Blast near Baghdad's Green Zone kills four: police

Blast near Baghdad's Green Zone kills four: police

Blast near Baghdad's Green Zone kills four: police

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:23 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed four Iraqis and wounded 11 others close to an entrance to Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, three police sources said on Monday.

VIDEO: Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT

After 123 days in space, three astronauts have landed back on earth. Their Soyuz spacecraft landed safely in central Kazakhstan.


Troubled Iraqi border town in eye of Syrian storm

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at a gate refugee camp in al-QaimAL QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) - Syrian refugees squeeze against a closed gate at an Iraqi border post, reaching through its metal bars to clamor for water, and calling out to Iraqi cousins and brothers on the other side. Yelling into their cellphones, more Syrians perch on top of the concrete walls that divide Iraq from Syria, waiting for Iraqis to unload trucks filled with boxes of cooking oil and bottled water and hoist them over the al Qaim checkpoint. ...

SA miners threaten to march despite clamp down

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Striking miners hungry after five weeks of no pay and enraged by police firing rubber bullets and tear gas are threatening to march despite a government-ordered clampdown to halt illegal protests and strikes damaging South Africa's critical mining sector.


Troubled Iraqi border town in eye of Syrian storm

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT

AL QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) - Syrian refugees squeeze against a closed gate at an Iraqi border post, reaching through its metal bars to clamor for water, and calling out to Iraqi cousins and brothers on the other side.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi begins US visit

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:53 PM PDT

Democracy leader to receive highest civilian honour during trip packed with meetings with officials and US-based groups.


U.S. urges China, Japan to cool anger in islands dispute

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:45 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States urged Japan and China on Monday to settle their increasingly angry dispute over islands claimed by both sides, saying it was in everyone's interests to have good relations between Asia two biggest economies.

Crowdfunding The Chance For 10,000 Entrepreneurs To Have Better Teams

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT

The Gabriel Institute is sponsoring a fundraising drive to give 10,000 entrepreneurs the chance to build the ultimate startup team.


U.S. and Japan agree to bolster missile defense radar in Japan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:55 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta shakes hands with Japan's Minister of Defense Morimoto in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan have agreed to locate a second missile defense radar on Japanese territory to protect against a ballistic missile threat from North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday. "(It) will enhance the alliance's ability to defend Japan, our forward deployed forces and the U.S. homeland from a ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea," Panetta told a news conference. He was speaking after a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto in Tokyo. (Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski, Editing by Jonathan Thatcher)

Australia's Gillard climbs back in polls a year from elections

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:36 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard wait for the start of the first session of the G20 Summit in Los CabosCANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is climbing back into contention for the next general election, still about 12 months away, with two new opinion polls showing a boost for her Labor Party government. Both a Newspoll, in the Australian newspaper, and a Nielsen poll in the Fairfax newspapers show support for Gillard's government has been building since July in a major turn-around for her minority government. ...

U.S. and Japan agree to bolster missile defense radar in Japan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:06 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan have agreed to locate a second missile defense radar on Japanese territory to protect against a ballistic missile threat from North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.

Doctor Who: 7.03: The Quality of Mercy Is Strained

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:37 PM PDT

In the Doctor Who episode "A Town Called Mercy," we have a duel at High Noon, a preacher who recites the Lord's Prayer, an undertaker who measures the Doctor for a casket, and pretty much every stock character you would expect from a Western on TV. Actually, "A Town Called Mercy" could have collapsed under the weight of its clichés, but it managed to save itself with some thoughts on redemption. (That, and the awesome Ben Browder, the actor who rocked Farscape and two+ seasons of Stargate: SG1.)


Australia's Gillard climbs back in polls a year from elections

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:36 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is climbing back into contention for the next general election, still about 12 months away, with two new opinion polls showing a boost for her Labor Party government.

US, Russian space trio lands in Kazakhstan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:31 PM PDT

In this photo provided by NASA, the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft lands with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergie Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (AP Photo/NASA, Carla Cioffi)An international three-man crew onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule touched down successfully on the cloudless central Kazakhstan steppe Monday morning after 123 days at the International Space Station.

Economic Recovery: How Did Successful Presidents Do It?

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:57 PM PDT

From a political perspective, the best time for a new president to take office is either during or immediately after a recession. Given the pattern of political and business interaction over the past century, any new president is likely to inherit the politically induced economic imbalances bequeathed by previous presidents [...]


Interview: CEO and Founder, RocketSpace

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Video Duncan Logan is the CEO and founder of RocketSpace, an accelerator based in San Francisco with alumni companies including Zappos, Spotify and PocketChange. Rocketspace is an accelerator for high growth, seed funded tech startups. They connect Venture Capital, blue-chip brands representing millions of users, and access to top tier talent. [...]


Why CIOs Are Quickly Prioritizing Analytics, Cloud and Mobile

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Customers are quickly reinventing how they choose to learn about new products, keep current on existing ones, and stay loyal to those brands they most value.  The best-run companies are all over this, orchestrating their IT strategies to be as responsive as possible. The luxury of long technology evaluation cycles, introspective [...]


Anti-Japan Demonstrations Spread, Costs Rising, as the Japan-China Crisis Worsens; China Defining New Regional Order; Panetta Due in Tokyo this Week

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT

No one is promising or expecting a U.S. effort at shuttle diplomacy to resolve this crisis. Sadly, the time for diplomacy came and went. It will come again, but not until some lessons about the new Asian order are taught and learned.


Chicago mayor will sue to end teacher strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:01 PM PDT

Rahm Emanuel seeks court order to end strike in third-largest US school district as it nears a second week.


Girl's death 24 years ago haunts quest for justice in reformist Myanmar

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:09 PM PDT

Brother and sisters of Win Maw Oo gather under a picture taken during the 1988 revolution, in which the injured Win Maw Oo is being carried by two doctors, at their home in YangonYANGON (Reuters) - The first two bullets struck her legs. The third one ploughed through her chest, shredding a lung and drenching her uniform with blood. The death of schoolgirl Win Maw Oo, 16, shot by soldiers during Myanmar's military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 1988, so torments her family that they have yet to perform the Buddhist rites to release her soul into the afterlife. "We still can't forget her," says Khine Nyein Ei, 30, as she prepares to mark the anniversary of her sister's death on Wednesday. "The tears never dry." The authorities haven't forgotten either. ...
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