Security Council meets on Syria; revolt nears Damascus (Reuters)

Security Council meets on Syria; revolt nears Damascus (Reuters)

Security Council meets on Syria; revolt nears Damascus (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST

A supporter of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends a rally in Damascus January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - The U.N. Security Council meets on Friday to discuss the next move on Syria and council envoys said members will be given a new Western-Arab draft resolution, as fighting between troops and rebels edged closer to Syria's capital Damascus.

Two Uighurs deported from Cambodia to China get life

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:46 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has jailed two Muslim Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday, showing no sign of loosening its grip on far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which holds rich deposits of oil and gas.

South Korea allows flour aid to North Korea (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:14 PM PST

A South Korean soldier looks at a truck loaded with sacks of flour leaving for the North Korean city of Kaesong at the Unification Bridge near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The food aid, that was allowed by South Korea's Unification Ministry, is from a group of civilians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea has sent the first shipment of flour aid to North Korea since Kim Jong Il died last month.

Why Indianapolis is a Highly Desirable Super Bowl Host City

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:14 PM PST

Too small? Greater chance for snow? Not enough to do? These are just some of the misnomers uttered by naysayers in expectation of what the Super Bowl experience would be like in for Super Bowl XLVI. But fear ye not, Super Bowl goers?be you corporate or common Joe. Because Super Bowl week in Indy will ...


Carnival sued by crew member over cruise ship disaster (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:23 PM PST

Reuters - Carnival Corp, whose luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy, was sued by a crew member in a first of what may be multiple U.S. lawsuits seeking class-action status over the disaster, court documents show.


Australian gov't, activists trade blame for clash (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard, second from left, is escorted out for safety by body guards and police through a crowd of rowdy protesters following a ceremony to mark Australia's national day in Canberra, Australia, Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. Some 200 supporters of indigenous rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged its windows on Thursday while Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were inside officiating at an award ceremony. (AP Photo/Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUTAP - Authorities and indigenous-rights protesters blamed each other Friday for a heated clash in which bodyguards had to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event marking the anniversary of British colonization.

Republican rivals clash over immigration

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:05 PM PST

Gingrich labels Romney anti-immigrant as Santorum urges his rivals to focus on main issues in final Florida debate.


Compute Your Net Worth Once a Year - 2012

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:19 PM PST

Since the end of last year, the U.S. markets went up and then down and then back up to end the year sideways. Market volatility was especially pronounced in the European Union as sovereign debt and the struggle to enact austerity measures whipsawed the markets, although not as a result of any changes in the ...


Twitter Can Censor by Country

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:46 PM PST

Twitter says it can now make content selectively available to users based on geography, and plans to use that ability to enter countries with "different ideas" about freedom of expression as a human right.


Egypt bans travel for US official's son, 9 others (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:09 PM PST

An Egyptian protester sleeps in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Egyptian protesters camp in Tahrir Square as they mark the first anniversary of the popular uprising that unseated President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Egypt banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood, hiking tensions with Washington over a campaign by Egypt's military against groups promoting democracy and human rights.

Carnival sued by crew member over cruise ship disaster

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:24 PM PST

(Reuters) - Carnival Corp, whose luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy, was sued by a crew member in a first of what may be multiple U.S. lawsuits seeking class-action status over the disaster, court documents show.

Breckenridge For Your Next Ski Vacation - Colorado Gem Scores A Perfect 10!

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:09 PM PST

I don't have a good reason why you should think about Breckenridge for your next ski vacation. I have 10 good reasons.


Mutinous PNG troops refuse to lay down arms

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

Faction loyal to ex-PM releases commander of South Pacific nation's military amid signs that turmoil is ending.


Gillard's Lost Shoe Caught in Aboriginal Storm

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:22 PM PST

Australia's prime minister narrowly escaped an angry mob this week, and now the shoe she left behind has become a rallying point for Aboriginal rights activists.


Ex-US diplomat testifies in Argentine baby thefts (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:06 PM PST

AP - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its "dirty war" against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time.


Papua New Guinea mutineers demand pardon (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, veteran leader Sir Michael Somare, second right, attends a press conference after claiming to have been reinstated as Papua New Guinea's prime minister in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Rebel soldiers seized the military's headquarters Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 and replaced Papua New Guinea's top defense official with their own leader, who gave Prime Minister Peter O'Neill a week to step aside for his ousted predecessor. The self-proclaimed new leader of the country's defense forces, retired Col. Yaura Sasa, insisted he was not mounting a coup. But he warned that the military will take unspecified action unless O'Neill stands down and former prime minister Somare, is reinstated, as the national Supreme Court ordered last month. (AP Photo/Post-Courier, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A day after a retired colonel seized Papua New Guinea's military headquarters in an attempt to force out the prime minister, the ex-soldier was holed up in a nearby barracks on Friday, demanding a pardon for himself and his supporters.

AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:53 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are fed with fresh sugarcanes at the elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. Two wild elephants were found slaughtered in December 2011 in a national park in western Thailand, alerting authorities to the new practice of consuming elephant meat. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)AP - A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Elsewhere

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:23 PM PST

Just a reminder, when I?m not playing video games or blogging about tech I sometimes write about politics at my other blog. I have a live-blog of the debate, plus beer and live music, here.


Twitter Commits Social Suicide

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:22 PM PST

Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country ??? while keeping it available in the rest of the world. We have also built in a way to communicate transparently to users when content is withheld, and why. With those words earlier today, in a blog posting ...


Former Guatemala dictator faces war crimes charges

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:48 PM PST

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity as the Central American nation seeks to close files on a brutal 36-year civil war.
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