As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?

As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?

As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:05 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - In 1981, five years after his death, China's ruling Communist Party began to save history from Mao Zedong.

Ball camera 'could help police'

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:21 AM PST

A tennis ball-shaped device with cameras could help emergency services and police verify whether a potentially dangerous place is safe to enter.


Mexico passes law to lift lid on murky state finances

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When Samuel Chacon took over as mayor of the southern Mexican border town of Tapachula last month, he found the equivalent of about 40 cents in the council's bank account and debts of more than $38 million.

U.S. judge dismisses Hamas financing suit against Arab Bank

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by a U.S. man wounded in the Middle East who sought to hold Arab Bank liable for providing material support to the Palestinian group Hamas.

Latest Updates: New Challenges to Recovery, Including a Northeaster

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

Tens of thousands remained homeless and hundreds of thousands still lacked power across the region Tuesday, even as a new threat lurked on the horizon.


Cecilia Chang, Ex-Dean of St. John’s, Found Dead

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Cecilia Chang had been accused of stealing more than $1 million from the university and of using students as her personal servants.


Greece to Vote on $23 Billion in New Cuts

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:51 PM PST

The new austerity measures, which include further cuts to pensions, civil service salaries and social benefits, are required to unlock $40 billion in rescue financing.


Bahrain arrests suspects behind deadly blasts

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

Arrests come a day after five bombs killed two and injured five people in districts in the capital Manama.


Mali Islamists in aid group deal

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:41 PM PST

One of the Islamist groups in northern Mali agrees to allow humanitarian aid groups into its territory, and commits to peace talks and a ceasefire.


France eases labor costs via tax credits, VAT hike

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:34 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France is to grant 20 billion euros in annual tax credits to companies as a way of lowering labor costs, in a tougher-than-expected response to calls from business leaders to reverse decades of industrial decline.

Think your wait was bad? Photos of voting lines around the world

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PST

As Americans vote in today's presidential election, many are finding surprisingly long lines at polling places, particularly in the hurricane-hit northeast. Reports of hours-long waits seem to be common.

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In U.S. soldier’s war crimes hearing, Afghans to take center stage

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:05 PM PST

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Inside the small wood-paneled courtroom where witnesses have begun to narrate a chilling account of the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians in March, there is a grieving Army wife sitting in the front row, poker-faced prosecutors and a handful of soldiers following the proceedings raptly from the gallery.

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Windows Live Messenger to close

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Microsoft is to close down its Windows Live Messenger in 2013 and is urging users to switch over to its Skype chat software.


Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A British businessman murdered in China in a high-profile case of political intrigue was an informal source of information for Britain's foreign intelligence agency, MI6, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Nobel-nominated Congo doctor fears going home after attack

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:58 AM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynecologist said on Tuesday he is too scared to return to his native Congo after an attempt on his life last month by armed men in one of the most violent parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Crocodile captured in Gaza sewer

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PST

Gaza police hunting a crocodile which escaped from a zoo two years ago capture the reptile after draining a large sewage pit.


VIDEO: Marikana police 'planted weapons'

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:43 AM PST

South African police have been accused of planting weapons on the bodies of dead workers killed at the Marikana mine in August.


UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker over reality show

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:45 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A Conservative lawmaker who called British Prime Minister David Cameron and finance minister George Osborne "arrogant posh boys" has been suspended from the ruling party after deciding to take part in a reality television show in the Australian jungle.

Americans tour base to recruit Libyan anti-militant force: commander

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:22 AM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. officials in Libya have begun to look for recruits for a commando force which they plan to train to fight militants, a former commander of Libyan rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday.

Restaurant Review: Restaurant Review: After Hurricane Sandy, Downtown Restaurants Need Patrons

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

Restaurants in the blackout zone in southern Manhattan lost their perishables and the better part of a week's revenues, a big hit for businesses that get by on small margins, and for their workers.


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