TED talk urges 'radical openness' Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:31 AM PDT From best-selling authors to admirals, TED opens with talk of the need for greater openness.  
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Child's blast death 'suspicious' Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT The death of a child in an explosion in Oldham is being treating as suspicious, police confirm.  
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University of Virginia Board Reinstates President Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT Teresa Sullivan was reinstated less than three weeks after being ousted in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty.  
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F.B.I. Says 26 Are Arrested in Credit Card Theft Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT The cybercrime arrests were made on four continents in an undercover operation.  
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UK's MI5 chief warns of 'terrorism' threat Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT Jonathan Evans says Arab Spring indirectly helped bolster Al Qaeda, increasing potential for attack ahead of Olympics.  
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Magnitsky documentary suggests fraud, collusion between Russian officials, police detectives Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT |
Mexico's Pena Nieto with big poll lead before election Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:53 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto maintained his wide lead over leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a new opinion poll published on Tuesday.  
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VIDEO: Folk music returns to Pakistani city Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:50 PM PDT A music competition in Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province highlights the decreasing hold of militancy in the region.  
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E.P.A. Emissions Rules Backed by Court Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT A federal appeals court supported the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to impose emissions limits aimed at heat-trapping gasses.  
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City Room: Turnout Mixed in Early Voting in City's Congressional Primaries Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:40 AM PDT Several hotly contested Democratic Congressional primaries are being held months earlier than usual, and some fears of light turnout appears justified.  
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Italy's Monti wins confidence votes on labor reform Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Tuesday won the first two of four confidence votes called to accelerate the passage of his labor reform that has been criticized by both by labor unions and the business establishment.  
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Zynga bets on Farmville 2 game Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:08 PM PDT Video game developer Zynga unveils a sequel to its most popular and highest earning title.  
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VIDEO: How much can you fit in 32m sq? Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT Hong Kong architect Gary Change has redesigned his the 32m sq apartment he grew up in, to make the most of his limited space and include all mod cons, and luxuries.  
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Obama Campaign Banks on a High-Tech Ground Game Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:50 PM PDT A cadre of volunteers has been formed to "break through the clutter" of an expected wave of negative television ads from Romney supporters.  
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French spirit inspired me, Aung San Suu Kyi says Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:06 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's revolutionary spirit, art, literature and even its onion soup served as an inspiration to Myanmar pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi during years of house arrest, she said on Tuesday.  
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Mexico presidential hopeful rallies support Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:51 AM PDT Conservative ruling party's Josefina Vazquez Mota message emphasises role as mother first, politician second.  
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Paraguay's Lugo says only miracle can reinstate him Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:04 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo said it would take a miracle for him to return to power after Congress forced him from office in a matter of hours last week in a move that prompted criticism and sanctions abroad.  
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China, Chile aim to double trade by 2015: Premier Wen Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:05 PM PDT SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Top metals consumer China and world No. 1 copper producer Chile plan to double their bilateral trade to $60 billion by 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday during an official visit to Chile.  
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Myanmar Taps Firms for New Securities Exchange Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:09 PM PDT Myanmar is approaching local companies across a range of industries to list on a new securities exchange it is aiming to set up by 2015.  
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Visa Europe Prepares For Possible Euro Zone Breakup Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:53 AM PDT The European licensee of Visa Inc. is drawing up plans to respond to the possible deepening of Europe's financial crisis and a Greek default on its debts, examining such contingencies as paralysis in cross-border payments, civil unrest and the breakup of the single currency.  
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