Deadly building collapse in Bangladesh

Deadly building collapse in Bangladesh


Deadly building collapse in Bangladesh

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:42 PM PDT

At least ten people killed and many more feared trapped after eight-storey structure comes down on outskirts of Dhaka.

Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:47 PM PDT

Italy's President Napolitano speaks during a news conference at the Quirinale Presidential palace in RomeBy Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is set to announce on Wednesday his choice of prime minister to form a new government and pull the euro zone's third largest economy out of a two-month political rut. The new coalition government, which could take office in a matter of days, would be backed primarily by the rivals on the center-left and center-right, the same parties that had refused to cut a deal since national elections in late February. ...


Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2013 file photo, a Chinese man uses a smartphone to take his own photo with an "Iron Man" poster together with a costumed figure, left, during a promotional event of the new movie "Iron Man 3" at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing's Forbidden City. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content Beijing finds objectionable. It's even getting American studios to sanction alternative versions of films specially tailored for Chinese audiences, like Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party.


Suzhou Gold Mantis, China's Biggest Interior Designer, Says 1st-Qtr Profit Soared

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:41 PM PDT

Suzhou Gold Mantis, China's largest interior design company, said today its net profit in the first three months 2013 soared by 43% from a year earlier to $46 million. 

10 Remarkable Facts About Online Sales Tax

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:37 PM PDT

With all the hype both pro and con about the online sales tax bill you might have a belly full. Still, these facts about sales and use taxes might surprise you. They could even make you think differently about the current debate to tax or not to tax.

What It Takes To Retain Your Top Talent

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:30 PM PDT

Employees Who Stand Out Stay Standing: The Secret to Job Security

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:30 PM PDT

Employees who stand out in a company are the employees who stay standing through downturns, layoffs, and corporate restructurings. Standing out is the secret to gaining peace of mind that your job is secure. Whether you stay employed with the same company you are with today, or whether another company picks you up, your future is bright when you make the effort to be that person who can't be overlooked.

Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:47 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is set to announce on Wednesday his choice of prime minister to form a new government and pull the euro zone's third largest economy out of a two-month political rut.

Garment factory building collapses in Bangladesh, 25 dead: TV

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:11 PM PDT

DHAKA (Reuters) - An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 500, the Ntv television news channel reported. Fire fighters and army personnel were working at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka, to rescue people who were trapped inside, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, officer in charge of the area's police station told Reuters. ...

Top court sends Rios Montt trial to new judge

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:17 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one.

Bangladesh building collapse kills 3, traps others

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:05 PM PDT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An 8-story commercial building near Bangladesh's capital collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and possibly trapping many more, a fire official said.

WHO: Bird-to-human infections easier with new flu

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:10 PM PDT

BEIJING (AP) — World Health Organization officials say a lethal new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month appears to spread more easily from birds to humans than the one that started killing people in Asia a decade ago.

Dragon's Maze: Evaluating Dimir

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:08 PM PDT

The third guild in our Magic: The Gathering Dragon's Maze evaluation series is the secretive Dimir.  Dimir has some notable misses in Dragon's Maze where Limited play is concerned at some high rarities, but they've also received some quality goods to work with.  Let's take a look at what blue/black has to offer players in Dragon's Maze sealed and draft play.

Garment factory building collapses in Bangladesh, 25 dead: TV

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:11 PM PDT

DHAKA (Reuters) - An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 500, the Ntv television news channel reported.

Suspects Roused by Jihadist Thought

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:45 PM PDT

Tamerlan Tsarnaev bought pyrotechnic devices from a fireworks chain. Meanwhile, his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, told investigators that they acted out of jihadist sentiment.

Bayern run riot against Barcelona

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Barcelona need to turn around 4-0 deficit in their Champions League semi-final after being blown apart by Bayern Munich.

Thai Billionaire To Pay Dearly For Discount Retailer Siam Makro

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:23 PM PDT

When Dhanin Chearavanont faced financial stress after 1997, one of the assets he sold down was Siam Makro, a joint venture with Holland's SPV Holdings. Now Thailand's richest businessman, who heads the CP Group, an agribusiness conglomerate, has agreed to buy back the rest of the Bangkok-listed discount retailer for a generous valuation, just four months after announcing a $9.4 billion investment in Chinese insurer Ping An. The share offer outlined Tuesday values Siam Makro, a members-only chain in Thailand, at $6.6 billion. The deal is being financed by Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) with foreign participants including UBS, Standard Chartered and HSBC. The bridge financing required is so large in the Thai context that SCB had to seek regulatory approval to exceed a lending limit to a single company, since it already had outstanding loans to CP Group entities, the Nation newspaper reported Wednesday.

U.S., South Korea Reach Nuclear Deal

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:19 PM PDT

South Korea and the U.S. agreed to extend by two years an accord that prevents Seoul from producing its own nuclear fuel.

Guatemala Ex-Dictator's Trial a Test for Justice

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:28 PM PDT

The trial of a former dictator accused of genocide has divided the country and pitted judge against judge, becoming the biggest test yet of Guatemala's fragile justice system.

Portugal Sets New Stimulus After Setback

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:56 PM PDT

Portugal unveiled an ambitious stimulus program to resuscitate its moribund economy, including plans to cut the corporate tax rate and provide incentives for foreign companies to move there.

Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage

Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage


Racing to Inform Millions Unaware of New Health Coverage

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

Health providers are joining organizers and insurance companies to spread the word in the six months remaining before insurance becomes available under the 2010 health care law.
    

Syrian hackers claim AP hack that tipped stock market by $136 billion. Is it terrorism?

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT

At 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, when the official Twitter account of the Associated Press sent a tweet to its nearly two million followers that warned, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured," some of the people who momentarily panicked were apparently on or near the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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U.S.: The U.S., China and the Middle East

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Vali Nasr, a former senior State Department policy expert, talks to The Times's Marcus Mabry about America and China's role in the Middle East.
    


Canada train plot: Iran's al-Qaeda problem

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Osama Bin Laden legacy a liability for Tehran

Pakistan must crack down on Afghan militants: NATO

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pakistan must crack down on militants who use the country as a sanctuary to launch attacks in Afghanistan, the head of NATO said on Tuesday, before a U.S.-chaired meeting that will try to ease friction between the neighbors.

Singer Jenkins defends marathon look

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Singer Katherine Jenkins defends herself after criticism by a newspaper columnist for running the London Marathon in designer sunglasses, make-up and diamond earrings.

Police capture suspect in Russian shooting spree that killed six

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man suspected of shooting dead six people in a rampage in the centre of the western city of Belgorod was captured on Tuesday after a 30-hour manhunt, police said.

Japan shrine visits, isles row stir East Asia tensions

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tensions flared between Japan and its Asian neighbors after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, and Chinese patrol vessels played cat-and-mouse with a flotilla of Japanese nationalists near disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Bishops Kidnapped in Syria Released

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria were released, a church official said.

The Flexitarian: Healthy, Meet Delicious

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

A new column from Mark Bittman explores moderate, conscious eating: a diet higher in plants and lower in animal products and hyperprocessed foods.
    

Supreme Court Ruling on Marijuana and Deportation

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

"The social sharing of a small amount of marijuana" for no payment does not require automatic deportation, a seven-justice majority found.
    

Ethiopia says preparing to pull troops out of Somalia

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the Mogadishu government and African Union peacekeeping forces that are also battling Islamist militants there.

U.S. accuses Lebanese companies of laundering money for Hezbollah

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The Obama administration accused two Lebanese financial institutions Tuesday of laundering millions of dollars in drug-smuggling money to support the militant group Hezbollah, with some of the cash being routed through U.S. banks.

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Judge Throws Out Some Charges Against Dr. Kermit Gosnell

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

The judge granted motions for acquittal for three of seven murder charges against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who has been charged with killing viable fetuses while performing abortions.
    

At War Blog: Running Toward the Boston Marathon Chaos

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

Zachary Edward Bell said he saw something more jaw-dropping than the Boston Marathon tragedy itself: people, many of them civilians, running toward the chaos.
    


Student jailed over tutor bribe bid

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

A failing University of Bath student who tried to bribe his professor while carrying a loaded air pistol is jailed for 12 months.

VIDEO: Funeral for WWI soldiers after 96 years

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT

The remains of two World War I soldiers who were killed in action in France nearly 100 years ago have been laid to rest at a military cemetery

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:08 PM PDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, 56 of whom were confirmed as political detainees by a group monitoring activists held in the country's jails.

United States, Russia agree to try to revive Syria plan

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:01 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed to look for ways to revive a Syrian peace plan, but admitted that doing so would be extremely difficult.

US poisoned letter suspect released

Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and US lawmakers is released from jail, his lawyer says.