Argentina police break up child sex network

Argentina police break up child sex network


Argentina police break up child sex network

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:24 PM PST

Operation began after local police and Interpol in the UK detected sites in London publishing and swapping porn videos.

Bolivia says re-admitted to U.N. drug convention on its own terms

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:30 PM PST

Bolivia's President Morales speaks to his compatriots during a meeting with social movement members in BarcelonaLA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia on Friday said it had been re-admitted to the U.N. anti-narcotics convention after persuading member states to recognize the right of its indigenous people to chew raw coca leaf, which is used in making cocaine. President Evo Morales had faced opposition from Washington in his campaign against the classification of coca as an illicit drug. "The coca leaf has accompanied indigenous peoples for 6,000 years," said Dionisio Nunez, Bolivia's deputy minister of coca and integrated development. "Coca leaf was never used to hurt people. It was used as medicine. ...


Police official says 30 die in Nepal bus accident

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:36 PM PST

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A police official says a bus veered off a mountain road in west Nepal leaving at least 30 people dead and several more injured.

Filing Your Taxes? 4 Key Facts About IRS Form 1099

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:25 PM PST

Every employee receives a Form W-2 reporting annual pay and the taxes taken out. Include a copy with your tax return. Forms 1099 are equally important, maybe more so. See 1099 Or W-2?  Forms 1099 are a vital part of IRS computer matching. IRS computers check each one against your tax [...]

Watch The New 'Cyberpunk 2077' Teaser Trailer From CD Projekt RED

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:39 PM PST

Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt RED has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi RPG 'Cyberpunk 2077.'

Dozens killed in rural Nepal bus crash

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:39 PM PST

Police report at least 29 dead after bus plunges 600 metres off narrow mountain road in thick fog in Doti district.

White House Denies Petition Request To Build A Death Star

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:06 PM PST

In response to a petition request, the Obama Administration has stated that the United States will not build a Death Star.

Why Do Gamers Play One Game for Hundreds, Even Thousands of Hours?

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:25 PM PST

Endless Ocean: Blue World (EO:BW) is a Wii game that takes approximate eight to twelve hours to complete. Not Viki Kelly. She's been playing EO:BW for over 250 hours. She's far from finished. With an ocean to explore and sealife to explore it with, Kelly doesn't see herself putting down the Wiimote any time soon.

VIDEO: Cuba travel restrictions relaxed

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:57 PM PST

Long queues have been forming outside passport offices in Cuba as long-running restrictions on travelling abroad are about to be lifted.

US Department of Homeland Security Calls On Computer Users To Disable Java

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:33 PM PST

Photo credit: devdsp Concerns about the susceptibility of the Java programming language to cyberattacks culminated Thursday night, with a warning posted on the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) calling on the public to temporarily disable Java on their personal computers. The call came in response to the [...]

Bolivia says re-admitted to U.N. drug convention on its own terms

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:30 PM PST

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia on Friday said it had been re-admitted to the U.N. anti-narcotics convention after persuading member states to recognize the right of its indigenous people to chew raw coca leaf, which is used in making cocaine.

French troops help Mali retake captured town

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:51 PM PST

Rebels driven out of town of Konna after France launches air strikes to halt advances by fighters.

Venezuela's VP in Havana to see Chavez, family

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:46 PM PST

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a painting of him during a symbolic inauguration rally for Chavez outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The government organized the unusual show of support for the cancer-stricken leader on the streets on what was supposed to be his inauguration day. Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that even though it wasn't an official swearing-in, Thursday's event still marks the start of a new term for the president following his re-election in October. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also traveled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president's condition.


Workflow Is The New Plastics. Open EMRs Should Show, Not Tell.

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST

Digital health entrepreneurs must understand the importance of workflow, and both the strengths and limitations of existing EMRs.

Women Judged On Weight In Court, Study Finds

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:50 PM PST

Overweight women face bias in the courtroom / Photo courtesy of the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Imagine there are four defendants — a lean male, lean female, obese male and obese female. Is any one of them more likely to have committed check fraud? All else being equal, [...]

Venezuela VP in Cuba to see Chavez

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:34 PM PST

Nicolas Maduro is visiting ailing Venezuelan president, as leaders of Argentina and Peru also arrived in Havana.

Chevrolet Flexing Global Muscles at Detroit Show

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:33 PM PST

Visitors to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit will get to see five Chevrolet models that were neither developed in the U.S., nor sold here. That's an unusual move by Chevy, which traditionally only shows vehicles at the Detroit show that will be sold in this country. But [...]

Afghanistan: The challenge of 'good' vs 'bad' militias

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:10 PM PST

As two Afghan farmers tell it, they are part of the "good" militia in their northern province: unofficial armed men who protect schools, families, and farms, and have chased Taliban insurgents away.

Will Oculus Rift Be The "Coolest Gadget Ever?" An Interview With Creator Palmer Luckey

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST

The Oculus Rift, a much-hyped virtual reality headset that will be available to game developers in March, inspired yet another round of hyperbolic praise at CES this week. Geoffrey Morrison, of CNET, compared trying on the Oculus Rift to jacking into the Matrix. "Not only was this the coolest thing I [...]

Apple Loop: App Attack, Mr. Cook Goes to China, TV Time, Attention Walmart Shoppers

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:55 PM PST

Keeping you in the loop, once again, on some of the things happening around Apple this week. An app for that. Apple gave an update on its apps, announcing this week that iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch customers have downloaded more than 40 billion apps (excluding re-downloads and updates), with almost [...]

Democrats Urge Obama to Take ‘Any Lawful Steps’ to Avoid Default

Democrats Urge Obama to Take ‘Any Lawful Steps’ to Avoid Default


Democrats Urge Obama to Take ‘Any Lawful Steps’ to Avoid Default

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:22 PM PST

Senate Democrats wrote to the president asking him to take any steps available in the face of Republican opposition to avoid a default on the national debt.

Reindeer hospital visit probed

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:10 AM PST

An internal review is carried out after a reindeer was taken round wards at Yorkhill Sick Children's Hospital in Glasgow.

350 food plant jobs under threat

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:29 AM PST

A lamb processing business on Anglesey may be forced to close with the loss of 350 jobs after losing a major deal with a supermarket.

Jerome Isaac Gets 50-Year Sentence for Burning Woman

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

A Brooklyn judge who sentenced Jerome Isaac to prison called the crime one of the most brutal he had seen in his judicial career.

Common Sense: Economic Experts Give Predictions for 2013

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:34 AM PST

Experts who were accurate about 2012 offered their thoughts on stocks, bonds and real estate for this year.

Defiant villagers lead Irish debt resistance

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST

BALLYHEA, Ireland — A few hundred yards of road, a service station and a church are about all there is to see in Ballyhea. But the Irish hamlet in County Cork has become the center of Irish resistance to E.U.-imposed austerity.

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Somali pirate kingpin "Big Mouth" quits after naval crackdown

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:43 PM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali pirate kingpin nicknamed "Big Mouth" has renounced a life of hijacking ships that earned him fame and fortune before an international naval crackdown that has curbed attacks on maritime commercial and pleasure craft.

WORLD: Obama and Karzai Hold Press Conference

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

President Obama and President Hamid Karzai spoke about postwar Afghanistan at the White House on Friday.

Palestinian activists build E1 tent 'outpost'

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST

Informal settlement erected in contentious occupied West Bank area east of Jerusalem to create "facts on the ground".

Mammoth dust storm

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

Amazing visuals show a mammoth dust storm passing over Western Australia after a large storm near Onslow.

Syria death toll: How does it compare?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:38 AM PST

More than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria since unrest began in the country nearly two years ago, according to the latest estimate from the United Nations.

How Paris killings could renew Kurdish flashpoint

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:07 AM PST

Three Kurdish women political activists were found dead with gunshots to the head early Thursday, police in Paris said, in an unexplained act of violence that has shocked the Kurdish community. CNN's Ivan Watson explains what the impact of the killings is likely to be, and how the conflict between Kurdish nationalists and Turkey affects the rest of the world.

In Czech Republic, a leading presidential candidate has a full-face tattoo

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:05 PM PST

File this under, "Things that could never happen in America." That man is Vladimir Franz, a Czech composer who is tattooed from head -- and face -- to toe, and he's third in the polls in the Czech Republic's presidential election, which is going on Friday and Saturday.

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U.S. Can Speed Afghan Exit, Obama Says

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST

After meeting with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama said gains made by Afghan forces would allow the United States to accelerate the withdrawal of troops in coming months.

Few U.S. adoptions likely to advance, Russian officials say

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:45 AM PST

MOSCOW — Russian officials were unable Friday to clarify the country's position on adoption of orphans by American parents but made it clear that in all likelihood only a handful of cases will go forward.

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U.S. Can Speed Afghan Exit, Obama Says

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST

After meeting with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama said gains made by Afghan forces would allow the United States to accelerate the withdrawal of troops in coming months.

Spain: Nuclear items for Iran seized

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:36 AM PST

It was not a routine traffic stop.

Duchess' first portrait is ... well ...

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:45 AM PST

The first official portrait of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been unveiled at London's National Portrait Gallery -- but has met with a mixed reaction from art critics and the public.

France taking on Islamist gangs in Mali

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:34 AM PST

French troops, on the ground and in the air in dusty and dangerous Mali, are taking the fight to radical Islamists there, French President Francois Hollande said Friday.

Bolivia achieves UN coca victory

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:46 AM PST

In a victory for President Evo Morales, Bolivia rejoins the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs with the caveat that coca-chewing will remain legal there.