US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner

US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner


US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

Aviation experts to inspect Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport due to battery problems.

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries.

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

Italian sailors Girone and Latorre leave the police commissioner office in KochiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting a cargo ship, Enrica Lexie, say they mistook the fishermen for pirates off the southern Indian state of Kerala in February 2012. The Supreme Court ruled that a special court should be set up to try the marines, lawyers who attended the hearing told reporters afterwards. ...


Bolshoi's artistic director attacked in Moscow

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:24 PM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police say the artistic director at the legendary Bolshoi Theater has been attacked with acid in Moscow.

Palestinians despair over likely Netanyahu win

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials largely view Benjamin Netanyahu's expected re-election with despair, fearing the Israeli hard-liner's ambitious plans for settlement construction over the next four years could prove lethal to their dreams of a state.

Majoring In The Humanities Might Soon Cost You More In Florida

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:12 PM PST

In May 2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott commissioned a task force to assess the state's higher education system for quality and efficiency. So task force chair Dale Brill, who teaches marketing at Florida State, said he and the others started asking a simple question: what creates value?

Lance And Oprah Sittin' In A Tree

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Hubris can do strange things to people. Most dangerous, you start to believe your own bullshit. It is not easy for me to imagine the mind of a man who would sue an organization for libel and defamation, collect money, all the while fully cognizant their claims were accurate. It is the mind of a person with a conscience so sedated with narcissism that morality and right from wrong is rendered subordinate to self. The Sunday Times of London is seeking recovery of $500,000 paid to Lance Armstrong plus attorney fees and interest and if a pocket of justice exists in our ambivalent world, they will be remunerated in full.

Inside the Ruins of Lance Armstrong's Business Empire

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Facebook Exposes 10 Million Previously Hidden Profiles To Its New Graph Search

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:43 PM PST

A grab bag of changes Facebook announced last month to its privacy settings has come under new scrutiny in the wake of this week's announcement of Graph Search.

Are You Smarter Than a House Cat?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:29 PM PST

A few years back, a popular TV quiz show posed this question in its title: "Are You Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?"

Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:28 PM PST

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. "Seed investments" are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us.

China's Economy Grew Faster Last Quarter, Notching Up 7.8% Annual Gain

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:56 PM PST

China said Friday that its economy ended 2012 on a stronger note with 7.9% growth in the final quarter. This matched or beat analysts' expectations and lifted full-year growth to 7.8%, above the official forecast. The quarterly pick-up in growth was the first in two years after government stimulus spending spiked growth in 2009-10. The quarterly data supports other indicators of accelerating industrial output and stronger demand for goods, leading some to predict that China has turned a corner. This has broad implications for the world economy, which sagged last year and still face headwinds in Europe and North America. Japan recently unveiled its own stimulus plans that could support exporters in Asia, including China. That said, China's 2012 economic growth was the lowest in 13 years and economists don't expect a sharp acceleration this year. Most banks have predicted full-year growth of 8% or so. That's positively euphoric in comparison to Western economies, but China has to keep generating huge gains because the fruits are distributed so unequally. Shares in Shanghai rose 0.5% Friday morning.

As We Creep Closer To The Debt Ceiling Limit, Is Your Tax Refund At Risk?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:54 PM PST

Every one of us has had that moment when we've had to shuffle the cards a bit to make sure all of the bills get paid. That's exactly the situation our country is finding itself in right now. And what's in the stack of "to pay later"? It could be your tax refund.

VIDEO: Thieves dig hi-tech tunnel to bank vault

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:38 PM PST

Pictures have emerged of a tunnel that was built by thieves to break into a bank in Berlin earlier this week.

Pick-Up In China's GDP Growth To 7.9% Lifts Shares In Hong Kong, Mainland

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:51 PM PST

The pick-up in China's economic growth rate announced by the government today helped to lift share prices in Hong Kong and the mainland this morning.

Lance Armstrong and Oprah: Destroying What Was Left of His Reputation

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

Lance Armstrong admitted a lot of wrongdoing during his 90-minute interview with Oprah Winfrey tonight, but he did almost nothing to win back the sympathy of the world. In fact, he said  things that are bound to offend people deeply.

Inside the Ruins of Lance Armstrong's Business Empire

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

US officials join 787 investigation in Japan

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:20 PM PST

U.S. officials, center, inspect a All Nippon Airways jet which made an emergency landing Wednesday, at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. An official with Japan's transport safety board says four U.S. officials, including two Boeing Co. representatives, have arrived at the airport in western Japan to inspect the troubled Boeing 787 jet. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCETOKYO (AP) — U.S. safety officials and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation Friday into the 787 jet at the center of a worldwide grounding of the technologically advanced aircraft.


Lance Armstrong and Oprah: Too Much of a Not-So-Good Thing

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 07:54 PM PST

Here's the verdict: Oprah Winfrey's still got her fastball.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest: A DLC-Laden Abomination?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 07:52 PM PST

Square Enix's Final Fantasy All the Bravest for iOS is crafted from the stuff dreams are made of.  The concept is simple - Characters, classes, bosses, music, and backdrops from the Final Fantasy universe in a fast-paced combat soiree mashup.  The combat is eye candy, the pixels are perfect, and the game evokes a sense of nostalgia that even a franchise neophyte can enjoy.  Everyone attacks, there's no thinking or planning, just tap (or in this case, run your finger across a row) each character as they come off cooldown and let them cut loose with familiar abilities from ages past.  So where do things go wrong?  The devil is in the DLC.

Winfrey’s Low-Rated Cable Channel Is Poised to Break Through

Winfrey’s Low-Rated Cable Channel Is Poised to Break Through


Winfrey’s Low-Rated Cable Channel Is Poised to Break Through

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:42 AM PST

The cable channel benefited from Lance Armstrong's confessional interview and a deal to collect subscriber fees from some of the country's biggest satellite and cable operators.

'Dear Abby' columnist dies at 94

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:55 PM PST

The author of the widely-syndicated Dear Abby newspaper advice column dies at 94 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, her publicist says.

No deal in Iran-IAEA talks

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:02 PM PST

New meeting scheduled for February 12 after talks between Tehran and UN atomic agency falter.

'Mumbai attackers' helper jailed

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

A Chicago businessman who aided an Islamic militant group blamed for the Mumbai attack in 2008 is sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Egypt's Morsy: My remarks were not anti-Semitic

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:03 AM PST

Egypt's president says comments he made more than two years ago that are being criticized as anti-Semitic were taken out of context, Egypt's official news agency reported Wednesday.

Algeria military operation 'over'

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:45 PM PST

An Algerian military raid to free hostages at a desert gas plant is over, Algeria's state news agency says, with a number of people reported killed in the operation.

Algeria confirms deaths in hostage rescue bid

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

State media say military raid to free workers held at gas plant is over, admitting that four foreigners were killed.

Russian activist kills himself after being refused Dutch asylum

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:46 AM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Russian opposition activist has been found dead in the Netherlands after being refused political asylum, the Dutch justice ministry said on Thursday.

'Mumbai attackers' helper jailed

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

A Chicago businessman who aided an Islamic militant group blamed for the Mumbai attack in 2008 is sentenced to 14 years in prison.

New York City Talks on Teacher Evaluations

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST

The union blamed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, saying he rejected an agreement even as a midnight deadline approaches.

Search of DNA Sequences Reveals Full Identities

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:24 AM PST

Surprising results from a DNA researcher highlight the growing tension between the advancement of medical research and privacy concerns.

Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan urged India on Thursday to tone down the "Pakistan bashing" over a spate of military clashes in Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbors, and again offered foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions.

Zimbabwe 'deal' over constitution

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

Zimbabwe's rival political leaders say they have reached a deal over a new constitution, removing a key obstacle to holding elections.

Car bombs explode across Iraq

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:07 AM PST

A series of car and roadside bombs targeting buses and bus stations rocked predominately Shiite areas of Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100, police said.

Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST

With her comic, tart-tongued yet fundamentally sympathetic voice, Mrs. Phillips helped wrestle the advice column from its weepy Victorian past into a hard-nosed 20th-century present.

American Envoy Calls for ‘Cooler Heads’ in Asian Island Dispute

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:53 AM PST

The assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs urged the leaders of China and Japan to begin private consultations aimed at avoiding a potentially dangerous escalation.

No deal seen clinched in U.N. nuclear talks with Iran

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:54 PM PST

VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran appear to have failed again in talks this week to finalize a deal to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research in the Islamic state, a diplomatic source said on Thursday.

South Sudan says starts troop withdrawal from Sudan border

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:42 AM PST

ADDIS ABABA/JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan started withdrawing its army on Thursday from the border with Sudan to set up a buffer zone, the government said, part of a peace deal that stipulated both must pull back troops before oil exports can restart.

Lens-less camera to help car drivers

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Cheap sensors that help cars avoid collisions could emerge from US research into a lens-less imaging system.

Fletcher ruled out until summer

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:50 AM PST

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will miss the rest of the season following surgery to resolve his chronic bowel disease.

VIDEO: How Spain is coping in tough times

VIDEO: How Spain is coping in tough times


VIDEO: How Spain is coping in tough times

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:52 PM PST

Katya Adler has been to visit Spanish families hit by the harsh reality of the economic chill in Europe.

Birth control law too late for Philippine mum of 22

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:15 AM PST

A historic birth control law that took effect in the Philippines Thursday after years of opposition from the Catholic Church came too late for Rosalie Cabenan, a housewife who has given birth 22 times.

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Federal Court upholds ROS decision to de-register SNAP

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:08 AM PST

The Sarawak National Party (SNAP), a political party formed in 1961, has been deregistered.

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Somali militants say have executed French hostage

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:27 AM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Thursday they had executed a French agent who French armed forces had tried to rescue at the weekend.


Pakistan anti-graft board refuses to arrest PM

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:13 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of the Pakistani government's anti-corruption department on Thursday rejected a Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister, television channels reported, providing some relief to a government gripped by political turmoil.

US theater massacre widow sues psychiatrist

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:18 AM PST

The widow of a victim of the US theater massacre is suing a psychiatrist for neglect, for failing to have the alleged shooter arrested despite him having "fantasized about killing a lot of people."

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China eyes $104 bn rail spending in 2013: state media

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:01 AM PST

China will sharply increase planned railway investment in 2013 to more than $100 billion, state media cited the railways minister as saying Thursday, as part of plans to boost the economy.

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Firebrand cleric raises fear of ‘soft coup’ in Pakistan

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:24 PM PST

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 — To Pakistan's ruling party, a firebrand cleric camped outside parliament with thousands of protesters is looking more and more like the harbinger of their worst fear: a plan by the military to engineer a "soft coup". In their eyes, Muhammad Tahirul Qadri seems like the perfect candidate for such a mission. A practised orator ...


Floods paralyse Indonesian capital, heavy rains continue

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 08:16 PM PST

JAKARTA, Jan 17 — Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta today, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work. Weather officials warned the rains could get worse over the next few days and media reports said that thousands of people in ...


Clinton highlights US concern over missing Lao activist

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Laos today to mount a transparent investigation into the disappearance of a prominent activist who rights groups believe has been taken into government custody. "We are deeply concerned about the well-being of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone (picture), who disappeared ...


In India, suicide of another rape victim puts spotlight on inaction

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:27 PM PST

NEW DELHI, Jan 17 — On the evening of December 26, as an Indian government-chartered jet was heading to Singapore with a critically injured New Delhi gang rape victim on board, the teenage survivor of another gang rape was taking her own life. After writing a suicide note on a page torn from a notebook that named her alleged attackers and accused ...


France launches ground campaign against Mali rebels

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 07:04 PM PST

PARIS, Jan 17 — French troops launched their first ground assault against Islamist rebels in Mali yesterday in a broadening of their operation against battle-hardened al Qaeda-linked fighters who have resisted six days of air strikes. France has called for international support against the Islamist insurgents it says pose a threat to Africa and ...


Trophy hunts target S. African farm-raised lions

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:56 PM PST

Lions may be the well-reputed kings of the savannah, but South Africa's lucrative trophy-hunting industry means the regal cats are more likely to know the inside of a paddock ringed with an electric fence than the country's sweeping plains.

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Penang PAS marks 'Allah' issue as resolved

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:54 PM PST

Penang PAS today said that it will abide by the decision made by PAS Syura Council pertaining to the use of 'Allah' word in Malay-language Bible and has marked the issue as resolved.

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Facebook launches search engine for shared content

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:42 PM PST

Facebook on Tuesday launched a search engine for shared content described as a way to find things liked by friends on the huge social network.

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GDP to grow 5.6% this year: MIER

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:34 PM PST

The Malaysian economy is expected to grow 5.6 per cent this year driven primarily by domestic economy, while inflation is expected to rise to 2.5 per cent due to increased inflow of capital into the manufacturing sector, says the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER).

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Electricity rebate till Dec

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:55 PM PST

The government has extended to this Dec the electricity rebate for domestic bills under RM20, said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui today.

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Novice unearths huge gold nugget Down Under

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:21 PM PST

An amateur prospector has made the find of a lifetime in southern Australia, unearthing a gold nugget weighing about five kilograms (11 pounds) just outside the town of Ballarat, reports said Thursday.

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Boeing crisis deepens as Dreamliners grounded worldwide

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 11:08 PM PST

Aviation regulators on Thursday grounded most of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries is fixed, deepening a crisis for its US manufacturer Boeing.

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New wave of Rohingya migrants arrive in Thailand

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 10:47 PM PST

More than 130 Rohingya migrants have landed on Thai soil in less than 24 hours, a local official said Thursday, as the kingdom grapples with a flurry of arrivals from the Myanmar minority group.

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