Egypt braces for controversial court ruling

Egypt braces for controversial court ruling

Egypt braces for controversial court ruling

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:28 PM PDT

High court to rule on law that could disqualify presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq from this weekend's election.


Moderate quake shakes southeast Turkey

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:19 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook Sirnak province in southeast Turkey on Thursday, the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul said.

VIDEO: Amnesty accuses Syria of war crimes

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:44 PM PDT

The human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the Syrian government of war crimes and adopting a scorched earth policy.


Syrian army systematically killing civilians: Amnesty

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:08 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian government forces are killing civilians in organized attacks on towns and villages that amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said on Thursday, citing evidence from over 20 locations in the country's northwest. The rights group repeated its call for the United Nations Security Council to refer Syria to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and to impose an arms embargo. ...


Insight: Germany and Greece: a tale of estrangement

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:02 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - In early October of last year, German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler landed in Athens on a plane packed full of corporate executives, carrying a message of hope. Germany and its leading firms, the young minister told Greek leaders, stood ready to help Greece overcome the debt crisis that had plunged its economy into recession and pushed it to the brink of its second EU/IMF rescue in little more than a year. The mood in the meetings that followed was described by German officials who participated as "euphoric". ...


Japan to pass bill to insure Iran oil imports

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of Iran's big Asian buyers to find a way to keep the oil flowing in the face of tough new EU sanctions. A European Union ban on member countries importing Iranian oil takes effect on July 1 and includes a ban on EU insurance firms from covering Iran's exports. That is a headache for Japan, South Korea, China and India, who together buy two thirds of Iran's oil exports and rely on EU companies to insure them. EU and U.S. ...


Suu Kyi kicks off Euro tour set to steal Myanmar spotlight

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:17 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar prisoner-turned-parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi began a tour of Europe almost certain to attract the kind of fanfare that will test the patience of the reformist generals now in power after decades of army rule.

Syrian army systematically killing civilians: Amnesty

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:09 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian government forces are killing civilians in organized attacks on towns and villages that amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said on Thursday, citing evidence from over 20 locations in the country's northwest.

Insight: Germany and Greece: a tale of estrangement

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:02 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - In early October of last year, German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler landed in Athens on a plane packed full of corporate executives, carrying a message of hope.

'Go Further' Brand Message Is Aimed at Ford's Employees, Too

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT

Ford?s new branding effort has two important audiences: the world of car buyers ? and Ford employees. So when the company urges all within hearing to ?Go Further,? it?s not just appealing to consumers in America or China to take that extra step and check out a Ford vehicle; and it?s not just promising that ...


Violence tests Myanmar's media, and its censors

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT

A soldier stands in the rain as he secures a major street in Sittwe(Reuters) - When Myanmar emerged last year from army rule, state censors started to loosen their powerful grip, allowing newspapers to report freely on what had been unthinkable, from the views of opposition politicians to allegations of government corruption. But as sectarian violence rages between majority Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas in western Rakhine state, the old ways are returning. Censorship is creeping back, raising questions about whether the pre-screening of copy will be dropped, as the government has said. ...

Violence tests Myanmar's media, and its censors

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:43 PM PDT

(Reuters) - When Myanmar emerged last year from army rule, state censors started to loosen their powerful grip, allowing newspapers to report freely on what had been unthinkable, from the views of opposition politicians to allegations of government corruption.

Japan to pass bill to insure Iran oil imports

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lower house is set to pass a bill on Friday to provide government guarantees on insurance for Iranian crude cargoes, making it the first of Iran's big Asian buyers to find a way to keep the oil flowing in the face of tough new EU sanctions.

Australia to create biggest marine reserve

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:57 PM PDT

Network of parks to protect waters by banning oil and gas exploration and limiting commercial fishing.


Could Artify It Be The Web Evolution Of The Art Gallery?

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:01 PM PDT

While art in itself is constantly changing with new techniques, styles and artists, the buying and selling of art has been pretty much the same since, well, Leonardo da 's time. For Lorenzo Thione, the founder of the startup, Artify.it, now is the time for a renaissance -- in the art business world that is. ...


Here's One Thing Google and Facebook Can Agree On: Fighting Scam Ads

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT

recently has stepped up a drive to stop ads that hawk counterfeit goods or send people to sites that try to scam them or install malicious software on their computers. But up to now, and other companies from AOL to have attacked the problem individually, leaving holes in their defenses. On June 14, the nonprofit ...


Deaths in India steel plant blast

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 10:36 PM PDT

At least 10 people killed in explosion at state-owned plant in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam.


Iran and Saudi jockey for OPEC position

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:42 PM PDT

Sanctions have taken their toll on Iran's oil revenues, and the country is taking the fight to OPEC.


Firepower bristles in South China Sea as rivalries harden

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:32 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - In the early years of China's rise to economic and military prowess, the guiding principle for its government was Deng Xiaoping's maxim: "Hide Your Strength, Bide Your Time." Now, more than three decades after paramount leader Deng launched his reforms, that policy has seemingly lapsed or simply become unworkable as China's military muscle becomes too expansive to conceal and its ambitions too pressing to postpone. ...


US Ranks 6 in Best & Worst G20 Countries For Women

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 08:34 PM PDT

Canada is the best place to be a woman, India is the worst according to a new poll by Foundation. The legal news service launched a??global poll of experts??this week??on the??worst and best countries for women in the G20, ranking the US,??which ?polarised opinion due to issues surrounding reproductive rights and affordable healthcare,???in sixth place. ...


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