Small plane crashes in Russia killing 10

Small plane crashes in Russia killing 10

Small plane crashes in Russia killing 10

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small propeller plane crashed in Russia's far east on Wednesday killing 10 of the 14 people on board, Russia's local emergency services said. The Russian-design Antonov An-28 plane flown by two pilots was taking 12 passengers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the provincial capital of Kamchatka, to the northern village of Palana when it crashed. Heavy storm clouds and bad weather may have brought down the plane, a local air traffic control source told Interfax. The agency said one child was among the dead. ...


Japan Osaka mayor seeks national power with new party

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:54 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto formally launches a bid for national power on Wednesday with a new political party that critics say taps simmering nationalist sentiment just as Japan faces increasingly strained ties with China and South Korea. That tension has been growing in recent weeks as Beijing and Seoul both clash with Tokyo over rival claims to islands in the region, disputes that trace back to lingering resentment over Japan's wartime rule in the region. ...


Deaths in factory fires in Pakistan up to 97

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:41 PM PDT

A fireman tries to extinguish a fire which broke out in a factory on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. Factory fires in two of Pakistan's major cities killed 39 people and injured dozens more on Tuesday, including some who had to break through barred windows and leap to the ground to escape the flames. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)Pakistani officials say the death toll from devastating factory fires that broke out in two major cities has risen to 97.

Japan Osaka mayor seeks national power with new party

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:54 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto formally launches a bid for national power on Wednesday with a new political party that critics say taps simmering nationalist sentiment just as Japan faces increasingly strained ties with China and South Korea.

Singapore gives royal welcome to William, Kate

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:51 PM PDT

Hundreds of spectators waved British flags and cheered the arrival Wednesday of William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Singapore's new Gardens by the Bay park.

Fire at Pakistani garment factory kills at least 55

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:57 PM PDT

At least 55 people, including a child, were killed in a fire that swept through a garment factory overnight in the Pakistani city of Karachi, a rescue official said Wednesday.

Fires engulf factories in two Pakistan cities

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:44 PM PDT

At least 80 killed and dozens more injured in fires at shoe factory in Lahore and a garment factory in Karachi.


Myanmar minister says foreign investment law ready soon

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:07 PM PDT

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - A new foreign investment law should be promulgated in Myanmar soon, a senior minister said on Wednesday, after lawmakers compromised on certain proposals that were opposed by President Thein Sein who is keen to attract foreign companies. International firms are lining up to enter Myanmar, which has opened up fast since a military regime gave way 18 months ago to the quasi-civilian government led by Thein Sein. ...


Mediation rejected between Australian mining magnate, kids

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:45 PM PDT

Handout picture of Australia's richest woman, Rinehart, adjusts a cap on Australia's Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, Ferguson during a visit to the Galilee BasinSYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian judge rejected a request on Wednesday for mediation between Asia's richest woman and her three children in a dispute over a multi-billion dollar family trust, saying there was little chance of a settlement. The case, which started being heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Wednesday, is an unwelcome distraction for mining magnate Gina Rinehart as she scrambles to secure funding for a $10 billion iron ore mine. ...

Deadly factory fires in 2 Pakistani cities kill 85

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:39 PM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Factory fires that broke out in two major cities in Pakistan killed 85 people and injured dozens more, including some who had to break through barred windows and leap to the ground to escape the flames, officials and survivors said Wednesday.

Small plane crashes in Russia killing 10

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small propeller plane crashed in Russia's far east on Wednesday killing 10 of the 14 people on board, Russia's local emergency services said.

Myanmar minister says foreign investment law ready soon

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:07 PM PDT

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - A new foreign investment law should be promulgated in Myanmar soon, a senior minister said on Wednesday, after lawmakers compromised on certain proposals that were opposed by President Thein Sein who is keen to attract foreign companies.

Assad's forces shell Damascus rebel stronghold, 4 killed

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:34 PM PDT

Damaged buildings are seen after an explosion in AleppoAMMAN (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday in ground and aerial bombardments of one of the last rebel strongholds in the Syrian capital Damascus, opposition activists said. Numerous buildings were hit by artillery and helicopter gunfire in Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood, they said. Footage posted on the Internet by activists showed holes in buildings and rubble strewn in alleyways. ...

Filipinos flee war in Syria with tales of horror

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT

Overseas Filipino Workers, who fled the civil war in Syria, wave Syrian and Philippine flags upon arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via a chartered flight by the International Organization for Migration on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Manila, Philippines. The nearly 300 workers, all of them young women who worked as babysitters and maids in Syria, said they were scared for their safety and sought shelter at the Philippine Embassy in Damascus until their repatriation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Filipino Ruth Pana remembered the windows of her employer's house in Damascus riddled with bullets. The maid, who escaped first to the Philippine Embassy in the Syrian capital and then to Manila aboard an evacuation flight, also remembered one of the sons of her Syrian employer being killed by government forces.

2013 -- It's a Hybrid World

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Continued growth of client computers hinges on the success of ultra-thin notebook computers.  These devices usually contain an SSD and some contain an SSD and a hard drive for a dual storage computer.  For example the all-SSD Macbook Air has enjoyed considerable success, but laptop computers having a generally useful [...]


Apple iPhone 5 Forecast To Drive Second Half 2012 Smartphone Shipments To 346.5 Million

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:49 PM PDT

With the Apple press conference at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center on September 12 set for CEO Tim Cook to debut the new iPhone 5, research firm IHS iSuppli predicts the arrival of the iPhone 5 will spur a rebound in Apple's smartphone shipments in the third and fourth quarters [...]


Higgs Boson Discovery Has Been Confirmed

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:48 PM PDT

CERN's discovery of the Higgs Boson has made it through the hurdle of peer review and been confirmed.


Mediation rejected between Australian mining magnate, kids

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:45 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian judge rejected a request on Wednesday for mediation between Asia's richest woman and her three children in a dispute over a multi-billion dollar family trust, saying there was little chance of a settlement.

China maintains silence on Xi, rumor mill in overdrive

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:28 PM PDT

File photo of China's Vice President Xi Jinping speaks with Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi during a meeting in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities and media remained silent on the whereabouts of Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, with rumors and speculation spreading over why Beijing was not more forthcoming on the health of its president-in-waiting. Xi has skipped meetings with a number of visiting leaders and senior officials over the past week, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, because of what sources told Reuters was a possible injury to his back suffered while swimming. ...

Ford Sees Cost Breakthrough With New Family of Hybrids

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Reduction in rare earth metals used in its new hybrid system cut the cost by 30 percent, carmaker says.


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