Deadly raid on Ivory Coast UN-protected camp

Deadly raid on Ivory Coast UN-protected camp


Deadly raid on Ivory Coast UN-protected camp

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Seven killed when angry youths torched the camp in the unstable west of the country, despite presence of UN soldiers.


Police struggle to identify Bulgaria bomber

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 11:08 PM PDT

Authorities work to identify DNA and fingerprints of the suspected bomber after attack that killed Israeli tourists.


Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:57 PM PDT

For once, an Apple product isn't the hottest piece of hardware on the scene. This week, at least, that highly enviable status goes to Google's new Nexus 7 tablet. According to reports, several retailers are sold out of the 7-inch tablet, and even Google's own online store only has the [...]


Tom Cruise: Scientology Isn't Only About Taxes

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:21 PM PDT

The Scientology symbol is composed of the letter S, which stands for Scientology, and the ARC and KRC triangles, two important concepts in Scientology. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Most people are reluctant to criticize religious practices, let alone a church. Yet fear that Suri Cruise might be indoctrinated into Scientology's elite Sea Org may have [...]


Attack on Turkey-Iraq pipeline knocks out oil flows: report

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:33 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities are blaming sabotage for a fire on a pipeline carrying petroleum from Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast that cut oil flows late on Friday, NTV television said. The fire on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline erupted near the town of Midyat in southeastern Turkey, it said, citing the provincial governor. No one was immediately available at the governor's office or at the state pipeline operator Botas to confirm the report. ...


Glimmers of growth on Florida's Space Coast after shuttle shutdown

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:03 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttles Bar & Grill, a once-popular roadside diner a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, is shuttered, and a "For Rent" sign is taped to the window of a bagel shop that used to serve space center workers an early bird breakfast. But a year after the United States ended NASA's space shuttle program, crippling communities around Cape Canaveral that had grown dependent on government contracts, private spaceflight and other ventures are starting to fill the void. ...


Attack on Turkey-Iraq pipeline knocks out oil flows: report

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:33 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities are blaming sabotage for a fire on a pipeline carrying petroleum from Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast that cut oil flows late on Friday, NTV television said.


In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a Victory town hall in Bowling GreenWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will soon do something Barack Obama has yet to do as president - visit U.S. ally Israel, where he will try to present himself to voters back home as a credible replacement to Obama on the world stage. In the midst of a presidential campaign that is too close to call, Romney leaves on Wednesday for a week-long trip to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in London and visit Israel and Poland. ...



VIDEO: Benghazi's struggle with poverty

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:24 PM PDT

Almost a year since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, poverty is still widespread throughout Libya.


VIDEO: Benghazi's struggle with poverty

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:24 PM PDT

Almost a year since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, poverty is still widespread throughout Libya.


Glimmers of growth on Florida's Space Coast after shuttle shutdown

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:04 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttles Bar & Grill, a once-popular roadside diner a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, is shuttered, and a "For Rent" sign is taped to the window of a bagel shop that used to serve space center workers an early bird breakfast.


Muslims begin Ramadan fast; bombs hit Thai south

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 20, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was marred in Buddhist-dominated Thailand by two bomb blasts that killed one person and injured seven.



Hemingway On Hemingway & Hollywood

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Patrick Hemingway has had it with the distortions of his dad. In a recent interview, Patrick told the way he was—with refreshing candor. Consider it a birthday present to Hemingway—the master of writing "the way it is"—born 113 years ago today.


In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will soon do something Barack Obama has yet to do as president - visit U.S. ally Israel, where he will try to present himself to voters back home as a credible replacement to Obama on the world stage.


Syrian forces attempt fight back after rebel surge

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:10 PM PDT

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in YabroudBAB AL-HAWA, Syria/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army helicopters pounded Damascus with rockets and heavy machine guns overnight, and tanks bombarded the capital from the ring road, to try to reverse relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad's entourage was assassinated. The unprecedented rebel momentum of the past few days has fighters boasting that Assad's grip is being pried from the country his family has ruled since his father seized power in a coup 42 years ago. But he remains a fearsome foe. "The regime has been rudderless for last three days. ...



Privacy rights violated at least once by U.S. intelligence-collection initiative, official says

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:35 PM PDT

U.S. intelligence agencies collecting e-mail and other communications under an updated surveillance statute have violated Americans' constitutional right to privacy at least once, a senior intelligence official acknowledged Friday.

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Puma Ocean Racing Battles to the Volvo Ocean Race Finish Line

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 04:43 PM PDT

The Puma Ocean Racing team completed the final grueling leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in July earning an honorable third place finish in Galway, Ireland. While the team was working with the latest sailing technology, the waters and competition were formidable."Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost [...]


Chinese court upholds Ai Weiwei tax fine

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei closes the door of a car as his wife Lu Qing in leaves for the courthouse before his verdict hearing in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Friday upheld a $2.4 million fine for tax evasion against the country's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei, after barring him from attending the hearing, in a case that critics accuse Beijing of using to muzzle the outspoken artist. Ai had asked the Chaoyang District court to overturn the city tax office's rejection of his appeal against the tax evasion penalty imposed on the company he works for, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd, which produces his art and designs. ...



Syrian forces attempt fight back after rebel surge

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:56 PM PDT

BAB AL-HAWA, Syria/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army helicopters pounded Damascus with rockets and heavy machine guns overnight, and tanks bombarded the capital from the ring road, to try to reverse relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad's entourage was assassinated.


Aurora Movie Massacre: The 'Active Shooter' Attacks Again

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:51 PM PDT

James Holmes, the 24 year old neuroscience grad student charged with killing 12 people and wounding dozens more earlier today at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, is a text book example of society's most troubling twenty-first century invention – the "active shooter." The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines an active [...]