Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Lebanese politicians fight over Syria on live TV (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:15 PM PST

AP - Two prominent Lebanese politicians debating the unrest in neighboring Syria have exchanged blows on live television, in an indication of the deep divide between Lebanese factions over their relationship with Damascus.


China vulnerable to asset bubbles, warns IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:04 PM PST

Reuters - China's biggest commercial banks face systemic risks if a combination of credit, property, currency and yield curve shocks that could be withstood in isolation were to occur together, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.


Meet Me At The Corner Of Mises & Jane Jacobs!

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PST

About three years ago Adam wrote about the the story of I?On Village, a New Urbanist development build about a decade ago five miles outside of Charleston,??and the difficulties that Vince Graham faced trying to build it. For one, the project had to be scaled down in some pretty significant ways: [The developers] worked to ...


New York police evicting 'Occupy' protesters

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:39 PM PST

Anti-Wall Street protesters camped in Manhattan park since September say police have begun moving them off the site.


VIDEO: Police close Occupy Oakland camp

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:50 PM PST

Police have shut down a camp set up by Occupy Oakland protesters in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza just a day after 50 people were arrested in a similar clear-out of a camp in Portland, Oregon


VIDEO: Change at the top for Spain?

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Spain's governing socialist party seems to be heading for its worst ever defeat in this week's general election.


VIDEO: 110-carat yellow diamond 'to fetch £7m'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST

Auction houses in Geneva are defying Europe's economic problems by holding their annual jewellery sales and one of the world's rarest and biggest diamonds is on offer.


VIDEO: Herman Cain stumbles in Libya remarks

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:11 PM PST

US Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain struggles to answer when the editors of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ask if he agreed with President Obama's policies toward Libya.


Egypt court clears way for ex-NDP candidates

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:52 PM PST

Court ruling allows former members of Mubarak's National Democratic Party to run in Egypt's parliamentary election.


VIDEO: 110-carat yellow diamond 'to fetch £7m'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST

Auction houses in Geneva are defying Europe's economic problems by holding their annual jewellery sales and one of the world's rarest and biggest diamonds is on offer.


VIDEO: Change at the top for Spain?

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Spain's governing socialist party seems to be heading for its worst ever defeat in this week's general election.


Monti seeks backing from Italy's main parties

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:51 PM PST

Mario Monti prepares for crucial day of political wrangling in bid to secure cross-party consensus for economic reforms.


Forerunner of Libyan army deployed in militia feud (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:38 PM PST

Derrin Smith, an advisor to the U.S. government's inter-agency task force on MANPADS (man portable air defence systems), holds up a factsheet on MANPADS threat during a news conference at the American embassy in Algiers November 14, 2011. Most of Libya's missing stocks of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are still inside the country but they need to be secured before they are smuggled to militants outside the country, Smith said on Monday. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Hundreds of uniformed men described as members of a new Libyan army have been deployed for the first time to settle a bloody feud between rival militias, officials say.

Suspected US missiles kill 7 militants in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:49 PM PST

A Pakistani vendor weaves a cot with nylon threads at his shop in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border early Tuesday morning, killing seven alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Obama to vow bigger Asia footprint on Pacific tour (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:07 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will unveil plans to deepen America's military presence in the Asia-Pacific region during a trip this week to Australia, where he hopes to bolster ties with a staunch U.S. ally.


AdVoice: SAP CIO: iCloud and DropBox Not Secure Enough, We'll Build Our Own

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PST

Users love cloud storage services like DropBox and iCloud for their power and ease of use. IT managers hate them for the ginormous potential for data leakage and loss they create. But clamping down on them isn?t so straightforward. In the past, a CIO could simply decree DropBox and iCloud verboten and his or her ...


Steve Forbes Vs. Former AOL Chairman Steve Case On Jobs, Entrepreneurship And The Economy

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:57 PM PST

Steve Forbes and Former AOL Chairman Steve Case faced off in a conversation with McKinsey & Company Director James Manyika at the Techonomy Conference in Tucson, Arizona


VIDEO: Europe facing 'greatest crisis since WWII'

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

The latest growth figures for the eurozone will be published on Tuesday and they are likely to make sobering reading.


Drone strike 'kills fighters' in Pakistan

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:46 PM PST

Officials say at least six dead in apparent US attack on compound used by armed groups near border with Afghanistan.


19 Year-Old Vows To Disrupt Solar Industry

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 09:33 PM PST

Eden Full wins the Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition at the Techonomy conference in Tucson, Arizona.


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Suu Kyi urges Myanmar to free more prisoners

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar to free more prisoners

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar to free more prisoners

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST

Speaking on anniversary of her release from home arrest, opposition leader cites progress but calls for more reform.


Deutsche Bank boss reign to end

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:58 PM PST

Deutsche Bank's chief is to leave next year, ending his nine-year reign at the top of Germany's largest lender.


Most looted missiles still in Libya: U.S. official

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Most of Libya's missing stocks of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are still in the country but they need to be secured before they are smuggled to militants outside Libya, a U.S. official said on Monday.

Chile priest abuse case dropped

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST

A criminal case against a Chilean Catholic priest accused of abusing minors is dismissed, but the judge says the allegations are "truthful".


VIDEO: Training China's female bodyguards

Posted: 13 Nov 2011 04:45 AM PST

More and more Chinese women are choosing to become bodyguards to the wealthy, as the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing discovered.


Warning over raw sewage discharge

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:04 PM PST

Thousands more pipes could discharge raw sewage into the sea, rivers and lakes than was previously thought, the Marine Conservation Society has said.


NBA players reject league offer

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:09 PM PST

The NBA season has been cast into doubt after the Players' Association rejects the league's latest offer for a collective bargaining agreement.


Checks were relaxed at 28 ports

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:57 PM PST

The home secretary has revealed her pilot scheme to reduce passport checks was used at 28 ports and airports.


A Good Appetite: A Seven-Day Plan for Thanksgiving - A Good Appetite

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST

The more you can do ahead, the happier you'll be on the big day.

Sarkozy pledges "friendship" to Netanyahu after gaffe

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PST

(Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm friendship despite what he refers to as their "differing views on the Middle East," Israeli officials said on Monday.

UN chief makes Dhaka climate plea

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:59 AM PST

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to establish a climate fund to help countries worst affected by climate change.


Boxing unites for Frazier funeral

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PST

Muhammad Ali and a host of boxing greats were in attendance at the funeral of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in Philadelphia.


Euro crisis 'an opportunity' - PM

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PST

David Cameron says the turmoil in Europe provides scope for the UK to "refashion" its relationship with Brussels and reclaim some powers in future.


Japan radioactive levels probed

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Radioactive material in some parts of north-eastern Japan exceeds levels considered safe for farming, new research finds.


Yemen's Saleh says ready to step down in 90 days

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 01:59 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he was ready to step down within 90 days of reaching a deal on a formal process for implementing a Gulf initiative aimed at ending the nine-month-old crisis in his country.

Japan radioactive levels probed

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Radioactive material in parts of north-eastern Japan exceeds levels considered safe for farming, new research finds.


VIDEO: UK PM Cameron foreign policy speech

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST

David Cameron makes a speech on foreign policy at the Lord mayor's banquet.


Questions Cloud Meeting of Afghan Elders Called by Hamid Karzai

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PST

More than 2,000 have been invited, but its agenda has been left ambiguous. Is it more than winning support for talks with the U.S. on extending its presence by a decade?

Poor states have less wiggle room as risks rise: IMF

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharp slowdown in world growth would increase the risk of recession in poorer countries, whose budgets have barely recovered from the last economic slump just two years ago, the IMF said on Monday.

EU Rescue Funds Get Little Traction

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:42 AM PST

Efforts to bolster and accelerate the implementation of the euro zone's rescue funds have hit major roadblocks that will likely delay their launch and further eat away at investor confidence, say people familiar with the matter.


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