VIDEO: US teens 'drunk on hand sanitiser'

VIDEO: US teens 'drunk on hand sanitiser'


VIDEO: US teens 'drunk on hand sanitiser'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:33 PM PDT

Police in Albuquerque say an increasing number of teenagers are getting drunk by consuming hand sanitiser and mouthwash.


VIDEO: Sausage row in Austria and Slovenia

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:34 PM PDT

A row has broken out between Austria and Slovenia over the name of a sausage.


Brazil sex worker may sue U.S. embassy over injuries

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:59 PM PDT

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A former Brazilian prostitute plans to sue the United States embassy and five of its personnel for injuries sustained outside a strip club late last year, complicating the second of two embarrassing incidents to emerge recently involving American officials and sex workers in South America.


Young Lawyer Shares What She Wished She Knew Before Law School

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:24 PM PDT

This is a guest post by estate planning attorney Sona Tatiyants. I started law school a decade ago. At the time, the post 9-11 economy was on a major decline and law schools across the country were seeing a huge surge in the number of applicants. Hundreds of thousands?? of college grads were applying seeking ...


North Korea's invective against South for domestic consumption

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:49 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - "Rat" and "bastard" are two of the more personal insults that have been flung at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in recent days by North Korea's media, along with threats to "exterminate" him and reduce the South's capital to ashes.


VIDEO: Former Liberia president to learn fate

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT

The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will hear in The Hague whether he's been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.


VIDEO: Former Liberia president to learn fate

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT

The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will hear in The Hague whether he's been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.


Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:35 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani waves after arriving to the Supreme Court in IslamabadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom. It was unclear if the token sentence would defuse political uncertainty in Pakistan, where the president and prime minister have jousted with the military and judiciary. Despite the light sentence, Gilani could still come under pressure to quit. ...



Corrected: Philippine, U.S. stage war games near disputed South China Sea

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:47 PM PDT

ULUGAN BAY, Philippines (Reuters) - American and Philippine troops waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island near disputed areas in the South China Sea, an exercise expected to raise tension with rival claimant China. Last week, China's military warned the United States that U.S.-Philippine military exercises have raised risks of armed confrontation over contested waters in the South China Sea, the toughest high-level warning yet after weeks of tension. ...


Argentine senate approves oil nationalisation

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:19 PM PDT

President's plan for takeover of country's largest oil company receives wide support in early-morning senate vote.


Gen-Y Dare: Go Ahead and Ask Me What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:01 PM PDT

The majority of us wade through life without a clearly defined purpose. It's actually quite crowded here on this island of doubt and ambiguity


EPA Official Not Only Touted 'Crucifying' Oil Companies, He Tried It

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:53 PM PDT

Al Armendariz didn't wait for science before trying to crush a natural gas driller.


What Are Some Hypothetical, Aggressive Ways To Deal With National Obesity?

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:49 PM PDT

What are some hypothetical, aggressive ways to deal with national obesity? This question was originally answered on Quora by Ramzi Amri.


Israeli military chief: Iran will not build nuclear bomb

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:58 PM PDT

JERUSALEM — Israel's military chief said in an interview published Wednesday that he believes Iran will choose not to build a nuclear bomb, an assessment that contrasted with the gloomier statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pointed to differences over the Iran issue at the top levels of Israeli leadership.

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Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:57 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom.


Supreme Court Takes Break From Obamacare To Bail 1% Out Of Abusive Shelters

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:53 PM PDT

The kids out occupying probably are not going to be that upset by the Supreme Court decision in Home Concrete, because few of them can understand it.???? They really should be upset, though, because it is a great present to the sketchiest bunch of the 1%.?? In saying that I am respectfully disagreeing with my ...


Crytek: It Would Be 'Awesome' If Next-Gen Consoles Blocked Used Games

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:53 PM PDT

German developer Crytek is hoping that next-gen consoles lock out used games, but that's an unlikely scenario.


Mexico starts investigation in Wal-Mart bribery case

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:39 PM PDT

A general view of a Wal-Mart store in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An "indignant" Mexico said on Wednesday it has launched an investigation into allegations that the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc bribed officials to expand its business there, opening a new front to a widening probe of the world's largest retailer. The Mexican federal comptroller's office said it had begun checking the federal paperwork and permits that Wal-Mart de Mexico, known as Walmex, obtained to open and operate its stores in Mexico. Mexican President Felipe Calderon rounded on Wal-Mart during a speech in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday. ...



Corrected: Philippine, U.S. stage war games near disputed South China Sea

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:47 PM PDT

ULUGAN BAY, Philippines (Reuters) - American and Philippine troops waded ashore on Wednesday in a mock assault to retake a small island near disputed areas in the South China Sea, an exercise expected to raise tension with rival claimant China.


Pakistan's PM convicted of contempt of court

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Supreme court delivers verdict in case related to reopening of probe into graft allegations against President Zardari.