Insight: Shaky finances rattle Nigeria's airline safety

Insight: Shaky finances rattle Nigeria's airline safety

Insight: Shaky finances rattle Nigeria's airline safety

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:19 PM PST

LAGOS (Reuters) - Passengers arriving at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a refugee camp.

2012: The First Digital Election

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:13 PM PST

Guest post written by Paul Springer and Mel Carson Paul Springer and Mel Carson's book Pioneers of Digital is available on Amazon. Springer is Head of Research at Buckinghamshire New University in the U.K. Carson is founder of Delightful Communications.  Whichever way this election tilts, it will ultimately be tagged the first full digital election [...]


Insight: Hunger strikes in industrial Russia test loyalty to Putin

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:04 PM PST

Workers spend time under a tent during their hunger strike near a steel mill in Verkhnyaya SinyachikhaVERKHNYAYA SINYACHIKHA, Russia (Reuters) - Factory smokestacks tower over weathered wooden houses in this provincial Russian town, part of the industrial heartland that helped propel Vladimir Putin into the presidency. Towns like Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha in the vast metals and manufacturing province of Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains, some 2,000 km (1,240 miles) east of Moscow, have long been regarded as the backbone of support for the former KGB spy. ...

Analysis: China's mission impossible - a date for Hu's military handover

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:53 PM PST

File photo of Chinese President Hu Jintao attending a military parade during his visit to an airbase in Hong KongBEIJING (Reuters) - Outgoing Chinese president Hu Jintao is keeping the nation and the rest of the world guessing over whether he will seek to hang on as armed forces chief, sources said, highlighting a potentially serious weakness in Beijing's succession planning. The question of when Hu will hand over the reins as chairman of the Central Military Commission, the supreme decision-making body for the armed forces, is one of the biggest uncertainties surrounding China's current transition to a new administration. ...

French refinery fate in balance as strikes loom

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:01 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - The fate of France's oldest refinery will be decided on Monday, marked by a one-day strike that the government and the oil industry will be anxious to prevent from escalating into a disruptive movement similar to one in 2010. Last month, the commercial court in Rouen, northern France, rejected two bids to take over the Petit-Couronne refinery of insolvent Swiss firm Petroplus, sending it into liquidation unless a new offer is approved by November 5. ...


VIDEO: Clashes at Russia nationalist marches

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:02 PM PST

Thousands of hardline nationalists have marched in 40 cities across Russia.


VIDEO: Army of volunteers help NY Sandy victims

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:09 PM PST

The pain of superstorm Sandy is still being felt in the eastern United States, with officials saying tens of thousands of people could soon need re-housing because of an expected cold spell.


VIDEO: 'Postpone voting' in storm-hit Staten Island

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:25 PM PST

Residents in parts of New York devastated by storm Sandy say voting should be postponed while they focus on finding shelter and feeding their families.


VIDEO: Parents arrested over acid attack on girl

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:55 PM PST

A couple arrested on suspicion of killing their 15-year old daughter with acid have told the BBC they feared she would bring dishonour on their family.


VIDEO: Army of volunteers help NY Sandy victims

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:09 PM PST

The pain of superstorm Sandy is still being felt in the eastern United States, with officials saying tens of thousands of people could soon need re-housing because of an expected cold spell.


VIDEO: 'Postpone voting' in storm-hit Staten Island

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:25 PM PST

Residents in parts of New York devastated by storm Sandy say voting should be postponed while they focus on finding shelter and feeding their families.


How Information Security Drives SMB Growth Partnerships

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 05:14 PM PST

Guest post written by Brian Burch Brian Burch is vice president of Americas Marketing for SMB at Symantec. Brian Burch Our U.S. presidential candidates have butted heads on many levels and issues but there is one area where both parties seem to agree: small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will play a critical role [...]


Span Of Control - 5 Things Every Leader Should Know

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 05:06 PM PST

Ask 5 people for their opinions on optimizing "span of control" and you'll likely receive 5 different opinions. These well meaning opinions will often cite a few different rules of thumb on size and composition, and will undoubtedly refer you to someone's version of best practices. Here's the problem – [...]


'Safety issues' blamed for NZ mine disaster

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:02 PM PST

Probe says 21 warnings about methane gas levels preceded explosion of November 2010 at coal mine that killed 29 workers.


Syria envoy seeks fresh UN resolution

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:01 PM PST

Brahimi says transitional government needs formal political sanction, as opposition meets to reorganise in Qatar.


Insight: Hunger strikes in industrial Russia test loyalty to Putin

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:14 PM PST

VERKHNYAYA SINYACHIKHA, Russia (Reuters) - Factory smokestacks tower over weathered wooden houses in this provincial Russian town, part of the industrial heartland that helped propel Vladimir Putin into the presidency.

French refinery fate in balance as strikes loom

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:31 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - The fate of France's oldest refinery will be decided on Monday, marked by a one-day strike that the government and the oil industry will be anxious to prevent from escalating into a disruptive movement similar to one in 2010.

Analysis: China's mission impossible - a date for Hu's military handover

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:53 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Outgoing Chinese president Hu Jintao is keeping the nation and the rest of the world guessing over whether he will seek to hang on as armed forces chief, sources said, highlighting a potentially serious weakness in Beijing's succession planning.

Greece bracing for 2 decisive votes this week

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 04:17 PM PST

Greece's coalition government is facing two crucial votes this week in its effort to secure a portion of a bailout loan by creditors that will stave off threatened bankruptcy.


Russian nationalists protest Putin, eye mainstream

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 12:40 PM PST

Ultra nationalist demonstrators and activists shout anti-government slogans as they march to mark National Unity Day, in Moscow, on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The march took place on Unity Day, a national holiday established in 2005 to replace commemorations of Bolshevik Revolution. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Thousands of nationalists marched through Moscow on Sunday chanting slogans such as "Russia for the Russians" to protest President Vladimir Putin's government, which they accuse of lavishing privileges on migrants and minorities while ignoring ethnic Russians.
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