Israeli government, settlers to cooperate in West Bank move

Israeli government, settlers to cooperate in West Bank move

Israeli government, settlers to cooperate in West Bank move

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:34 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A cluster of Jewish settlers slated for eviction under an Israeli court order said on Wednesday they would go quietly, sparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a showdown with a core constituency.

Survey: Asia's millionaires outnumber NAmerica's

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:04 PM PDT

Asia's millionaires outnumbered North America's for the first time last year even as the world's wealthy saw their fortunes decline amid turbulent financial markets, a new survey says.


Bus plunges into deep ravine in China; 17 killed

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:48 PM PDT

Chinese state media say 17 people were killed and three seriously injured when a long-distance bus overturned and plunged down a deep ravine.


VIDEO: Mubarak supporters gather at hospital

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Reports from Cairo say former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death.


VIDEO: 'No breakthrough' in Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:01 PM PDT

The latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme has ended with no clear breakthrough, officials say.


VIDEO: The lost caves of the Amazon

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Beneath the Amazon rainforest, scientists have recently discovered hundreds of massive caverns in the rich deposits of iron ore.


Look Out Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S III Is The Next Big Thing, Literally

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:55 PM PDT

The next iPhone will be amazing. It will have to be.???s new flagship, the Galaxy S III ? starting at $200 with a two-year contract with any of the major U.S. carriers ? sets a new standard for what a modern smartphone should be: big. The Galaxy S III has a screen almost as big ...


'Witcher 2??? Developer Marcin Iwinski On 'Diablo III' DRM

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:53 PM PDT

Whether we like it or not, always-online DRM is the future according to CDP RED CEO Marcin Iwinski, whose company has abandoned DRM altogether. Over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun they?ve got an interesting interview up with CD Projekt RED CEO Marcin Iwinski. Turns out the game developer and GOG.com proprietor will be responsible for the ...


US to extend military presence in Kuwait

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Congressional report says more troops should be based in Gulf state to respond to sudden conflicts in oil-rich region.


Greek conservatives hope to seal coalition deal

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek conservatives hope to form a coalition government on Wednesday which must persuade mistrustful foreign lenders to allow more leeway in pushing through a deeply unpopular austerity program.

Teach Cheating to Stop Cheating

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:26 PM PDT

A company publishes in its employee handbook the most common ways that employees steal from the company. Students in a military class are required to cheat. How in the world can that make sense? The good news: there's actually some logic to all of this. First, a recollection. The summer after I graduated from high ...


Egyptians rally for power, Mubarak ailing

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:03 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Staking its claim to Egypt's presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood rallied in Cairo on Tuesday to demand the ruling generals hand over real power, following moves by the army that its U.S. ally labeled an assault on democracy.

Review: Can the Samsung Galaxy S III Compete?

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:03 PM PDT

? As I write this, I am looking down at what may be the most beautiful phone I?ve ever touched. The Galaxy S III doesn?t necessarily demand attention or make its presence known with flash. Rather, it actually feels smaller than the sum of its parts. And wonderfully so. claims that their new flagship Android ...


Peter Thiel Launches New Venture Firm With $400 Million Under Management

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:01 PM PDT

Billionaire Peter Thiel announced today that he's started Mithril Capital Management, a new globally-focused venture firm with $402 million under management.


Chinese police warn Ai Weiwei to avoid tax hearing

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Dissident Chinese artist Ai answers question during interview at studio in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said on Wednesday police had warned him to stay away from a court hearing on his company's lawsuit against a tax agency, which he said illegally imposed a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty on it. Beijing's Chaoyang District Court agreed last month to hear the lawsuit from the company that markets Ai's work, a departure from the courts' consistent refusal to give dissidents such as Ai any hearing. ...

WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:58 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference in LondonQUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his country would weigh the request from the self-styled anti-secrecy campaigner, whose website is famous for leaking hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. ...

VIDEO: Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Sydney's seafront and harbour is well-known for its pristine tidiness, but delve under the water and it is a different picture.


VIDEO: Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Sydney's seafront and harbour is well-known for its pristine tidiness, but delve under the water and it is a different picture.


The 7 C's: How to Find and Hire Great Employees

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:22 PM PDT

A founder can't grow a winning enterprise singlehandedly. Some may try, but it is nearly impossible to do so. Every famous entrepreneur has built a flourishing company with great employees by his or her side. An entrepreneur can invent and even commercialize an idea as an enterprise of one. In time, however, the tasks of ...


India Races to Contain Untreatable TB

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:02 PM PDT

India's slow response to years of medical warnings now threatens to turn the country into an incubator for a mutant strain of tuberculosis that is proving resistant to all known treatments.


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