Bahrain tense ahead of planned protests

Bahrain tense ahead of planned protests

Bahrain tense ahead of planned protests

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:57 PM PST

Thousands of security forces deployed across the Gulf kingdom ahead of one-year anniversary of the Shia-led uprising.


New Fukushima scare blamed on faulty thermometer

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:02 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where workers are battling to prevent a resurgence of the radiation crisis, could be a false alarm, the plant operator said on Monday.

Xi says frictions shouldn't define U.S.-China ties: report (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:42 PM PST

Reuters - The United States should not let friction over economic and trade policies undermine the hugely important business relationship with China, Vice President Xi Jinping said in an interview published before a scheduled U.S. visit.


Pakistan PM charged with contempt in case that could drag on (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:46 PM PST

Security officials stand guard outside the Supreme Court, where Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was scheduled to arrive for a hearing, in Islamabad February 13, 2012. Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the embattled prime minister with contempt of court on Monday for his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against the head of his political party, President Asif Ali Zardari. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the embattled prime minister with contempt of court on Monday for his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, complicating the country's political crisis.

VIDEO: 'We don't have dinner at home'

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 08:37 PM PST

Panorama's Hilary Andersson travels to a school in Las Vegas to meet some of America's youngest poor.


Trial starts for militant accused of building Bali bombs

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:38 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Islamic militant captured in the same Pakistan town where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden went on trial in Indonesia on Monday accused of making bombs that exploded at Bali nightclubs packed with Australian tourists in 2002, killing 202 people.

Xi says frictions shouldn't define U.S.-China ties: report

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:43 PM PST

(Reuters) - The United States should not let friction over economic and trade policies undermine the hugely important business relationship with China, Vice President Xi Jinping said in an interview published before a scheduled U.S. visit.

Lil Wayne Did Not Get Arrested At Grammys, Says Label Boss

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST

Moments before Lil Wayne's Grammy performance, rumors began to swirl online that the rap star had been arrested backstage on gun charges. Now it seems that the news was a false alarm, and that nothing of the sort happened tonight.


EU won't drop aviation CO2 scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:45 PM PST

Reuters - The European Union will not bow to pressure to suspend a controversial scheme to charge airlines for their carbon emissions, but is willing to be flexible in finding a solution to a row that threatens to escalate into a full-blown trade war.


Tough calculus for Obama in Chinese leader's election-year visit (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST

Reuters - Even as he greets China's vice president in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Barack Obama is quietly overhauling U.S. economic policy toward Beijing, looking for new ways to extract results on issues such as market access and currency manipulation that have bedeviled him and his predecessors.


Pakistan Premier Charged

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:16 PM PST

Pakistan's Supreme Court has charged Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, a political ally.


Murder In The Courts: All In The Name Of Parental Rights?

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:39 PM PST

? Murder in the courts isn't the image by which I would want the world to remember 7-year-old Charles and ??5-year-old Braden Powell. But the stark reality seems the only way for this country to look from behind their rose-colored glasses into the war of intimate partner violence and homicide ? a war being fought ...


Pakistan PM charged with contempt in case that could drag on

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:47 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the embattled prime minister with contempt of court on Monday for his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, complicating the country's political crisis.

Pakistani PM charged with contempt (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:27 PM PST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani smiles at Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Pakistan's top court on Friday rejected a last-ditch appeal filed by Gilani against a looming contempt charge, paving the way or a case that could plunge the nuclear-armed country into political turmoil. Gilani could be sentenced to prison for six months and lose his job if found guilty of contempt. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistan's Supreme Court has charged the prime minister with contempt for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari.

Pakistan's supreme court indicts PM Gilani

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST

Country's top court charges the prime minister with contempt of court, a move that could cost him his job.


Fans and musicians pay tribute to Houston

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:50 PM PST

Artists honour Whitney Houston at Grammy music awards in Los Angeles, as mourners gather to mark US singer's death.


Interviewed At Psychology Today

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:35 PM PST

I was interviewed at Psychology Today by Dr. Jonathan Wai about intelligence, science, religion and more.


What The ObamaCare Contraception "Accommodation" Doesn't Cover: Freedom

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:35 PM PST

? Back in 2004 I wrote a story about a new mutual fund called the Catholic Values Fund. It was formed to appeal to investors who hoped to avoid backing companies that pursued policies deemed un-Catholic. If a company gave money to Planned Parenthood or offered benefits to gay employees? spouses, it was avoided. Domino?s ...


Beyond Facebook: 5 Ways To Monetize Private Networks

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:31 PM PST

Guest post by Richard David Richard Davis is CEO of Avectra, a provider of membership management software. Social networking is no longer just for personal connections. The business community has embraced social networking and it is constantly evolving to create new business opportunities for individuals and corporations. While the larger online communities such as Facebook, ...


VIDEO: Afghan forces begin Taliban operations

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 09:32 PM PST

In Helmand province, Afghan forces have started their own operations against the Taliban for the first time.


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