Business as usual for South Korea's chaebol under Park

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• Business as usual for South Korea's chaebol under Park
• Iraqi president taken to Germany for treatment
• After Buffett, Obama and Boehner's Plan B, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
• VIDEO: 'Nazi-looted' posters to be sold
• Business as usual for South Korea's chaebol under Park
• Yemen's president shakes up the army
• Top Egyptian elections official steps down
• China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers
• Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks
• Thailand to extradite Italian accused of mob ties
• Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
• Rights group calls for release of activist missing in Laos
• AMT Will Hit 100M People, Warns IRS Commissioner
• Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
• Rights group calls for release of activist missing in Laos
• Auditor finds IMF was pressured by U.S. to fault China
• Science Goes Over The Fiscal Cliff
• India's Modi looks set to win state poll, may boost PM ambitions
• Colombian lawmakers approve controversial tax reform
• India's Modi looks set to win state poll, may boost PM ambitions

Business as usual for South Korea's chaebol under Park Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A Park will be back in South Korea's presidential mansion come February, and the big businesses, or chaebol, that dominate the country's economy will be breathing a sigh of relief that her left-wing challenger did not win Wednesday's presidential vote. Victory for Park Geun-hye, the 60-year old daughter of South Korea's former military ruler, in the election means the top chaebol - five of whom control assets worth 57 percent of gross domestic product in the world's 14th largest economy - can get back to the business of making money. ...

Iraqi president taken to Germany for treatment Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:18 PM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A Kurdish lawmaker says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has been flown to Germany for further medical treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week.

After Buffett, Obama and Boehner's Plan B, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Posted: 19 Dec 2012 03:34 PM PST Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Philippine game show) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Being a millionaire isn't what it used to be. Even so, nearly everyone still wants to be one. In a Strange Bedfellows combination, President Obama, Speaker John Boehner and Warren Buffett all seem to be in sinc about taxing [...]

VIDEO: 'Nazi-looted' posters to be sold Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:17 PM PST A rare collection of turn-of-the-century posters by some of the biggest names in art are to go under the hammer in New York.

Business as usual for South Korea's chaebol under Park Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A Park will be back in South Korea's presidential mansion come February, and the big businesses, or chaebol, that dominate the country's economy will be breathing a sigh of relief that her left-wing challenger did not win Wednesday's presidential vote.

Yemen's president shakes up the army Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:03 PM PST President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issues series of decrees replacing and removing ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh's loyalists.

Top Egyptian elections official steps down Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:58 PM PST Official overseeing referendum on draft constitution resigns amid allegations of irregularities.

China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:01 PM PST BEIJING (AP) — Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for Vendetta's" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:59 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say another victim from attacks on U.N. backed anti-polio teams has died, bringing the three-day toll to nine.

Thailand to extradite Italian accused of mob ties Posted: 19 Dec 2012 09:34 PM PST BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday ordered the extradition of a fugitive Italian banker found guilty of laundering money for some of Italy's top mobsters through New York pizzerias in the 1970s and '80s.

Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Having seen its star wane in Iraq, al Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighbouring Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt. The rise of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front, which the United States designated a terrorist organisation last week, could usher in a long and deadly confrontation with the West, and perhaps Israel. ...

Rights group calls for release of activist missing in Laos Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos should release a prominent rights activist who went missing this month, an international human rights group said on Thursday, although authorities there have said they do not know where he is or who was responsible for his disappearance. Sombath Somphone, 60, disappeared on December 15 in the Lao capital, Vientiane, after being stopped by police while driving his jeep from the development agency he founded, human rights groups say. ...

AMT Will Hit 100M People, Warns IRS Commissioner Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:36 PM PST 100 Million BC (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This isn't a world ending prediction, but it seems staggering all the same. It was bad enough when we learned that 30 Million Taxpayers Face Alternative Minimum Tax Right Now. Now triple that number and add another 10 million. The alternative minimum tax (AMT) can drive up [...]

Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:29 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Having seen its star wane in Iraq, al Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighbouring Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt.

Rights group calls for release of activist missing in Laos Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos should release a prominent rights activist who went missing this month, an international human rights group said on Thursday, although authorities there have said they do not know where he is or who was responsible for his disappearance.

Auditor finds IMF was pressured by U.S. to fault China Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:03 PM PST The International Monetary Fund, at the urging of the United States, shaped recent research to pressure China over its economic policies, according to a study released Wednesday by the fund's in-house watchdog. Read full article >>

Science Goes Over The Fiscal Cliff Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST If America doesn't want to listen to experts, we'll be going over a lot worse cliff than just financial.

India's Modi looks set to win state poll, may boost PM ambitions Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:12 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Narendra Modi looked set to win a fourth successive term as the chief minister of India's Gujarat state on Thursday, a victory that could launch the prime ministerial ambitions of one of the country's most popular but controversial leaders. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 115 out of 182 seats, against 62 seats for the Congress party, which heads India's national government, according to the Election Commission website at 0523 GMT. The final result is likely to have repercussions far beyond the borders of the prosperous western state of 60 million ...

Colombian lawmakers approve controversial tax reform Posted: 19 Dec 2012 07:47 PM PST BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Congress gave the green light on Wednesday to a controversial bill that aims to streamline the country's complicated tax system but at the cost of reducing government tax receipts going forward. Adjustments to President Juan Manuel Santos' tax proposal were seen as a bitter pill for his administration, which had wanted a reform that was revenue neutral for Latin America's fourth-largest economy. ...

India's Modi looks set to win state poll, may boost PM ambitions Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:12 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Narendra Modi looked set to win a fourth successive term as the chief minister of India's Gujarat state on Thursday, a victory that could launch the prime ministerial ambitions of one of the country's most popular but controversial leaders.

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Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’

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• Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’
• Hosni Mubarak treated in hospital
• Clinton not responsible for Benghazi shortcomings: inquiry
• Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month
• Georgia detains three former state officials for bribery
• Google captures 2012 zeitgeist
• Three State Dept. officials resign following Benghazi probe findings, news reports say
• Trial of Peru’s Comrade Artemio gets underway
• Iran's supreme leader 'likes' Facebook despite ban
• Yemeni president abolishes two major military units
• Rebels seize CAR town, push closer capital
• U.N. chief pushes for regional deal to end Congo crisis
• Israel pushes forward with new settlements
• Scarlett Johansson in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’
• Leading Off: A Sad Close to the Tebow Show
• VIDEO: Afghans face struggle for divorce
• Italian president indicates February 24 election date
• Sri Lanka's chief justice appeals parliament report
• Park claims South Korea presidency
• Park claims historic South Korea victory

Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’ Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST The president wants an extension of unemployment benefits and tax breaks for the working poor.

Hosni Mubarak treated in hospital Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:16 PM PST Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is treated in a military hospital after slipping and injuring his head, Egyptian state media say.

Clinton not responsible for Benghazi shortcomings: inquiry Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:27 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of an official inquiry into the fatal attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, did not find Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responsible for security lapses even as they outlined widespread failings within her department.

Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday.

Georgia detains three former state officials for bribery Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian prosecutors detained three former senior officials and the head of a power company on Wednesday, widening an investigation which the opposition says is a political witch-hunt by the new government.

Google captures 2012 zeitgeist Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST The internet giant's analysis reveals that Whitney Houston topped the world's search term rankings.

Three State Dept. officials resign following Benghazi probe findings, news reports say Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST The State Department's chief of security and two other officials have resigned from their positions, the Associated Press and CNN are reporting, following an independent investigation of the fatal attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya that found that "grossly" inadequate security and reliance on local militias left U.S. personnel vulnerable. Read full article >>

Trial of Peru’s Comrade Artemio gets underway Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST BOGOTA, Colombia — Florindo Eleuterio Flores, otherwise known as Comrade Artemio, spent 20 years at large in the eastern hills of the Peruvian Andes, carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. Holding red flags with yellow hammers and sickles and sporting T-shirts with "Popular Guerrilla Army" emblazoned on the front, he continued to wage a revolutionary war against the state that most Peruvians only wanted to forget. Read full article >>

Iran's supreme leader 'likes' Facebook despite ban Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST Iran's supreme leader 'likes' Facebook despite ban

Yemeni president abolishes two major military units Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president abolished two major military units on Wednesday, state television reported, a move that appeared aimed at undermining a political rival and could deepen instability in the impoverished Arab state.

Rebels seize CAR town, push closer capital Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebels pushed closer to the capital of Central African Republic on Wednesday despite a military intervention by neighboring Chad meant to halt their rapid advance in the mineral-rich country.

U.N. chief pushes for regional deal to end Congo crisis Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Wednesday at the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and said he had discussed a plan to bring stability to the region with leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and other African states.

Israel pushes forward with new settlements Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST Approval of more settler homes accelerate Palestinian plans to appeal to International Criminal Court, official says.

Scarlett Johansson in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:56 AM PST Scarlett Johansson, gravitating toward portraying flintier characters than those she portrayed earlier in her career, has returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Leading Off: A Sad Close to the Tebow Show Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:06 AM PST Was the Jets' only goal in signing Tim Tebow to have a buzzy news conference? He may have to play elsewhere to resurrect his career.

VIDEO: Afghans face struggle for divorce Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:42 AM PST Obtaining a divorce in Afghanistan is a difficult process when most couples chose to marry in the traditional way of giving their verbal consent rather than signing a legal document.

Italian president indicates February 24 election date Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president gave a strong indication on Wednesday that next year's election would be held in late February, as the country prepares to replace a technocrat government that has ruled for over a year.

Sri Lanka's chief justice appeals parliament report Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's chief justice appealed on Wednesday against a report by a parliamentary panel which said she was guilty of financial irregularities and failing to declare her assets, a case which has raised tensions between the government and the judiciary.

Park claims South Korea presidency Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST Amid frigid temperatures, South Koreans headed to the polls to elect a new president in a nation increasingly anxious about its economy.

Park claims historic South Korea victory Posted: 19 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST Amid frigid temperatures, South Koreans headed to the polls to elect a new president in a nation increasingly anxious about its economy.

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