Koreas agree to meeting in bid to ease tensions

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• Koreas agree to meeting in bid to ease tensions
• Police: Suspect identified for China bus fire
• Analysis: U.S. domestic spying controversy complicates cybersecurity efforts
• Obama, Xi agree to work together on cybersecurity
• Southern California Edison To Shut Down San Onofre Nuclear Plant
• World Digest: June 7, 2013
• VIDEO: Ohio 'kidnapper' facing 329 charges
• Dozens killed after bus catches fire in China
• Rival Koreas agree to meet at border truce village
• Obama calls for 'new model' at China summit
• Cyber disputes loom large as Obama meets China's Xi
• Cyber disputes loom large as Obama meets China's Xi
• Sudan police use teargas to break up protest
• First Ladies Won't Meet at U.S.-China Summit
• Architect Fights to Save His Vision for Church
• China bus fire kills 47, probed as criminal case
• U.N. says it can't accept Russia's offer of Golan troops
• Shining Path Maoist leader gets life in Peru
• China bus fire kills 47, probed as criminal case
• Social Media and the Startup - How much is too much?

Koreas agree to meeting in bid to ease tensions Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:05 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea will meet Sunday at a village straddling their heavily armed border as the sides try to lower tension and restore projects once seen as symbols of their rapprochement, officials said.

Police: Suspect identified for China bus fire Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:04 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police said Saturday that they had identified a suspect who might be responsible for the fire that gutted a commuter bus, killing 47 and injuring dozens more during rush hour in a port city in southeastern China.

Analysis: U.S. domestic spying controversy complicates cybersecurity efforts Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:09 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Obama administration's cybersecurity agenda, which includes expanding the military's Cyber Command and beefing up protection for critical infrastructure, faces more intense scrutiny after two vast domestic surveillance programs were exposed this week. Civil liberties groups say the revelations give new life to several privacy lawsuits against the National Security Agency, which hit the headlines twice in two days for secretly monitoring Americans' phone records and internet activity. ...

Obama, Xi agree to work together on cybersecurity Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:04 PM PDT RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed on Friday on the need to work together to resolve disputes on cybersecurity, a topic that has become a major irritant in relations between Washington and Beijing. Obama, speaking after the first in a series of meetings with Xi in sun-baked southern California, said he and Xi had recognized it was necessary to establish a set of common rules on the thorny issue. ...

Southern California Edison To Shut Down San Onofre Nuclear Plant Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:01 PM PDT Southern California Edison has decided to shut down Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

World Digest: June 7, 2013 Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:35 PM PDT Suicide attackers rammed car bombs on Friday into a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims and a police checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing 19 people in all, in the latest bout of violence to shake Iraq. The attacks follow the deadliest two months in the country in half a decade, raising fears that it is descending into a new wave of widespread killing. Read full article >>

VIDEO: Ohio 'kidnapper' facing 329 charges Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:02 PM PDT A man accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in his home in Cleveland, Ohio, has been indicted by a grand jury for rape and kidnapping.

Dozens killed after bus catches fire in China Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:58 PM PDT Police say they are investigating the fire as a 'serious criminal case' after 48 people died in Xiamen.

Rival Koreas agree to meet at border truce village Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:36 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea have agreed to hold their first meeting in recent years at a truce village straddling their heavily armed border.

Obama calls for 'new model' at China summit Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:38 PM PDT US president and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledge to look for a new way of co-operation on a slew of disputes.

Cyber disputes loom large as Obama meets China's Xi Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:58 PM PDT By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and John Ruwitch RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that the United States welcomes China's "peaceful rise" and seeks a world order where all countries play by the same rules on thorny issues like cybersecurity. At the start of a two-day summit at a luxurious desert estate in southern California, Obama said the world's two biggest economies must strike a balance between competition and cooperation to overcome the challenges that divide them. ...

Cyber disputes loom large as Obama meets China's Xi Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:04 PM PDT RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that the United States welcomes China's "peaceful rise" and seeks a world order where all countries play by the same rules on thorny issues like cybersecurity.

Sudan police use teargas to break up protest Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:23 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police used teargas to break up an anti-government protest in the capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses said.

First Ladies Won't Meet at U.S.-China Summit Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:22 PM PDT As the leaders of the world's two most powerful countries prepared to meet in California on Friday to grapple with a host of vexing issues, their better halves were making other plans.

Architect Fights to Save His Vision for Church Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:41 PM PDT Although Manuel Núñez-Yanowsky had won an international contest for the Russian Orthodox church, the Kremlin said it would turn to a rival French architect for a new plan.

China bus fire kills 47, probed as criminal case Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:56 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A fire on a bus in southeastern China has killed 47 people and is being investigated as a "serious criminal case", state media said on Saturday, just days after 120 people died in a fire at a poultry plant. The bus caught fire during rush hour on Friday as it was operating on elevated tracks in the coastal city of Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported, without elaborating on the cause. The case in southeastern China has initially been identified as a "serious criminal case" and further investigations are under way, the report said. ...

U.N. says it can't accept Russia's offer of Golan troops Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau and Alissa de Carbonnel UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday it could not accept Russia's offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights because an agreement between Israel and Syria bars permanent members of the Security Council from the U.N. observer mission. The United Nations expressed appreciation for the Russian offer, made on Friday by President Vladimir Putin after Austria said it would recall its troops from a U.N. monitoring force due to worsening fighting in Syria. ...

Shining Path Maoist leader gets life in Peru Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:53 PM PDT Court sentenced Florencio Flores Hala, on of the last leaders of the guerrillas to life in prison on various charges.

China bus fire kills 47, probed as criminal case Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:52 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A fire on a bus in southeastern China has killed 47 people and is being investigated as a "serious criminal case", state media said on Saturday, just days after 120 people died in a fire at a poultry plant.

Social Media and the Startup - How much is too much? Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:42 PM PDT How much social media presence is too much for a startup?

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Texas actress held over ricin letter

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• Texas actress held over ricin letter
• Deaths in US drone attack in Pakistan
• Zambia's ex-president barred from exit
• Despite Americans' outrage, NSA scandal draws mostly shrugs abroad
• EU's Rehn Hits Back at IMF
• Gray Wolves No Longer Need Federal Protection, Obama Administration Says
• T Magazine: Letter From Paris | The House That Coco Built
• An Expansive Setting for Obama’s Talks with China’s Leader
• Nigerian Islamists retreat, apparently to fight another day
• Putin orders crackdown on Islamists, police detain 300 people
• Bus Fire in China Kills at Least 42
• Drone strike kills seven in Pakistan
• MP Dorries faces standards probe
• Texas Woman Arrested in Connection With Ricin-Laced Letters
• Wal-Mart’s Meeting Follows the Script
• Wal-Mart’s Meeting Follows the Script
• Peru's leader says will not pardon jailed Fujimori
• For Puerto Ricans, a Parade of Doubts
• Drone strike kills seven in Pakistan
• Russians in denial over Putin divorce

Texas actress held over ricin letter Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:31 PM PDT A Texas actress who told the FBI her husband sent ricin-laced letters to President Obama is arrested for allegedly sending them herself, officials say.

Deaths in US drone attack in Pakistan Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:10 PM PDT At least seven killed in latest attack marking first strike since anti-drone prime minister was sworn in.

Zambia's ex-president barred from exit Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:01 PM PDT Rupiah Banda has for a third time been blocked from leaving the country, pending corruption charges brought against him.

Despite Americans' outrage, NSA scandal draws mostly shrugs abroad Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:59 AM PDT Revelation that the National Security Agency is mining vast amounts of private data from American telephone and Internet users may be generating outrage and fierce debate here in the U.S. but so far, the story does not appear to have attracted much attention abroad. Read full article >>

EU's Rehn Hits Back at IMF Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:05 AM PDT EU economics chief Olli Rehn had harsh words for the IMF as he responded to a report by the fund criticizing the European Commission over the Greek bailout.

Gray Wolves No Longer Need Federal Protection, Obama Administration Says Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:38 AM PDT The Fish and Wildlife Service wants to eliminate the endangered-species restrictions on gray wolves, but the plan was quickly greeted with criticism by conservationists.

T Magazine: Letter From Paris | The House That Coco Built Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:21 AM PDT An extravagant villa on the French Riviera, once owned by Coco Chanel but now fallen into elegant disrepair, is on the market.

An Expansive Setting for Obama’s Talks with China’s Leader Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:24 AM PDT President Obama will welcome President Xi Jinping of China at Sunnylands, the sumptuous home in Southern California built by Walter and Leonore Annenberg.

Nigerian Islamists retreat, apparently to fight another day Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:47 AM PDT KIRENOWA, Nigeria (Reuters) - All that remains of the Islamist fighters who once bedded down in this sandy enclave are charred clothes, burned out trucks and surgical equipment left beneath a thorny tree.

Putin orders crackdown on Islamists, police detain 300 people Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:42 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police rounded up 300 people at a Muslim prayer room in Moscow on Friday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists ahead of next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Bus Fire in China Kills at Least 42 Posted: 07 Jun 2013 09:38 AM PDT An express bus burst into flames on an elevated roadway in southeastern China on Friday, killing at least 42 people and injuring 33 others, state media reported.

Drone strike kills seven in Pakistan Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT Seven people in Pakistan have been killed in the first drone strike since PM Nawaz Sharif took office demanding an end to US targeting of militants.

MP Dorries faces standards probe Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is facing a parliamentary standards investigation, understood to relate to her I'm a Celebrity... appearance fee.

Texas Woman Arrested in Connection With Ricin-Laced Letters Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:09 AM PDT Shannon Richardson was accused of mailing threatening communications to President Obama, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and a lobbyist, according to officials.

Wal-Mart’s Meeting Follows the Script Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:54 AM PDT Wal-Mart's annual shareholders meeting extolled the value of its employees, and largely ignored the issues that some investors and activists were complaining about.

Wal-Mart’s Meeting Follows the Script Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:54 AM PDT Wal-Mart's annual shareholders meeting extolled the value of its employees, and largely ignored the issues that some investors and activists were complaining about.

Peru's leader says will not pardon jailed Fujimori Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government on Friday rejected a pardon request from jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, saying he does not suffer from a terminal illness, in a move likely to aggravate tensions with the opposition.

For Puerto Ricans, a Parade of Doubts Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:09 AM PDT Organizers of New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade, which has attracted a fleet of corporate sponsors, are facing scrutiny over how they manage the event and the money it generates.

Drone strike kills seven in Pakistan Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT Seven people in Pakistan have been killed in the first drone strike since PM Nawaz Sharif took office demanding an end to US targeting of militants.

Russians in denial over Putin divorce Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:05 AM PDT Denial and disbelief in Moscow over Putin's divorce

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