Syria braces for 'day of dignity' rallies

Syria braces for 'day of dignity' rallies

Syria braces for 'day of dignity' rallies

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Call for protests at mosques comes despite a reform pledge by the government after many were shot dead in Daraa city.


Deaf, disabled kids harmonize in Venezuela program (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:25 PM PDT

AP - When the choir begins, only some of its young members sing aloud. The rest make music silently through sign language, wearing white gloves as their hands perform an elaborate choreography in unison.


Brazil's housing carnival stokes bubble worries

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Listening to Jose Carlos de Vasconcellos talk about Rio de Janeiro's property market is like being transported back to the bubble days in the United States or Europe.

'Sucker Punch': When Original is Risky

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:56 PM PDT

The film will be in a tight race for first place this weekend.


Brazil's housing carnival stokes bubble worries (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Listening to Jose Carlos de Vasconcellos talk about Rio de Janeiro's property market is like being transported back to the bubble days in the United States or Europe.


Iran blasts appointment of UN rights investigator (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:24 PM PDT

AP - Tehran has lashed out at the decision by U.N.'s top human rights body to appoint a special investigator to look into allegations of human rights abuses in Iran, saying the newly created post is "politically motivated."


Japan reactor nuclear core may have breached (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:13 PM PDT

A worker prepares to load boxes containing bottles of water onto a truck to distribute to households with infants, at a warehouse in Tokyo Thursday, March 24, 2011. Anxiety over Japan's food and water supplies soared following warnings about radiation leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant into Tokyo's tap water at levels unsafe for babies over the long term. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Japanese nuclear safety officials said Friday that they suspect that the reactor core at one unit of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant may have breached, raising the possibility of more severe contamination to the environment.

Japan's death toll tops 10,000

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Work recommences at Fukushima nuclear plant, as US pledges further help and radiation levels begin to return to normal.


Scott Walker's Office Seeks Access to Critical Professor's Email

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:26 PM PDT

If you missed William Cronon?s Times op-ed on Scott Walker the other day, go read it now. This


Syria: Assad promises reform on eve of major protests (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Is President Assad's authoritarian regime in Damascus serious about lifting the emergency law and liberalizing the media? Or are his promises another political game?


Strong quake in Myanmar kills more than 40 (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Nurses help pushing a patient's bed as they are evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake at Chiang Rai hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Thursday, March 24, 2011. A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night, killing one woman and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated. (AP Photo) Thailand OutAP - A strong earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 40 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known.

Chinese man left in a pickle after $4,000 salt spree (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:04 PM PDT

Reuters - A Chinese man who bought 6.5 tonnes of salt, hoping to profit from panic buying spurred by fears of radiation from Japan, is now stuck with the $4,000 (2,480 pounds) worth of the condiment, state media reported on Friday.


Many killed in Myanmar quake

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:30 PM PDT

At least 50 people have died after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar.


Plant workers' radiation exposure high

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:50 PM PDT

Three Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant workers were exposed to water with 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for the location, an official in Japan said. SALT BUILDUP A CONCERN | DEATHS TOP 10,000 |

Liberals Paved the Way for Corporate School Reform

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:53 PM PDT

I?ve been picking on Republicans and conservatives a lot lately, but it was really liberals wh


Canada government set for defeat on sleaze, waste

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:19 PM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Conservative government looks set to fall on Friday over charges of waste and sleaze, bringing a May election that Prime Minister Stephen Harper says could hurt one of the best-performing industrialized economies.

Shark bites Cancun tourist in surf despite warning (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:19 PM PDT

AP - A lifeguard in the Mexican resort of Cancun says a tourist has been attacked by a shark after ignoring warnings to stay out of the water.


SKorea will punish 10 diplomats over China scandal (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT

AP - South Korea says 10 former and current diplomats posted at its Shanghai consulate will be punished after an investigation found some diplomats had "inappropriate relationships" with a Chinese woman.


Canada government set for defeat on sleaze, waste (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's minority Conservative government looks set to fall on Friday over charges of waste and sleaze, bringing a May election that Prime Minister Stephen Harper says could hurt one of the best-performing industrialized economies.


Avoid Startup Opportunity Bubbles Ready To Burst

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT

In finance, a bubble is too much money chasing assets, greater asset production and a herd mentality


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