Calls for calm over disputed DR Congo election

Calls for calm over disputed DR Congo election

Calls for calm over disputed DR Congo election

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 11:04 PM PST

Electoral commission and UN urge restraint as opposition rejects results giving Kabila victory in presidential poll.


Russia braces for nationwide protests

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:27 PM PST

Moscow rally against "poll fraud" by ruling party set to attract 30,000 people, with protests in several other cities.


7 Reasons Big-Company Executives Fail in a Startup

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:21 PM PST

Mid-level or even top executives who "grew up" in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations thrive ...


Argentine leader starts new term with rocky road ahead

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:03 PM PST

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Cristina Fernandez begins a second term as Argentine president on Saturday as signs of strain in a long economic boom force her to tweak the offbeat, high-growth policies that pleased voters but spook investors.

VIDEO: Moscow braced for election protests

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:44 PM PST

Moscow is braced for what the opposition claims will be the biggest demonstration in Russia for 20 years.


Croatia signs treaty to join EU in 2013

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:33 PM PST

Zagreb signs accession treaty to become 28th member of EU, after six years of negotiations, as bloc delays Serbia bid.


How a Deal May Save the Euro But Not Preserve Europe (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - Out of Brussels emerges an agreement that almost all of Europe has acceded to -- except Britain. And that estrangement may be ominous for everyone involved


States imperiled by warming rebel at climate talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:30 PM PST

United Nations security personel form a cordon as protesting environmental activists attempt to gain access to the plenary session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban, December 9, 2011. The European Union said key developing states backed its roadmap for a binding pact to fight global warming, but warned U.N. climate talks could still collapse on Friday unless all major polluters came on board. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Developing states most at risk from global warming rebelled against a proposed deal at U.N. climate talks, forcing host South Africa to draw up new draft documents to try to stop the talks collapsing.

Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:08 PM PST

AP - Thousands of Taiwanese opposition supporters have rallied in the capital, donating from tiny piggy banks in the campaign to defeat President Ma Ying-jeou.


Three Days in Afghanistan: The Making of a War Reporter (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - A reporter for TIME recounts two defining days covering the war in Afghanistan and a terrifying third that shook him profoundly


States imperiled by warming rebel at climate talks

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:30 PM PST

DURBAN (Reuters) - Developing states most at risk from global warming rebelled against a proposed deal at U.N. climate talks, forcing host South Africa to draw up new draft documents to try to stop the talks collapsing.

Bahrain to open up prisons to Red Cross

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:59 PM PST

Interior ministry says International Committee of the Red Cross to be allowed to visit inmates arrested during protests.


Pakistan truckers back NATO supply route blockade (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:55 PM PST

In this picture taken on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, Pakistani truck drivers and their assistants gather at a terminal in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan closed its two Afghan crossings in Chaman and Torkham, in the northwest Khyber tribal area, almost immediately after NATO aircraft attacked two army posts along the border before dawn on Nov. 26. The supply lines account for 40 percent of the fuel, clothes, vehicles and other 'non lethal' supplies for the Afghan war. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Sleeping in a freezing cab, running out of money and worried about militant attacks, Ghulab Jan is one of thousands of truck drivers stranded as a result of Pakistan's blockade of the Afghan border to NATO and U.S. war supplies.

Out with the GDP, in with the GNH; Japan and Taiwan to mimic tiny Bhutan's happiness index

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:40 PM PST

After a visit from the young King of Bhutan and his beautiful new pride, Japan got ?Gross National Happiness? fever, it seems, and so has Taiwan.?? The idea of GNH is to measure well-being instead of just crunching numbers for a GDP, which leaves out all sorts of factors about quality of life, environmental impact, ...


Japan to adopt Bhutan's principles of Gross National Happiness; Taiwan, too

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:39 PM PST

After a visit from the young King of Bhutan and his beautiful new pride, Japan got ?Gross National Happiness? fever, it seems, and so has Taiwan.?? The idea of GNH is to measure well-being instead of just crunching numbers for a GDP, which leaves out all sorts of factors about quality of life, environmental impact, ...


China export and import growth slows, surplus narrows (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:09 PM PST

Reuters - Growth in Chinese exports and imports slowed in November, further evidence of the faltering demand abroad and at home that is pushing Beijing towards a more explicit pro-growth policy.


Japanese Mayor Plants Seeds of Renewal

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:03 PM PST

A mayor in Japan was forced after the earthquake and tsunami to choose between searching for his missing wife or fulfilling his duties to lead rescue work for survivors. He decided to overcome his loss by rebuilding his town, Rikuzentakata.


Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out of crisis (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:50 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a round table session at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The president of the European Council said Friday that a new intergovernmental treaty meant to save the euro currency will include the 17 eurozone states plus as many as six other European Union countries, but not all 27 EU members. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent — hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos.

Congo's Kabila re-elected, opposition claims victory (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:55 PM PST

Reuters - The main challenger in Democratic Republic of Congo's election declared himself president on Friday and poured scorn on provisional official results handing victory to incumbent Joseph Kabila.


Lax safety cited in deadly hospital fire in India (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:24 PM PST

Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate a person after a fire engulfed a hospital, in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Medical staff at the hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety early Friday as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving many dead from smoke inhalation, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A private Indian hospital where 90 people died in a massive fire had failed to update its safety procedures despite being ordered to do so months ago, officials said Saturday.
No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)