Papua New Guinea's O'Neill endorsed as prime minister

Papua New Guinea's O'Neill endorsed as prime minister


Papua New Guinea's O'Neill endorsed as prime minister

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:11 PM PDT

PORT MORESBY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea's parliament endorsed incumbent Peter O'Neill as prime minister after long-running national elections on Friday, ending a prolonged period of political uncertainty in the Pacific island country.


VIDEO: Annan to leave Syria envoy post

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 02:36 PM PDT

The UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has announced he is leaving his post.


VIDEO: Jordan action over Syria refugees

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT

Nearly 40,000 Syrians have crossed into Jordan, prompting the country to rethink its response to the flood of refugees.


CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 05:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, third from bottom, false starts from the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Bolt was disqualified. Under the zero-tolerance false-start rule in place for the London Olympics, a sprinter's mistimed jump from the blocks could destroy four years of hard work in an instant. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)It's not easy catching up with the fastest man in the world. Just ask tennis star Novak Djokovic who's been searching in vain.



Text of statement by ECB President Mario Draghi

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT

ARCHIVO _ En esta foto del 31 de mayo, el presidente del Banco Central Europeo Mario Draghi reporta ante el Comité Económico, en el parlamento europeo en Bruselas. (Foto AP/Yves Logghe)Below is the full text of the speech that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi delivered at his press conference on Thursday.



EYES ON LONDON: Gabby's gold, Phelps claims 20th

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

ALTERNATE CROP OF OGYM222- U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas acknowledges the crowd after receiving her gold medal during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:



Why QR Codes Don't Work

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT

Guest post written by Alex Kutsishin Alex Kutsishin is founder and president of FiddleFly, a provider of tools for building mobile Web sites. Alex Kutsishin If there ever was a technology that was frustratingly unpopular despite its true potential to improve the way consumers and businesses interact, it would be the QR code. [...]


Enjoy Your Last Cheap Clicks Before Online Sales Tax Sticks

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT

monopoly-e-commerce (Photo credit: danielbroche) The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation may sound like a big yawn. Washington is chock-full of committees and hearings that aren't exactly rip-roaring. But this committee's meeting August 1st covered a vast and controversial landscape: online taxes. The narrower scope: The so-called Marketplace Fairness Bill [...]


Spain arrests 3 al-Qaida suspects

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:28 AM PDT

Spanish police say they have arrested three suspected members of al-Qaida.


Syrian forces unleash operations near Damascus

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 02:47 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army soldier stands at a check point in Maarat Misrin in Idlib province, Syria. Arabic on the barriers read, "no God but Allah," background, and "Free Syrian Army," foreground. (AP Photo)Syrian rebels on Thursday bombarded a military air base in Aleppo using a tank captured from government troops as activists reported that the regime has unleashed new raids against opposition fighters near the capital Damascus, killing dozens.



India Lowers Monsoon Forecast

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:25 PM PDT

India has lowered its monsoon forecast for 2012 and the rainfall is expected to be deficient for the June-September monsoon season due to likely emergence of El Nino weather conditions during the second half of the season.


ROMNEY'S HORSE

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:23 PM PDT

but this time in search of a medal.


Cameron, Putin to trade blows, watch Olympic judo

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:27 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron will hold discussions Thursday in London with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but appears likely to focus on boosting trade, rather than anger over Moscow's sheltering of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime from tougher international action.


Euro Slumps After ECB Disappoints

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT

The euro tumbled from a near one-month high after raised expectations for European Central Bank action were quickly dashed by its President Mario Draghi.


BHP to Write Down $3.29 Billion

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:23 PM PDT

BHP Billiton said it will write down the value of U.S. shale gas and Australian nickel assets by a combined $3.29 billion, prompting Chief Executive Marius Kloppers to decline an annual bonus.


Progress and tradition collide in Poland's green oases

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - Krystyna Pakulska walks down a dirt track lined with silver birch trees and stops for a moment to breathe in the air. "Look at the beauty around you, the flowers and the trees," says the 59-year old, a retired employee of Polish state television. "Why destroy this beautiful land?" This is an allotment garden, one of dozens carved out of the Polish capital by the country's previous rulers so that workers could relax in their spare time by tending flowers and shrubs on their personal plots. ...


Iranian hostages may be freed Friday: Libyan Red Crescent

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 07:42 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, LIBYA (Reuters) - Seven Iranian relief workers may be freed later on Friday by an armed group that took them hostage on Tuesday in the heart of the Libyan city Benghazi, a Libyan Red Crescent Association official said. "We are waiting for their release which can happen any moment now," Abdelhamid el-Madani, who heads the Libyan relief organization's local branch in Benghazi, told Reuters by telephone. He declined to elaborate. The seven Iranian men arrived in Benghazi on Monday as official guests of the Libyan Red Crescent to help with relief work in the city. ...


Progress and tradition collide in Poland's green oases

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:01 PM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - Krystyna Pakulska walks down a dirt track lined with silver birch trees and stops for a moment to breathe in the air.


We Don't Need Photorealism To Convey Human Emotion In Video Games

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Recently 2K's Chris Hartmann said this about photorealism in video games: "Recreating a Mission Impossible experience in gaming is easy; recreating emotions in Brokeback Mountain is going to be tough, or at least very sensitive in this country… it will be very hard to create very deep emotions like sadness or [...]


Afghans fear what will happen when troops leave

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT

In this Monday, July 30, 2012 photo Regwida Neayish 19, right, surfs the Internet with a friend at the Sahar Gul Internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. Donor nations have pledged to keep bankrolling the Afghan security forces and send more development money, but none of this has done much to raise the hopes of many Afghans who remain in deep despair about the future of their nation after international troops leave. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)Asadullah Ramin has lost all hope in his homeland — he's so worried about what will happen when U.S. and international troops leave that he's ready to pay a smuggler to whisk his family out of Afghanistan.



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