Stansted Airport sold for £1.5bn

Stansted Airport sold for £1.5bn

Stansted Airport sold for £1.5bn

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:56 PM PST

London's Stansted Airport is being sold to the owner of Manchester Airport for £1.5bn, it is announced.

Build Your Own Inaugural Address

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

Presidents often tackle the same themes in Inaugural Addresses — what would you say?

'Two detained' over Kurd deaths

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:29 PM PST

Two people have been detained in connection with the deaths of three Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris, French media reports say.

VIDEO: Impact: BBC World behind the scenes

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

Presenter Mishal Husain gives a behind-the-scenes tour of BBC World's Impact programme.

U.S., China in deal on U.N. North Korea rebuke; Russia to back it

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch, U.N. diplomats said on Friday, and Russia predicted it would be approved by the council.

Fed 'underestimated 2007 crisis'

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST

The US Federal Reserve may have underestimated the extent of the looming global financial crisis in 2007, released transcripts from that year show.

Fake TV crew jailed for 30 years

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

A court in Nicaragua gives maximum jail sentences to 18 people caught crossing the border with $9.2m while posing as journalists from Mexican TV.

Inauguration Preview: Obama’s 2nd Term

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:55 AM PST

David Leonhardt, the Washington bureau chief, hosts a preview of President Obama's second inauguration.

Top U.S. commander denied visa in rights row: Russia

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia denied entry to a former commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in retaliation against U.S. moves to punish Russian human rights violators, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said on Friday.

Al Jazeera reporter killed by sniper in Syria

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:01 PM PST

Qatar-based media network says freelance journalist Mohammed al-Horani was killed by a sniper in the province of Deraa.

Flu Season ‘Worse Than Average,’ Officials Say

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:28 AM PST

The season has been particularly bad for older people, but appears to have peaked, with reports of new cases declining in most of the nation.

Corruption Charges for Ray Nagin of New Orleans

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:26 AM PST

A former mayor was charged with 21 counts of offenses that included conspiracy, bribery and filing false tax returns. The charges were widely expected.

French police hold two suspects in Kurd killings

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:26 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French police have detained two suspects for questioning over the killing of three Kurdish rebel activists in Paris earlier this month, a police source said on Friday.

After abuse scandal, Pope appoints new head of Irish church

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:24 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Friday appointed the new head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to succeed Cardinal Sean Brady, whose tenure has been plagued by scandal over the sexual abuse of children on the predominantly Roman Catholic island.

Panetta calls for more agile NATO with wider strategic focus

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on Friday for NATO to reinvent itself as a more agile alliance with a broader outlook embracing the Asia-Pacific and able to respond to new threats from Islamic militancy.

Bolshoi ballet director in acid attack, eyesight at risk

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A masked attacker threw acid in the face of the artistic director of Russia's prestigious Bolshoi Ballet, endangering his eyesight, in what colleagues said on Friday was the culmination of a two-week campaign of intimidation.

Former New Orleans mayor indicted

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is charged on 21 counts including wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns and money laundering.

Colombia ELN kidnaps mine workers

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:36 AM PST

ELN rebels in northern Colombia have kidnapped five workers from a mining company, three of them foreigners, the army says.

Media Decoder: John Geddes, Managing Editor, Is Leaving The New York Times

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

Mr. Geddes, the managing editor for the last decade, will leave in several months after helping with transition on the paper's masthead.

US to stop using 'naked scanners'

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:22 AM PST

The US aviation security agency is to stop screening travellers with scanners that show travellers' naked images, amid widespread privacy complaints.
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VIDEO: Armstrong 'didn't go nearly far enough'

VIDEO: Armstrong 'didn't go nearly far enough'

VIDEO: Armstrong 'didn't go nearly far enough'

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:40 PM PST

The journalist who first raised questions about Lance Armstrong in 1999 has said that the disgraced cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey did not go far enough.

Mali Islamists tougher than France anticipated - envoys

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - French troops' initial clashes with Islamist militants in Mali have shown that the desert fighters are better trained and equipped than France had anticipated before last week's military intervention, French and other U.N. diplomats said.

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths - court

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:17 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries.

U.S. experts probe Boeing 787 in Japan; focus on battery

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:42 PM PST

TAKAMATSU, Japan (Reuters) - A team of experts from U.S. aviation authorities and Boeing Co arrived in Japan on Friday to inspect a 787 Dreamliner passenger jet that made an emergency landing on a domestic All Nippon Airways Co flight earlier this week.

US military jets escort plane to Seattle after security scare

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:19 PM PST

LOS ANGELES, Jan 18 — Two US fighter jets were scrambled yesterday to escort a commercial airliner to Seattle after the FBI received an anonymous tip, apparently unfounded, that a hijacker was aboard, officials said. The plane, which originated in Hawaii, landed safely about 7 p.m. local time at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where it ...

China breaks long silence on inequality statistic

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:35 PM PST

China released a decade's-worth of information on a key inequality statistic Friday, after keeping the measure a secret since 2000, as the issue becomes increasingly sensitive.

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Submerged

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:34 PM PST

A rescue team trying to find victims stuck in their homes in a flooded area of Jakarta.

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Japan PM heads home as at least 14 missing in Algeria

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:09 PM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to cut short his visit to Indonesia and fly home Friday, an official said, as unease grows over the fate of at least 14 citizens caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis.

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VIDEO: Australia bushfires rage in Victoria

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST

Fire crews in the Australian state of Victoria are battling a large and fast-moving bushfire which is burning out of control.

Impose stern action against Teoh: Khairy

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:01 PM PST

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin today said stern action should be imposed on actor and radio presenter Patrick Teoh for insulting Islam through his Facebook post recently.

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Guan Eng refuses to respond to Kalimah Allah issue

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:51 PM PST

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng still refuses to respond to PAS Syura Council's decision to reject the use of the word 'Allah' in the Malay-language Bible.

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Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria’s Homs

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:39 PM PST

BEIRUT, Jan 18 — More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said yesterday, and fierce fighting raged across the country. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said women and children were among the 106 people killed by forces loyal to ...

China moviegoers show Hollywood the money

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:37 PM PST

Ten new movie screens open each day in China as the popularity of cinema soars in the country, but the appeal of Chinese films has failed to maintain the pace.

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Temperature hits all-time record in Sydney

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:31 PM PST

Temperatures in Sydney hit their highest level on record on Friday, with the mercury in Australia's biggest city reaching 45.8 degrees Celsius (114.4 Fahrenheit) in the mid-afternoon.

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11 dead as floods swamp central Jakarta

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta have left at least 11 people dead, authorities said Friday as murky brown waters submerged parts of the city's business district, causing chaos for a second day.

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China media seize on Japan ex-PM's memorial visit

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:54 PM PST

China's state-run media on Friday seized on an apology by former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama during a visit to a wartime atrocity memorial, amid tense relations between the two countries.

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Anxiety mounts over deadly hostage raid in Algeria

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:25 PM PST

Western governments voiced alarm over the fate of dozens of foreigners seized by Islamists at a gas plant in the Algerian desert after several hostages were killed in a dramatic rescue operation.

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U.S. Air Force eyes changes to national security satellite programs

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with plans to change its approach to national security satellites, including greater use of government sensors on commercial satellites and possible launches of cheaper, less-complex satellites for other missions, a top Air Force general said on Thursday.

Syrians turn to astrology for signs of hope

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:47 PM PST

Tired of failed forecasts about their country's bitter conflict that has left more than 60,000 people dead, some Syrians have turned to fortune tellers and astrology to try to predict what lies ahead.

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Iran strengthened cyber capabilities after Stuxnet - U.S. general

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran responded to a 2010 cyber attack on its nuclear facilities by beefing up its own cyber capabilities, and will be a "force to be reckoned with" in the future, a senior U.S. Air Force official told reporters on Thursday.
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US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner

US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner

US officials in Japan to examine Dreamliner

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

Aviation experts to inspect Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport due to battery problems.

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries.

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

Italian sailors Girone and Latorre leave the police commissioner office in KochiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting a cargo ship, Enrica Lexie, say they mistook the fishermen for pirates off the southern Indian state of Kerala in February 2012. The Supreme Court ruled that a special court should be set up to try the marines, lawyers who attended the hearing told reporters afterwards. ...

Bolshoi's artistic director attacked in Moscow

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:24 PM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police say the artistic director at the legendary Bolshoi Theater has been attacked with acid in Moscow.

Palestinians despair over likely Netanyahu win

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials largely view Benjamin Netanyahu's expected re-election with despair, fearing the Israeli hard-liner's ambitious plans for settlement construction over the next four years could prove lethal to their dreams of a state.

Majoring In The Humanities Might Soon Cost You More In Florida

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:12 PM PST

In May 2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott commissioned a task force to assess the state's higher education system for quality and efficiency. So task force chair Dale Brill, who teaches marketing at Florida State, said he and the others started asking a simple question: what creates value?

Lance And Oprah Sittin' In A Tree

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Hubris can do strange things to people. Most dangerous, you start to believe your own bullshit. It is not easy for me to imagine the mind of a man who would sue an organization for libel and defamation, collect money, all the while fully cognizant their claims were accurate. It is the mind of a person with a conscience so sedated with narcissism that morality and right from wrong is rendered subordinate to self. The Sunday Times of London is seeking recovery of $500,000 paid to Lance Armstrong plus attorney fees and interest and if a pocket of justice exists in our ambivalent world, they will be remunerated in full.

Inside the Ruins of Lance Armstrong's Business Empire

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Facebook Exposes 10 Million Previously Hidden Profiles To Its New Graph Search

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:43 PM PST

A grab bag of changes Facebook announced last month to its privacy settings has come under new scrutiny in the wake of this week's announcement of Graph Search.

Are You Smarter Than a House Cat?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:29 PM PST

A few years back, a popular TV quiz show posed this question in its title: "Are You Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?"

Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:28 PM PST

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. "Seed investments" are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us.

China's Economy Grew Faster Last Quarter, Notching Up 7.8% Annual Gain

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:56 PM PST

China said Friday that its economy ended 2012 on a stronger note with 7.9% growth in the final quarter. This matched or beat analysts' expectations and lifted full-year growth to 7.8%, above the official forecast. The quarterly pick-up in growth was the first in two years after government stimulus spending spiked growth in 2009-10. The quarterly data supports other indicators of accelerating industrial output and stronger demand for goods, leading some to predict that China has turned a corner. This has broad implications for the world economy, which sagged last year and still face headwinds in Europe and North America. Japan recently unveiled its own stimulus plans that could support exporters in Asia, including China. That said, China's 2012 economic growth was the lowest in 13 years and economists don't expect a sharp acceleration this year. Most banks have predicted full-year growth of 8% or so. That's positively euphoric in comparison to Western economies, but China has to keep generating huge gains because the fruits are distributed so unequally. Shares in Shanghai rose 0.5% Friday morning.

As We Creep Closer To The Debt Ceiling Limit, Is Your Tax Refund At Risk?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:54 PM PST

Every one of us has had that moment when we've had to shuffle the cards a bit to make sure all of the bills get paid. That's exactly the situation our country is finding itself in right now. And what's in the stack of "to pay later"? It could be your tax refund.

VIDEO: Thieves dig hi-tech tunnel to bank vault

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:38 PM PST

Pictures have emerged of a tunnel that was built by thieves to break into a bank in Berlin earlier this week.

Pick-Up In China's GDP Growth To 7.9% Lifts Shares In Hong Kong, Mainland

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:51 PM PST

The pick-up in China's economic growth rate announced by the government today helped to lift share prices in Hong Kong and the mainland this morning.

Lance Armstrong and Oprah: Destroying What Was Left of His Reputation

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

Lance Armstrong admitted a lot of wrongdoing during his 90-minute interview with Oprah Winfrey tonight, but he did almost nothing to win back the sympathy of the world. In fact, he said  things that are bound to offend people deeply.

Inside the Ruins of Lance Armstrong's Business Empire

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

US officials join 787 investigation in Japan

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 08:20 PM PST

U.S. officials, center, inspect a All Nippon Airways jet which made an emergency landing Wednesday, at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. An official with Japan's transport safety board says four U.S. officials, including two Boeing Co. representatives, have arrived at the airport in western Japan to inspect the troubled Boeing 787 jet. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCETOKYO (AP) — U.S. safety officials and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation Friday into the 787 jet at the center of a worldwide grounding of the technologically advanced aircraft.

Lance Armstrong and Oprah: Too Much of a Not-So-Good Thing

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 07:54 PM PST

Here's the verdict: Oprah Winfrey's still got her fastball.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest: A DLC-Laden Abomination?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 07:52 PM PST

Square Enix's Final Fantasy All the Bravest for iOS is crafted from the stuff dreams are made of.  The concept is simple - Characters, classes, bosses, music, and backdrops from the Final Fantasy universe in a fast-paced combat soiree mashup.  The combat is eye candy, the pixels are perfect, and the game evokes a sense of nostalgia that even a franchise neophyte can enjoy.  Everyone attacks, there's no thinking or planning, just tap (or in this case, run your finger across a row) each character as they come off cooldown and let them cut loose with familiar abilities from ages past.  So where do things go wrong?  The devil is in the DLC.
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