Chad army claims Mali's al-Qaeda on the run

Chad army claims Mali's al-Qaeda on the run

Chad army claims Mali's al-Qaeda on the run

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:08 PM PST

Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to destroyed fighters' base in the Tirgharghar Mountains.

Zimbabwe to bar Western election observers: paper

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:52 PM PST

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will not invite Western observers for a constitutional referendum and general election due this year, state media said on Tuesday, a decision likely to trigger a dispute in his shaky coalition government.

Russian police detain suspect over Bolshoi acid attack

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:44 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained a suspect on Tuesday over an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Russian police detain suspect over Bolshoi acid attack

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:43 PM PST

Filin, artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, speaks to journalists as he leaves a hospital in MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained a suspect on Tuesday over an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet. A brief Moscow police statement gave no other details and did not say who was being questioned. Until now, the police had said they had only questioned witnesses in the case. Life News, a Russian website with close ties to the police, quoted an unnamed source as saying the suspect had been seized in a police operation in Moscow's suburbs and was not an employee of the Bolshoi Theatre. ...

Venezuela: Chavez hit by new, severe infection

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:27 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo released on Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Venezuela's government says that President Hugo Chavez's respiratory problems have gotten worse and that the ailing leader is in "very delicate" condition. Venezuela's Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas said late Monday, March 4, 2013, in a statement read on national television that the cancer-stricken socialist leader has a "severe infection." (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office, File)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez is breathing with greater difficulty as a new and severe respiratory infection has taken hold, Venezuela's government said, describing the cancer-stricken president's condition as "very delicate."

Images of Japan's barren tsunami coast 2 years on

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:22 PM PST

In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 photo, a fishing boat washed ashore during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami sits in the devastated area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces. Clearing of forests on higher ground due to be leveled to make space for relocating survivors has barely begun. Japan will next week observes two years from the March 11, 2011 disasters which devastated in the northeastern Pacific coast of the country. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)KESENNUMA, Japan (AP) — Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren foundations and empty spaces.

Group says Google shopping ads fuel ivory trade

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:45 PM PST

BANGKOK (AP) — A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant is helping fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing African elephants at record levels.

The Obamacare Insurance Plans will be Expensive, with Consumers left Disappointed

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:12 PM PST

I have an article on RealClearMarkets.com today, arguing that the health insurance plans that will be sold in the Obamacare exchanges next year are likely to be pricey – at least relative to the benefits they offer.

Forecasting the EPL Table With Ten Matches To Go

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:03 PM PST

There are only ten games left in the EPL season, which means clubs are making the final push for table positions.  Here are the forecasts for positions at the top and the bottom of the table based upon the Transfer Price Index (TPI) mSq£ model.

China to provide loan for rail track to key Sri Lankan port

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:58 PM PST

Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa attends the presentation of the 2011 Central Bank of Sri Lanka annual report, in ColomboCOLOMBO (Reuters) - China's Export-Import Bank will provide a loan of $278.2 million to Sri Lanka to help lay a rail track to a key port which Beijing is building that has stoked concern in neighboring India. The port of Hambantota on the southern tip of the Indian Ocean island nation is envisioned as a refueling and service point for cargo ships, which pass a few kilometers away on one of the world's busiest East-West shipping lanes. ...

Mexican union boss must stay in jail pending trial: judge

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:08 PM PST

Elba Esther Gordillo, leader of Mexico's teacher's union, listens as Mexican authorities complete documentation after her arrest in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ruled there was enough evidence to prosecute the charismatic former boss of Mexico's teachers' union for allegedly embezzling around $200 million in union funds, and ordered her to remain in jail ahead of her trial. Alejandro Caballero Vertiz, Mexico city's sixth federal court judge, said in a statement on Monday night that evidence of misuse of funds by Elba Esther Gordillo, 68, was strong enough to merit trial and continued incarceration. ...

Mexican union boss must stay in jail pending trial: judge

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:08 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ruled there was enough evidence to prosecute the charismatic former boss of Mexico's teachers' union for allegedly embezzling around $200 million in union funds, and ordered her to remain in jail ahead of her trial.

China to provide loan for rail track to key Sri Lankan port

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:58 PM PST

COLOMBO (Reuters) - China's Export-Import Bank will provide a loan of $278.2 million to Sri Lanka to help lay a rail track to a key port which Beijing is building that has stoked concern in neighboring India.

Swiss Bank's Tax Evasion Sentence is Really Death

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:43 PM PST

The "8 Great" Challenges Every Business Faces (and How to Master Them All)

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PST

This week I interviewed a personal mentor of mine – his name is Neal Jenson, Managing Director of consulting firm Qazztek, in Salt Lake City. He has one of the most diverse business backgrounds I've known, ranging from stints with Fortune 500 firms including Citigroup and Bank of America to start up firms looking to bootstrap or seeking their start through Angel funding or SBA loans.

The "8 Great" Challenges Every Business Faces (and How to Master Them All)

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:14 PM PST

This week I interviewed a personal mentor of mine – his name is Neal Jenson, Managing Director of consulting firm Qazztek, in Salt Lake City. He has one of the most diverse business backgrounds I've known, ranging from stints with Fortune 500 firms including Citigroup and Bank of America to start up firms looking to bootstrap or seeking their start through Angel funding or SBA loans.

The "8 Great" Challenges Every Business Faces (and How to Master Them All)

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PST

This week I interviewed a personal mentor of mine – his name is Neal Jenson, Managing Director of consulting firm Qazztek, in Salt Lake City. He has one of the most diverse business backgrounds I've known, ranging from stints with Fortune 500 firms including Citigroup and Bank of America to start up firms looking to bootstrap or seeking their start through Angel funding or SBA loans

Money-Laundering Suspicion Stalls Europe's Latest Bailout

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:39 PM PST

Cyprus's newly elected government is bargaining for a €17 billion bailout from its euro-zone peers. But the little island won't get a cent until it wrestles with a long-standing issue: money laundering.

Indonesia Puts Brake on Card Collectors

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:37 PM PST

Credit cards are just taking off in Southeast Asia's largest economy. But the intense competition is creating a new class of card holder—one who carries 10 or more cards just for the freebies and discounts they promise.

GM Executive Defends Keeping Opel

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:28 PM PST

GM's vice chairman said the auto maker's decision to quash a sale of its Opel unit three years ago and keep the ailing business was correct.

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