VIDEO: How Egypt's blind orchestra play so well

VIDEO: How Egypt's blind orchestra play so well


VIDEO: How Egypt's blind orchestra play so well

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra has been called "a thing of light and hope."


VIDEO: Lebanon set to bury bomb victims

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 09:06 PM PDT

Lebanese opposition leader Saad Hariri has called on all citizens to attend a funeral for security chief Wissam al-Hassan, who was killed by a car bomb.


Does Anyone Care About Iran's Nuclear ENERGY Program?

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:09 PM PDT

A nuclear energy race in the Middle East is fine. A nuclear arms race is horrible. They are easily distinguished from each other and the region can still be steered towards an energy-only nuclear future.


Arabia-Asia: China Builds New Silk Road, But Is The Middle East Ready?

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:00 PM PDT

People gather on in Sidi Bouzid's Mohamed Bouazizi square, named after the fruitseller whose self-immolation sparked the revolution that ousted a dictator and ignited the Arab Spring. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) "The ancient Silk Road has regained its past vigor and vitality." Those were the words of Chinese Premier Wen [...]


Pope to name 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 10:17 PM PDT

Two nuns look at tapestries of saints-to-be from left; Kateri Tekakwitha, Maria del Carmen, Pedro Calungsod, Jacques Berthieu, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Mother Marianne Cope, and Anna Shaeffer hanging from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The seven will be declared saints in a ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Pope Benedict XVI is adding seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it's lagging. Two of them are Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the U.S. and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for lepers in Hawaii.



China's new leaders face tough economic choices

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 10:59 PM PDT

China's economic model that delivered three decades of double-digit growth is running out of steam and the country's next leaders face tough choices to keep incomes rising. But they don't seem to have ambitious solutions. Even if they do, they will need to tackle entrenched interests with backing high in the Communist Party.


Soyuz craft readied for space station mission

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 10:59 PM PDT

A Russian-made Soyuz rocket has been erected into place ahead of the start of a mission to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station.


As Iraq, Afghan wars end, private security firms adapt

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 10:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a rooftop terrace blocks from the White House, a collection of former soldiers and intelligence officers, executives and contractors drink to the international private security industry.


As Iraq, Afghan wars end, private security firms adapt

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 10:24 PM PDT

File photo of former Blackwater Worldwide security guards arriving at the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake CityWASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a rooftop terrace blocks from the White House, a collection of former soldiers and intelligence officers, executives and contractors drink to the international private security industry. The past decade - particularly the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - provided rich pickings for firms providing private armed guards, drivers and other services that would once have been performed by uniformed soldiers. But as the conflicts that helped create the modern industry wind down, firms are having to adapt to survive. ...



Goldberg - Affidavit of Solvency Allows Asset Protection Attorney To Keep Fees Against Fraudulent Transfer Claim

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:43 PM PDT

In the middle of litigation that was starting to look unfavorable, the Debtor, Akram Niroomand, went to Howard Rosen of the Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A. law firm, who set the Debtor up in an offshore asset protection trust a/k/a a foreign asset protection trust ("FAPT") in the Cook Islands. Rosen [...]


Argentine leader orders evacuation of ship seized in Ghana

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:26 PM PDT

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner gestures as she delivers a public address at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard University in Cambridge, MassachusettsLIMA (Reuters) - Argentina's president on Saturday ordered 326 sailors to evacuate a Navy frigate that was seized in Ghana to help bondholders try to recoup debts from the South American country's 2002 default. The Libertad, a training frigate, was detained in the Ghanaian port of Tema on October 2 under a court order obtained by NML Capital Ltd, an affiliate of investment firm Elliott Management. The firm says Argentina owes it over $300 million on defaulted sovereign bonds and it will only release the ship if the country pays it at least $20 million. ...



Spanish government faces key vote in Galicia

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 06:34 PM PDT

Pro-independence parties are poised to make strong showing in local elections in Spain's Basque Country.


Left makes gains in Czech Senate election

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:42 PM PDT

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech left cemented its dominant position in the upper house of parliament in an election on Saturday, after fiscal tightening and sleaze scandals eroded support for the right.


Argentine leader orders evacuation of ship seized in Ghana

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:26 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Argentina's president on Saturday ordered 326 sailors to evacuate a Navy frigate that was seized in Ghana to help bondholders try to recoup debts from the South American country's 2002 default.


Nigerian army arrests 'Boko Haram commander'

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:25 PM PDT

Shuaibu Mohammed Bama was detained at the home of a serving senator in the country's northeast, military says.


US denies report on Iran nuclear talks deal

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:49 PM PDT

White House rejects New York Times report saying Tehran had agreed to negotiations over its nuclear programme with US.


VIDEO: Hong Kong makes largest ivory seizure

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:33 PM PDT

Hong Kong customs officials say they have confiscated nearly four tonnes of smuggled ivory - their largest seizure of products from endangered species.


Colombian soldiers killed by FARC rebels

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:30 PM PDT

Five soldiers killed in first major attack since peace talks were launched in Oslo earlier this week, army says.


Cold Fusion Gets a Little More Real

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT

At last! It appears that there's evidence that useful cold fusion might actually exist!


Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company That Could Decide The Election Causing Concern

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT

(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) It's 3:00 a.m. on November 7, 2012. With the painfully close presidential election now down to who wins the battleground state of Ohio, no network dares to call the race and risk repeating the mistakes of 2000 when a few networks jumped the gun on picking [...]