Credit card sting snares dozens globally

Credit card sting snares dozens globally


Credit card sting snares dozens globally

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:12 PM PDT

At least 24 people in 13 countries are arrested in US-led operation agaisnt cyber criminals trading information.


Child circumcision 'an assault,' says court

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT

German ruling says "fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity outweighed the fundamental rights of parents".


Populist Japan mayor grooms candidates for national stage

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:16 PM PDT

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Gathered in a hall in the city of Osaka, about 900 students at Toru Hashimoto's school for candidates listen raptly as the populist mayor issues a clarion call to shake up Japan's deadlocked politics in an election that could come this year.


VIDEO: When Harry Met Sally screenwriter dies

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Hollywood screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who wrote such films as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, has died.


Pena Nieto extends lead as Mexico vote nears

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate of the opposition PRI, gestures during his arrival to attend a rally at the Azteca stadium in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto holds a big lead over his rivals just days ahead of Mexico's presidential election, a voter survey by polling firm BGC showed on Wednesday. The poll for the July 1 ballot in newspaper Excelsior put support for Pena Nieto of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) at 44 percent, up 2 points from a survey published on June 17. Leftist hope and 2006 runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gained 1 point to 28 percent. Josefina Vazquez Mota, candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN), dropped 4 points to 25 percent. ...



Violence tops debate ahead of Venezuela vote

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:50 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 22, 2012, a boy colors in the letter "P" with chalk after spelling the Spanish word "Paz," or "Peace," at an event against violence, in Caracas, Venezuela. The government says more than 14,000 people were killed in Venezuela last year, giving the country a murder rate of 50 per 100,000 people and making it one of the most violent countries in Latin America and the world. The murder rate has more than doubled since 1998, when Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez was first elected. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Natalia Guzman stepped hesitantly into the morgue looking for her only son. She was led to rows of refrigeration units, where after peering at more than a dozen corpses she finally found 17-year-old Jaime.



What Every Business Can Learn From Apple: Establish A Winning Culture

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:23 PM PDT

There is something every company can learn from Apple???and it has nothing to do with product design. As a company, Apple has established a winning culture. It attracts the brightest employees, which in turn have helped the company attract a loyal following of millions of customers. (Remember the Service Profit Model? I wrote about it ...


Soo Bridge Celebrates 50 Years, Ambassador Bridge Fights, and the Mighty Mac Separates

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

A few weeks ago I was visiting my camp and on the wall I saw a photo of my grandfather, Yrj?? Pet??inen.?? The photo was taken by my father, Matti Pet??inen, from the early 1970s as Yrj?? stood at the base of the International Bridge.?? At that time the bridge was about 10 years old, ...


'The Avengers' Becomes Third Film In History To Pass $600 Million Domestically

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:21 PM PDT

As of today, the Marvel blockbuster The Avengers reached a new milestone, becoming one of just three films in history to surpass $600 million in North American box office revenue. The other films that passed $600 million domestically were Avatar and Titanic. It now appears possible that The Avengers will top $1.5 billion in worldwide ...


Rationalizing Money and Nora Ephron's Hair

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:17 PM PDT

In one of the many appreciative obituaries for the great Nora Ephron today, the New York Times noted how fussy she was about her hair, having it professionally blow-dried twice a week. Ephron quipped, "It's cheaper by far than psychoanalysis and much more uplifting."


Patients Need More Options for Self-Managing Their Own Healthcare

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:56 PM PDT

Guest post by??Kaveh Safavi, M.D., J.D.,??North America Director for 's ??Industry ?? Before banks introduced automated systems, personal bankers helped their wealthier clients navigate the complex terrain of a massive paper-based financial system. With the introduction of online banking, however, the role of the personal banker was diminished. Customers assumed control of their day-to-day banking ...


VIDEO: Digging for clues: Bodies exhumed in search for 'serial killer'

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Detectives have exhumed the bodies of two unidentified teenagers three decades after their remains were found in northern California.


Thirty dead, 150,000 stranded in Bangladesh floods

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:17 PM PDT

A street is seen submerged by flood water in ChittagongDHAKA (Reuters) - Days of heavy rain in Bangladesh has set off flash floods and landslides which have killed more than 30 people and stranded about 150,000, police and officials said on Wednesday. Low-lying and densely populated Bangladesh is battered by torrential downpours during the wet season which began in the past few weeks, but one official said the rain this month was the heaviest for years. Fifteen people were killed in and around the southeastern port city of Chittagong while others were killed inland in an area known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts. ...



Migrant workers clash with police in south China

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:24 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers rioted and clashed with police this week in a fresh outbreak of social unrest in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong. The southern province of Guangdong, one of China's major coastal manufacturing zones, is home to a large population of migrant factory workers drawn from across China. But in recent years, perceived discrimination and abuse by authorities have triggered strikes, clashes and riots. ...


Gabon to burn ivory stocks as elephant poaching surges

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT

A man holds up an ivory tusk in GabonJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The central African nation of Gabon will burn its government stockpiles of ivory on Wednesday against the backdrop of a surge in the killing of elephants and rhinos across the continent to meet surging Asian demand. Conservation group WWF and TRAFFIC, which monitors the global wildlife trade, said in a statement the tusks and carvings would be set alight by Gabon's President Ali Bongo after they had been subjected to an independent audit to ensure none had been pilfered for illegal sale. ...



Pena Nieto extends lead as Mexico vote nears

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:52 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto holds a big lead over his rivals just days ahead of Mexico's presidential election, a voter survey by polling firm BGC showed on Wednesday.


Migrant workers clash with police in south China

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:24 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese migrant workers rioted and clashed with police this week in a fresh outbreak of social unrest in the economic powerhouse of Guangdong.


Gabon to burn ivory stocks as elephant poaching surges

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The central African nation of Gabon will burn its government stockpiles of ivory on Wednesday against the backdrop of a surge in the killing of elephants and rhinos across the continent to meet surging Asian demand.


PM: 123 rescued from capsizing off Australian isle

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:06 PM PDT

A boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized Wednesday and 123 people were rescued from the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.


Syria: TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Tuesday, June 26, 2012, smoke rises from buildings following purported shelling in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALSyria's state-run news agency says gunmen have attacked the headquarters of a pro-government TV station, killing three employees.