Zimbabweans start voting to adopt new constitution

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• Zimbabweans start voting to adopt new constitution
• 11 dead, dozens hurt in Mexico fireworks explosion
• Antarctica concerns grow as tourism numbers rise
• Paul Ryan's Plan to Balance the Budget in Ten Years Relies on...Obamacare?
• Zimbabweans start voting to adopt new constitution
• Kerry voices conditional U.S. support for U.N. arms treaty
• Paul Ryan's Plan to Balance the Budget in Ten Years Relies on...Obamacare?
• Indian Pharma Pioneer K.Anji Reddy, Dies
• Dragonlance Author Tracy Hickman Joins 'Shroud Of The Avatar' Team
• Cyprus secures $13 bn bailout from eurozone, IMF
• Cyprus to receive $13bn eurozone bailout
• VIDEO: Dead fish removed from Brazil lagoon
• 3 astronauts return to Earth from space station
• Forbes China 30 Under 30: Chen Di Builds An Ad Business With Powerful Partners
• Zimbabwe votes on new constitution
• UN body adopts women's rights declaration
• Forbes China 30 Under 30: Han Nianshi's Parsun Helps To Power Boating Worldwide
• Cyprus secures bailout from eurozone, IMF
• Getting to the Heart of Why We Network
• Forbes China 30 Under 30 List: Huang Kai's Board Game Kingdom

Zimbabweans start voting to adopt new constitution Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:23 PM PDT HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans began voting on Saturday in a referendum expected to adopt a new constitution that would clip presidential powers and lead to an election that will decide whether Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are supporting the draft charter, making the vote almost a rubber stamp exercise. Polling stations opened shortly after 0500 GMT. ...

11 dead, dozens hurt in Mexico fireworks explosion Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:27 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — A truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a rural village in central Mexico, killing at least 13 people and injuring 154, authorities said.

Antarctica concerns grow as tourism numbers rise Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:37 PM PDT ROSS ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labeled sleepy. But when it's Antarctica, every footstep matters.

Paul Ryan's Plan to Balance the Budget in Ten Years Relies on...Obamacare? Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:45 PM PDT Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has made the remarkable appear boring. Four years ago, the idea that House Republicans would pass a bill reforming our broken health-care entitlements seemed like political suicide. Now, the GOP is poised to pass its third such budget in as many years. Version 3.0 of the Path to Prosperity is simultaneously more and less impressive than its predecessors. It would balance the budget in ten years, rather than thirty, which is no small feat. But the budget's health-care reforms contain a number of contradictions, largely because many conservatives have not yet reconciled themselves to the fact that Obamacare is here to stay.

Zimbabweans start voting to adopt new constitution Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:23 PM PDT HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans began voting on Saturday in a referendum expected to adopt a new constitution that would clip presidential powers and lead to an election that will decide whether Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule.

Kerry voices conditional U.S. support for U.N. arms treaty Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:26 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry voiced support on Friday for an international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global arms trade, but restated Washington's "red line," affirming that it would not accept limits on U.S. domestic gun ownership. The U.N. General Assembly voted in December to hold a final round of negotiations from March 18 to 28 on what could become the first international treaty to regulate international weapons transfers after a drafting conference in July 2012 collapsed because the United States and others wanted more time. ...

Paul Ryan's Plan to Balance the Budget in Ten Years Relies on...Obamacare? Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:32 PM PDT Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wisc.), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has made the remarkable appear boring. Four years ago, the idea that House Republicans would pass a bill reforming our broken health-care entitlements seemed like political suicide. Now, the GOP is poised to pass its third such budget in as many years. Version 3.0 of the Path to Prosperity is simultaneously more and less impressive than its predecessors. It would balance the budget in ten years, rather than thirty, which is no small feat. But the budget's health-care reforms contain a number of contradictions, largely because many conservatives have not yet reconciled themselves to the fact that Obamacare is here to stay.

Indian Pharma Pioneer K.Anji Reddy, Dies Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:13 PM PDT K.Anji Reddy, founder and chairman of generics maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories, died Friday in Hyderabad at age 72. The pharma pioneer had been battling cancer and was "ailing for some time" , according to a company statement. Reddy's 26% stake in Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Dr Reddy's, which he shared with his family, earned him a place among the world's billionaires; he was ranked at Number 974 with a fortune of $1.5 billion.

Dragonlance Author Tracy Hickman Joins 'Shroud Of The Avatar' Team Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:08 PM PDT "There is a tremendous opportunity to create something meaningful, challenging and wondrous in Shroud of the Avatar," says Tracy Hickman in the Kickstarter announcement revealing his involvement with Richard Garriott's spiritual successor to the Ultima series. "I'm thrilled to play a part in it."

Cyprus secures $13 bn bailout from eurozone, IMF Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:13 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Cash-strapped Cyprus secured a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout package from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund in a bid to prevent the island nation from entering a bankruptcy that could rekindle the region's debt crisis, officials said early Saturday.

Cyprus to receive $13bn eurozone bailout Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:48 PM PDT In return for rescue funds, Cyprus asked to trim deficit, shrink banking sector, raise taxes and privatise state assets.

VIDEO: Dead fish removed from Brazil lagoon Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:39 PM PDT More than 65,000 tons of dead fish have been removed from a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

3 astronauts return to Earth from space station Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:40 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.

Forbes China 30 Under 30: Chen Di Builds An Ad Business With Powerful Partners Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:36 PM PDT Chen Di

Zimbabwe votes on new constitution Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:43 PM PDT Reports of violence mar campaign for widely supported charter that would limit powers of President Robert Mugabe.

UN body adopts women's rights declaration Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:17 PM PDT Religious and liberal nations agree, after two-week debate, on document urging end to violence against women and girls.

Forbes China 30 Under 30: Han Nianshi's Parsun Helps To Power Boating Worldwide Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:18 PM PDT Han Nianshi

Cyprus secures bailout from eurozone, IMF Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:14 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Cash-strapped Cyprus secured a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout package from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund in a bid to keep the island nation from a bankruptcy that could rekindle the region's debt crisis, officials said early Saturday.

Getting to the Heart of Why We Network Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:55 PM PDT How many clichés are we small business folks expected to embrace?  Blogging: "Content is king."  Social media: "LinkedIn is for the people you know. Facebook is for the people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know."

Forbes China 30 Under 30 List: Huang Kai's Board Game Kingdom Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:55 PM PDT Huang Kai

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