Taiwan's other election no less crucial for China ties (Reuters)

Taiwan's other election no less crucial for China ties (Reuters)
Report: Bomb kills Iran university professor (AP)
12 killed when bus falls into gorge in India (AP)
Taiwan's other election no less crucial for China ties
Report: Bomb kills Iranian university professor, injures 2 others
North Korea says U.S. offered food aid in return for nuclear disarmament; decries ‘politicizing’
NKorea says US offered food aid for nuke disarmament; blasts US for “politicizing” food issue
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Report: Israeli hacker posts info about Saudis and others in retaliatory attack
Geithner, Chinese pledge economic cooperation; no sign of Chinese support for Iran sanctions
Video of Thai official violently refusing pat down at airport causes uproar, leads to demotion
Collision between 2 trains in northern India kills at least 4 people
Unexpected Intersections and the Secret to Greatness
Blast in Iranian capital 'kills' professor
Treasury Secretary Geithner appeals to China over Iran (Reuters)
Report: Israel hacker stages retaliatory data leak (AP)
NKorea: US offered food aid for disarmament (AP)
Hubble Catches A Glimpse Of Galaxies In A Young Universe
Ortega begins third term aside foreign allies
Northern India train collision kills 4 people (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST

Reuters - Taiwan's presidential poll this weekend is the focus of much international attention, but the concurrent election to the island's combative parliament will have almost as much impact on policy change and the pace of integration with mainland China.

Report: Bomb kills Iran university professor (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:08 PM PST

AP - An assailant on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on Wednesday to the car of an Iranian university professor specializing in petroleum, killing him and wounding two others, an Iranian semiofficial news agency reported. The attack strongly resembles earlier attacks on scientists allegedly connected to Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

12 killed when bus falls into gorge in India (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:58 PM PST

AP - An official says that a bus in northern India fell down a steep gorge in dense fog, killing 12 people and injuring 13 others.

Taiwan's other election no less crucial for China ties

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's presidential poll this weekend is the focus of much international attention, but the concurrent election to the island's combative parliament will have almost as much impact on policy change and the pace of integration with mainland China.

Report: Bomb kills Iranian university professor, injures 2 others

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency says a bomb has killed a university professor, in an attack coinciding with the second anniversary of a explosion that killed a senior Iranian nuclear scientist.

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North Korea says U.S. offered food aid in return for nuclear disarmament; decries ‘politicizing’

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea says that before Kim Jong Il's death the United States offered to provide food aid if Pyongyang halted its uranium enrichment program.

North Korea responded angrily to the offer Wednesday, with a Foreign Ministry spokesman accusing Washington of "politicizing" food shipments.

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NKorea says US offered food aid for nuke disarmament; blasts US for “politicizing” food issue

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea — NKorea says US offered food aid for nuke disarmament; blasts US for "politicizing" food issue.

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Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

Report: Israeli hacker posts info about Saudis and others in retaliatory attack

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:02 PM PST

JERUSALEM — An Israeli newspaper says an Israeli hacker has posted information online about hundreds of Saudis, Egyptians, Syrians and others to get back at an alleged Saudi hacker who disclosed credit card details and other information about thousands of Israelis.

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Geithner, Chinese pledge economic cooperation; no sign of Chinese support for Iran sanctions

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST

BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese leaders pledged Wednesday to build economic ties but Beijing gave no sign it would relent in its opposition to American sanctions on Iran.

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Video of Thai official violently refusing pat down at airport causes uproar, leads to demotion

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:51 PM PST

BANGKOK — A Thai customs official has been demoted over a YouTube video that shows him hitting an airport security officer while refusing to be patted down.

Footage from a surveillance camera at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport shows the official striding through a security check, fiercely objecting to being searched and then whacking the officer's ears. The official then pointed to his badge and the junior officer bowed apologetically.

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Collision between 2 trains in northern India kills at least 4 people

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:36 PM PST

PATNA, India — A railway official says at least four people were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train in northern India.

Local station master K.P. Singh says a freight train at the Karanpuratu railway station in the northern state of Jharkhand rolled backward onto a track just before a Delhi-bound passenger train pulled into the station on the same track.

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Unexpected Intersections and the Secret to Greatness

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

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Blast in Iranian capital 'kills' professor

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:33 PM PST

State media say one killed and two injured after car explodes in northern Tehran near university.

Treasury Secretary Geithner appeals to China over Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:18 PM PST

Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appealed for Chinese cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation on Wednesday in Beijing, as he sought Chinese help on the White House's efforts to toughen sanctions on Iran.

Report: Israel hacker stages retaliatory data leak (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST

AP - An Israeli newspaper says an Israeli hacker has posted information online about hundreds of Saudis, Egyptians, Syrians and others to get back at an alleged Saudi hacker who disclosed credit card details and other information about thousands of Israelis.

NKorea: US offered food aid for disarmament (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:14 PM PST

AP - North Korea says that before Kim Jong Il's death the United States offered to provide food aid if Pyongyang halted its uranium enrichment program.

Hubble Catches A Glimpse Of Galaxies In A Young Universe

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

The Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of early galactic protoclusters, giving astronomers a view of the universe as it existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang.