New York large soda ban passed

New York large soda ban passed


New York large soda ban passed

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:07 PM PDT

New York City passes the first US ban of large sizes of sodas and other sugary drinks from being sold in restaurants and other eateries.


U.S. Embassy and Muslim Brotherhood embroiled in a Twitter fight

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Twitter might be a U.S. company, but Twitter users are polyglots.

That's the message the U.S. Embassy in Cairo sent the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday when the diplomats called out the Egyptian political group for tweeting English messages supporting the United States on its official English account, @ikhwanweb, while rooting for protesters in Cairo on its Arabic feed.

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Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT


UN nuclear agency board rebukes Iran

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

IAEA's 35-nation board of governors expressed "serious concern" over Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.


Portugal Socialists threaten bailout consensus over taxes

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

LISBON (Reuters) - Anger at new tax rises in Portugal gathered steam on Thursday with the main opposition Socialists threatening to end a cross-party backing for an EU/IMF bailout by voting against the 2013 draft budget unless the government backs off on taxes.


Rhino film 'rebirth for exiled Iran director'

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:24 AM PDT

The movie which spelt freedom for 'exiled' Iranian filmmaker


Libya makes arrests over Benghazi attack

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Officials say "four men are in custody" suspected of having links to killing of US ambassador and three embassy staff.


U.S.: TimesCast Politics | Sept. 13, 2012

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Romney's reaction to Benghazi. | Another foreign policy hurdle: Israeli relations. | Same-sex marriage and the New York primaries. | A deeper look at Obama's bundlers.


USA Today to Introduce New, Sleeker Look on Friday

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:52 AM PDT

The Gannett-owned newspaper will look more like a Web site and its new Web site will read more like an iPad.


VIDEO: Anti-Islam film protests widen

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Protests against an anti-Islam film made in the US have spread across the Middle East and North Africa.


US Federal Reserve extends low interest rates

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Central bank has announced it will spend $40bn a month to buy mortgage-backed securities, so as to stimulate economy.


Russia's Vladimir Putin admits wildlife stunts are staged

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that some of his most famous media adventures with wildlife have been carefully staged but has said they were worthwhile because they drew the public's attention to important conservation projects.


VIDEO: Karachi families bury factory fire dead

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Families in Karachi are burying their dead after a huge fire engulfed a garment factory on Tuesday.


Mexico Captures El Coss, Head of Gulf Cartel

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, known as El Coss, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, the Mexican Navy said in a statement.


South African mine strikes could damage country’s economy, analysts say

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:27 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As unrest sweeps across South Africa's platinum industry, analysts fear the impact of industrial unrest on the continent's largest economy, already hit hard by the euro-zone crisis.

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Afghanistan's best and worst case scenarios

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Best and worst case scenarios for Afghanistan


Owen 'stayed too long at Man Utd'

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT

New Stoke City striker Michael Owen says he stayed too long at Manchester United and should have left sooner than he did.


Afghanistan's best and worst case scenarios

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Best and worst case scenarios for Afghanistan


South Africa miners call for national strike

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT

President Jacob Zuma has condemned the move by platinum miners, saying such action would leave country "worse off".


Report 'blames captain in Costa disaster'

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT

Pre-trial report has found fault with Costa firm and captain of the cruise ship for shipwreck in which 32 people died.


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