Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque (Reuters)

Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque (Reuters)


Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:39 PM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of Muslims in a northwestern China village trying to prevent the demolition of their mosque clashed with police, causing several deaths, Hong Kong media and residents said on Tuesday.


Chinese Muslims clash with police over mosque

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:39 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims in a northwestern China village trying to prevent the demolition of their mosque clashed with police, causing several deaths, Hong Kong media and residents said on Tuesday.


Polling stations open in third round of Egypt vote (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:18 PM PST

Reuters - Polling stations opened in the third round of Egypt's parliamentary election Tuesday, state television reported.


Oil jumps to near $101 amid rising Iran tensions (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, right, at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.  Putin on Friday instructed gas giant Gazprom to speed up the construction of a pipeline under the Black Sea in an apparent attempt to put pressure on Ukraine, the chief transit route for Russian gas. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei druzhinin, pool)AP - Oil prices jumped to near $101 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid concerns that rising tensions between Western powers and Iran could lead to crude supply disruptions.



Polling stations open in third round of Egypt vote

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Polling stations opened in the third round of Egypt's parliamentary election Tuesday, state television reported.


Daniel Yergin's The Quest: Human Ingenuity, Passion, the Fall of Caliphatism and the Rise of Prosperity

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:35 PM PST

Prosperity is emerging. How did the sourpuss Malthusians in the "Limits to Growth" league allow the heretical: abundance?


China's 'Sacred Responsibility' To Prick Property Bubble

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:33 PM PST

What is affordable housing? One definition is that the median house price should be in proportion to the median household income. If 50% of families (the top 50%) can afford to buy an average home, then the market is perfectly balanced. But we don?t live in a perfect world. Governments play a critical role in ...


Intersil, Microchip: Goldman Downgrades Both To Sell

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:30 PM PST

Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider late Monday cut his ratings on both Intersil and Microchip Technology to Sell from Neutral. He also reduced both SanDisk and PMC-Sierra to Neutral from Buy, while raising his ratings on both Atmel and Altera to Buy from Neutral. Here?s a rundown on his calls: Intersil: He has a $9 ...


Japan PM eyes election if tax bills don't pass: report

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:37 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda wants to call a snap general election if parliament does not approve bills needed for a sales tax increase, the Sankei newspaper reported Tuesday.


Man arrested in Los Angeles arson spree

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

German man declared "person of interest" following more than 50 intentionally set fires in second largest city in US.


Libyan assurances sought over extradition

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:11 PM PST

Tunisia wants fair trial and physical safety guaranteed for Gaddafi's prime minister, Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi.


South Korean Voters Focused on Economy

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:14 PM PST

The death of Kim Jong Il and rise of Kim Jong Eun hasn't raised the importance of North Korean relations among voters in the South, a poll showed.


Murdoch Takes To Twitter; Talks Up Santorum, Jobs and Obama

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:04 PM PST

After a torrid 2011, media mogul started the new year by shedding his tendency to stay out of the spotlight and embraced a new form of communication: Twitter. Taking to the realm of incessant online chatter, the News Corporation Chairman and CEO was the latest to join the 300 million-user microblog in what seems to ...


Belarus Has Outlawed Browsing Foreign Websites

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:03 PM PST

Belarus, a former Soviet Republic, has now outlawed its citizens from browsing foreign websites.


Coping With Consumerization: Setting Sensible Policies

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST

Guest post written by Stephen Bruce Stephen Bruce is Portfolio Partner, Unified Communications and Mobility, at BT Global Services. What began as a trickle of smartphones, tablets and other mobile consumer devices into the workplace has surged to a flood, with no crest in sight. These devices seem to seep through every crack in IT ...


Resolute About Resolutions

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:50 PM PST

Will 2012 be the end of everything we know and love? Or will it be the dawning of the Age of Aquarius??? These are timely questions because December 21, 2012 is the day that time is scheduled to end. At least according to the Mayans. The ancient civilization of Mayans lived in Mesoamerica since 2,600 ...


New Hong Kong government office contaminated (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:08 PM PST

AP - The bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease has been found throughout Hong Kong's brand new, $670-million government headquarters.


You Be The Judge: Are Bloggers Journalists?

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:41 PM PST

Most bloggers lack what a Federal Judge is required to be a journalist -- including me.


12 Days of Charitable Giving: Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:37 PM PST

? Our twelfth and final charitable organization in the series is the Jon Soul Kitchen, located at 207 Monmouth St. Red Bank, NJ 07701. I know what you?re thinking: the Philly girl is touting a restaurant in New Jersey? All joking and anti-Giants sentiment aside, I have a good reason and it?s not just because ...


Wrapp: Zennstrom-Backed Startup Reinvents The Gift Card

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:24 PM PST

For the last few years, my sister and I have approached the holidays this way: I bought gift cards for her kids, and she bought gift cards for my kids. And we?re hardly alone. U.S. adults on average buy close to five gift cards a year; they are now a more than $100 billion a ...