Panetta holds talks with China's Xi

Panetta holds talks with China's Xi


Panetta holds talks with China's Xi

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT

US defence secretary meets vice president Xi Jinping, who is tipped to succeed President Hu Jintao as next leader.


Dozens killed in Mexico pipeline fire

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:15 PM PDT

At least 26 killed and 46 others injured in explosion at state-owned natural gas facility in country's north.


'Borderlands 2' Review - Part One: September Is For Looters (PC)

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:07 PM PDT

VideoBetween excellent, witty writing, a gorgeous backdrop, and a sea of guns, 'Borderlands 2' is sure to please. But it's not perfect. I'm playing the ninja assassin in Borderlands 2. I named him Number Two, which seemed like a good name for someone known in the broader universe as Zero. So far, Gearbox's [...]


South Korean software mogul to run for president

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-soo ended a year of speculation on Wednesday when he announced he would run for the presidency, throwing wide open a race that had looked to be all but a coronation for conservative candidate Park Geun-hye.


China's Xi meets Panetta, wants better military ties with U.S

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:58 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held on Wednesday his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta he wanted to advance ties with the United States. Vice-President Xi's disappearance had prompted widespread rumors that he was ill or worse ahead of this year's five-yearly Communist Party Congress when he is expected to be named party chief. ...



VIDEO: Pussy Riot priest to be defrocked

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT

A priest who supported the Pussy Riot protesters in Russia is to be defrocked by the Russian orthodox church.


VIDEO: Obama chides Romney over remarks

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:34 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has rebuked Republican rival Mitt Romney, saying that anyone seeking to be president needs to work for all Americans.


Germany's big worry: China, not Greece

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:04 PM PDT

German Chancellor Merkel addresses news conference at Bundespressekonferenz in BerlinBERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin, not Brussels, will decide the future of the ailing eurozone because Germany's economic power and its status as the European Union's main paymaster give it an effective veto over key decisions. So it comes as a surprise to find that in Berlin's corridors of power, the main worry is not whether Greece sticks to its reform pledges or Spain demands an EU bailout. ...



US and Japan reach agreement on Osprey deployment

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:12 PM PDT

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement allowing the MV-22 Osprey military aircraft to begin flight operations in Japan, officials said Wednesday. The deal had been in question because of protests by Japanese citizens who feared the hybrid aircraft was not safe.


China: dañan vehículo de embajador de EEUU

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Manifestantes chinos sostienen imágenes del fallecido líder comunista Mao Tse Tung y banderas de China en una marcha afuera de la embajada japonesa en Beijing, el martes 18 de septiembre de 2012. El aniversario 81 de la invasión japonesa y el dominio de unas islas que se disputan ambos países desataron una nueva ola de protestas. (Foto AP/Alexander F. Yuan)Un vehículo que transportaba al embajador de Estados Unidos en China resultó con daños menores después de volverse blanco de los bulliciosos manifestantes que protestaban contra Japón y que expresaban su enfado por una disputa territorial.



China's Xi meets Panetta, wants better military ties with U.S

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:58 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held on Wednesday his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta he wanted to advance ties with the United States.


Mitt Romney And The 47% All A Matter Of Context

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, 2008 US presidential candidate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Everybody is picking on Mitt again.  It is just like when he went on extension.  I feel obligated to stick up for him.  In case you haven't read about it in 47 other places, Mother Jones broke a [...]


'Mitt Romney Has A Koch Problem' Say Protesters

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT

On Sunday, oil billionaire David Koch welcomed Mitt Romney for a private $50,000 a plate fundraising dinner. Outside, more than 200 protesters gathered with one message: get money out of politics.


Bootstraping A Child's Education - California's DIY School

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:06 PM PDT

Waldorf Students Pearl And Emory Wishon On a mild summer morning Rob Wishon, a master carpenter with a sandy goatee and a knack for carving exotic wood into majestic pagodas, stood up from the picnic table at  Morro Bay's Del Mar park, kissed his wife Kim and waved good bye to his [...]


The Best- And Worst-Paying Education Jobs

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:06 PM PDT


Germany's big worry: China, not Greece

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:18 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin, not Brussels, will decide the future of the ailing eurozone because Germany's economic power and its status as the European Union's main paymaster give it an effective veto over key decisions.


Pressure on Japan for stronger laws on child pornography

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:59 PM PDT

Booklet entitled, "Violence Against Children in Cyberspace" is pictured at an office of Keiji Goto, a police officer-turned lawyer in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - When police in Japan's old historic capital of Kyoto nabbed three men this summer for buying child pornography DVDs online, they made history: for the first time, someone in the country faces the possibility of jail time for possessing such material. Japan is the only OECD nation that has not universally outlawed possession of child pornography and activists say the new, tougher local laws in Kyoto will not change that overnight. ...



Pressure on Japan for stronger laws on child pornography

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:11 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - When police in Japan's old historic capital of Kyoto nabbed three men this summer for buying child pornography DVDs online, they made history: for the first time, someone in the country faces the possibility of jail time for possessing such material.


'Borderlands 2' Review - Part One: September Is For Looters (PC)

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 05:35 PM PDT

VideoBetween excellent, witty writing, a gorgeous backdrop, and a sea of guns, 'Borderlands 2' is sure to please. But it's not perfect. I'm playing the ninja assassin in Borderlands 2. I named him Number Two, which seemed like a good name for someone known in the broader universe as Zero. So far, Gearbox's [...]


Biohacking Healthcare - Part 2

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Guest post by biohacker - Eric Valor - who was diagnosed with ALS in 2005 Cloudy With A Chance Of Models One of the most valuable research tools is a model of the type of problem you are trying to solve. This allows for study of the problem mechanism and allows attempts at [...]