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Mexican election could return old rulers to power

Mexican election could return old rulers to power
Mexico could return old ruling party to power
Mexican election could return old rulers to power
Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan
Happy Birthday International Criminal Court
Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan
Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say
1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis
Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan
Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say
California Joins Majority Of States In Recognizing Tort ??? Intentional Interference With Expected Inheritance
New Hong Kong leader takes office amid discontent
Everything You Need to Know About Life You Can Learn At The Playground
Infiniti Tests Advanced Electric Sports Car In Full Public View
Global Trial Shows LED Street Lighting Delivers Up To 85% Energy Savings
The Solyndrafication of Healthcare Technology
Singer hedge fund, others in cross-border fight with Mexican industrial elite
'Okami HD' Coming To PlayStation 3
Why Capcom Needs To Bring 'Monster Hunter' To North American PS3 And Xbox 360 Owners
VIDEO: Liechtenstein holds royal referendum

Mexican election could return old rulers to power

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:04 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday with the opposition party that dominated the country for most of the past century poised for a comeback after the ruling conservatives failed to provide strong growth or halt a brutal drugs war. Twelve years after the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) lost power, polls show its candidate Enrique Pena Nieto heading into the vote with a double-digit lead over his opponents, despite lingering doubts about the party. ...

Mexico could return old ruling party to power

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:40 PM PDT

A single party dominated Mexico for most of the past century, and its loss 12 years ago proved to many that the country was finally a democracy. Now the nation's voters seem ready to bring it back to power in Sunday's presidential election.

Mexican election could return old rulers to power

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:04 PM PDT

Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:10 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process.

Happy Birthday International Criminal Court

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:32 PM PDT

On its tenth birthday, the International Criminal Court needs to undertake a careful self-examination.

Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:36 PM PDT

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed eight suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said. A drone missile struck a house in the Shawal Valley where militants were reported to be hiding in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. "Two missiles were fired on a house. Eight militants were killed," said a local intelligence official. ...

Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Two people were killed and five were injured, including two seriously, in a shooting outside a nightclub in the northern French city of Lille on Sunday, police and fire services said. A man who had been refused entry into the club returned with a heavy-caliber gun, shooting indiscriminately at around 3 a.m. (10.00 p.m. EDT) before fleeing the scene. Police were searching for the man. (Reporting By Pierre Savary; writing by John Irish; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:14 PM PDT

Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant set to restart Sunday, the first to go back online since all reactors were shut down for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:36 PM PDT

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed eight suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said.

Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

California Joins Majority Of States In Recognizing Tort ??? Intentional Interference With Expected Inheritance

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:50 PM PDT

In Beckwith v. Dahl (May 3, 2012), the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, joined the majority of states in recognizing the tort of intentional interference with expected inheritance (IIEI). ?[I]t is time to officially recognize this tort claim,? writes Justice Kathleen O?Leary in the Court?s option. The Court of Appeals adopted IIEI based ...

New Hong Kong leader takes office amid discontent

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:27 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao was interrupted by a pro-democracy heckler Sunday at the swearing in of Hong Kong's new leader, an incident underscoring rising tensions between Beijing and the semiautonomous territory 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.

Everything You Need to Know About Life You Can Learn At The Playground

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:47 PM PDT

Last week, a friend posted this question on : ?What would the child you were think of the adult you are today?? I was??left to ponder the question at a??time when I was feeling as if I?d dropped most of the balls that are part of the juggling act that goes along with working motherhood.??I ...

Infiniti Tests Advanced Electric Sports Car In Full Public View

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:45 PM PDT

Mere months after unveiling a non-working version of its Emerg-E concept car at the Geneva Motor Show, Infiniti has a drivable prototype making runs at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The annual event in West Sussex, England, which runs June 28 to July 1, celebrates motor sports and draws brands from across the ...

Global Trial Shows LED Street Lighting Delivers Up To 85% Energy Savings

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:39 PM PDT

Results from a global trial of light-emitting diode (LED) street lights confirm that the fixtures can deliver electricity savings of up to 85% over incumbent technologies. The two-and-a-half-year pilot, called LightSavers, tested 533 LED lamps in 15 trials in 12 cities, including , London, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Sydney. Findings from the trials are presented ...

The Solyndrafication of Healthcare Technology

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:28 PM PDT

Congress and lobbyists can't begin to keep up with or properly take advantage of the accelerating opportunities that technology can bring to healthcare

Singer hedge fund, others in cross-border fight with Mexican industrial elite

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:42 PM PDT

On a scorching April morning in Monterrey, Mexico, Enrique Garcia, Vitro's local plant manager, crosses under a mural that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the company's first glass factory. He points to brick structures from the original plant.

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