In Syrian shadow, Iraq's Maliki juggles Tehran, Washington

In Syrian shadow, Iraq's Maliki juggles Tehran, Washington

In Syrian shadow, Iraq's Maliki juggles Tehran, Washington

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:35 PM PDT

File photo of Iraq's PM Maliki inside Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green ZoneBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's move to inspect Iranian aircraft flying to Syria may appease the United States but also shows how crisis in Damascus has pushed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki into an ever more delicate balancing act between his two main allies. When he faced a parliamentary revolt this year, he could count on Tehran to pull strings of influence over restive fellow Shi'ite politicians in Iraq's majority community that saw the Iraqis quickly fall in line again behind the Shi'ite premier. ...

UN urges protection for elderly as world grays

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT

The U.N. Population Fund has urged governments to build safety nets to ensure that older people have income security and access to essential health and social services as the world's elderly population grows.


VIDEO: Lebedev on 'campaign' against him

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

The Russian millionaire Alexander Lebedev, who was charged with hooliganism last week, has complained that the charge is part of a campaign against him.


VIDEO: Premier football hits Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Football fans in Afghanistan are enjoying the country's first premier league competition, with thousands of fans attending matches in Kabul.


Miracles and Meltdowns at Medinah: Europe Defeats America at 39th Ryder Cup

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:33 PM PDT

This is my second of 2 pieces chronicling my first-hand accounts at the 39th Ryder Cup matches at Medinah County Club in suburban Chicago. ============== Wow! The final day of the 39th Ryder Cup matches at Medinah County Club in suburban Chicago exuded everything that's right about sports.  Intense competition, sportsmanship, and tremendous [...]


The Arab Spring -- Energy And The Road To Democracy?

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:31 PM PDT

The Arab Spring signals a tumultuous, and hopefully inevitable, metamorphosis to democracy. However, the Arab Spring is still a series of unconnected populist uprisings and will take time, and a lot of energy, to evolve into true democracies.


Carbon Emissions Threaten The Fishing Industry By Shrinking Fish Sizes

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:20 PM PDT

A new study reports that increased carbon dioxide emissions could decrease the size of fish in the oceans by as much as 24%.


30 Million Taxpayers Face Alternative Minimum Tax Right Now

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 'Millions will be hit' sounds like a TV or movie teaser. The revered but dry Congressional Research Service is not known for such lines. Still, all the blather about tax rates next year isn't the whole story. There is Alternative Minimum Tax--known as [...]


In Syrian shadow, Iraq's Maliki juggles Tehran, Washington

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's move to inspect Iranian aircraft flying to Syria may appease the United States but also shows how crisis in Damascus has pushed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki into an ever more delicate balancing act between his two main allies.

Japan PM reshuffles his Cabinet to boost support

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Noda has reshuffled his Cabinet for the third time this year in hopes of boosting flagging public support for his government. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet for the third time this year Monday in hopes of boosting flagging public support for his government amid speculation that elections will be called in coming months.

VIDEO: Lebedev on 'campaign' against him

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

The Russian millionaire Alexander Lebedev, who was charged with hooliganism last week, has complained that the charge is part of a campaign against him.


VIDEO: German crackdown on Hells Angels

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

Police in Germany have mounted a major campaign against the country's Hells Angels bikers.


VIDEO: Ryder Cup's 'Medinah miracle'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:05 PM PDT

Europe's golfers produced a dramatic final-day comeback to win the Ryder Cup in Medinah.


VIDEO: Syria's growing aid crisis

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:17 PM PDT

More than 2.5m Syrians who are unable to leave the country are in need of support, according to the UN.


VIDEO: German crackdown on Hells Angels

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

Police in Germany have mounted a major campaign against the country's Hells Angels bikers.


Successful Chief Information Officers Speak the Language of Business: Finance

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:17 PM PDT

Whenever I have the occasion to speak with successful CIOs at length, I make it a point to ask them which skills they believe have served them best as they have ascended into the biggest chair in the IT department. Some classic responses understandably crop up time and again. These [...]


Japan PM picks senior lawmaker as finance minister in cabinet change

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:45 PM PDT

Newly-appointed Finance Minister Koriki Jojima walks at the prime minister's official residence in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed as finance minister on Monday a senior lawmaker who worked with him on a plan to raise the sales tax, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ruling party's chances in an election expected in months. Koriki Jojima, 65, who served as the parliamentary affairs chief for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), will take charge of the world's third largest economy as it teeters on the brink of recession, hurt by a global slowdown and a strong yen. ...

Moscow court to hear Pussy Riot appeal

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church on Sunday Sept. 30, 2012, asked for clemency for three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot if they repent for their "punk prayer" for deliverance from President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral, a statement that came a day before an appeal hearing and appeared to reflect a desire to put an end to the case that has caused an international outrage. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, file)A Russian court is set to hear an appeal filed by three jailed members of the rock band Pussy Riot, who have been sentenced to two years for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main cathedral.

Un-American Luxury: Why Watches Still Don't Play In The USA; The Problem Of China, And A Startup Called Patek Philippe

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT

Antoine Norbert de Patek, Founder of Patek Philippe Despite the fact that there is an awful lot of woe-is-me in the air in America right now, the fact is that as far as the rest of the world is concerned we're still a nation of Scrooge McDucks.  China, my China, you're [...]


Japan PM picks senior lawmaker as finance minister in cabinet change

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:45 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed as finance minister on Monday a senior lawmaker who worked with him on a plan to raise the sales tax, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ruling party's chances in an election expected in months.
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