Google patents self-driving car

Google patents self-driving car

Google patents self-driving car

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST

The search giant is awarded a US patent for a system that tells driverless cars when to take control of the wheel.


DealBook: Live Blog: House Panel Hearing on MF Global

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:11 PM PST

Jon S. Corzine, the former chief executive of the bankrupt MF Global, will be speaking Thursday to a Congressional subcommittee about the collapse of the brokerage and the loss of roughly $1 billion in customer money.

Disaster Losses Hit Record Levels in 2011

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:41 PM PST

Earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, floods in Thailand and a series of severe storms in the U.S. will help send 2011 into the record books as the most costly year for catastrophes on record.


EU Looks to Carbon Reductions

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:24 AM PST

Efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in the European Union will pay off over the next four decades as they will reduce the fossil fuel bill, but such a scenario hinges on where oil prices are headed, the European Commission said.


Loan Costs Hit Asian Firms

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:59 AM PST

Asian airlines and shipping companies, already battling a slowdown in cargo traffic, are facing significantly higher borrowing costs as European banks pull back from lending.


Italy's Monti Calls Confidence Vote

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:44 PM PST

Italy's business lobby slashed its growth forecasts for the country's economy, saying a "winter of recession" has started for the euro zone, as Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti braced for Parliament to take a vote of confidence Friday in his government and its austerity plan.


French Candidate Says ECB Is Crucial to Ending Crisis

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:50 AM PST

François Hollande, the French Socialist candidate who is leading in the polls ahead of next spring's presidential election, on Thursday said it was urgent for the European Central Bank to act to stem the sovereign-debt crisis and help boost economic growth.


Corrected: Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:44 PM PST

(This story corrects name of agency to Drug Enforcement Administration in last paragraph)

S.E.C to Appeal Rejection of Citigroup Settlement

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it would appeal a federal judge's decision to reject a settlement with Citigroup over securities fraud charges related to the financial crisis.

Iran Warns Afghanistan to Stop U.S. Drone Flights

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

The warning from Iran's foreign minister appeared to risk an escalation of tensions with the United States.

Israel forms special ops command; experts eye Iran

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:34 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it was unifying its special forces under one command, a move experts say could help Israel strike countries like Iran, whose nuclear program the Jewish state deems a threat to its existence.

NATO 'knew' it was firing at Pakistan troops

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST

Pakistani officials say NATO forces even apologised to its officers throughout the friendly fire incident.


UN calls for protection of gay rights

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

World body releases first official report on the issue, asking governments to repeal discriminatory and harmful laws.


VIDEO: Afghan rape victim 'may marry attacker'

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:36 AM PST

An Afghan woman who was sent to prison for adultery because she was raped has said she may marry her attacker


Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:06 PM PST

Tottenham crash out of the Europa League despite hammering Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.


Mandela 'spy' cameras being probed

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:47 AM PST

South African police probe news outlets over cameras set up outside Nelson Mandela's home in Eastern Cape province.


End for U.S. Begins Period of Uncertainty for Iraqis

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

America's departure from Iraq leaves a shattered country marred by sectarian conflict and political dysfunction, whose future, for better or worse, is in the hands of its people.

At War Blog: A Withdrawal Ceremony in Iraq, Observed by Few Iraqis

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST

When Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in Baghdad on Thursday for the ceremony to mark the end of the military's mission in Iraq there, there was one group noticeably under represented: Iraqis.

Congo ire at 'parody of justice'

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

DR Congo opposition lawyers challenging presidential election results walk out of a hearing, saying the Supreme Court is a "parody of justice".


Lawyer: Belgian killer feared prison return

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST

A man who killed five people and himself in a gun and grenade attack in Belgium feared going back to prison and losing the life he had built, his lawyer said Thursday.

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