Kuwait to allow protest march on eve of election: PM

Kuwait to allow protest march on eve of election: PM


Kuwait to allow protest march on eve of election: PM

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:44 PM PST

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Authorities will allow a protest march to go ahead the day before the December 1 parliamentary election in Kuwait, the Gulf Arab state's prime minister said in a move designed to ease tensions ahead of the poll. Thousands of people have staged regular demonstrations since late October against a decree issued by Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, which reduced the number of votes allowed per citizen to one from four. The opposition movement, which includes youth groups and former members of parliament, has called for a boycott of the election in the U.S. ...


Power 9 Coming to Magic: The Gathering Online

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:59 PM PST

Black Lotus and the rest of the Power 9 (Moxen, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, and Timetwister) are coming to Magic: The Gathering Online in the 2012 Holiday Cube.  While it's exciting to note the cards will be available for play in this limited time environment, the most interesting aspect of [...]


Walmart ends ties to Bangladesh textile firm

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:40 PM PST

US retailer ends relationship with unnamed supplier who sourced goods from factory where 110 workers died in a fire.


Kuwait to allow protest march on eve of election: PM

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:44 PM PST

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Authorities will allow a protest march to go ahead the day before the December 1 parliamentary election in Kuwait, the Gulf Arab state's prime minister said in a move designed to ease tensions ahead of the poll.


SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk Wants A Martian Colony Of 80,000 People

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:20 PM PST

Earlier this month, SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk unveiled his plans for Mars: a colony of over 80,000 people.


Rethinking the Customer Journey in a Social World

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 02:22 PM PST

Social media, while too often far down on the list of priorities for most businesses, is certainly a primary focal point in our personal lives today. The data itself is clear: Social media has become the world's most popular online activity of all, and perhaps the top digital activity of any kind.


Taxing Blue Jays, Marlins and Other Pro Athletes

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 02:05 PM PST

Miami Marlins (Photo credit: miamism) Paying tax in multiple states or countries and divvying up income might sound like a nice problem to have. But sometimes being taxed more than once really smarts. In fact, some professional athletes are so worried about taxes that they decline to play in certain locations. [...]


Nicaraguan ships arrive in waters disputed by Colombia: Ortega

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:00 PM PST

Nicaragua's President Ortega speaks to supporters after casting his vote in the municipal elections at a polling station in ManaguaMANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday his country's ships already were exercising sovereignty over resource-rich Caribbean waters claimed by Colombia but granted to the Central American nation by an international court last week. Ortega, however, added that he had been in touch with Colombia about implementing the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling, which grants disputed islands to Colombia while offering rights to fishing and oil-rich waters to Nicaragua. ...



Experts exhume Arafat, seek evidence of poison

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:47 PM PST

Palestinian woman walks past a mural depicting late leader Arafat in GazaRAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe. French magistrates opened a murder inquiry in August into Arafat's death in Paris after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of radioactive polonium on his clothing, which was supplied by his widow, Suha. Arafat, who led the Palestinians' bid for a state through years of war and peacemaking, died in Paris aged 75 in 2004 after a short, mysterious illness. ...



Where The Day Starts With Counting the Dead

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:59 PM PST

Think your job is hard? When you're a doctor in Malawi, you start the day by counting the dead.


Experts exhume Arafat, seek evidence of poison

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:48 PM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe.


UPDATE: Where in the world ...?

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

Do you know where this photo was taken?


Critics: Is Morsy Egypt's strongman?

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:29 PM PST

No longer railing against Hosni Mubarak, who was forced out amid popular unrest, Egyptian demonstrators now direct their anger at the first man since him to be the North African nation's president: Mohamed Morsy.


Robin Wright: Morsy went too far

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:26 PM PST

Robin Wright and Stephen Farrell discuss the underlying causes for protests and political tension in Egypt.


Syrian jets bomb rebel bases near Turkey border

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:26 PM PST

A view of a damaged mosque is seen after Syrian Air Force fighter jets loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at the town of Ras al-AinBUKULMEZ, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian warplanes bombed two rebel bases near the Turkish border on Monday sending hundreds of people fleeing across the frontier. The attacks on the Free Syrian Army positions (FSA) in Atima and nearby Bab al-Hawa came a day before NATO and Ankara were due to start assessing where to station surface-to-air missiles on the Turkish side of the 900-km (560-mile) boundary. Turkey, a big supporter of rebels fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, has repeatedly scrambled jets along the border. ...



Nicaraguan ships arrive in waters disputed by Colombia: Ortega

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:00 PM PST

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday his country's ships already were exercising sovereignty over resource-rich Caribbean waters claimed by Colombia but granted to the Central American nation by an international court last week.


Syrian jets bomb rebel bases near Turkey border

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:26 PM PST

BUKULMEZ, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian warplanes bombed two rebel bases near the Turkish border on Monday sending hundreds of people fleeing across the frontier.


Pro-settler Israeli hardliners sweep Netanyahu party vote

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:35 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pro-settler hardliners swept a vote on Monday held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, effectively tossing four of his closest allies and backers of Middle East diplomacy off a list of candidates running with him in a January 22 election.


Inflatable Bouncer-Related Injuries Sharply Increase in the U.S.

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PST

Bounce House (Photo credit: GaryPaulson) Inflatable bouncers or "moonwalks" have become popular amusements in both the public and private setting in the past decade.  A number of these "bounce houses" or moonwalks are available for rental, or purchased and brought home to the backyard for birthday parties and other such gatherings. [...]


Eurozone and IMF agree Greek bailout deal

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:19 PM PST

Loans will be released to Greece in order to keep the near-bankrupt economy afloat and reduce debt by 40 billion euros.