France hit by last-leg protests over pensions

France hit by last-leg protests over pensions
French insurer reports 3.5 percent rise in sales (AFP)
Fears of hundreds more dead in Indonesia tsunami (AP)
Aid trickles into Indonesia quake and tsunami zone
Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption
Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month"
Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month" (Reuters)
'No more excuses,' says England rugby manager (AFP)
Daughter of missing China dissident seeks US help (AFP)
Khan Academy: A Name You Need To Know in 2011
Britain's spy boss makes first public speech (Reuters)
Britain's spy boss makes first public speech
UN chief appeals for more Khmer Rouge trials (AP)
Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease
Venture Capital and Distance
Twelve killed in China coal mine flood: media (AFP)
Ex-Leader's Death Shakes Argentina
Haiti Struggles to Contain Cholera
Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S.
Afghans Blast Pakistan on Insurgents

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Further strikes disrupted rail and air transport in France on Thursday but the broader protest over plans to raise the retirement age appeared to be on its last legs a day after parliament adopted pension reform legislation.

French insurer reports 3.5 percent rise in sales (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:09 PM PDT

AFP - French insurer Axa SA said Thursday sales rose 3.5 percent over the first nine months of the year to 70.462 billion euros (97.042 billion dollars).

Fears of hundreds more dead in Indonesia tsunami (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:14 PM PDT

AP - Rescuers surveying the devastation caused by a tsunami that crashed over islands off western Indonesia say the death toll of more than 300 is likely to climb. They fear many of the hundreds missing may have been swept away.

Aid trickles into Indonesia quake and tsunami zone

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Help trickled in Thursday, three days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that has killed at least 311 people and left more than 400 missing.

Death toll climbs to 32 in Indonesia volcano eruption

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:48 PM PDT

The death toll from an Indonesian volcano that exploded this week has climbed to 32, medical officials said Thursday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month"

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, could be released from house arrest next month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Thursday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month" (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, could be released from house arrest next month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Thursday.

'No more excuses,' says England rugby manager (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:35 PM PDT

AFP - England manager Martin Johnson believes the time for excuses is over as his team prepare to kick-off their countdown to the 2011 World Cup against the All Blacks next week.

Daughter of missing China dissident seeks US help (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:45 PM PDT

AFP - The 17-year-old daughter of missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has appealed for help from US President Barack Obama, saying Beijing had kidnapped him and that police beat her as a child.

Khan Academy: A Name You Need To Know in 2011

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:43 PM PDT

Khan Academy: A Name You Need To Know in 2011

Britain's spy boss makes first public speech (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's top spy makes the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief on Thursday, a step toward greater openness for an intelligence service that for most of the 20th century did not officially exist.

Britain's spy boss makes first public speech

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:16 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top spy makes the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief on Thursday, a step toward greater openness for an intelligence service that for most of the 20th century did not officially exist.

UN chief appeals for more Khmer Rouge trials (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:07 PM PDT

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an emotional appeal Thursday for Cambodia to send a message to the world that the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity will not go unpunished.

Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of the country's growing technological prowess that is likely to set off alarms about U.S. competitiveness and national security.

Venture Capital and Distance

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Located far away from investors? Expect to return to VCs often asking for more cash

Twelve killed in China coal mine flood: media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT

AFP - Twelve workers were killed and one injured in a flood in a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou province, state media said Thursday.

Ex-Leader's Death Shakes Argentina

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:22 PM PDT

The death of ex-president Néstor Kirchner, the power behind the throne in his wife's government, creates vast uncertainties in Argentina, but also opens up an opportunity for the country to jettison populist policies.

Haiti Struggles to Contain Cholera

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:08 PM PDT

A deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti showed no signs of stabilizing Wednesday, even as the government and international aid groups scrambled to try and curb its spread.