Viewpoint: The Value of Leadership in Latin America (Time.com)

Viewpoint: The Value of Leadership in Latin America (Time.com)


Viewpoint: The Value of Leadership in Latin America (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - The Center-Right Rises in Latin America


Chinese developer livid at Iceland's rejection of resort (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:44 PM PST

Reuters - A multimillionaire Chinese developer is livid at Iceland's rejection of his plan to build a sprawling resort, saying it reveals western "hypocrisy and deep prejudice."


UAE security court sentences 5 political activists (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:47 PM PST

With a view of towers along the Sheikh Zayed highway in background, an Asian laborer fixes new fence around a horse race track which was divided to two parts by a new road construction at Al Barsha district Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - A state security court in Abu Dhabi has sentenced five activists to prison terms for joining calls for greater political openness in the United Arab Emirates.



Pakistani FM says NATO strike negates progress (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:38 PM PST

Trucks are parked at a road as authorities closed the Torkham border for NATO supply trucks at Pakistani border town of Torkham on Saturday, Nov 26, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters of firing on two army checkpoints in the northwest and killing 25 soldiers, then retaliated by closing a key border crossing used by the coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Pakistan's foreign minister has told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that an alleged NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers has negated progress in improving the tattered alliance between the two countries.



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

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:20 PM 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?


Chinese developer livid at Iceland's rejection of resort

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:44 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A multimillionaire Chinese developer is livid at Iceland's rejection of his plan to build a sprawling resort, saying it reveals western "hypocrisy and deep prejudice."


South Korean Prison To Feature Robot Guards

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:17 PM PST

A South Korean prison will begin a month-long trial to see if robots make good prison guards.


Analysis: In India, a sense of crisis fans embers of reform (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:49 PM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's move to open India's protected retail sector to global supermarket giants last week surprised critics who had written him off as a policy ditherer, but he was probably motivated by expedience rather than any reformist zeal.


All 3 kidnapped SKoreans now free in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:36 PM PST

AP - An army general says kidnappers have abandoned two South Korean businessmen as troops closed in on them in the restive southern Philippines.


Business Reporters Pile On While Groupon Shareholders Pile OUT.

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:26 PM PST

Groupon has collapsed within three weeks of its offering. First priced at $20, it began trading at $28 and in the first hour moved over $31. It's been all downhill since then. Only the flippers who got stock on the offering made any money. The 95% of insiders who are locked up for 5 more months are worrying how low the stock will sink before they, too, can bail out.


VIDEO: DR Congo hit by pre-vote violence

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:16 PM PST

Tension is high in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after violence at pre-election rallies left at least two people dead.


Analysis: In India, a sense of crisis fans embers of reform

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:49 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's move to open India's protected retail sector to global supermarket giants last week surprised critics who had written him off as a policy ditherer, but he was probably motivated by expedience rather than any reformist zeal.


VIDEO: DR Congo hit by pre-vote violence

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:16 PM PST

Tension is high in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after violence at pre-election rallies left at least two people dead.


Malaysia pressured to scrap law against rallies (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:03 PM PST

AP - Malaysia's government faced mounting pressure Sunday to scrap plans for a law that would ban street protests, despite agreeing to ease other restrictions on rallies that activists have called repressive.


Yangon: From stately city to crumbling symbol of isolation (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 08:34 PM PST

Reuters - There are no skyscrapers in Yangon. No gleaming shopping malls. Certainly no subway system. Its rutted sidewalks are laced with treacherous holes and broken slabs of concrete.


VIDEO: Colombian Farc kill four hostages

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:59 PM PST

Left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia have shot dead four hostages, the authorities say.


Women Bring Peace to Zuccotti Park

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 08:05 PM PST

Peter, Paul and Mary memorably??sang ?whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name, there is love.? But whenever two or more of us are gathered to build a bridge, stage a protest, or run a business, there is conflict. Fortunately for Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, mediators and other peace workers ...


Yangon: From stately city to crumbling symbol of isolation

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 08:34 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - There are no skyscrapers in Yangon. No gleaming shopping malls. Certainly no subway system. Its rutted sidewalks are laced with treacherous holes and broken slabs of concrete.


3 American students arrested in Cairo back in US (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:17 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 - One of three American college students arrested during protests in Cairo says he's not taking it as a negative experience and still believes Egypt is "a great country."



New Zealand set for asset sales after crushing election win (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:11 PM PST

Reuters - New Zealand's re-elected center-right government claimed a mandate on Sunday to push on with up to $5 billion worth of asset sales and welfare reforms and said it would quickly get down to forming a new administration.