israeli leader emphasises security but tells UN General Assembly he is ready to negotiate with Palestinian president.


Nurofen Plus contamination arrest

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:27 AM PDT

A man has been arrested by police investigating how some packets of Nurofen Plus came to contain antipsychotic drugs.


'Mum' held after boy's body found

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:45 AM PDT

The mother of a three-year-old boy is understood to have been arrested after his decomposed body was found at a house in Bradford.


Solyndra heads decline to testify

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Senior executives of bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra decline to testify at a US congressional hearing into federal loans to the company.


Europe, under fire, seeks to get ahead of crisis

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European policymakers showed signs they were preparing new steps to cope with the region's debt crisis even as talk of a possible Greek default gained pace on Friday.


China’s Economic Engine Shows Signs of Slowing

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:45 PM PDT

China's economy has been one of the few drivers of the world's economy since the financial crisis of 2008, so signs of deceleration could add to worries about the global outlook.


England riot charges questioned

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT

A judge at Caernarfon questions the way offenders are being dealt with after last month's riots in England.


Fresh funding feud grips Congress

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT

A US partial government shutdown looms amid the latest spending dispute to cripple Congress - over part of a federal funding bill covering disaster relief.


In the Family: One Roof, Three Generations - Portrait of a Chinese-American Family

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:14 AM PDT

In a converted apartment building in Chinatown, five adults and seven children blend traditional values and rituals with modern roles and responsibilities.


More deaths in Syria as sanctions tighten

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:07 AM PDT

At least 12 people killed by security forces in post-prayer protests as EU steps up sanctions against government.


Stranded fin whale dies in Humber

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:58 AM PDT

A fin whale which was stranded on mud in the Humber Estuary dies despite rescue attempts.


Chavez chemotherapy 'a success'

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his fourth and final chemotherapy session for cancer was successful.


Hospital worker faces sex charges

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT

A former healthcare assistant is charged with sexually assaulting three patients while working at a Nottinghamshire Hospital.


Bolivian anti-drugs chief jailed

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:34 AM PDT

A US court jails the former chief of Bolivia's anti-narcotic police, Gen Rene Sanabria, for trafficking cocaine.


IMF: Collective action needed now

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:10 PM PDT

IMF chief Christine Lagarde calls for countries to "act now and act together" to keep on the path to economic recovery.


VIDEO: US: 'Pakistan must break Haqqani links'

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Pakistan's foreign minister has warned that the US could lose Pakistan as an ally if it continues to publicly accuse Islamabad of supporting militants.


China’s Economic Engine Shows Signs of Slowing

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:45 PM PDT

China's economy has been one of the few drivers of the world's economy since the financial crisis of 2008, so signs of deceleration could add to worries about the global outlook.


Syria: The revolution will be weaponised

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Journalist Nir Rosen discusses armed struggle with army officers who have defected to join the opposition.


Israel PM: Peace impossible through U.N. resolutions

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:54 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that he was reaching out to the Palestinian people but cautioned that peace could not be won with a U.N. resolution.