VIDEO: An inside look at new Alps tunnel

VIDEO: An inside look at new Alps tunnel

VIDEO: An inside look at new Alps tunnel

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:02 PM PST

An inside look at work on ambitious and controversial tunnel beneath the Alps linking Lyon and Turin

VIDEO: Syria conflict affects medicine supplies

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:19 PM PST

The war in Syria is destroying the country's economy as well as people's lives and one of the industries worst affected by the violence is pharmaceuticals

VIDEO: Secret Saudi drone base revealed

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:03 PM PST

The US Central Intelligence Agency has been operating a secret airbase for unmanned drones in Saudi Arabia for the past two years, it has been revealed.

VIDEO: EU set for crucial budget summit

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

European Union leaders are due to begin a two-day summit in Brussels to try to strike a deal on the next seven years of EU spending.

VIDEO: How music is helping young Afghans

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:18 PM PST

Members from the Afghan youth orchestra, including orphans and street children, are in the US for a concert tour highlighting the changes happening in their war-torn country.

VIDEO: An inside look at new Alps tunnel

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:02 PM PST

An inside look at work on ambitious and controversial tunnel beneath the Alps linking Lyon and Turin

VIDEO: Fireworks role in Chinese New Year

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 06:05 PM PST

Despite the danger, noise and pollution, for most Chinese people, new year celebrations wouldn't be complete without fireworks

India faulted for failing to curb child sex abuse

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:11 PM PST

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's government has failed to curb the rampant sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state-run child care facilities, a rights group said Thursday.

Three Simple Rules to Stay Off IRS Radar

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:09 PM PST

If you don't want to wind up in a tax dispute do everything you can to avoid an audit. No matter how secure you feel in your tax positions, you don't want the time, expense and aggravation of an audit even if you can substantiate everything. Still, some percentage of tax returns will be examined whether the returns are for income tax, payroll tax, gross receipts, excise, sales and use tax.

VIDEO: Work starts on Pompeii restoration

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 06:13 PM PST

A major project has been launched to restore and protect one of the world's greatest archaeological sites: the ruins of Pompeii.

Dreamworks Reportedly To Cut Staff By Up To 20%

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:41 PM PST

Dreamworks Animation is expected to cut its staff by up to 20%, reducing headcount by 250-450 animators and other staff, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Cat token claws its way into Monopoly

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:26 PM PST

After month-long online vote in 185 countries, maker Hasbro reveals that the iron token has run out of steam.

VIDEO: Music and the Universe in harmony

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST

Violinist Daniel Hope on the link between music and the movement of planets.

VIDEO: Whale hits holidaymakers' canoe

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 03:52 AM PST

A couple from Arizona got more than they bargained for when they went on a whale-spotting trip during a holiday in Hawaii.

VIDEO: Balotelli in AC Milan racism row

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:04 AM PST

The vice-president of Italian football club AC Milan, Paolo Berlusconi, has been accused of using racist language to describe new signing Mario Balotelli.

VIDEO: Spain gripped by 'corruption' scandal

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:13 AM PST

The BBC's Tom Burridge spoke to people on the street in Seville about the general issue of corruption in Spain, which has been dominating Spanish newspaper headlines.

500 Startups Hatches Latest Batch At Fifth Demo Day

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:31 PM PST

Accelerator and seed stage investor 500 Startups held its fifth demo day Wednesday for its latest batch of 32 startups to pitch to investors.

What's So Different About Disability?

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:31 PM PST

I was watching my children play at the park with a group today. Weather is beautiful in Florida about this time of the year. There is a group of boys at the playground that my two seem to play with regularly now. My son asked me at one point today if the boys went to high school. I guess he thought this because the boys aren't at his school. I chuckled and said they just go to a different school. Then, looking at the lot of them, I figured my son is probably about the same age as the others, but these boys towered over him. It could be my genes (most 10 year olds are bigger than me) or it could be the Down Syndrome. I'll chalk it up to him being stuck with me for a mom. As I watched, aside from the height differences, he is pretty much like the other kids and they seem to accept him as such.

Making Room for Baby: Discovering You're Pregnant 3 Months After Launch

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:08 PM PST

 An installment of 'Making Room for Baby: A Series About Becoming a Mother When You're Already an Entrepreneur"

Report finds rampant doping in Australia

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:43 PM PST

Government investigation finds evidence of doping, match-fixing and ties to organised crime throughout Australian sport.
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Japan Spends Heavily to Keep Whaling Industry Afloat, Report Says

Japan Spends Heavily to Keep Whaling Industry Afloat, Report Says

Japan Spends Heavily to Keep Whaling Industry Afloat, Report Says

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

The report challenges assertions by the Japanese government that whaling is a tradition with wide support among Japanese consumers.

Video: South Korean military stages a very elaborate, official Les Miserable parody

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:23 PM PST

Technically, this 14-minute video, produced by the South Korean air force media team and marching band, is a parody of Les Miserables. (To be more precise: a parody of the latest American film remake of the 1980 musical that's based on the 19th century French novel.) But the video is so polished and professional, not to mention enthusiastic in its embrace of the Les Miserable musical at its most melodramatic, that it's hard to know what to call it.

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King Richard III’s remains important to some, but eye-roll inducing to others

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:20 PM PST

Monday's announcement of the discovery of King Richard III's ancient remains has ignited a rivalry. According to the Associated Press:

The discovery of King Richard III under a parking lot in the English city of Leicester thrilled history buffs around the world. But the news meant a winter of discontent for the rival city of York, and now the two are doing battle over the royal bones.

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Iran's foreign minister thinks Syrian govt ready to talk to opposition: MENA

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - The foreign minister of Iran said on Wednesday he thought the Syrian government was ready to negotiate with the opposition and that the two sides would have to sit together for talks, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

Satellite appears to show Syria building unscathed by Israel strike

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:26 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A research center that Syria said was hit by an Israeli strike last week remained unscathed in the attack, an Israeli television channel said satellite images it broadcast on Wednesday showed.

Slovenia, Croatia near solution for row blocking Croatia's EU bid

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:48 PM PST

OTOCEC, Slovenia (Reuters) - Slovenia and Croatia stepped closer to solving a 20-year old bank dispute on Wednesday and will now race to hammer it out in the coming weeks so that Croatia can join the European Union as planned on July 1.

Obama visit to Israel unlikely to spur talks

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:37 PM PST

US president to make his first official visit to Israel, possibly next month, but focus will be on Syria and Iran.

EU parliament pushes landmark fish reform

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:19 PM PST

Drastic reform seeks end to decades of overfishing that has vastly depleted fish stocks.

Maldives sets presidential poll for September 7, risking protests

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Maldives will hold presidential elections on September 7, officials said, spurning calls for an earlier vote and risking further protests by supporters of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed who says he was overthrown in a coup last year.

Fierce clashes reported in Syrian capital

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:16 AM PST

BEIRUT — Fierce clashes broke out in Damascus between rebel forces and the Syrian military Wednesday after a relative lull in fighting that had lasted several weeks.

Rebel fighters attacked forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Abbasseen Square in central Damascus as well as several neighborhoods surrounding the capital, according to opposition activists.

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6 concrete policy ideas for fixing America's drone dilemma

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST

For years, the U.S. debate around drones and targeted killing has gone something like this: Civil rights advocates and others warn that the program is ethically dubious or outright outrageous, not to mention strategically problematic and deeply unpopular with the same populations we're trying to deter from extremism. Counterterrorism and foreign policy analysts, whether or not they share those concerns (and many of them do), sometimes counter that the program is still necessary to fight terrorism and has produced some real successes, despite the trade-offs and risks. That conversation is resurfacing this week as John Brennan, who runs the drone program out of the White House, readies for confirmation hearings to take over the CIA.

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Mexico's president opposes legalizing marijuana, calls it 'a gateway drug'

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:22 AM PST

More than 12,000 people were murdered last year in the Mexican drug war, The Washington Post's Nick Miroff reported, a figure that's been largely unchanged over the past three years. Mexican President Enrique Pe a Nieto has vowed to cut down on the violence, and he recently talked with the German news magazine Der Spiegel about his priorities. Here are a few highlights, along with some context:

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Beyond secret drones: The roots of the awkward, improbable, contradictory U.S.-Saudi relationship

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:16 AM PST

Sometime around early 2011, as pro-democracy movements challenged the Arab dictatorships of old, often with public support from the United States, the Obama administration opened a secret drone base in one of the oldest. That September, an American drone took off from the base in Saudi Arabia and headed south to Yemen, where it struck and killed an American-born al-Qaeda official named Anwar al-Awlaki.

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China bans ‘gift’ ads in effort to curb corruption

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:13 AM PST

BEIJING — China has banned television advertisements touting expensive watches, gold coins and other luxury items as "gifts for leaders" because of concerns that they will undermine public faith in government.

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The surprising Chinese origins of common English phrases

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 08:31 AM PST

English derives the bulk of its vocabulary from French, German and an assortment of other world languages. But we don't often think of China — which is half a world away from England — as influencing our speech. Writing in the blog Tea Leaf Nation, Anzia Mayer pinpoints a few everyday words and phrases that most likely find their origins in the Middle Kingdom.

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VIDEO: Secret Saudi drone base revealed

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 12:03 PM PST

The US Central Intelligence Agency has been operating a secret airbase for unmanned drones in Saudi Arabia for the past two years, it has been revealed.

TV fees boost Time Warner profits

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

Profits at US media and entertainment giant Time Warner are plumped up by rising TV subscription fees, as its magazine and film businesses lag.

Elephant poaching 'out of control'

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:46 AM PST

More than 11,000 elephants have been killed by ivory poachers in Gabon since 2004 according to new research

Two Parties Map Strategy on Automatic Budget Cuts

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

With deep spending cuts set to take effect on March 1, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday they were nearing legislation to allow a reprieve, financed by a mix of spending reductions and tax loophole closings.

Canada eyes revoking citizenship of dual nationals tied to terror

Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is eyeing legislation that would let it revoke the citizenship of dual nationals involved in acts of terrorism following news that a Canadian-Lebanese man participated in an attack that killed Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year.
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VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:26 PM PST

With just over a year to go before Russia hosts the 2014 Winter Olympics, there is growing resentment in the Black Sea resort of Sochi where the Games will take place at the amount of disruption being caused.

Scientists 'print' 3D object with stem cells

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:50 PM PST

Scientists on Monday said that for the first time they had printed 3D objects using human embryonic stem cells, furthering the quest to fabricate transplantable organs.

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Japan town demands pants for Michelangelo's David

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:48 PM PST

A replica of Michelangelo's Renaissance sculpture David that was erected suddenly last summer is unnerving residents of a Japanese town, with some calling for the naked masterpiece to be given underpants.

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Germany's 'Cookie Monster' returns golden biscuit

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:47 PM PST

A self-styled "Cookie Monster" thief who took a large golden biscuit from outside a renowned German baked good maker to demand goodies for sick children appeared to have returned the emblem Tuesday.

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Mammograms once every two years is just as good for older women: study

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:45 PM PST

Following last year's study in The Lancet that claims that the benefits of regular mammograms far outweigh the risks, a new study suggests that getting screened every two years has the same benefit as once a year for older women.

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VIDEO: Rubbish piles up on streets of Seville

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:30 PM PST

An estimated 6,000 tonnes of rubbish is piling up on the streets of the Spanish city of Seville as workers continue a strike over pay and hours.

Kindy operators' minimum wage issue to be brought up to Sarawak Cabinet

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:35 PM PST

Problems faced by kindergarten operators and child minders in Sarawak, due to the implementation of the minimum wage scheme effective Jan 1, will be brought to the attention of the state cabinet, said Sarawak Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah.

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Psy sizzles the election

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:29 PM PST

How many votes can be fished and would the horse-riding dance affect the election result? Could Psy alone help to overthrow the Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government?

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Five dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.

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Male companion cross-examined at India gang-rape trial

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

Defence lawyers began cross-examining Wednesday the male companion of a student who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi at the trial of five adults accused of her murder, the man's father said.

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Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad freed from prison - official agency

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:41 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A once-feared Iranian prosecutor at the centre of a confrontation between two of the Islamic Republic's most powerful figures was freed on Wednesday, state news agency IRNA said, two days after he was arrested without explanation.

Public Bank's 2012 pre-tax profit rises to RM5.1 bln

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:50 PM PST

Public Bank Bhd's pre-tax profit rose to RM5.104 billion in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2012 compared to RM4.878 billion posted in the same period in 2011.

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PLUS offers toll rebates during Chinese New Year holidays

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:49 PM PST

PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) today announced that its highway users would be able to enjoy toll rebates on selected days during the Chinese New Year holidays.

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Mexican girl gives birth at nine

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:43 PM PST

A Mexican girl aged nine has given birth to a girl of her own, local authorities and family members said Wednesday.

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VIDEO: Argentina 'will control Falklands'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST

The Falkland Islands will be back under Argentine control within "20 years", the country's foreign minister Hector Timerman has said.

Syria opposition ponders course as leader offers talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:39 PM PST

AMMAN, Feb 6 — Members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition have called for an emergency meeting to discuss a controversial proposal by its head to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad's government, opposition sources said. Sheikh Moaz Alkhatib, the moderate Islamic cleric who leads the 70-member assembly, said he would be ready to meet ...

Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:01 PM PST

SYDNEY, Feb 6 — A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands today, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled. Damage reports were limited, and there were no reports of casualties. The quake struck 340 km east of Kira ...

VIDEO: Forces take last Mali rebel town

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:23 PM PST

Soldiers from France and Chad have entered the town of Kidal in northern Mali, the last major town held by Islamist militants.

VIDEO: Bulgaria bus bomb 'Hezbollah attack'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:04 PM PST

A bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Bulgaria was most likely the work of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants, Bulgarian officials say.

VIDEO: Bangladesh sentence sparks protests

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST

A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has found a leader of the main Islamist party guilty of crimes against humanity during the war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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