Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come (Reuters)

Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come (Reuters)

Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST

Reuters - In the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as the bundles of cash in the hands of bearded traders trying to divine their future.


Report: Japan emperor to have heart bypass surgery (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:56 PM PST

Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, along with Empress Michiko, heads to the University of Tokyo Hospital, by car, in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Japan's Imperial Household Agency says Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized for tests. An agency official says that the 78-year-old Akihito was admitted to University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday for testing, but that the visit was not an emergency. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - A Japanese television report says Emperor Akihito will have heart bypass surgery.

Al Qaeda leader backs Syrian revolt against Assad

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet on Sunday, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - In the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as the bundles of cash in the hands of bearded traders trying to divine their future.

VIDEO: Greek MPs urged to back austerity plan

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:58 PM PST

The Greek Prime Minister has warned that national bankruptcy would leave his country facing "uncontrollable economic chaos and social explosion".


VIDEO: Greek MPs urged to back austerity plan

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:58 PM PST

The Greek Prime Minister has warned that national bankruptcy would leave his country facing "uncontrollable economic chaos and social explosion".


NY Fashion Week Day 3: Shalom & Giselle At Alexander Wang. Plus Herve Leger & Lacoste

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:44 PM PST

How apropos that it snowed in on the morning of the Lacoste show, which coincidentally had a snow shower backdrop. The brand's new designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista should take this as a good sign. I watched the Lacoste show as a guest at the Skybox, a private venue which allows card members to experience fashion ...


Signs Syrian opposition making inroads in Damascus (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:41 PM PST

Syrian rebels are seen outside of Idlib, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo)AP - Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the country's state-run news agency said.

Singer Whitney Houston dies in LA at 48

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:28 PM PST

One of the top-selling artists in pop history found dead in a Beverly Hills Hotel.


Syrian Rebels Plot Their Next Moves: A TIME Exclusive (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - As the regime continues to bash the insurrection within Syria's borders, rebels sneak back-and-forth from Turkey to try to figure on what to do next


European Budgets Cut Back on Green Solar and Wind Energy (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - In Europe, budget tightening has forced governments to cut back on green-energy projects. Can the solar and wind industries survive without hefty subsidies?


Mystery disease kills thousands in Central America (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 photo, two men work in the fields of the San Antonio sugar mill in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. A mysterious epidemic is devastating the Pacific coast of Central America, killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and striking thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen virtually anywhere else. Many of the victims were manual laborers or worked in the sugarcane fields that cover much of the coastal lowlands. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation.

Greeks Facing Austerity: A Return from Euro to Drachma? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - Some Greeks speak fondly of the old currency, but almost everyone knows that a return to it would mean immediate poverty -- and the resurrection of a venal kind of politics


Jeremy Lin Destroys Notion That Asians Can't Drive

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:54 PM PST

Any team in the NBA could have picked up Jeremy Lin as recently as Christmas, but now the Knicks would be Lin-sane to let him go.


Mali finish Africa Cup on a high

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST

The Eagles celebrate one of their most successful tournaments, defeating Ghana 2-0 to take third place in competition.


VIDEO: No signs of easing for Europe cold snap

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST

The cold snap across Europe is showing no signs of easing, more than a week after it began.


VIDEO: No signs of easing for Europe cold snap

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST

The cold snap across Europe is showing no signs of easing, more than a week after it began.


Turkmenistan votes in presidential election (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:57 PM PST

FILE - In this April 24, 2011 file photo, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov smiles as he rides a horse in capital Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The president of energy-rich Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov is an avid horseman, but he is unlikely ever to win a race as easily as he's set to clinch re-election on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin, File)AP - Voting has begun in Turkmenistan's presidential election in a race designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation.

Turkmen leader set for easy victory in election

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:22 PM PST

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive.

Whitney Houston Dead At 48. Fellow Divas React To The News Of Her Death On Twitter

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:14 PM PST

How sad is the news of Whitney??Houston?s death! And just a day before the Grammy Awards. Who hasn?t been touched by her songs? I grew up listening to her, from as early as??I Wanna Dance With Somebody to??I Will Always Love You to??Exhale and beyond. One of my favorite Whitney??Houstonperformances was when she sang??Why Does ...


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