Sound of blast reported in Iran's Isfahan city (Reuters)

Sound of blast reported in Iran's Isfahan city (Reuters)

Sound of blast reported in Iran's Isfahan city (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST

Reuters - The sound of an apparent explosion was heard from Iran's Isfahan city on Monday afternoon, the head of the judiciary in the province said, but the province's deputy governor denied that there had been a big blast.


Analysis: After 10 years, China's WTO ride could get bumpier (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:55 PM PST

Reuters - Rising trade protectionism and frustration over its domestic subsidies spell trouble for China and could lead to more friction within the World Trade Organization than Beijing has grown accustomed to over the past decade.


Eurozone ministers meet amid fears of euro breakup (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:09 PM PST

A man checks stock indexes on a screen of a bank in Milan, Italy, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. For the second time in as many market days, Italy paid sharply higher borrowing rates in an auction Monday, as investors continued to pressure the eurozone's third largest economy to come up with reforms urgently. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Eurozone finance ministers are streaming into Brussels on Tuesday in a desperate bid to save the 17-nation euro currency — and to protect Europe, the United States, Asia and the rest of the global economy from a debt-induced financial tsunami.

Military: 3 rockets from Lebanon strike Israel (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:34 PM PST

AP - The military says three rockets have been fired at northern Israel from Lebanon, and at least two of them struck Israeli soil.


Malaysia lawyers protest street rally ban plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:44 PM PST

AP - Hundreds of Malaysian lawyers staged a rare protest march Tuesday demanding that the government abandon plans for a law that will forbid street rallies.


Megabets And Megarisks: Remaking The Auto Industry

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:14 PM PST

Guest post written by Prakash Krishnaswamy Prakash "Krish" Krishnaswamy, is President of EASi, a a division of Allegis/Aerotek Group, and a supplier of specialty engineering and design services to global car makers in the U.S., Europe, China and India. The auto business has reached an exciting but perilous inflection point. As it emerged from the ...


UN: Syrian officials ordered mass atrocities

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:55 PM PST

New report holds senior government officials responsible for crimes against humanity during eight-month uprising.


NYC Officials Take Notice of Astronomical Subway Construction Costs

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:30 PM PST

New York City's subway lines - the engines that keep the city's real estate market moving - are notoriously expensive to build. Tunneling projects in New York routinely clock in at??five to ten times the cost of their Asian and European counterparts, putting the city's measly 20-30% aboveground union construction premiums to shame. New York ...


Analysis: After 10 years, China's WTO ride could get bumpier

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:56 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Rising trade protectionism and frustration over its domestic subsidies spell trouble for China and could lead to more friction within the World Trade Organization than Beijing has grown accustomed to over the past decade.

Millions vote in landmark Egypt elections

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:59 PM PST

Country's first free vote in decades about to enter a second day, with turnout so far described as "very high".


Mexico police shoot it out with 4 teen car thieves (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:36 PM PST

FILE - This file photo released Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows a cross-border tunnel that authorities say was used as a major underground drug passage. The tunnel was 2,200 feet long, more than seven football fields, and ran from the kitchen of a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to two warehouses in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial district. Mexican trucker Daniel Navarro was sentenced Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, to nearly 16 years in prison for his role in two major drug tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border federal Authorities who raided the tunnels seized about 50 tons of marijuana. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, File)AP - A band of heavily armed teenage car thieves shot it out with officers during a high-speed chase Monday, before crashing their stolen car in the northern industrial city of Monterrey, police said.

World's top aid forum held amid financial jitters (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:06 PM PST

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are headlining the world's premier development aid conference this week in the South Korean city of Busan.


Australian charged following $30 million drug bust (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:04 PM PST

AP - Australian police have arrested a Sydney man after finding 30 million Australian dollars ($30 million) worth of drugs in a shipment of raisins from Afghanistan.


Cloud Computing is Misunderstood, But Maybe it Doesn't Matter

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:27 PM PST

I predict that 2012 will be the year that cloud computing loses a lot of its luster for enterprises. Not because it is going away or anything like that. Rather, the opposite is happening ? it is becoming so ubiquitous and commonplace that business and IT end-users alike will almost forget that they?re even using ...


Bahrain replaces national security chief

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:06 PM PST

Member of ruling family sacked following king's promise to hold to account officials cited in crackdown report.


VIDEO: New Farc leader top target in Colombia

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:06 PM PST

The Colombian leader will now be counting on Venezuela to help capture the leader of the Farc guerrillas, Rodrigo Londoño, alias "Timochenko".


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks (Nov. 29)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:00 PM PST

Investors in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:?? Gains in overseas markets may give a boost to shares today.?? Among notable Chinese stocks in overnight trading, online game operator The9 rose by 13% ??after the company said it??reached an??agreement to license its Fireball game for distribution ...


E-House To Buy Stake In Century 21???s China Partner; IFM Shares Soar

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:50 PM PST

Shares in New York-listed IFM Investments shot up 102% yesterday after big Chinese primary real estate brokerage E-House said it reached a preliminary agreement to buy a 37% stake in the company. IFM holds the executive franchise for the Century 21 brand in China. E-House, whose shares also trade in New York, will pay about ...


VIDEO: New Farc leader top target in Colombia

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:06 PM PST

The Colombian leader will now be counting on Venezuela to help capture the leader of the Farc guerrillas, Rodrigo Londoño, alias "Timochenko".


How to Make Cold Fusion Work: Use Unobtainium

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

In my last post I said I?d steer clear of the whole cold fusion thing until something interesting happens. Well, in the last week something interesting has happened ? Once again, let me do a quick recap: An Italian inventor, Andrea Rossi, claims to have created a Low Nuclear Reaction, or LENR, device (otherwise called ...


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Stradivarius violin 'replicated'

Stradivarius violin 'replicated'

Stradivarius violin 'replicated'

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:08 PM PST

A US-based radiologist "recreates" a 307-year-old Stradivarius violin in a move that may benefit music students.


Stalin's Daughter Lana Peters Dies at 85

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:59 PM PST

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a best-selling author, has died.


Climate Talks Open Amid Funding Spat

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:54 PM PST

U.N.-sponsored climate talks opened in Durban, South Africa, amid a debate over who will foot the bill for a fund aimed at combating a host of issues plaguing farmers in Africa and elsewhere.


In Cairo, an Election Bridges Egypt’s Divides

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:05 PM PST

Along July 26th Street, named for the era of a long-ago revolution, Egypt's divides were bridged, briefly, by the simplest of ideas: a chance at self-determination.

Dhaka passes Hindu property act

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:25 PM PST

The Bangladeshi parliament passes a landmark bill that will enable the return of property seized from the country's Hindu minority.


Robot can squeeze under obstacles

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:09 PM PST

A "soft" robot inspired by squid and starfish can crawl, undulate, and squeeze under obstacles, researchers say.


Shearer 'numb' over friend Speed

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PST

Alan Shearer tells Radio 5 live he's still numb and in shock over the death of former Newcastle United team-mate Gary Speed.


UAE pardons jailed activists

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:10 PM PST

Emirates pardons five activists convicted previous day for insulting country's leadership, group's lawyer says.


NATO Attack Widens Pakistan Chasm

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:36 AM PST

Saturday's NATO attack on two Pakistani military outposts targeted army personnel sent to the bases as backup, and continued after Pakistani commanders contacted NATO to demand a stop to the assault.


European Central Bank's Bond Buys Are Restrained

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:18 PM PST

The European Central Bank showed no signs of abandoning its conservative approach to bond purchases in recent days, despite louder calls for it to do more to prop up Europe's shaky debt markets.


Russia Considers Blocking NATO Supply Routes

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:27 AM PST

Russia said it may not let NATO use its territory to supply troops in Afghanistan if the alliance doesn't seriously consider its objections to a U.S.-led missile shield for Europe, Russia's ambassador to NATO said Monday.


China Backs More IMF Funds

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:35 AM PST

China continues to back additional funding for the International Monetary Fund, but it doesn't want that money to be earmarked for Europe.


Singer Alleges Trade-Off

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:31 PM PST

Singer Charlotte Church told a U.K. panel examining press ethics that she waived a $154,000 fee to perform at Rupert Murdoch's wedding in 1999 to gain favorable coverage in his papers. The company denied the allegation.


Somali Militants Ban 16 Aid Groups

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:16 AM PST

The Somali militant group al Shabaab banned 16 aid groups, including a half dozen U.N. agencies, from central and southern Somalia, a decision likely to harm Somalis already suffering from drought and famine.


Sports Personality top 10 announced

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:17 AM PST

Ten of the UK's top sports stars have been nominated for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.


At War Blog: Drumbeat of World War II, Tweet by Tweet

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:23 AM PST

The Times's Jennifer Schuessler reports on a Twitter feed dedicated to World War II that has attracted more than 100,000 followers since it began in August.

Canada makes Kyoto climate strike

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:21 AM PST

Canada confirms it will not make new emission cuts under the Kyoto Protocol and may formally withdraw from the treaty, adding new troubles for the UN climate summit.


VIDEO: Wind fells Tallinn Christmas tree

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:11 AM PST

The Christmas tree in the Estonian capital of Tallinn has been felled for the second time in three days, after being battered by winds of 100kph (62mph).


VIDEO: Egypt's 'complicated' elections

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:35 AM PST

Lyse Doucet visits a Cairo polling station to see how complicated voting is in Egypt's first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February.


Citigroup faces toxic asset trial

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:06 AM PST

A US judge orders a trial after rejecting a $285m settlement between Citigroup and financial regulator SEC over the sale of toxic mortgages.


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