Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting

Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting

Video shows Sudan's scorched earth fighting

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:12 PM PDT

Rebels say video proves Khartoum's troops are trying to drive out southern province's civilian population.


Settling Arby's Scalding Urinal Case

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:26 PM PDT

An Arby's customer, Mr. Kenneth DeJoie, is plenty steamed. He claims that while standing at a urinal at Arby's in Monument, Colorado, he had a kind of epiphany. He was doing his business when the urinal fired a jet of steam back at him, burning his genitals. The steam job took place May 28, 2010, ...


Neal Stephenson's CLANG Is A Kickstarter Devoted To Sword-Fighting

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Novelist Neal Stephenson has launched a Kickstarter to create the ultimate sword-fighting video game: CLANG.


Facebook's First Investor Pays Twenty More People To Skip School

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:19 PM PDT

Tune in, drop out, start up. It worked out pretty well for founder and Harvard dropout . , one of 's first investors and a billionaire himself, announced a new class of 'Thiel Fellows' Wednesday, a group of twenty entrepreneurs under twenty years old who will get $100,000 to pursue "innovative scientific and technical projects, ...


Distributed Generation: Grid Killer?

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

More people in Iran search for information about ?distributed generation? than any other nation in the world, according to Google Insights for Search. Considering that Iran seems to be on the brink of a new war after nearly every meal, it is not surprising that Iranians would have an interest in distributed energy generation. Say ...


VIDEO: Woman dies as Colorado wildfire burns

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Hundreds of firefighters are tackling a wildfire in the US state of Colorado, which has left at least one person dead.


VIDEO: Falklands to decide sovereignty

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:51 PM PDT

The Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on its "political status" in a bid to end the dispute with Argentina over the archipelago's sovereignty.


VIDEO: Spanish anger over austerity cuts

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:42 PM PDT

As Spain's borrowing costs rise to their highest rate since the launch of the euro, protests are held across the country against planned austerity measures.


China second-quarter GDP growth may dip below 7 percent - government adviser

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth could fall below 7 percent in the second quarter if weak activity persists in June, an influential government adviser was quoted on Wednesday as saying. The forecast by Zheng Xinli, a former deputy director of the Chinese communist party's policy research office, is among the most bearish by any government and private sector economists. ...


Top UN envoy in unrest-hit western Myanmar

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Vijay Nambiar arrived in Rakhine state after sectarian violence left dozens dead and forced hundreds to flee.


Suu Kyi leaves Myanmar on Europe trip

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

Myanmar democracy icon who spent most of past 21 years under house arrest will formally accept her 1991 Nobel Prize.


More than Easier Money, Japan Needs Deregulation. Some Hope Seen in Aviation

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT

What Japan needs is not more easy money, but deregulation: more access, fewer restrictions, more price competition. This will drive growth. It is happening slowly in aviation. It is needed everywhere.


Though Siri-ous, Automakers May Be Botching Infotainment

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:37 PM PDT

It was no surprise: determines that it wants to up its game in vehicle connectivity, and a passel of automakers immediately line up with Siri and her Silicon Valley pals. So apparently will provide voice commands for at least a handful of car brands. But while automotive OEMs seem content to have become traveling companions ...


Scores killed in Iraq blasts

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:16 PM PDT

At least 44 people killed in attacks targeting Shia pilgrims in Baghdad and police in Hilla during religious event.


Bombs kill at least 44 in Iraq: police

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 10:54 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq killed at least 44 people on Wednesday in a wave of attacks during a major religious festival, police and hospital sources said. At least 18 people were killed when four bombs hit Shi'ite pilgrims across Baghdad as they gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of Shi'ite imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a great-grandson of Prophet Mohammad. ...


China second-quarter GDP growth may dip below 7 percent - government adviser

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth could fall below 7 percent in the second quarter if weak activity persists in June, an influential government adviser was quoted on Wednesday as saying.

NBA Courting Female Fans With High Heels

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:45 PM PDT

The men of the NBA have never shied away from making fashion statements. There have been Daisy Duke-style shorts, shants (the baggy hybrid of shorts and pants), Pat Riley Armani suits,??Air Jordans, Dennis Rodman tattoos, piercings, and hair dyes, and Allen Iverson sideways caps and corn rows. This season the Urkel-meets-Brooklyn-hipster costume is making headlines, ...


Shell Investing $300M To Fuel LNG-Powered Trucks

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:42 PM PDT

'We see a future where infrastructure for LNG is not a concern.'


Verizon Hits A Home Run, But Can They Make Money?

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 09:35 PM PDT

Verizon's new Share Everything Plan is likely to be a home run with consumers but can it make any money off it?


Bombs kill 44 in Iraq attacks on pilgrims, police

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:17 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad and police in southern Iraq killed at least 44 people on Wednesday in a wave of attacks during a major religious festival, police and hospital sources said.
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Curfews in Tunisia after overnight riots

Curfews in Tunisia after overnight riots

Curfews in Tunisia after overnight riots

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Overnight curfews imposed in eight areas including Tunis after riots blamed on Salafis leave dozens of police injured.


African Union seeks mandate to send troops to Mali

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - The African Union has asked the U.N. Security Council for a resolution that would allow military intervention in Mali, where Islamist militants have become an international security threat, the union's commission chief said on Tuesday.

Tensions fuel clashes in Indonesia's Papua

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

At least 16 killed in violence after UN criticises Jakarta's human rights record in eastern province.


Four killed in village attack in Ivory Coast

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Four people were killed in an attack on a village in western Ivory Coast not far from the scene of an ambush in which seven United Nations peacekeepers died last week, local residents and the U.N. said on Tuesday.

Psychologist says Breivik is sane

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

A psychology professor called to testify at the trial of Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo says he believes the self-confessed mass killer is sane.


Poll: Most Chinese adults prioritize environment over economy

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:40 PM PDT

China's industrialization has famously caused its pollution problems to worsen, but that's not necessarily because the Chinese value industry over air quality.

Last week, the Associated Press reported that China told foreign embassies to stop publishing reports on air quality in the country and argued that it was unfair to measure Chinese air against American standards. But a recent poll showed that the majority of Chinese adults surveyed by Gallup in 2011 prioritized protecting the environment, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. Only one in five said economic growth should trump environmental protections.

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Russians pour into Pushkin Square for opposition rally

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:58 AM PDT

At least 15,000 people turned out at a peaceful demonstration in Moscow's Pushkin Square Tuesday demanding democratic reforms and denouncing President Vladi­mir Putin. The event was symbolically held on a national holiday that commemorates the Russian republic's declaration of sovereignty.

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Nigeria financial chief suspended

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:36 PM PDT

The head of Nigeria's stock exchange regulator, Arunmah Oteh, is suspended pending an investigation into allegations of malpractice.


ICC team visit detained colleagues in Libya

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT

ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - A delegation from the International Criminal Court on Tuesday visited their colleagues being held in Libya over allegations they had smuggled documents to Muammar Gaddafi's detained son.

Tunisia imposes curfew after riot

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Tunisia declares an overnight curfew in eight regions, including the capital, after rioting which the government blames on Islamists angered by an art show.


Greek radical defies EU pressure

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:12 PM PDT

The leader of Greece's radical leftist party Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, warns the EU against trying to cow him if he wins Sunday's election.


Pakistani probe finds envoy Husain Haqqani was behind memo seeking U.S. help

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A three-member judicial commission has concluded that Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's former ambassador to the United States, was behind a memo indirectly sent to a senior U.S. military official last year seeking Washington's help in averting a military coup.

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Fourteen bodies dumped by highway in eastern Mexico

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:10 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fourteen bodies were found inside an abandoned truck along a highway in eastern Mexico, local police said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity committed by rival drug cartels battling over smuggling routes to the United States.

Tunisia government imposes night time curfew after riots

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:05 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's interior and defense ministries have declared a night time curfew in the capital and seven other suburbs and cities following riots by Salafi Islamists and other protesters angered by an art exhibition they say insults Muslims.

Ireland pardons soldiers who deserted to fight Hitler

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:06 PM PDT

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government on Tuesday pardoned thousands of servicemen who deserted to fight for the Allied forces during World War Two after the Irish state decided to remain neutral in the war against Adolf Hitler's Germany.

Falklands to vote on keeping British rule

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - The tiny Falklands Islands will ask 3,000 inhabitants whether they want to stay part of Britain's self-governing overseas territories in a referendum designed to outflank Argentina's sovereignty claims to the South Atlantic archipelago.

Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia edged closer to reviving its outgoing coalition government on Tuesday after the reformist Democratic Party and its Socialist allies said they had agreed on policy but needed "a few days" to divide up power.

Arizona Voters Choose Giffords’s Replacement

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

The election to fill Gabrielle Giffords's Congressional seat is widely regarded as a measure of the political winds.

Brazil tries to curb crime wave

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Some 400 extra policemen are deployed in the streets of Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, to deal with a wave of robberies at bars and restaurants.


Greek radical leftist rejects call for unity government

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - The leader of Greece's leftist SYRIZA party on Tuesday ruled out forming a government with pro-bailout parties after June 17 elections that could decide the nation's future in the euro zone.
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