Police brutality sparks anger in Egypt

Police brutality sparks anger in Egypt

Police brutality sparks anger in Egypt

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

Man stripped naked and beaten by police while cameras were rolling now says the media got the story wrong.

Photos raise doubts over Iran space monkey

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:31 PM PST

One of two official photos of Iran's famed simian space traveller released to media depicts the wrong monkey.

Syria opposition leader meets Russia and Iran

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:07 PM PST

Mouaz al-Khatib's first talks with Syria's key allies raise hope of a possible breakthrough in stalemate over conflict.

VIDEO: Last orders for snake soup?

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:18 PM PST

One of Hong Kong's most traditional winter dishes could be under threat, according to those who collect its key ingredient.

Turkey says tests confirm leftist bombed U.S. embassy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:07 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its "slave" carried out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. embassy, the Ankara governor's office cited DNA tests as showing on Saturday.

Turkey says tests confirm leftist bombed U.S. embassy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:07 PM PST

A security officer runs after an explosion at the entrance of the U.S. embassy in AnkaraISTANBUL (Reuters) - A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its "slave" carried out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. embassy, the Ankara governor's office cited DNA tests as showing on Saturday. Ecevit Sanli, a member of the leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), blew himself up in a perimeter gatehouse on Friday as he tried to enter the embassy, also killing a Turkish security guard. ...

VIDEO: Fifth day for Alabama hostage case

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:27 PM PST

Police in Midland City in the US state of Alabama are spending a fifth day negotiating with a man accused of holding a young boy hostage in a bunker.

VIDEO: Iran unveils 'stealth fighter' plane

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:46 PM PST

Iran has unveiled a new home-made combat aircraft, which officials say can evade radar.

VIDEO: Indian fisherman held in Pakistan

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:47 PM PST

More than 50 Indian fisherman have been detained by Pakistani coastguards, over allegations that they trespassed into the country's territorial waters.

White House rebuffed Clinton-Petraeus plan to arm Syrian rebels: report

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:59 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan developed last summer by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm and train Syrian rebels was rebuffed by the White House, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

White House rebuffed Clinton-Petraeus plan to arm Syrian rebels: report

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:39 PM PST

Clinton delivers a speech at Dublin City University in IrelandWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan developed last summer by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David Petraeus to arm and train Syrian rebels was rebuffed by the White House, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The United States has sent humanitarian aid to Syria but has declined requests for weapons by rebels fighting to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ...

In Russia, volunteers step up

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:14 PM PST

ITOMLYA, Russia – A country doctor, a tiny, dilapidated village hospital, an indifferent health bureaucracy — and now, coming to the rescue, volunteers from distant Moscow, bringing furniture, equipment, money and, maybe most important, good cheer.

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Apple's iPad Market Share Slips Farther Below 50%

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:37 PM PST

Apple's iPad continues to experience the combination of strong year over year growth but declining market share in tablets according to IDC.  Apple sold 22.86 million iPads in the December quarter, an increase of 48% year over year, but its market share slid to 43.6%, the second quarter in a row that it has been under 50%.

What Makes Collaboration Actually Work in a Company?

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:20 PM PST

 "I've yet to meet a CEO who didn't want his or her company to move faster," wrote Ron Ricci, a Cisco executive. In this disruptive era, the companies that will survive are those that can adapt most swiftly. Rapidly exiting the Home Networking business, as Cisco did recently, couldn't have happened if the firm had not developed a clear, transparent and collaborative decision making process according to Ricci and his Cisco colleague and co-author of The Collaboration Imperative, Carl Wiese.

San Francisco 49ers Receiver AJ Jenkins Likes To Pick Up The Sticks In Madden NFL 13

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:12 PM PST

The San Francisco 49ers picked University of Illinois wide receiver A.J. Jenkins in the first round (30th pick) of the 2012 NFL Draft. The college star caught 90 passes for 1,276 yards and eight touchdowns during his senior season.  Although the 49ers are battling the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII, Jenkins is still waiting to have a breakout game. The rookie is ready for some football. Jenkins talks about his video game background and explains why he always scores in Madden NFL 13 in this exclusive interview.

Dallas Cowboys' Jason Witten Wins the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for his Work to End Domestic Violence

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:31 PM PST

This evening, Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys was named the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year.  The award was presented at the second annual NFL Honors, airing nationally on CBS.

Mali hails "savior" Hollande, he says fight not over

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:47 PM PST

France's President Hollande stands with Mali's interim president Traore before placing flowers in homage to deceased Malian soldiers at the Independence Plaza in Bamako, MaliTIMBUKTU, Mali/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Cheering, grateful Malians mobbed French President Francois Hollande on Saturday as he visited French troops fighting Islamist jihadist rebels, and he pledged France would finish the job of restoring government control in the Sahel state. In a one-day trip to Mali accompanied by his ministers for defense, foreign affairs and development, Hollande was hailed as a liberator in the ancient northern city of Timbuktu, which French and Malian forces retook from the rebels six days ago. ...

Video of protester stripped and beaten fires Egypt fury

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:19 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - After eight days of protests that killed nearly 60 people, a video of one demonstrator stripped naked, dragged across the ground and beaten with truncheons by helmeted riot police has fired Egyptians to a new level of outrage. Hamada Saber, 48, lay in a police hospital on Saturday, the morning after he was shown on television naked, covered in soot and thrashed by half a dozen policemen who had pulled him to an armoured vehicle near the presidential palace. ...

NFL Honors Highlights the NFL's Award-Winning Players and Partnerships

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:47 PM PST

On Saturday, February 2, the NFL hosted the 2nd annual NFL Honors award show at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans.  The two-hour event, broadcast during primetime on CBS, serves as the stage for the announcement of seven AP NFL awards, along with nine other awards.

Typing Eight Characters Will Crash Almost Every OS X 'Mountain Lion' App

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:38 PM PST

Apple prides itself on quality, and 10.8 'Mountain Lion' is the company's flagship operating system, described as 'the world's most advanced operating system.' So it comes as a bit of a surprise that apps can be crashed by typing eight characters into an app.

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