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Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5
VIDEO: Economic concerns in Belgium
Australia warns citizens to leave Benghazi
State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador
Murder in Pakistan sparks anger at country's elite
Chile aims to focus summit on its brighter side
Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed
New Artisanal Rum - For Australia Day?
Kirk Strawser, Head Of Wipro's Consulting Business, Dies
State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador
Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in
Pharma's Digital Health Strategy: Four Options
Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper
Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in
Japan envoy says territory disputes with China can be resolved
Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper
International adoptions by U.S. parents fall again in 2012
Greek police storm metro depot to end strike
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Japan envoy says territory disputes with China can be resolved

Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:53 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

VIDEO: Economic concerns in Belgium

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:45 PM PST

While senior officials are confident that Europe is emerging from its economic crisis, in Belgium it's predicted that 2013 will be a year of stagnation.

Australia warns citizens to leave Benghazi

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:39 PM PST

Nation joins UK, Germany and Netherlands in warning citizens of "imminent threat" in Libyan city due to Mali conflict.

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:08 PM PST

ZUMBAHUA, Ecuador (Reuters) - Once a forgotten cluster of mud houses amid windswept peaks, the Ecuadorean village of Zumbahua today boasts a state-of-the-art schoolhouse with large projection touch screens, Internet access in every classroom and lessons in three languages. Indigenous Kichwa Indians who once stuffed savings under their mattresses now have a bank in town and a free Internet cafe - all paid for by the state. The treacherous muddy road to the village is being widened and paved, and residents are particularly proud of their local school. "Education has improved dramatically ... ...

Murder in Pakistan sparks anger at country's elite

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:43 PM PST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — More than 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most upscale neighborhoods sparked an unusual outcry and highlighted a growing trend of citizens using social media to hold the country's rich and powerful to account.

Chile aims to focus summit on its brighter side

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:38 PM PST

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders gathering for this weekend's economic summit will likely see only one side of Chile — the polished, upscale country where tourists and investors stay in five-star hotels in a sparklingly clean financial district nicknamed "Sanhattan," well away from Santiago's slums.

Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and sentenced for being part of a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France.

New Artisanal Rum - For Australia Day?

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST

When I think Australia and alcohol in the same sentence, I instantly think of wine.

Kirk Strawser, Head Of Wipro's Consulting Business, Dies

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:22 PM PST

Kirk Strawser, managing partner of Wipro Consulting Services, the business consulting arm of Indian tech giant Wipro controlled by billionaire Azim Premji, has died in the US after a brief illness, the company confirmed Wednesday. He was 58.

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:44 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police stormed a subway train depot in Athens early on Friday to disperse striking subway staff who defied a government order to return to work for a ninth consecutive day, a police official said. Scuffles broke out when police forced their way through a metal gate shortly after 4 a.m. (0200 GMT) and detained at least 10 workers, the official said on condition of anonymity. One woman was taken to hospital with light injuries, he added. ...

Pharma's Digital Health Strategy: Four Options

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:15 PM PST

As pharma companies confront the digital health wave and contemplate their digital health strategy, I see four high-level options:

Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:32 PM PST

Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:44 PM PST

Japan envoy says territory disputes with China can be resolved

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:16 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan believes tensions with China fanned by a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands can be resolved, a special envoy from Tokyo said on Friday after meeting China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping. Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of New Komeito, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, said Japan will take a broad view in dialogue with Beijing to resolve the dispute between the world's second- and third-largest economies, which has escalated in recent weeks. ...

Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's disgraced former senior politician, Bo Xilai, will go on trial next week, a Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the final act of a drama that has shaken the ruling Communist Party. Bo, once a contender for top leadership in the world's second-largest economy, was ousted in China's biggest political scandal in two decades last year following his wife's murder of a British businessman, Neil Heywood. ...

International adoptions by U.S. parents fall again in 2012

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 08:50 PM PST

(Reuters) - The number of children adopted internationally by American parents fell 7 percent last year, continuing a multi-year decline brought on in part by tightened adoption rules, a U.S. State Department report showed on Thursday. Some 8,668 children were adopted into U.S. families from abroad in the 2012 fiscal year, down from 9,320 the previous year, with more children coming from China than from any other country, the report said. "This is a continuation of a trend," said Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and the author of "Adoption Nation. ...

Greek police storm metro depot to end strike

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:09 PM PST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek riot police stormed the Athens subway train depot early Friday to enforce a government emergency order forcing striking metro workers back to work in an escalating standoff over new austerity measures.

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