VIDEO: Two-year-old sandwich served fresh

VIDEO: Two-year-old sandwich served fresh

VIDEO: Two-year-old sandwich served fresh

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Dr George McGavin travels to the USA to find out how the army are battling against food decay.


Panel clears Olympus of organised crime links

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST

Investigative panel find no links between global tech giant's accounting scandal and Japanese crime bosses.


Indian state offers prizes for sterilisation

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:35 PM PST

Women in Rajasthan offered chance to win food processors and cars in controversial effort to slow baby boom.


China braces as European crisis adds to strains (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:24 PM PST

AP - Europe's festering debt crisis is adding to strains on China just as the country is pricking its property bubble and facing a manufacturing downturn, limiting the ability of the world's No. 2 economy to prop up global growth.


US officials say Pakistan leaving liaison centers (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:41 PM PST

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gestures during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Gilani says his country wants to rebuild ties with the United States despite Islamabad's ongoing retaliation for deadly airstrikes on its troops by the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan is pulling its troops out of at least two of the three centers meant to coordinate military activity across the Afghan border in apparent retaliation for NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, U.S. military officials said.

Thousands Occupy Russian Square in Public Protest of Putin (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

Time.com - In the biggest expression of public anger at Vladimir Putin, thousands gather in a Moscow square, suddenly venting in public what they have been spewing in the blogosphere


Former Hewlett-Packard Chair Patricia Dunn Dies At 58

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:50 PM PST

Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn died Sunday at her home in Orinda, California. She was 58. Her husband, William Jahnke, said the cause was ovarian cancer, the New York Times reports. The story noted that Dunn had been treated for three types of cancer since 2002. As the Times notes, Dunn rose from a secretary ...


VIDEO: Anti-Putin rally held in Moscow

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:41 PM PST

Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Moscow shouting "down with Putin" as international observers in Russia's parliamentary elections speak of flagrant violations.


VIDEO: Ratings agency warns euro nations

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:21 PM PST

Ratings agency Standard and Poor has put almost the entire eurozone, including Germany and France, on "credit watch" due to fears over the impact of the debt crisis.


VIDEO: Shia Muslims 'killed in Pakistan'

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:07 PM PST

Security is tight in Pakistan ahead of the Day of Ashura, which is the climax of a period of remembrance for Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.


VIDEO: Anti-Putin rally held in Moscow

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:41 PM PST

Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Moscow shouting "down with Putin" as international observers in Russia's parliamentary elections speak of flagrant violations.


VIDEO: Ratings agency warns euro nations

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:21 PM PST

Ratings agency Standard and Poor has put almost the entire eurozone, including Germany and France, on "credit watch" due to fears over the impact of the debt crisis.


VIDEO: Shia Muslims 'killed in Pakistan'

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:07 PM PST

Security is tight in Pakistan ahead of the Day of Ashura, which is the climax of a period of remembrance for Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.


Afghan policemen killed in fight with Taliban (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:03 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with delegates from an Afghan women's civil society during an international conference on the future of Afghanistan, in Bonn December 5, 2011. Foreign governments pledged on Monday to support Afghanistan long after allied troops go home, with or without a political settlement with insurgents once seen as the best way to prevent a new civil war. REUTERS/J. Scott Applewhite/Pool (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - Afghan police say an unspecified number of policemen have been killed and wounded in a gunbattle with insurgents in the country's northeast.

2nd tobacco company fights Australian logo ban (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:02 PM PST

AP - A second major tobacco company has gone to Australia's High Court to argue that new laws banning logos from cigarette packs are unconstitutional.


Belgium finally gets new government

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:26 PM PST

Francophone Socialist leader Elio Di Rupo to head six-party coalition almost 18 months since country's last elections.


StumbleUpon Rebrands, Launches Brand Channels

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:19 PM PST

StumbleUpon, the site for finding new websites and online content, has redesigned its website and rebranded as it preps to go after international markets.


Did NASA Find A Habitable Planet? Maybe.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:53 PM PST

NASA has announced that its Kepler mission has found a planet whose temperatures can theoretically support Earth-like life.


Corzine Rebuffed Internal Warnings on Risks

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:23 PM PST

MF Global Holdings' executive in charge of controlling risks raised serious concerns several times last year to directors at the securities firm about the growing bet on European bonds by his boss, Jon S. Corzine, people familiar with the matter said.


Australian Central Bank Braces for Global Slowdown

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:14 PM PST

The Reserve Bank of Australia announced its second interest-rate cut in as many months, moving to brace the commodity-based economy against growing fears the euro-zone debt crisis will spread its tentacles deeper into Asia.


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UN climate talks looking to China

UN climate talks looking to China

UN climate talks looking to China

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

Chinese delegates at the world climate talks in Durban say they are willing in principle to join a future, legally binding deal, the BBC's Richard Black reports.


Di Rupo Is Set to Take Office in Belgium

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:38 PM PST

French-speaking socialist Elio di Rupo will head a new Belgian government to be sworn in on Tuesday, ending 18 months of political stalemate in time for the new prime minister to take his seat at a European summit at the end of the week, officials said.


Obama Challenges G.O.P. on Payroll Tax Stance

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:40 PM PST

President Obama questioned why Republicans who opposed paying for tax cuts in the past now won't support them unless they are offset with other revenues.

Moscow protest after Russia vote

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST

Several thousand people take to the streets of Moscow shouting "Down with Putin" after international observers criticise the conduct of the election.


Media Decoder Blog: Bronfman Stepping Down at Warner Music

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:46 PM PST

Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., a major player in the music industry, is stepping down as chairman of the board.

UN climate talks looking to China

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

Chinese delegates at the world climate talks in Durban say they are willing in principle to join a future, legally binding deal, the BBC's Richard Black reports.


U.S. forces begin leaving Pakistan drone base

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. personnel have taken steps to evacuate a remote airfield in Pakistan that had been used for staging classified drone flights directed against militants, U.S. and Pakistani sources said on Monday.

DR Congo 'to use army if there is poll chaos'

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:45 AM PST

Senior member of government says army will be deployed if street protests against election result become "too chaotic".


Ratings agency 'to warn Germany'

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:18 AM PST

Credit ratings agency, Standard and Poor's is reportedly to warn Germany and five other AAA-rated euro members that their rating could be downgraded.


Seoul to send $5.7m in aid to North Korea

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:07 AM PST

South Korea to resume sending medicine and vaccines to northern neighbour through children's agency UNICEF.


VIDEO: Supercars in super-crash

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:07 AM PST

Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other vehicles have been involved in a motorway crash in Japan's southern prefecture of Yamaguchi.


VIDEO: Eight killed in Indonesia wall collapse

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:43 AM PST

A seven-metre concrete wall collapsed on Sunday, leaving eight people dead and eight injured on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.


Live - Monday football

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:01 AM PST

Struggling Fulham host Champions League-chasing Liverpool in Monday night's sole Premier League fixture.


Nations Promise to Help Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:44 AM PST

Representatives of 85 countries pledged to support Afghanistan in the decade after most coalition forces withdraw in 2014, demanding in exchange better governance, a clampdown on graft, and clean elections once President Hamid Karzai's term expires.


TIMESCAST: TimesCast | December 5, 2011

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:57 AM PST

Western monitors criticize Russian elections; France and Germany push for fiscal discipline; and presidential parodies on Saturday Night Live.

India Ink: The Danger of a Declining Rupee

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:05 AM PST

A vulnerable economy and criticism for the Reserve Bank of India.

South Korea and U.S. Differ on Nuclear Enrichment

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST

In talks resuming Tuesday, Seoul wants the go-ahead to enrich uranium and reprocess spent fuel from power plants, but Washington, concerned about proliferation and North Korea, is resisting.

China Scrambles for High-Tech Dominance

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

China's booming economy and growing technological infrastructure may thrust it to the forefront of the next generation of computing, many American experts say.

Smog Closes Beijing Airport

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:07 AM PST

Capital International Airport canceled hundreds of flights because of heavy smog, the latest sign that pollution in China is leading to significant economic losses.

Traffic Accident Wrecks a Dozen Luxury Cars in Japan

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:29 AM PST

A group of drivers apparently en route to a car festival crashed, an accident that cast a spotlight on Japan's super-rich, typically a discreet group.

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