Australia's Gillard set to win prime ministerial vote |
- Australia's Gillard set to win prime ministerial vote
- Violence Before Syria Constitution Vote
- Sirius XM's Karmazin Suddenly Selling Half His Stock, But Not Until April!
- Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer Promises Intrigue, Treachery, and Dragons
- NKorea's Kim issues threat before SKorea-US drills (AP)
- VIDEO: Should Neapolitan pizza be Unesco-protected?
- Syria holds vote on new constitution
- 2 rebels, 2 children killed in Philippine clash (AP)
- Two Dead After Antarctica Fire
- VIDEO: Bin Laden's compound demolished
- Rick Santorum's Despicable And Hurtful Health Care Lie
- VIDEO: Bin Laden's compound demolished
- Iranian soccer players could face lashing after victory groping
- Europeans say intervention in Libya possible within hours of U.N. vote
- Strong quake hits Taiwan, causing minor damage (AP)
- Scotland moves toward vote on independence
- Santorum's Unwise War on Higher Education
- Yemen’s new president sworn in as car bomb kills at least 25
- Death toll mounts as Syria holds referendum (Reuters)
- Pressure on Europe grows at Mexico G-20 meeting (AP)
| Australia's Gillard set to win prime ministerial vote Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was poised to win a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd on Monday despite polls showing a government under her leadership would be decimated at the next elections due by late 2013.
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| Violence Before Syria Constitution Vote Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:28 PM PST Syria has defied international calls to halt attacks on rebel enclaves and at least 89 people have been killed on the eve of a constitutional referendum that the opposition sees as a ploy by President Assad's regime.
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| Sirius XM's Karmazin Suddenly Selling Half His Stock, But Not Until April! Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:31 PM PST Mel Karmazin and others at Sirius XM have been busy filing to sell half their stock. John Malone's Liberty Media group has owned 40% of SIR since it bailed it out in 2009. The three year time limitation on buying more of the company and taking full control of it and its tax loss carryfororwards expires in March, 2012. Mel has announced a 10b5-1 plan to facilitate the sale of half of his option shares or 60 million shares, now worth about $135 millon, but sales of the stock are not to begin until April. That would be after the Ides of March.
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| Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer Promises Intrigue, Treachery, and Dragons Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:45 PM PST Have you ever seen a trailer and thought, "I'm going to freakin' die from anticipation?" That's the thought that Game of Thrones fans are going to have when you see this season 2 trailer. HBO's hit show has it all: politics, treachery, dragons, and Tyrion Lannister. If the anticipation doesn't kill me, I'm sure the first moment I lay my eyes on Tyrion on season 2 will.
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| NKorea's Kim issues threat before SKorea-US drills (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:10 PM PST
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| VIDEO: Should Neapolitan pizza be Unesco-protected? Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:52 PM PST Pizza-makers in Naples believe their product should be added to the Unesco's 'intangible' cultural heritage list.
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| Syria holds vote on new constitution Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:38 PM PST Activists doubt charter proposed by President Assad will end five decades of one-party rule at root of ongoing unrest.
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| 2 rebels, 2 children killed in Philippine clash (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:06 PM PST AP - Philippine army troops clashed with communist guerrillas in a fierce gunbattle that killed two rebels and two children who were with the insurgents in a northwestern province, officials said Sunday.
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| Two Dead After Antarctica Fire Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:01 PM PST At least two people were killed after a fire tore through a Brazilian research station in Antarctica, Brazilian authorities said. The fire forced an evacuation of a base maintained for nearly three decades.
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| VIDEO: Bin Laden's compound demolished Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:38 PM PST Pakistan is demolishing the compound where US forces killed Osama Bin Laden, in the city of Abbottabad, residents and police say.
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| Rick Santorum's Despicable And Hurtful Health Care Lie Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:44 PM PST ? ? You have to want to be President awfully badly to purposely scare the hell out of parents whose children face illness and disability in their lives.??You also have to be a perfectly despicable human being. Appearing yesterday with his wife, Karen, on the program, Rick Santorum joined his wife in 'revealing' that it ...
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| VIDEO: Bin Laden's compound demolished Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:38 PM PST Pakistan is demolishing the compound where US forces killed Osama Bin Laden, in the city of Abbottabad, residents and police say.
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| Iranian soccer players could face lashing after victory groping Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PDT TEHRAN — Two Iranian soccer players who engaged in "inappropriate" celebratory behavior during a game broadcast on national television might face public lashings on the pitch, the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported Tuesday. Read full article >>   
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| Europeans say intervention in Libya possible within hours of U.N. vote Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PDT The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to authorize "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya, and European backers of the resolution said enforcement actions could follow within hours. The resolution passed 10 to 0 with 5 abstentions. It demands an immediate cease-fire in Libya, "the complete end of violence and all attacks against and abuse of civilians," and it authorizes the international community to impose a no-fly zone. Read full article >>
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| Strong quake hits Taiwan, causing minor damage (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:08 PM PST AP - A strong earthquake struck Taiwan on Sunday, causing minor damage in the southern part of the island. There were no immediate reports of casualties and no tsunami warning was issued.
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| Scotland moves toward vote on independence Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:45 PM PST EDINBURGH, Scotland — After centuries of war with England, politicians in this stately city signed away Scotland's sovereignty in the early 1700s for the promise of riches and the glory of empire. Three hundred years later, resurgent nationalists here are plotting a new rebellion to win it back. Read full article >>
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| Santorum's Unwise War on Higher Education Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:54 PM PST This primary season has been weird for many reasons. Who would have thought the height of the trees in Michigan would come to play a role, albeit a minor one? But the most resonant thing is this: issues that most Americans would consider settled aspects of modern life ? specifically, the widespread, if not universal, ...
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| Yemen’s new president sworn in as car bomb kills at least 25 Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:52 AM PST NAIROBI — Hours after Yemen's new president was sworn in, formally ending President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule, a car bomb exploded outside a presidential compound in southern Yemen, killing at least 25 people, security officials said Saturday. Read full article >>
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| Death toll mounts as Syria holds referendum (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:01 PM PST Reuters - The Syrian government kept up its onslaught on Homs and other towns, with at least 100 killed according to human rights campaigners, as the country prepared to hold a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution.
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| Pressure on Europe grows at Mexico G-20 meeting (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:52 PM PST AP - Pressure mounted on Europe Saturday to build an even bigger financial stabilization fund to head off sovereign debt concerns, with the United States, Brazil, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development all urging an increase.
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