Vinashin Executive Gets Prison Sentence |
- Vinashin Executive Gets Prison Sentence
- In Rich Europe, Growing Ranks of Working Poor
- Dressing Up the iPhone’s Dull Uniform
- As TV Viewing Habits Change, Political Ads Adapt
- Hunt for woman missing from ferry
- Libyan PM visits scene of tribal clashes in desert
- China Manufacturing Data Show Mixed Picture
- Three Bombs in Thailand's South Kill at Least 14
- Moscow Halts Protests By Closing Red Square
- Respect targets Bradford council
- Swiss spy charge signals German tax deal trouble
- FiveThirtyEight: Complacency a Threat to Romney in Wisconsin
- A Taliban infiltrator's road to fratricide
- Brotherhood presidency bid turns up heat in Egypt race
- Falklands row could hit UK's South American ambitions
- FiveThirtyEight: For Romney, a Widening Gap in Support
- UK 'considers' internet surveillance network
- Fed Focuses on 8 Firms Not Part of Mortgage Settlement
- On Amnesty Day, Owners Hand Over Exotic Pets
- VIDEO: Suu Kyi 'wins landmark election'
| Vinashin Executive Gets Prison Sentence Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:54 PM PDT A Vietnamese court sentenced the former chief executive of debt-plagued state shipbuilder Vinashin to 20 years in prison, underscoring the growing urgency of the government's efforts to stabilize the country's bloated and frequently mismanaged state-owned enterprises.
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| In Rich Europe, Growing Ranks of Working Poor Posted: 01 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT A growing slice of the population is slipping through Europe's long-vaunted social safety net.
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| Dressing Up the iPhone’s Dull Uniform Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:39 PM PDT Apple's latest iPhones are available only in black or white, so some rebels seek to transform their devices by replacing the front and back panels with colorful and unauthorized alternatives.
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| As TV Viewing Habits Change, Political Ads Adapt Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:57 AM PDT Traditional TV campaign ads are reaching fewer people. But methods of tracking Web activity make it easier to find the right people online.
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| Hunt for woman missing from ferry Posted: 01 Apr 2012 01:12 PM PDT An air and sea search is under way for a woman believed to have fallen overboard from the Condor Rapide ferry en route from Guernsey to Poole.
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| Libyan PM visits scene of tribal clashes in desert Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:47 PM PDT SABHA, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's prime minister flew to a desert oasis city on Sunday to try to patch up a tribal dispute that has killed about 150 people over the past week and underscored the ethnic faultlines threatening Libya's stability.
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| China Manufacturing Data Show Mixed Picture Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:44 PM PDT Two gauges of China's manufacturing sector gave a decidedly mixed picture for March, as an official measurement showed unexpected strength while a rival index by HSBC Holdings pointed to further weakness.
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| Three Bombs in Thailand's South Kill at Least 14 Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:42 PM PDT Three car bombs Saturday in southern Thailand, which killed at least 14 people and wounded hundreds of others, are propelling a long-simmering Muslim insurgency to a fresh crisis point after years of attacks.
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| Moscow Halts Protests By Closing Red Square Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:07 PM PDT Russian authorities closed Red Square all day Sunday to prevent a rally there against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and detained dozens of opposition activists outside the gates.
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| Respect targets Bradford council Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:25 PM PDT The Respect Party says it will have candidates in every ward at Bradford's local council elections following George Galloway's by-election win.
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| Swiss spy charge signals German tax deal trouble Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:25 PM PDT ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss decision to pursue German tax inspectors for industrial espionage is a sign of growing tension that could make it hard for both sides to secure parliamentary ratification of a deal preventing Germans dodging tax on their Swiss deposits.
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| FiveThirtyEight: Complacency a Threat to Romney in Wisconsin Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:59 PM PDT Wisconsin seems like a state that Mitt Romney should win, but there reasons that he should be a little worried about the vote there on Tuesday.
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| A Taliban infiltrator's road to fratricide Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:50 AM PDT KABUL — Before the Afghan police officer named Asadullah killed eight of his colleagues and one civilian on Friday morning, he spent years as a Taliban fighter, targeting men he called infidels and crisscrossing the Pakistani border with teams of insurgents. Read full article >>   
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| Brotherhood presidency bid turns up heat in Egypt race Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:46 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A deft businessman and politician tempered by years in Hosni Mubarak's prisons, Khairat al-Shater is aiming to bring Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to the pinnacle of power for the first time in its 84-year history. But his candidacy for the presidency has exposed rifts in the Islamist group's ranks, worried liberals and could turn up the heat in a row with Egypt's ruling army.
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| Falklands row could hit UK's South American ambitions Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:54 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, relations are at their chilliest in years as Buenos Aires launches a multi-pronged diplomatic offensive to assert its claim to sovereignty over the South Atlantic islands.
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| FiveThirtyEight: For Romney, a Widening Gap in Support Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:45 AM PDT Mitt Romney's difficulty in attracting rural voters suggests he may have trouble unifying his base in the fall.
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| UK 'considers' internet surveillance network Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:17 AM PDT Interior ministry spokesman insists it would not involve prying into the content of emails or voice conversations.
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| Fed Focuses on 8 Firms Not Part of Mortgage Settlement Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT The Federal Reserve's recommendation of fines raises questions about how deep mortgage foreclosure problems run through the banking industry.
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| On Amnesty Day, Owners Hand Over Exotic Pets Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:56 AM PDT Seven animals were accepted at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on Saturday for the state's second Exotic Animal Amnesty Day.
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| VIDEO: Suu Kyi 'wins landmark election' Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins a landmark by-election, her party claims, as the country's tentative political reforms are put to the test.
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