Wendi Murdoch Crosses Enemy Lines for Vanity Fair Tribeca Fete-Accompli

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• Wendi Murdoch Crosses Enemy Lines for Vanity Fair Tribeca Fete-Accompli
• The Emerging Global Market For Intellectual Property
• AU suspends Guinea-Bissau for coup, talks under way
• VIDEO: Australia tobacco case in court
• VIDEO: Nato to discuss Afghan funding
• Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer
• Will U.N. affect Syria endgame?
• Paris pistol pic: 'Wake-up call' for Pippa
• U.N. mission affects Syria endgame?
• Italian woman kidnapped in Algeria is freed
• U.N. wives to al-Assad: Stop husband
• 9-Carat Pink Diamond Sells for Record $15.7 Million
• Bin Laden's Family to Leave Pakistan
• Several nations trying to penetrate U.S. cyber-networks, says ex-FBI official
• China says committed to probing political scandal
• NKorea's rocket display shows lack of progress
• A Drummer Who Could Make You Cry: The Genius of The Band's Levon Helm
• War Brings Changes in Canada
• Foreign Investment Into China Falls Again
• Australia Ready to Help IMF

Wendi Murdoch Crosses Enemy Lines for Vanity Fair Tribeca Fete-Accompli Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:24 PM PDT You know it?s the start of the Tribeca Film Festival when Vanity Fair, arbiter of everything, takes over the State Supreme Courthouse in Foley Square. They turn the place from a house of screaming defendants and angry plaintiffs, vicious barristers and studied prosecutors, into a party fantasy all their own. Kleig lights go up at ...

The Emerging Global Market For Intellectual Property Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:47 PM PDT Guest post written by Manny Schecter Manny Schecter is chief patent counsel at IBM. Intellectual property has become one of the most important resources in the 21st century. It's now an accepted fact that, just like financial capital or commodities or labor, IP is more than an economic asset ? it also forms the basis ...

AU suspends Guinea-Bissau for coup, talks under way Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:24 PM PDT BISSAU, April 17, Reuters - The African Union (AU) suspended Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday over last week's coup, adding to pressure on military chiefs who said they were ready to restore power to civilians after talks with regional mediators.

VIDEO: Australia tobacco case in court Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT The world's biggest tobacco firms are challenging the Australian government in court over a law on mandatory plain packaging for cigarettes.

VIDEO: Nato to discuss Afghan funding Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:19 PM PDT Nato foreign and defence ministers are set to meet in Brussels to discuss how to fund security forces in Afghanistan once international troops leave.

Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:14 PM PDT US billionaire to undergo radiation treatment, but tells shareholders condition is "not remotely life-threatening".

Will U.N. affect Syria endgame? Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:43 PM PDT Such is the polarization in Syria that most analysts see the U.N. observer mission as the least worst option before violence sets the agenda again.

Paris pistol pic: 'Wake-up call' for Pippa Posted: 17 Apr 2012 04:58 PM PDT A storm of outrage provoked by photos of Pippa Middleton showing her in a car with a man wielding what appears to be a gun in France should act as a wake-up call, royal watchers have warned Prince William's sister-in-law.

U.N. mission affects Syria endgame? Posted: 17 Apr 2012 12:20 PM PDT Such is the polarization in Syria that most analysts see the U.N. observer mission as the least worst option before violence sets the agenda again.

Italian woman kidnapped in Algeria is freed Posted: 17 Apr 2012 12:29 PM PDT An Italian woman kidnapped in southern Algeria over a year ago has been freed, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Tuesday.

U.N. wives to al-Assad: Stop husband Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:52 PM PDT The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations have taken on Syria's first lady in an online video, calling on Asma al-Assad to "stop your husband" and "stop being a bystander."

9-Carat Pink Diamond Sells for Record $15.7 Million Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:06 PM PDT ??? The applause was heartfelt on the crowded auction floor at Christie's headquarters Tuesday as a 9-carat pink diamond from the estate of Huguette M. Clark, sold for more than $15.7 million, after intense, competitive bidding. It is the most valuable pink diamond ever sold in the United States at auction, according to Christie's. The ...

Bin Laden's Family to Leave Pakistan Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:11 PM PDT Osama bin Laden's three widows and their nine children were scheduled to be deported to Saudi Arabia overnight, almost a year after U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida chief at a compound in northwest Pakistan.

Several nations trying to penetrate U.S. cyber-networks, says ex-FBI official Posted: 17 Apr 2012 09:01 PM PDT At least half a dozen countries with offensive cyber-capabilities are probing U.S. corporate and military computer systems, looking for data and a toehold should they one day want to disrupt or destroy the networks, according to the FBI's former top cyber-sleuth. Read full article >>

China says committed to probing political scandal Posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT China's ruling Communist Party said Wednesday that it is committed to investigating a political scandal that includes the suspected murder of a British businessman, following new appeals from Britain for a swift probe free from political meddling.

NKorea's rocket display shows lack of progress Posted: 17 Apr 2012 06:47 PM PDT Analysts sifting through information on North Korea's failed rocket launch say Pyongyang appears to have learned little about spaceflight since its last flubbed attempt three years ago, and that the country is a long way from being able to threaten the United States with a long-range missile.

A Drummer Who Could Make You Cry: The Genius of The Band's Levon Helm Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:02 PM PDT ?Levon Helm is the only drummer who can make you cry,? wrote critic Jon Carroll. There?s reason for a few tears today. Helm, the final remaining vocalist of The Band, is battling the final stages of cancer. Helm had been ill with throat cancer for more than a decade, which robbed him of his evocative ...

War Brings Changes in Canada Posted: 17 Apr 2012 07:36 PM PDT Amid increased U.S. focus on its future in Afghanistan, one ally that has left the war, Canada, is still chewing over its past.

Foreign Investment Into China Falls Again Posted: 17 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT Foreign direct investment into China in March was down for the fifth straight month, hit by the European debt crisis, a sluggish global economy and a weakening domestic property market.

Australia Ready to Help IMF Posted: 17 Apr 2012 08:56 PM PDT Australia is ready to help beef up the IMF war chest but needs to see a firm commitment from Europe's leaders, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said.

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