Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school |
- Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school
- United States and Japan move forward on trade talks
- Kerry in China to urge North Korea pressure
- Newest bird flu strain hits Beijing
- Sri Lanka newspaper office set ablaze, fifth media attack this year
- Sri Lanka newspaper office set ablaze, fifth media attack this year
- Verizon Stretching Phone Subsidy Waiting Period to Two Full Years
- Stem-Cell Scientists Invited to Vatican
- Kerry to meet China's top leaders to discuss North Korea
- VIDEO: Bolivia increases quinoa production
- VIDEO: French senate votes for gay marriage
- Kerry to meet China's top leaders to discuss North Korea
- U.S. tells North Korea new missile launch would be "huge mistake"
- VIDEO: French senate votes for gay marriage
- VIDEO: Bolivia increases quinoa production
- Near U.S.-Mexico Border, a Grim New Reality
- A Trudeau Follows in Pierre's Dance Steps
- The Unexpected Secret To Being A Great Salesperson
- Yale Hockey Proves Ivy Schools Can Compete In D1 Sports
- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak faces new retrial
| Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT
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| United States and Japan move forward on trade talks Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:10 PM PDT Japan has agreed to hold talks about opening its automobile market and offered minor upfront concessions in a move that clears the path for the country to join broader U.S. free-trade negotiations. The deal announced Friday by U.S. and Japanese officials will have little immediate impact on an auto market that is notoriously tough on foreigners. Japan agreed, for example, to increase from 2,000 to 5,000 the number of autos in different size classes that can be imported under a streamlined "preferential" customs process. That pales, however, next to the $2 billion or so worth of autos that Japan ships to the United States each month. Read full article >>
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| Kerry in China to urge North Korea pressure Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:34 PM PDT US secretary of state says Beijing must put "teeth" into denuclearisation policy ahead of his first official visit. | |
| Newest bird flu strain hits Beijing Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:54 PM PDT A seven-year-old girl recovering in hospital is first person to contract newly discovered H7N9 virus in China's capital. | |
| Sri Lanka newspaper office set ablaze, fifth media attack this year Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:37 PM PDT COLOMBO (Reuters) - Three armed men set fire to the printing machine of a Tamil-language newspaper that is critical of the Sri Lankan government, forcing the paper to halt printing, the editor said on Saturday.  | |
| Sri Lanka newspaper office set ablaze, fifth media attack this year Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:37 PM PDT COLOMBO (Reuters) - Three armed men set fire to the printing machine of a Tamil-language newspaper that is critical of the Sri Lankan government, forcing the paper to halt printing, the editor said on Saturday. The attack on the Uthayan newspaper office is the fifth attack on the media since January in Sri Lanka's former war zone in the north, and the second after the United Nations passed a resolution on March 21 calling on the government to address human rights violations. ... | |
| Verizon Stretching Phone Subsidy Waiting Period to Two Full Years Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:16 PM PDT In what appears to be a grab for higher profits, Verizon Wireless is stretching the time between subsidized phone upgrades from 20 to 24 months. In a blog post, company spokesperson Brena Raney wrote "This change aligns the upgrade date with the contract end date and is consistent with how the majority of customers purchase new phones today." She added that the first customers affected by the change will be those who's contracts expire in January, 2014. | |
| Stem-Cell Scientists Invited to Vatican Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:08 PM PDT Clerics greeted stem-cell researchers in an unusual conference at which the Catholic Church sought to show what the cardinal who organized the meeting called the "necessary union between science and faith." | |
| Kerry to meet China's top leaders to discuss North Korea Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:58 PM PDT
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| VIDEO: Bolivia increases quinoa production Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:33 PM PDT Bolivian farmers have been boosting production of a seed that has been described as one of the world's "superfoods". | |
| VIDEO: French senate votes for gay marriage Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:29 PM PDT France's upper house of parliament has voted to legalise gay marriage. | |
| Kerry to meet China's top leaders to discuss North Korea Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:58 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets China's top leaders on Saturday in an effort to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.  | |
| U.S. tells North Korea new missile launch would be "huge mistake" Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:48 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea on Friday that it would be a "huge mistake" to test launch a medium-range missile and said the United States would never accept the reclusive country as a nuclear power.  | |
| VIDEO: French senate votes for gay marriage Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:29 PM PDT France's upper house of parliament has voted to legalise gay marriage. | |
| VIDEO: Bolivia increases quinoa production Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:33 PM PDT Bolivian farmers have been boosting production of a seed that has been described as one of the world's "superfoods". | |
| Near U.S.-Mexico Border, a Grim New Reality Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:02 PM PDT The growing U.S. crackdown on immigration is leading to a grim reality: While the number of people crossing the border is down, the number who die while doing so is rising as immigrants take more dangerous routes to avoid apprehension. | |
| A Trudeau Follows in Pierre's Dance Steps Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:59 PM PDT Justin Trudeau, the 41-year-old son of legendary Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has captured attention in a flashy campaign to win leadership of the opposition Liberal party. | |
| The Unexpected Secret To Being A Great Salesperson Posted: 12 Apr 2013 08:01 PM PDT I have a confession to make: I love reading articles and books that show the stuff I already believed was true is true. I think it's why Good to Great is, hands down, my favorite business book: I spent my entire first reading gleefully thinking to myself "Yes! I knew that! SO right!" | |
| Yale Hockey Proves Ivy Schools Can Compete In D1 Sports Posted: 12 Apr 2013 07:59 PM PDT The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino sports book placed the odds against Yale advancing to the Frozen Four final at 2-to-1. But the Yale men's hockey team is in the business of proving the odds wrong. | |
| Egypt's Hosni Mubarak faces new retrial Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:50 PM PDT Former president and other senior officials will face second trial on charges of complicity in murder of protesters. |
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