Arrests at New York 'Occupy' protests

Arrests at New York 'Occupy' protests

Arrests at New York 'Occupy' protests

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Clashes and arrests in Zuccotti Park as 'Occupy' activists mark six months since birth of anti-corporate greed movement.


New 'Prometheus' Trailer Debuts At WonderCon

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:09 PM PDT

Ridley Scott?s upcoming sci-fi movie Prometheus revealed a little more today, when a brand new trailer was introduced at WonderCon. Read on to see the trailer! I can?t wait to see this one, it?s definitely high on my list of must-see movies for 2012! Follow me on Twitter, on Google+, and on Quora.?? Read my ...


VIDEO: 'Batman' helping Brazilian police

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:12 PM PDT

Police in one of Brazil's most crime-ridden areas have called in "Batman" to help in the fight against Drug trafficking.


Japan's majority favor phasing out nuclear power: poll

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Fukushima prefectureTOKYO (Reuters) - A vast majority of Japanese favor the gradual phasing out of nuclear plants but accept that some reactors need to be restarted to secure enough power in the short term, a newspaper poll showed on Sunday. The poll, published in the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper and conducted on the first anniversary of the tsunami-triggered nuclear crisis, comes ahead of decision expected soon by the government on whether to allow the restart of two idled nuclear reactors. According to the poll by Japan Association for Public Opinion Research, 79. ...

Chile consul's daughter killed by Venezuela police

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:35 PM PDT

Chilean Consul in Venezuela, Fernando Berendique, right front, helps to carry the coffin with the remains of his 19-year-old daughter Karen to a waiting hearse, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Saturday March 17, 2012. Berendique said his daughter was shot early Saturday, while riding in a vehicle with her brother and another young man, when the trio ignored a command to stop by police at a checkpoint, fearing the officers might be robbers. The Prosecutor General's Office says in a statement that 11 police officers are under investigation for their roles in the death. Berendique's daughter is reported to have died after suffering three bullet wounds. (AP Photo/Fabiola Portillo)The 19-year-old daughter of a Chilean diplomat in Venezuela was shot to death by police at a road checkpoint early Saturday.

Brazil to file charges against Chevron executives

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:39 PM PDT

Brazilian prosecutors said Saturday they will file criminal charges against 17 executives of Chevron Corp. and drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. for a new oil leak near the offshore well where at least 110,000 gallons (about 416,000 liters) spilled late last year.


Colombian rebels: Expect to free hostages soon

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:58 PM PDT

Colombia's largest rebel group said Saturday that it's ready to start freeing 10 soldiers and police officers who have been held prisoner for as long as 14 years.


VIDEO: Italian coastguard rescues migrant boat

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:37 PM PDT

More than 50 immigrants have been rescued from a stranded boat off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.


IMF Chief Urges More Global Finance Reform

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, warned against complacency about global finance despite improved conditions after the latest Greek debt deal.


Japan's majority favor phasing out nuclear power: poll

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:42 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - A vast majority of Japanese favor the gradual phasing out of nuclear plants but accept that some reactors need to be restarted to secure enough power in the short term, a newspaper poll showed on Sunday.

New Experiment Shows Neutrinos Do Not Travel Faster Than Light

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:17 PM PDT

A different neutrino detector has measured neutrinos travelling less than the speed of light, just as Einstein predicted, casting further doubt on the claim that they can travel faster.


Shares In Chinese Solar Billionaire's GCL-Poly Drop 4.8% Amid Overcapacity

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:49 PM PDT

Shares in the main company controlled by China's wealthiest solar energy entrepreneur fell by 4.8% in Hong Kong on Friday after a disappointing earnings report. GCL-Poly Holdings, which makes polysilicon used in solar panels, fell to HK$2.38, their lowest close since mid-January. GCL's shares have lost about 40% of their value in the past year. ...


Thousands flee South Kordofan fighting

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Displaced villagers say Sudanese army has launched deliberate campaign to bomb and starve civilians in disputed region.


VIDEO: Italian coastguard rescues migrant boat

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:37 PM PDT

More than 50 immigrants have been rescued from a stranded boat off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.


Taxes from A to Z: M Is For Making Work Pay Credit

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:39 PM PDT

M is for Making Work Pay Credit. Doh! This is kind of a trick post. There is no Making Work Pay Credit for 2011. That also means no Schedule M. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act which was signed into law on December 17, 2010, did not renew the Making Work ...


Chevron Sees New Oil Sheen at Brazil Field

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:31 PM PDT

Brazilian regulators and officials from the local unit of U.S. oil major Chevron confirmed Saturday that a new oil sheen was discovered during an overflight of the Frade offshore oil field.


Colombian soldiers killed in FARC attack

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:27 PM PDT

Eleven troops are killed when their unit was hit in Arauca department, in the east of the country


VIDEO: Clashes at Guinea opposition rally

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Security forces clashed with opposition protesters in Guinea when over 1,000 demonstrators rallied in the capital, Conakry.


VIDEO: Clashes at Guinea opposition rally

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Security forces clashed with opposition protesters in Guinea when over 1,000 demonstrators rallied in the capital, Conakry.


Greg Smith & Goldman Sachs Need To See This Video: It's Going Viral

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:02 PM PDT

? Surveys have found that roughly 95 percent of the investing public do not know the difference between brokers and investment advisors. ??By law, investment advisors are held to a fiduciary standard ? think something like a trustee. ??By law, brokers are specifically exempted from the fiduciary standard. ??HighTower Advisors produced a two-and-a-half minute You ...


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Wife of Accused Soldier Kept Blog on Travails of Army Life

Wife of Accused Soldier Kept Blog on Travails of Army Life

Wife of Accused Soldier Kept Blog on Travails of Army Life

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Karilyn Bales, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, is accused of killing 16 Afghans, posted about life as a military wife.

Suspect’s Deployments Put Focus on War Strains

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan last week, was deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade, raising questions about the stress of combat.

England 30-9 Ireland

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:50 AM PDT

England produce a dominant display to beat Ireland and finish second in the Six Nations table.


Reality shows change Arab TV

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:56 PM PDT

This is the true story of seven strangers, picked to live in a house, work together and have their lives taped to find out what happens when Sunnis and Shias, Christians and Jews, boys and girls, 20-somethings from across the Arab world, stop hating each other and learn how to get along.

Talk of war and rising prices cast uneasy pall over Iran

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PDT

At Sepideh's home in the Iranian capital, the television is more often switched to "America's Next Top Model" and "American Idol" than the news.

Belarus executes Minsk subway bombing convict

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 01:18 PM PDT

One of two men convicted of killing 15 people in 2011 bombing of subway station in Minsk has been put to death.


Purported U.S. Citizen Freed in Iraq

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:40 PM PDT

he United Nations mission in Iraq says it has taken custody of a man whom two Shiite lawmakers described as a U.S. citizen who was held captive by an Iraqi militia.


Wife of Accused Soldier Kept Blog on Travails of Army Life

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Karilyn Bales, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, is accused of killing 16 Afghans, posted about life as a military wife.

US-born al-Shabab fighter 'fears for life'

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:51 PM PDT

American Islamist fighter says in online video he may be in danger from fellow extremists over "Sharia...and strategy".


Belarus executes metro bombing convict

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:47 PM PDT

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus has executed one of two men convicted for a fatal 2011 metro bomb attack, despite protests from European human rights groups and calls for a re-trial, a relative of the executed man said on Saturday.

Conroy supports Syria protesters

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:29 AM PDT

A war photographer injured in Syria shows his support for the country's rebel opposition at a protest outside the country's embassy in London.


Modern Love: Moving Through Grief, Chair by Chair - Modern Love

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PDT

The house where my wife had had a great time decorating — that house belonged to a life that was no longer mine.

U.S. fighter in Somalia says threatened by fellow militants

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:37 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - An influential American fighter for Somalia's al Shabaab rebels, who has in the past urged Western-backed Muslims to join the group, has dismayed radical Islamists by saying his life is under threat from fellow guerrillas due to internal disputes.

Blasts Hit Syrian Capital

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PDT

Twin car bombs struck intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital on Saturday, killing at least 27 people and wounding nearly 100, according to state media.


VIDEO: Afghan killing suspect back in US

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PDT

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday night has been flown back to the US.


Turkish PM cancels German trip, protests go ahead

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:57 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday after the death of 12 Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan, but thousands of protesters went ahead with a rally against a decision to award him a tolerance prize.

Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda dies at 89

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 12:07 PM PDT

Leader of Middle East's largest Christian community oversaw 40 years of expansion amid rare clashes with government.


Muamba is 'fighting for his life'

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Tottenham's game against Bolton Wanderers is abandoned after midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed and stopped breathing.


Iraq militants release US captive

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 01:01 PM PDT

A Shia militant group in Iraq hands over the the UN a former US soldier who was snatched last year, but the US has not confirmed the man's identity.


Wales 16-9 France

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Wales clinch a third Grand Slam in eight years as they edge past France in Cardiff.


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