As floodwaters rose, Calgary mayor made his mark

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• As floodwaters rose, Calgary mayor made his mark
• Qatar set to get new prime minister
• Pakistan judge wounded in bomb attack
• Unrest leaves 27 dead in China's troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua
• U.S. Tops China for Foreign Investment
• India: U.K. Needs to Clarify Visa Policy
• Australia Labor Party Moves to Replace Gillard
• Qatar to change PM under new emir: Jazeera
• Unrest leaves 27 dead in China's troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua
• Qatar to change PM under new emir: Jazeera
• Scalpel in hand, Chinese Premier Li stirs reform hopes
• Riots kill 27 in minority region of far west China
• Oil price falls below $95 a barrel
• Bomb targeting senior judge kills 7 in Pakistan
• Twenty Female Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter
• Investors Bet Big On Tech's It-Girl As Brit Morin Announces $6.3 Million Series A
• Dozens killed in riots in western China
• Scalpel in hand, Chinese Premier Li stirs reform hopes
• How Did Black Sabbath Get Their First Number One Album in 46 Years? By Reclaiming Their Original Blueprint
• 6 Social Media Insights Bound to Change Your Customer Support

As floodwaters rose, Calgary mayor made his mark Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:14 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - By last Friday morning in Canada's oil capital, the scope of the disaster facing Calgary was becoming clear, and the reputation of the city's first-term mayor was rising along with the floodwaters.

Qatar set to get new prime minister Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:25 PM PDT Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani expected to name current interior minister as head of new cabinet.

Pakistan judge wounded in bomb attack Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:21 PM PDT At least seven killed in blast that targeted senior anti-terrorism judge in Karachi.

Unrest leaves 27 dead in China's troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:59 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building on Wednesday in China's restive far western Xinjiang region, leaving 27 dead in clashes with police, the government news agency Xinhua said.

U.S. Tops China for Foreign Investment Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:05 PM PDT For the first time since 2001, the U.S. knocked China out of first place in an annual survey of executives rating favorable places for foreign direct investment.

India: U.K. Needs to Clarify Visa Policy Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:02 PM PDT India's Trade Ministry said it has been told by the United Kingdom that a pilot proposal to collect cash bonds from Indians for issuing a visit visa hasn't been considered by the British government.

Australia Labor Party Moves to Replace Gillard Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:23 PM PDT A petition circulated among Australia's Labor Party lawmakers calls for a leadership vote to challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard and replace her with her political rival Kevin Rudd.

Qatar to change PM under new emir: Jazeera Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:16 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Wednesday that Qatar's prime minister, a driving force behind the country's rise to global prominence, would be replaced in a cabinet reshuffle following the accession of a new emir in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.

Unrest leaves 27 dead in China's troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:59 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building on Wednesday in China's restive far western Xinjiang region, leaving 27 dead in clashes with police, the government news agency Xinhua said. The unrest in the region, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, was the deadliest since July 2009, when nearly 200 people were killed in riots pitting Uighurs against ethnic Chinese in the region's capital Urumqi. Xinhua said Wednesday's unrest erupted at about 6 a.m. in the remote township of Lukqun, about 200 km (120 miles) southeast of Urumqi. ...

Qatar to change PM under new emir: Jazeera Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:56 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar-based al Jazeera television said on Wednesday that a new prime minister will be appointed as part of the formation of a cabinet following the accession of a new emir in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. The satellite channel said current minister of state for interior affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Naser al-Thani, had been chosen to be the next prime minister, succeeding the powerful Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, who is also the foreign minister. (Reporting by Sami Aboudi, Editing by William Maclean)

Scalpel in hand, Chinese Premier Li stirs reform hopes Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:34 PM PDT By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) - Investors getting stung by China's worst financial market rout in years should find solace in the fact that the government, in particular Premier Li Keqiang, is willing to play hardball to force through much-needed policy change. The central bank's refusal to intervene last week to ease an unprecedented cash crunch, where interest rates in the interbank market shot as high as 30 percent, was the clearest sign yet that China's new leaders are willing to stomach economic pain for the long-term good. ...

Riots kill 27 in minority region of far west China Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:55 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Riots in a restive far western region of China on Wednesday killed 27 people and left at least three injured, state media said.

Oil price falls below $95 a barrel Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:36 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell below $95 a barrel on Wednesday as traders awaited the latest U.S. government report on energy supplies.

Bomb targeting senior judge kills 7 in Pakistan Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:31 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bomb targeting a senior judge in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi wounded him and killed seven security personnel on Wednesday, a senior government official said.

Twenty Female Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:35 PM PDT

Investors Bet Big On Tech's It-Girl As Brit Morin Announces $6.3 Million Series A Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:35 PM PDT It's just 18 months since the LA Times dubbed Brit Morin the "Martha Stewart of Silicon Valley" and while she's spent that time building a branded empire of lifestyle content for the DIY set, investors are confident—to the tune of more than $7 million—that Morin can pull multiple revenue streams out of her craft-centric web property Brit + Co.

Dozens killed in riots in western China Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:39 PM PDT At least 27 killed in clashes in troubled region of Xinjiang in western China, state media reports.

Scalpel in hand, Chinese Premier Li stirs reform hopes Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:34 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Investors getting stung by China's worst financial market rout in years should find solace in the fact that the government, in particular Premier Li Keqiang, is willing to play hardball to force through much-needed policy change.

How Did Black Sabbath Get Their First Number One Album in 46 Years? By Reclaiming Their Original Blueprint Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:10 PM PDT Ozzy Osbourne sold 100 million albums worldwide as a solo artist and as a founding member of Black Sabbath. He was a television star and sat comfortably on the throne of his (and his wife Sharon's) own making. Yet he still dreamed of a greater feat. "I suppose the one ambition I have left," he wrote in his bestselling 2009 memoir, I Am Ozzy, "is to get a number one album in America."

6 Social Media Insights Bound to Change Your Customer Support Posted: 25 Jun 2013 06:59 PM PDT This is a contributed article from Freshdesk as part of Aryng's series for customer support leaders.

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