China president in Hong Kong to mark handover

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• China president in Hong Kong to mark handover
• European leaders agree to closer long-term union
• Tanker truck crash sparks fire, kills 20 in China
• China set to install new but disliked HK leader
• Roberts Calls Mandate What Obama Swore It Was Not ??? A Tax
• Tank truck crash sparks fire, kills 20 in S China
• China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth
• Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-end
• Mongolia vote snag as ruling party demands recount
• Federalism's Silver Lining in the Healthcare Decision
• RIP 'Software' Companies; Hello 'Data' Companies
• Ousted 'Dictatorship' Rises Again in Mexico
• Jordan's King Meets Hamas Leaders
• Australia warned of more refugee deaths
• China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth
• The Whole World Is Moving Toward 2.5Mhz Spectrum As U.S. Investors Ignore Clearwire
• France's Strauss-Kahn and wife have separated: source
• Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-end
• Deaths in Pakistan sectarian attack
• Nadal crashes out of Wimbledon

China president in Hong Kong to mark handover Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:15 PM PDT Hu Jintao is also expected to attend the inauguration of Leung Chun-ying as the city's next chief executive.

European leaders agree to closer long-term union Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:05 PM PDT After tough all-night bargaining, European leaders appeared to salvage what had seemed to be a summit teetering toward failure by agreeing early Friday to funnel money directly to struggling banks, and in the longer term to form a tighter union.

Tanker truck crash sparks fire, kills 20 in China Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:28 PM PDT A tanker truck filled with gasoline collided with a truck in southern China on Friday, setting off an explosion and a massive fire that left 20 people dead and 14 others hurt.

China set to install new but disliked HK leader Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:45 PM PDT Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Hong Kong to install a new but already unpopular governor of the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

Roberts Calls Mandate What Obama Swore It Was Not ??? A Tax Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:05 PM PDT With one sentence, Chief Justice John Roberts did what scores of speeches from President Barack Obama and hundreds of pages of legislation from Congress could not do: define what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually was: a tax.

Tank truck crash sparks fire, kills 20 in S China Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:55 PM PDT A tanker truck filled with gasoline has collided with a truck in southern China, setting off an explosion and a massive fire that left 20 people dead and 14 others hurt.

China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:31 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, ending a mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a manned docking test critical to its goal of building a space station by 2020. The spacecraft's gumdrop-shaped return capsule descended to Earth by parachute and touched down shortly after 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) in China's northwestern Inner Mongolia region with its three-member crew, including female astronaut Liu Yang. Beijing has hailed the nearly two-week mission as a technical breakthrough for the country's growing space program. ...

Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-end Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:58 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - A regulatory framework for Islamic finance is taking shape in Oman as government bodies move towards meeting the country's stated aim of making sharia-compliant products available to the public this year. But logistical challenges and the limited size of the market may prevent entrants to the business from making quick profits. Legislation covering takaful (Islamic insurance) and sukuk (Islamic fixed income securities) is expected to be finalized by the end of the third quarter of the year, Capital Market Authority officials told Reuters. ...

Mongolia vote snag as ruling party demands recount Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:44 PM PDT Calls for a recount of votes at some polling stations are delaying results in Mongolia's sharply contested legislative elections, which centered on how to spread the wealth from the poor but fast-growing country's mining boom.

Federalism's Silver Lining in the Healthcare Decision Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:48 PM PDT Despite the loss, states' rights and federalism made significant gains in this decision, and live to fight another day.

RIP 'Software' Companies; Hello 'Data' Companies Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:47 PM PDT The software company is dead, long live the software company. Nowadays, the money is in data, or service delivery via the cloud. Delivering and selling software is so 1990s. Consider the latest report from Forbes contributor , who points out that in Massachusetts, 120 big data companies are targeting $64 billion database and analytics market. ...

Ousted 'Dictatorship' Rises Again in Mexico Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:23 PM PDT It took Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, once described as the "perfect dictatorship," 71 years to lose power. On Sunday it looks to regain control of the national government after just 12 years.

Jordan's King Meets Hamas Leaders Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:39 AM PDT Jordan's king met with top Hamas leaders as part of an about-face effort to engage with Islamists, who have been gaining ground all over the Mideast.

Australia warned of more refugee deaths Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:48 PM PDT Warning to MPs comes after they reject laws that would have let the country deport asylum seekers to another country.

China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:40 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, ending a mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a manned docking test critical to its goal of building a space station by 2020.

The Whole World Is Moving Toward 2.5Mhz Spectrum As U.S. Investors Ignore Clearwire Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:06 PM PDT Clearwire has become the Rodney Dangerfield of telecom investments.It gets little respect. Some significant developments have been ignored by investors who want stalwart balance sheets in a time of economic uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad.

France's Strauss-Kahn and wife have separated: source Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:10 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing a probe into his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring in France, and his wife have separated, a source said. Anne Sinclair, a wealthy heiress who recently relaunched her media career as a news editor at the Huffington Post's French edition, and Strauss-Kahn separated about a month ago and they are living in separate residences in Paris, said the source, who is close to Strauss-Kahn. ...

Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-end Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:58 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - A regulatory framework for Islamic finance is taking shape in Oman as government bodies move towards meeting the country's stated aim of making sharia-compliant products available to the public this year. But logistical challenges and the limited size of the market may prevent entrants to the business from making quick profits.

Deaths in Pakistan sectarian attack Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:41 PM PDT At least ten people die after car bomb targets Shia pilgrims returning from Iran, officials say.

Nadal crashes out of Wimbledon Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:12 PM PDT Two-time champion sent packing after five-set thriller against world number 100 Lukas Rosol.

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