Iran religious, political hardliners face off in vote

Iran religious, political hardliners face off in vote
U.S.-Russia ties strained during Putin political campaign (Reuters)
US troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions (AP)
U.S.-Russia ties strained during Putin political campaign
Apple: Could Next Week's Event Include A Huge Surprise?
How To Market an Olympic Bid City Or an EXPO bid city To Win.
Tall, Dark And Handsome (With Tendency To Hog The Armrest): Should We Welcome Inflight Social Networking?
Brazil Steps Up Battle to Curb Real's Rise
Iran's Election: A Nasty Conservative Food Fight, While the Ayatullah 'Runs' Against the U.S. (Time.com)
Putin defends Russian stance on Syria (AP)
Australian media inquiry calls for new regulator (AP)
New Australia foreign minister may be future leader (Reuters)
Bahrain delays UN investigator visit
Australian PM axes rival's supporter from ministry (AP)
New Australia foreign minister may be future leader
World clippers raise the baa in NZ for shear fun of it (Reuters)
Polls open in Iran's parliament elections (AP)
Roth IRA Conversion 2012: Roth Calculator for Mr. Esq
Iranians voting in legislative elections
Iran state TV: Polls open in Iran's parliamentary elections (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:04 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election which is expected to reinforce the power of the clerical establishment of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over hard-line political rivals led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

U.S.-Russia ties strained during Putin political campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:36 PM PST

Reuters - Verbal sparring between the United States and Russia has taken on an ugly tone lately, and Vladimir Putin's determination to reclaim the Kremlin in a presidential election on Sunday does not augur well for a fresh start with Washington.

US troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:27 PM PST

AP - Lt. Col. Edward Taylor stands behind a wall of sandbags overlooking the North Korean landscape and a bank of trees along the most fortified border in the world. The trees obstruct the view, he explains. They need to come down.

U.S.-Russia ties strained during Putin political campaign

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:36 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verbal sparring between the United States and Russia has taken on an ugly tone lately, and Vladimir Putin's determination to reclaim the Kremlin in a presidential election on Sunday does not augur well for a fresh start with Washington.

Apple: Could Next Week's Event Include A Huge Surprise?

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:02 PM PST

The conventional wisdom is that next week?s Apple product launch event will be specifically about the iPad 3. But what if they have something even more startling to announce? ?We believe there could be one or two surprises at the Apple March 7th event,? Jefferies analyst Peter Misek asserts in a research note issued late ...

How To Market an Olympic Bid City Or an EXPO bid city To Win.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:59 PM PST

How do you market a city to win the honor of hosting the Olympic games? How do you overcome obstacles and win the right to host the world?s EXPO? There is of course a tremendous amount of effort that goes into the marketing of a city to be a true contender for the Olympic games ...

Tall, Dark And Handsome (With Tendency To Hog The Armrest): Should We Welcome Inflight Social Networking?

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:53 PM PST

"An airline is not a dating service or a networking aid. Does social networking have to invade every aspect of human life?" opined The Economist of the news, yesterday, that carriers Malaysia Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are letting passengers social network in advance of their flights: giving scope for swapping photos and switching ...

Brazil Steps Up Battle to Curb Real's Rise

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:28 PM PST

Brazil's government fought the so-called currency war on multiple fronts and promised to deploy more regulatory and financial weapons to keep the real from appreciating too much against the dollar.

Iran's Election: A Nasty Conservative Food Fight, While the Ayatullah 'Runs' Against the U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:05 PM PST

Time.com - For those seeking to understand Iran's parliamentary election that gets underway on Friday, an unlikely analogy might be the GOP presidential primary race

Putin defends Russian stance on Syria (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PST

AP - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has strongly urged the West to stop backing the Syrian opposition against the government and force them to sit down for talks.

Australian media inquiry calls for new regulator (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:10 PM PST

AP - An inquiry into Australia's media has recommended the establishment of a government-funded council to set and enforce journalistic standards.

New Australia foreign minister may be future leader (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:53 PM PST

Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lured one of the ruling party's elder statesmen out of retirement to become her new foreign minister on Friday, a bold move that gives her unpopular government a potential leadership alternative.

Bahrain delays UN investigator visit

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:35 PM PST

Government requests torture investigator to delay visit, while strengthening restrictions on visits by rights groups.

Australian PM axes rival's supporter from ministry (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:21 PM PST

AP - After surviving a bitter leadership challenge from her predecessor, Prime Minister Julia Gillard axed one of her rival's supporters from the ministry on Friday in a Cabinet reshuffle that capped a chaotic week in Australian politics.

New Australia foreign minister may be future leader

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:53 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lured one of the ruling party's elder statesmen out of retirement to become her new foreign minister on Friday, a bold move that gives her unpopular government a potential leadership alternative.

World clippers raise the baa in NZ for shear fun of it (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 08:48 PM PST

Reuters - For lucky sheep, it's like a trip to the hair salon. For the unlucky ones, it can resemble a wild and woolly wrestling match against an opponent armed with a sharp object.

Polls open in Iran's parliament elections (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:58 PM PST

AP - Polls opened in Iran's parliamentary elections on Friday, the country's first major voting since the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and the mass protests and crackdowns that followed.

Roth IRA Conversion 2012: Roth Calculator for Mr. Esq

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 09:00 PM PST

In Roth IRA Conversion 2012: A Roth Conversion Calculator I showed how nearly everyone is an excellent candidate for executing a Roth conversion this year. But the exact amount depends on your annual taxable income, age, value of your IRA and how much it appreciates after conversion but before you have to make a decision ...