VIDEO: Srebrenica massacre to be marked

VIDEO: Srebrenica massacre to be marked


VIDEO: Srebrenica massacre to be marked

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Thousands of Bosnians will mark the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.


OUYA $99 Open Source Gaming Console Blows Up on Kickstarter By Saying 'Hack Me, Please!'

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 06:46 PM PDT

Video OUYA, the low-cost, Android-based and fully hackable gaming console had the biggest launch date in Kickstarter history. Pebble, the previous record holder, went on to raise over $10 million. As with the Pebble, you have to ask, is this just hype, or is something going on here? The something is, I [...]


Exclusive: U.S. to demand disclosures as it eases Myanmar sanctions

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:29 PM PDT

VIENTIANE (Reuters) - The United States plans to ease sanctions this week to allow its companies to invest in and provide financial services to Myanmar but will require them to make detailed disclosures about their dealings, sources briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. The unusual reporting requirement aims to promote greater transparency in the country -- among the world's most corrupt according to watchdog Transparency International -- as it emerges from nearly half a century of authoritarian military rule. The sources, who spoke on condition that they not be named, said the U.S. ...


Japan eyes political shakeup after Ozawa forms new party

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:35 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese political veteran Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other members of parliament who quit the ruling party over a tax hike plan will launch a new party on Wednesday in a bid to challenge the government, possibly heralding an era of political shakeup. The exit of Ozawa, a 70-year-old whose political clout is waning after four decades of maneuvering, removes a key obstacle to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's efforts to control his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and forge coherent policies. ...


San Bernardino Follows Stockton on the Bankruptcy Path

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 05:36 PM PDT

The third California city has filed for bankruptcy protection in as many weeks. But don't fret over more bankruptcies; fret over the way they got there.


Exclusive: U.S. to demand disclosures as it eases Myanmar sanctions

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:29 PM PDT

VIENTIANE (Reuters) - The United States plans to ease sanctions this week to allow its companies to invest in and provide financial services to Myanmar but will require them to make detailed disclosures about their dealings, sources briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.


Japan eyes political shakeup after Ozawa forms new party

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:35 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese political veteran Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other members of parliament who quit the ruling party over a tax hike plan will launch a new party on Wednesday in a bid to challenge the government, possibly heralding an era of political shakeup.


U.S. crafted Pakistan "apology" to suit allies abroad, opponents at home

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:23 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari before a bi-lateral meeting at the NATO summit in ChicagoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the end it was a meeting in a nondescript conference room in Chicago that finally set in motion the long-awaited U.S. apology to Pakistan last week ending a seven-month impasse over NATO supply routes for the Afghan war. The meeting in late May followed months of clamoring by Islamabad, images of flag-draped coffins on TV, and widespread outcry from Pakistanis incensed by the U.S. air attack that killed 24 of their soldiers on the Afghan border last November. ...



U.S. crafted Pakistan "apology" to suit allies abroad, opponents at home

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the end it was a meeting in a nondescript conference room in Chicago that finally set in motion the long-awaited U.S. apology to Pakistan last week ending a seven-month impasse over NATO supply routes for the Afghan war.


Realism And Consistency In Video Games, Plus Killer Rabbits

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 05:47 PM PDT

Video Overgrowth is still in alpha, but it looks fantastic already. The combat looks fast and fun, and the running and leaping looks exhilarating. This is largely because many aspects of the game look extremely realistic. For instance, if you throw a dagger into an opponent, you have to kneel down and pull it back [...]


As New Hogs Hit The Road, Harley Keeps Roaring

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 05:35 PM PDT

What makes Harley iconic is its values. Richer defines these values as "freedom, independence, and individuality" which, he stresses, are universal. These have been Harley's consistent and authentic values since it was founded over a century ago, and which are aspired to universally, not just in the U.S., contributing to the company's success overseas. People, Richer said, "are loyal to their beliefs and values and if you, as a company, represent those then they would be loyal to your brand as well. Harley is very much a lifestyle brand in that it is the brand expression of how our customers see themselves."


Unroll.me Founders On How They'll Rid The World Of Unwanted Email

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Sometimes I feel like Groupon, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are slowly trying to drive me insane one email at a time. My inbox, which is reserved primarily as a professional workspace, is littered with emails for new notifications, followers and 61 percent off reversible down comforters. Marketing subscription emails from companies [...]


Western envoys express concern over El Salvador crisis

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:16 PM PDT

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.S. and British ambassadors to El Salvador raised concern on Tuesday about a deepening political crisis in the Central American country that has pitted the Supreme Court against Congress. The crisis centers on a decision last month by El Salvador's top court to annul the election by Congress of 20 new judges. The court's decision prompted the ruling leftist party of President Mauricio Funes, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, which controls Congress, to refuse to accept the ruling. ...


Western envoys express concern over El Salvador crisis

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:17 PM PDT

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.S. and British ambassadors to El Salvador raised concern on Tuesday about a deepening political crisis in the Central American country that has pitted the Supreme Court against Congress.


Japan protests Chinese ships' entry into waters near disputed isles

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:22 PM PDT

File photo shows Uotsuri island, part of the disputed islands in the East China SeaTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan lodged a protest with China on Wednesday against the entry of Chinese patrol ships into waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, an issue that has long been a cause of friction between Asia's two biggest economies. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said three Chinese fishery patrol ships entered waters near the uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. The islands, claimed Beijing and Tokyo as well as Taipei, are located near rich fishing grounds and potentially huge oil and gas reserves. ...



Can the Job Market Recover?

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 04:15 PM PDT

I cut my teeth in small business. As a teenager I drove the delivery truck and worked in the warehouse at my father's small industrial supply business (I've spent my career in small business ever since). Most of our customers were other small businesses not unlike the "main street" businesses [...]


VIDEO: Arafat 'poisoning' to be investigated

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 08:10 PM PDT

Palestinian officials are calling for an international inquiry into former leader Yasser Arafat's death, over renewed claims that he was poisoned.


Russian lawmakers ratify WTO entry

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 08:09 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to ratify accession to the World Trade Organization, bringing the world's largest country into the club that sets global trade rules after a tortuous 18-year negotiating marathon.


S. Korean president's brother jailed in bribe case

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:40 PM PDT

The South Korean president's brother was arrested and taken to a detention center Wednesday after a court approved a warrant on bribery allegations, a major embarrassment to the ruling party in a presidential election year.


US man jailed for translating Thai king book freed

Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Joe Gordon, a Thai-born American, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. Gordon sentenced to two and a half years in Thai prison for translating a banned biography about the country's king and posting the content online has been freed by a royal pardon, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)An American sentenced to two and a half years in Thai prison for translating a banned biography about the country's king and posting the content online has been freed by a royal pardon, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.