VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers

VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers


VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

Fifa's chief medical officer has said the "abuse" of painkillers is putting the careers and long-term health of international footballers in jeopardy.


Japanese Scholar Says Scrap U.S.-Japan Alliance; Recognize U.S.-China Co-Dependency

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:40 PM PDT

The way forward for Japan, writes Professor Susumu Yabuki, should be diplomacy and the search for "win-win" accommodations to a naturally more assertive, globally engaged, and regionally powerful China. I think he is 100% right but I also wonder if anyone in Washington or Tokyo is listening to him.


A Supermassive Black Hole Was Ejected Out Of Its Home Galaxy

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:35 PM PDT

Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole being ejected from its own galaxy at speeds of millions of miles per hour.


VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

Fifa's chief medical officer has said the "abuse" of painkillers is putting the careers and long-term health of international footballers in jeopardy.


Japan PM urged to be cautious about nuclear restarts

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a news conference to announce new cabinet members at his official residence in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly a third of Japan's ruling party lawmakers are petitioning Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to be cautious about restarting nuclear reactors given safety concerns after last year's earthquake and tsunami, an organizer said on Tuesday. Noda, keen to restart two reactors in western Japan before electricity demand peaks this summer, could decide as early as this week to reconnect them to the grid - despite the risk of a backlash that would weaken his already sagging voter ratings. ...



Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:55 PM PDT

PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters) - Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday. If his death is confirmed it would be the biggest blow to al Qaeda since U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden in a secret raid in Pakistan in May 2011. U.S. ...


Singapore curbs window cleaning amid maid deaths

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Singapore has tightened rules on window cleaning following the deaths of nine maids who fell from high-rise apartments this year.


Syria on agenda as Putin goes to China

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT

Russian leader on three-day visit to Beijing that could see neighbours reinforce ties over Syria, energy and security.


Japan PM urged to be cautious about nuclear restarts

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:52 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly a third of Japan's ruling party lawmakers are petitioning Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to be cautious about restarting nuclear reactors given safety concerns after last year's earthquake and tsunami, an organizer said on Tuesday.


As The Party Continues At E3, Redundanies Announced at THQ San Diego

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:15 PM PDT

As the industry's leaders brought out their big guns for E3, rumors began circulating that THQ's San Diego studio was to close.


Mystery Novels Featuring Money Manager Anderson Crown by Donald Jay Korn

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:13 PM PDT

Interview with Donald Jay Korn, author of mystery novels ?Payable On Death? and ?In For a Pounding? featuring money manager Crown. We've seen murder mysteries starring private eyes, lawyers, even economists. So why not a money manager as sleuth? Donald Jay Korn, a -based freelancer who writes for publications such as 's Daily, , and ...


Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:55 PM PDT

PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters) - Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday.


Myanmar Calls for Calm After Sectarian Assault

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Myanmar's government warned against "anarchic" activities after 10 Muslims were killed in an area of sectarian conflict and a dozen other people were injured in a confrontation with police.


Steve Blank Cracked The Code On Entrepreneurship ??? And The Economy

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:29 PM PDT

This is the final post in a 3-part interview with Steve Blank. Click here to read the first and second posts. Steve Blank thinks he?s cracked the entrepreneurial code. Here?s what he means: We now know how to make companies ? startups ? fail less. I can?t tell you we know how to make them ...


Soros On The New German Empire

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:29 PM PDT

It seems Soros and I see what I would refer to as the objective outlines of the situation similarly. Great minds and all that. Yet, our normative takes are quite different. He says That would result in a eurozone dominated by Germany in which the divergence between the creditor and debtor countries would continue to ...


China state papers warn U.S. strategy risks rifts

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:21 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspapers warned on Tuesday that the United States' plans to bolster its naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to widen rifts between the two big powers. The warnings came in the People's Daily - the main newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party - and Liberation Army Daily - the main paper of the nation's military, and amplified milder comments from the Foreign Ministry on Monday. U.S. ...


Money talks: June 4th 2012

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 06:08 PM PDT


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Guatemalan cardinal who helped peace talks dies

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:13 PM PDT

The coffin with the body of Cardinal Quezada Toruno lies in the Cathedral of Guatemala CityGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan Roman Catholic Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada, who helped broker an end to the Central American nation's bloody civil war, died on Monday. He was 80 years old. Local church officials said Quezada died in the morning at a private hospital in Guatemala City as a result of an intestinal obstruction. Guatemalan President Otto Perez declared three days of national mourning and ordered flags to fly at half mast as a mark of respect for Quezada. ...



China state papers warn U.S. strategy risks rifts

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:21 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspapers warned on Tuesday that the United States' plans to bolster its naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to widen rifts between the two big powers.


Germany Pushes EU Bank Oversight

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:05 PM PDT

Germany's Merkel suggested that EU leaders consider putting the largest banks in the bloc under direct European supervision.