Opposition expected to gain in Lithuanian ballot

Opposition expected to gain in Lithuanian ballot

Opposition expected to gain in Lithuanian ballot

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:33 PM PDT

Voting precincts have opened in Lithuania, with opposition leftists and populists expected to vie for victory over the unpopular conservative government that took over four years ago as the Baltic country slid into a deep recession.


Time To End All This Doom And Gloom Over Sony And The PlayStation

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:09 PM PDT

Sony may be struggling, but the company and its PlayStation brand are a long ways from calling it quits.


Brazil forces set for Rio slum onslaught

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:00 PM PDT

More than 1,000 police and soldiers brace for military-style assault on drug traffickers in four of the city's favelas.


Syria bans Turkish flights as ties plummet

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:04 PM PDT

Damascus bans civilian flights over its air space claiming retaliation to Ankara's interception of a Syrian airliner.


VIDEO: Tight squeeze for space shuttle in LA

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:13 PM PDT

Branches of a tree had to be cut down to allow the huge vehicle along a road in Los Angeles.


VIDEO: Peru releases first sea lions back to wild

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:44 PM PDT

A local environment group let Fiona, Flynn and a reluctant Felix go near Palomina Island as part of a project to reintegrate endangered species back into their natural habitats.


VIDEO: Gaza's property boom as land prices soar

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:09 PM PDT

Almost four years after the conflict with Israel, Gaza is enjoying a period of relative calm.


Turkey cites Srebrenica in appeal for action on Syria

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:16 PM PDT

A member of Free Syrian Army jumps form a military vehicle in Saraqib area near Aleppo in northern SyriaISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the U.N. Security Council for inaction over Syria on Saturday, saying the world body was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1990s. President Bashar al-Assad's forces used air strikes and artillery to bombard insurgents on several fronts in Syria, as the 19-month-old conflict risks dragging in regional powers. Turkey is increasingly entangled after intercepting a Syrian airliner carrying what it said were Russian-made munitions for the Syrian army, infuriating Moscow and Damascus. ...

Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian militant

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Palestinians wheel the body of a militant at a hospital, following an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza StripGaza (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another on Sunday, hospital officials said, hours after Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group. An Israeli military spokesman said the men targeted had been preparing to fire rockets into Israel. The air strike, which targeted a motorcycle in southern Gaza, came hours after Israel killed two other militants in a similar attack late on Saturday. ...

Tunisia ruling coalition agrees to hold elections next June

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:30 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling coalition, led by the Islamic Ennahda Movement, said early on Sunday it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23 with the president being chosen directly by voters. The coalition's agreement on a date for elections and the establishment of an amended parliamentary system come after widespread criticism from the opposition that Ennahda wants to control the government and avoid elections. ...


Turkey cites Srebrenica in appeal for action on Syria

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:16 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the U.N. Security Council for inaction over Syria on Saturday, saying the world body was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1990s.

Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian militant

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Gaza (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another on Sunday, hospital officials said, hours after Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group.

VVV Gaming Exec Rob Thompson Believes Riot Games Has Paved The Way For Success In ESports

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:46 PM PDT

With League of Legends Season Two culminating at USC in Los Angeles, the world of eSports continues to grow. The success of LoL and Starcraft II has opened up new opportunities for entrepreneurs and new companies. Once such company is vVv Gaming. Rob Thompson, vice president of operations at vVv [...]


VIDEO: Syria bans Turkish planes in airspace

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:48 PM PDT

Syria's government has imposed a ban on all Turkish civilian planes flying in its airspace.


Tunisia ruling coalition agrees to hold elections next June

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:30 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling coalition, led by the Islamic Ennahda Movement, said early on Sunday it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23 with the president being chosen directly by voters.

Portugal and Spain march against austerity

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Thousands take to streets of both countries in fresh protests against spending cuts imposed to tackle debt crises.


Deadly attacks hit southern Afghanistan

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:22 PM PDT

At least nine people, including two coalition forces members, killed in bomb attacks in Kandahar province.


Princess Ameerah of Saudi Arabia on the Arab Spring, Education in the Middle East, Women's Rights and More

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT

Rahim Kanani and HH Princess Ameerah On a recent visit to New York to attend the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), I interviewed Princess Ameerah, Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations. We discussed her new initiative to bridge global divides, building understanding between the West and [...]


Tax Resolution Schemes Persist

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:23 PM PDT

In the throes of our country's worst economic time since the Great Depression, "tax resolution" firms advertised heavily on television, promising relief which they could not deliver. Desperate taxpayers facing tax collection action responded to the ads. These firms use high-pressure sales techniques to exact substantial retainers—typically [...]


Venezuela's Chavez shuffles cabinet, then tweets about it

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:21 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks after taking an oath with new cabinet ministers at Miraflores Palace in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shuffled his cabinet on Saturday then announced the changes from his Twitter account, days after winning a re-election bid that could extend his rule to nearly two decades. Chavez on Sunday beat opposition challenger Henrique Capriles by a resounding 11 percentage points, giving him a third six-year term to continue his self-styled socialist revolution in the South American OPEC nation. He named General Nestor Reverol, who has led Venezuela's anti-drugs agency, as the new interior minister. ...
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