Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda |
- Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda
- Indian police launch raids in probe into Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland
- S Africa denies bail in taxi driver 'murder'
- Dude, Can Marijuana Beat The Tax Man?
- Indian police launch raids in Finmeccanica defense deal probe
- Curiosity Finds That Ancient Mars May Have Been Habitable
- No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka
- NKorea criticizes SKorea prez's 'swish of skirt'
- India Slams Italy's Stand on Marines
- No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka
- How Virtual Health Assistants Can Reshape Healthcare
- As Anniversary of Dividend, Buyback Nears, Investors Want Apple To Show Them the Money
- Al Qaeda's Goofy Video Game Provokes Laughter, Not Terror
- Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank
- Crimes Found Sapping Billions From Africa
- How former Burmese political prisoner Win Tin survived 20 years in jail
- VIDEO: Argentina Dirty War crimes
- Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report
- Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report
- Executive Coaching From Prince Hal
| Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:09 PM PDT TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Residents who slipped into a non-descript mud-brick house after Islamist fighters fled Mali's desert town of Timbuktu uncovered a trove of arms, ammunition and documents - the workings of the local al Qaeda recruitment office. |
| Indian police launch raids in probe into Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:41 PM PDT
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| S Africa denies bail in taxi driver 'murder' Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:47 PM PDT Court refuses bail for nine police officers accused of dragging man behind a van and beating him to death in custody. |
| Dude, Can Marijuana Beat The Tax Man? Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:42 PM PDT Aren't marijuana growers, dealers and dispensaries just trying to pay their taxes and make a profit like everybody else? In the staid world of tax law, it can seem downright strange to be worried whether someone has "trafficking" tax problems. Such is the odd symbiosis between conflicting federal and state laws. |
| Indian police launch raids in Finmeccanica defense deal probe Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:07 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police investigating the AgustaWestland bribery case raided homes and business premises in the New Delhi area and city of Chandigarh on Wednesday after formally launching a probe into the helicopter firm and a former air force chief. |
| Curiosity Finds That Ancient Mars May Have Been Habitable Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:56 PM PDT After analysis of rock drilled from the Martian surface, scientists from NASA have announced that it shows that conditions from ancient Mars may have been suitable for life. |
| No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:44 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Russia's northern Kamchatka peninsula and weaker shocks could be felt in five inhabited areas, the federal Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties or damage. The ministry put the quake's epicenter at a depth of 14 km (nine miles) and some 840 km (522 miles) north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the provincial capital of the region, which is one of the most seismically active areas in the world. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Eric Beech) |
| NKorea criticizes SKorea prez's 'swish of skirt' Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:49 PM PDT
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| India Slams Italy's Stand on Marines Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:35 PM PDT India's government slammed Italy's refusal to send two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen to face trial in India. |
| No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:44 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Russia's northern Kamchatka peninsula and weaker shocks could be felt in five inhabited areas, the federal Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties or damage. |
| How Virtual Health Assistants Can Reshape Healthcare Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:31 PM PDT Guest post written by Thomas Morrow |
| As Anniversary of Dividend, Buyback Nears, Investors Want Apple To Show Them the Money Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:23 PM PDT When Apple announced its $45 billion dividend and share repurchase plan on March 19, 2012, CEO Tim Cook promised investors that the board would "continually discuss" and review the plan. |
| Al Qaeda's Goofy Video Game Provokes Laughter, Not Terror Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT If Osama Bin Laden hadn't been killed by Navy SEALs, he would have died of embarrassment at his group's latest exploit. Al Qaeda militants in the African nation of Mali are tired of being blasted by French jets. But instead of defeating the French in a real war, they've done the next best thing. They're wiping out the French Air Force in an online video game. |
| Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT Youth activist killed and eight others wounded in Hebron after Israeli troops use live fire on protesters. |
| Crimes Found Sapping Billions From Africa Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:09 PM PDT Kickbacks, graft and tax evasion cost Africa an average of $62.5 billion a year in the decade through 2009, a new study shows. |
| How former Burmese political prisoner Win Tin survived 20 years in jail Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:19 PM PDT How do you survive two decades in jail, most of it spent in solitary confinement, and still stay sane? Somehow, former Burmese political prisoner Win Tin achieved just that. Now 83 years old, his body is frail and his heart is weak, but he seems to have lost none of the mental sharpness and wit that made him such a formidable foe of Burma's military junta for decades. During a two-hour meeting last month, he spoke engagingly and with humor about his experiences in prison and his views about the direction in which the country was headed. Read full article >> |
| VIDEO: Argentina Dirty War crimes Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:52 PM PDT A court in Buenos Aires has sentenced the former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone to life in jail for crimes against humanity committed when he was in power in the 1980s. |
| Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:57 PM PDT
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| Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:57 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A boy of 12 sees his best friend shot through the heart. Another of 15 is held in a cell with 150 other people, and taken out every day to be put in a giant wheel and burnt with cigarettes. |
| Executive Coaching From Prince Hal Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:36 PM PDT By Nigel Roberts, London Correspondent, INSEAD Knowledge |
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