New Zealand polls close as government eyes emphatic win

New Zealand polls close as government eyes emphatic win

New Zealand polls close as government eyes emphatic win

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:31 PM PST

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Voting closed in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, with polls suggesting the center-right National Party, led by John Key, will sweep back into power with an increased majority.

China sentences 113 in tainted pork scandal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:19 PM PST

AP - More than 100 people, including over a dozen Chinese government employees, have been sentenced over chemical-laced pork that caused a food safety scandal earlier this year, state media said Saturday. One person was given the death penalty.


VIDEO: Chile clashes over airport construction

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:35 PM PST

There have been violent clashes in Chile between the police and indigenous groups trying to stop the construction of an airport on what they claim is their land.


Occupy LA activists vow to stand ground

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:47 PM PST

Mayor sets deadline for protesters to leave, saying they have "awakened country's conscience" but damaged the grass.


Britain Steps Up its War on Legal Highs (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:40 AM PST

Time.com - Faced with record rates of designer-drug use, the British government has introduced new laws aimed at forcing dealers out of business. But do they go far enough?


Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:44 PM PST

An Egyptian protester with colors of the Egyptian flag and Arabic writing that reads, 'Nov. 19' on his face gestures near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 25. 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting, 'Leave, leave!' filled Cairo's Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration to force Egypt's ruling military council to yield power. The Friday rally is dubbed by organizers as 'The Last Chance Million-Man Protest,' and comes one day after the military offered an apology for the killing of nearly 40 protesters in clashes on side streets near Tahrir over the last week. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)AP - The U.S. has increased pressure on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals have turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy the more than 100,000 protesters who jammed Tahrir Square in the biggest rally yet this week.

VIDEO: Chile clashes over airport construction

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:35 PM PST

There have been violent clashes in Chile between the police and indigenous groups trying to stop the construction of an airport on what they claim is their land.


NATO forces 'attack' Pakistan military post

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:18 PM PST

Eight Pakistani troops reportedly killed in attack by NATO helicopters near the Afghan border.


NATO raid kills up to 14 Pakistan troops: Pakistan officials

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:04 PM PST

YAKKAGHUND, Pakistan (Reuters) - NATO helicopters from Afghanistan intruded into northwest Pakistan and attacked a military check post near the border Saturday, killing up to 14 troops and wounding seven, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

NATO raid kills up to 14 Pakistani troops: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:43 PM PST

Reuters - NATO helicopters from Afghanistan intruded into northwest Pakistan and attacked a military check post near the border on Saturday, killing up to 14 troops, Pakistani intelligence officials and a military source said.


In climate talks West would redefine rich and poor (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:00 PM PST

AP - As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it's time to move beyond traditional distinctions between industrial and developing countries and get China and other growing economies to accept legally binding curbs on greenhouse gases.


Pakistan: 7 troops dead in NATO helicopter attack (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:16 PM PST

Repairmen are silhouetted amid the golden arches which resemble 'm' for McDonald's Corporation, the largest global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, in Lahore November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS FOOD)AP - Pakistani officials say seven army soldiers were killed when NATO helicopters fired on a checkpoint in the country's northwest near the Afghan border.

Sizing Up Connecticut's Experiment in Smart Bureaucracy

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:10 PM PST

The state of Connecticut has embarked an eminently rational but politically explosive effort to merge energy and environmental policy into a single state agency. In July, Connecticut's state legislature enacted legislation merging the state's Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Public Utility Control.?? The legislation - "An Act Concerning The Establishment Of The ...


Mexican president accused of war crimes

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:48 PM PST

Activists lodge complaint against Felipe Calderon at International Criminal Court over offensive against drug cartels.


Capital Losses-should you take them this year?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:14 PM PST

Now that the Super Committee has??gone away??and there appears to be no possibility of further tax changes in 2011,??it?s a good time to consider whether you want??to recognize capital losses before yearend.?? My view is that most taxpayers should not be selling capital assets solely for tax reasons.?? Many taxpayers have capital loss carryforwards in ...


Venezuela receives first gold shipment from Europe (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:41 PM PST

Soldiers stand guard as an armored truck containing gold reserves arrives to the Central Bank in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Nov. 25, 2011. President Hugo Chavez's government began repatriating Venezuela's gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight from Paris. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez's government began repatriating Venezuela's gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight from Paris.

Syria faces sanctions but army stands by regime (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:15 PM PST

Syrian refugees who fled violence in their country to Lebanon carry an Arabic placard read:'Stop the killing of the Syrian kids,' during a demonstration in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross office urging the international organization to improve their living conditions, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday Nov. 25, 2011. Syria missed an Arab League deadline Friday to allow hundreds of observers into the country, prompting the bloc to consider economic sanctions against Damascus for its eight-month crackdown on dissent, a senior diplomat said. (AP Photo)AP - The Syrian military vowed Friday to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security, a defiant stance by the regime as it faces the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions from the Arab League.

2 of 3 arrested US students leaves Egypt (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)AP - Two of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo have left Egypt, according to an airport official and an attorney for one of the trio.

VIDEO: Sick George Michael shelves tour

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:39 PM PST

Singer George Michael has cancelled the remaining dates of his tour because of ill health, his publicist has confirmed.


Thai Monks Struggle to Keep Flooded Temple Open

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 05:53 PM PST

Floods have disrupted all sorts of ceremonies at a Buddhist temple near Bangkok. Worst of all, perhaps, is the impact on their day-to-day handling of the dead.


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