Many dead in string of Iraq blasts

Many dead in string of Iraq blasts

Many dead in string of Iraq blasts

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:09 PM PDT

At least 10 killed as car bombings and roadside blasts hit several cities.


Clashes hit Syrian capital; West wants united front

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Smoke rises from Bab Sabaa neighbourhood of HomsAMMAN (Reuters) - Rebels fought gun battles with government forces in Damascus, in the most violent clashes Syria's capital has seen since the start of the year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. In a fresh effort to form a united international front on the mounting crisis, France circulated a Western-drafted statement for the U.N. Security Council deploring the turmoil and backing peace efforts by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Britain's U.N. envoy said he hoped the statement would be adopted on Tuesday and U.N. ...

Exclusive: Myanmar plans to set kyat at 820 per dollar: sources

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:43 PM PDT

File photo of cashiers behind piles of kyat banknotes as they count them in a private bank in YangonKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Myanmar's central bank plans to set the country's new exchange rate at around 820 kyat per U.S. dollar, close to its black market level, as the nation pushes ahead with economic reforms, two officials with private Myanmar banks said on Tuesday. The change would be a shock for government institutions and state-owned enterprises that have been using the official exchange rate of 6.4, the central bank has said. But broader economic waves are unlikely since an exchange rate around 800 is widely in use. ...

Blasts across Iraqi cities kill at least 22

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:22 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in a series of blasts in Iraqi cities on Tuesday, police and health sources said, the latest in a spate of violence ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad.

Ray Kurzweil's Predictions For 2009 Were Mostly Inaccurate

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:31 PM PDT

Exploring some of Ray Kurzweil's key predictions for 2009 shows that he was overly optimistic about the development and adoption of technologies.


Should Your Business Be on Pinterest? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:08 PM PDT

It seems like everyone's jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon. But is the latest social media darling a place for your business?


Gunman attacks Jewish school in France, four killed

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PDT

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday, days after killing three soldiers nearby, prompting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to put the region on its highest terrorism alert.

Russia joins truce calls for Syria

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Moscow seeks daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefire, backing Red Cross demands for delivering aid amid raging conflict.


Australia mining tax clears final hurdle

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:14 PM PDT

Mining firms decry move as parliament passes 30 per cent tax on iron ore and coal mine profits.


Of diapers and drugs, Iran's trouble paying bills

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:19 PM PDT

Harrington, president of American Pulp and Paper Corporation of Redmond, Washington, holds samples of WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like everyone, Iranians need diapers. Fred Harrington has built a business by selling Iran the raw materials to make them. The Redmond, Washington, businessman, who exports to Iran under a humanitarian license from the U.S. Treasury Department, says he is owed close to $3.8 million by Iranian companies who cannot pay him because of the latest U.S. and European Union sanctions. He is not alone. U.S. firms from major drug makers like Merck & Co. to mom-and-pop outfits like Harrington's American Pulp & Paper Corp. ...

Rape, torture plague Myanmar's Kachin conflict: rights group

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:54 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Troops in Myanmar have murdered, tortured and raped civilians since fighting with separatists flared up around nine months ago in northern Kachin State, leading to the displacement of 75,000 people, a rights group said on Tuesday. Government soldiers had blocked humanitarian aid and attacked innocent people with light and heavy weapons, burning down entire villages, abducting women and forcing children as young as 14 to become porters, according to a report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). ...


Of diapers and drugs, Iran's trouble paying bills

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like everyone, Iranians need diapers. Fred Harrington has built a business by selling Iran the raw materials to make them.

Rape, torture plague Myanmar's Kachin conflict: rights group

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:55 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Troops in Myanmar have murdered, tortured and raped civilians since fighting with separatists flared up around nine months ago in northern Kachin State, leading to the displacement of 75,000 people, a rights group said on Tuesday.

French manhunt for school killer

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:54 PM PDT

Vigil held for four killed in Toulouse, as police probe links between shooting spree and soldiers' killings last week.


VIDEO: Taiwan deaths linked to overworking

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:50 PM PDT

A string of recent deaths in Taiwan, linked to overwork, has raised questions about the price workers are paying for the country's success.


China, North Korea hold 2nd meeting on planned rocket launch: state media

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:03 PM PDT

China's nuclear envoy Wu talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim during their meeting at the foreign ministry in SeoulBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and North Korean officials have held their second meeting in five days to discuss the North's planned rocket launch, state media said late on Monday, suggesting Beijing may be increasing pressure on Pyongyang against the launch. But the isolated regime showed no signs of abandoning its plans for the launch which it says will carry a satellite, but which the United states and others say is the same as a ballistic missile test, which is banned under U.N. resolutions. ...

Bahrain awaits rights report amid divisions

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Government says it has implemented serious reforms since November, but opposition says major issues unresolved.


Much Ado About Balance

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:24 PM PDT

By Joseph Pereira ? Is the ?balance? for which we strive a reality or an imagined ideal? Can we even define what that balance means for individuals? People often refer to "balance" in life or in work as if it were something predetermined and concrete; a line in the sand or a clearly defined goal ...


Zero Help For Mets Fans In The Madoff Trustee Settlement With the Wilpons

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Picard Settlement with the Wilpons in the Madoff Collapse Does Nothing for Mets fans. The team is broke and this reduced settlement will do nothing to change that.


Help Wanted: IT Software Firms Ratchet Up Sales Hiring

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:35 PM PDT

Looking for work? You might want to consider enterprise software sales. Evercore Partners analyst Kirk Materne observes in a research note that a ?steadier demand environment? has spurred a clear-cut rise in open software sales positions. Materne says the aggregate number of postings for sales jobs on 23 software company websites in the latest week ...


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