UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils (AP)

UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils (AP)

UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:08 PM PST

AP - British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.


China's growth ebbs in final quarter of 2011 (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:25 PM PST

Chinese workers load packages with Chinese words reading, 'All the Best,' for sale for the coming Lunar New Year outside a shop in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. China's economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2011 to its lowest rate in two and a half years as export demand weakened and Beijing fought inflation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China appears on track to avoid an abrupt economic slowdown with possible global repurcussions after growth eased to a still robust 8.9 percent in the last quarter of 2011.

Egypt's Bedouin leaders threaten rebellion

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

Egypt's military-led government, struggling to manage the transition to democracy, has a rising adversary: rebellious Bedouin tribes.

Rivals assail Romney before S Carolina vote

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:43 PM PST

Republican frontrunner faces questions over tax and his tenure as head of private equity firm in pre-primary debate.


Ethiopia forcing thousands off land: U.S. rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:17 PM PST

Reuters - Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lease it to foreign investors, leaving former landowners destitute and in some cases starving, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.


Veteran Chinese dissident indicted for "subversive" poem (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:27 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charges for writing a poem urging people to gather to defend their freedoms, his lawyer said on Tuesday, the latest activist to such charges in a tightening clampdown.


Yemen unrest may force election delay: minister

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's foreign minister said it might be difficult to hold elections as scheduled on February 21 because of insecurity in the impoverished country.

Chinese growth slows to near three-year low

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:05 PM PST

Quarterly growth slips to 8.9 per cent but analysts predict "soft landing" for world's second largest economy.


Veteran Chinese dissident indicted for "subversive" poem

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:27 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have indicted veteran dissident Zhu Yufu on subversion charges for writing a poem urging people to gather to defend their freedoms, his lawyer said on Tuesday, the latest activist to such charges in a tightening clampdown.

Ethiopia forcing thousands off land: U.S. rights group

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:17 PM PST

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land so it can lease it to foreign investors, leaving former landowners destitute and in some cases starving, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.

Stricken Italian liner shifts, 29 people missing (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:54 PM PST

Reuters - A stricken Italian cruise liner shifted on its rocky resting place as worsening weather disrupted an increasingly despairing hunt for survivors and authorities almost doubled their estimate of the number missing to 29 people.


Stricken Italian liner shifts, 29 people missing

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:54 PM PST

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - A stricken Italian cruise liner shifted on its rocky resting place as worsening weather disrupted an increasingly despairing hunt for survivors and authorities almost doubled their estimate of the number missing to 29 people.

VIDEO: China's influence on Australia

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

Australia's economy gets boost from tourism as well as from mineral sales on the back of Chinese economic growth.


VIDEO: Ice lanterns dazzle Chinese new year

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:13 PM PST

Celebrations are underway in Beijing to mark the Chinese Year of the Dragon, which starts next week.


VIDEO: China's influence on Australia

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

Australia's economy gets boost from tourism as well as from mineral sales on the back of Chinese economic growth.


Jordan’s Abdullah sees glimmer of hope in Mideast talks

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:00 PM PST

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday cited "baby steps" of progress after two weeks of talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, and said he is convinced that both sides are looking for a way to break the impasse that has stalled peace negotiations for more than two years.

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Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:00 PM PST

VIDEO: Ice lanterns dazzle Chinese new year

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:13 PM PST

Celebrations are underway in Beijing to mark the Chinese Year of the Dragon, which starts next week.


Gov't choppers under fire in Mexico drug war (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:21 PM PST

Suspect Raymundo Mateo Cruz (C) alias AP - The Mexican armed forces and prosecutors have suffered at least 28 gunfire attacks on helicopters in the five years since the government launched an offensive against drug cartels, according to official documents made public Monday.

Chevron: Rig catches fire off Nigeria's delta (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:33 PM PST

AP - An offshore rig exploring possible oil and gas fields off Nigeria's coast for Chevron Corp. caught fire Monday, and the oil company said officials were still trying to account for all those working there.


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