Egypt Islamists try to hold lead in second round of voting (Reuters)

Egypt Islamists try to hold lead in second round of voting (Reuters)

Egypt Islamists try to hold lead in second round of voting (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:49 PM PST

Reuters - Egyptians voted Wednesday in the second round of a parliamentary election with Islamist parties seeking to bolster early gains and secure a dominant position during the transition from army rule.


Egyptians return to polls for parliamentary vote (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST

Egyptian school children gather around a street vendor by electoral posters that read in Arabic, 'Al-Nour Party, Ahmed Ibrahim Yousef,' on a street in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Egyptians are set for another democratic landmark on Wednesday when the country will hold a second round of parliamentary voting, part of the first elections since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Egyptians in nine provinces voted Wednesday in the second round of the first parliamentary elections since a popular uprising ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February.

Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:47 PM PST

AP - A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued.


Olympus meets deadline for revised earnings report (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST

Former President and Chief Executive of Olympus Corp. Michael Woodford speaks to lawmakers of Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The Japanese camera and medical equipment maker faces a deadline to report revised earnings Wednesday to avoid being removed from the Tokyo stock market after Woodford, a 51-year-old Briton and a rare foreigner to lead a major Japanese company, questioned fees and acquisitions that turned out to be part of a deception to hide $1.5 billion in investment losses. A portrait in the background shows the LDP leader Sadakazu Tanigaki. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Olympus Corp. submitted revised earnings reports Wednesday, meeting a deadline to avoid being removed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It still risks getting delisted later on because of an accounting scandal.

Egypt Islamists try to hold lead in second round of voting

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voted Wednesday in the second round of a parliamentary election with Islamist parties seeking to bolster early gains and secure a dominant position during the transition from army rule.

Flash in the News: Will Apple Acquire Anobit?

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

There was an interesting new post today written by fellow Forbes blogger .?? This post, titled: The Technology of the Year: Flash Memory, examines today?s rumors about a possible acquisition of Anobit, an Israeli SSD (NAND flash based solid state disks) controller maker.?? This is a story we covered in depth in another blog: The ...


VIDEO: Egypt set for next voting round

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

Egyptian voters are set to go to the polls for the second round in the country's lengthy post-revolution election process.


China dangles more incentives ahead of Taiwan election (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

Reuters - China on Wednesday dangled the prospect of more trade and economic incentives for Taiwan ahead of elections there next month, but warned the pro-independence opposition closer ties would be at risk if it did not change its stance.


China to keep policy stable, fend off global risks (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:00 PM PST

AP - Chinese leaders pledged to seek stable and more balanced growth while fighting inflation, ending a top-level economic planning session without major shifts in policy.


China dangles more incentives ahead of Taiwan election

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday dangled the prospect of more trade and economic incentives for Taiwan ahead of elections there next month, but warned the pro-independence opposition closer ties would be at risk if it did not change its stance.

VIDEO: Police seek Liege attack motive

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:11 PM PST

Police in Belgium are trying to determine what motivated a local man to open fire on a busy marketplace in Liege, killing at least four people


Arsonists torch Jerusalem mosque (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:34 PM PST

France's Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Francois Hollande (C) and his campaign director Pierre Moscovici (L) meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Meurice hotel in Paris on December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Lionel Bonaventure/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Israeli police say arsonists have torched a mosque in central Jerusalem.

Strong quake hits PNG, no reports of damage

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:49 PM PST

(Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued as the quake occurred inland, and there were no immediate reports of damage.

Kenyan forces pledge further push into Somalia (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 08:57 PM PST

A Kenyan army soldier atop an armored personnel carrier drinks from a hydration pack in Ras Kamboni, southern Somalia Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Kenyan troops and their Somali allies say they will push deeper into insurgent-controlled territory in Somalia now that rains have stopped, with the spokesman for a Kenyan-allied Somali militia saying on Tuesday that troops would move within the week. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Kenyan troops and their Somali allies say they will push deeper into insurgent-controlled territory in Somalia now that rains have stopped, as the U.N. called for $1.5 billion in aid for those hit by famine in the Horn of Africa nation.

HK tops global survey of financial system health (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:38 PM PST

AP - Hong Kong has become the first Asian finance center to top an annual survey of global financial development, overtaking the United States and U.K.


Papua New Guinea's toppled PM reinstated

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:22 PM PST

Michael Somare backed by country's top court and governor-general but still faces likely defeat in confidence vote.


Deal to end Indonesia Freeport strike

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:27 PM PST

Workers agree to pay rise far short of their demands, ending three-month strike during which nine workers were killed.


Tax Filing Season 2012: Claudia's Crystal Ball

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:05 PM PST

The absence of excessive Congressional tinkering with the tax code provides a smoother start to filing season; taxpayers receive their refunds earlier. That's the good news. Individual extenders and the AMT patch from 2010 will expire unnoticed at the end of 2011. This virtually guarantees Congressional action in 2012 to prevent millions of taxpayers from an AMT hit next year and creates uncertainty in 2012 planning until it is addressed. The popular deduction for state & local sales taxes as well as tax-free treatment of distributions from IRAs for charitable purposes are among several perennial extenders that also expire at the end of 2011. That's not good news.


Heir-apparent's hair's apparent in North Korea capital (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 08:27 PM PST

Reuters - North Korean heir-apparent Kim Jong-un's slicked-back, high-sided haircut is a fashion hit in Pyongyang where young men are apparently queuing up for a similar cut.


New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 08:33 PM PST

Pakistani acid attack survivor, Azim Mai, 35, holds her daughter Shaziya, 8, while sitting on a bed waiting to have a massage session for their wounds, at the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face and their daughter Shaziya last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. Rights activists Tuesday praised the laws, which stiffened the punishment for acid attacks and also criminalized practices such as marrying off young girls to settle tribal disputes and preventing women from inheriting property. The Senate provided final approval for two bills containing the new laws Monday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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