Cyprus parliament to vote on bank savings tax |
- Cyprus parliament to vote on bank savings tax
- Syrian general defects from army
- Under Xi, China seeks to cool island row with Japan
- Under Xi, China seeks to cool island row with Japan
- China leaders pledge clean government, less waste
- In China's shadow, Gitmo Uighurs languish on Palau
- Depositors Pay Price in Cyprus Bailout Deal
- China Wraps Up Transfer of Power
- China, U.S. should stop war of words on hacking, says new Chinese premier
- China, U.S. should stop war of words on hacking, says new Chinese premier
- New China premier pledges strong ties with US
- Memo To McCann, Mahoney: Come Up With Better Volt Ads
- CERN Now Certain It Has Discovered The Higgs Boson
- Vote count under way in Zimbabwe referendum
- China wraps up session to install new leadership
- Chinese parliament appoints new leadership
- March Madness: A Lesson from Teams on the Bubble
- High-ranking Syrian general defects from army
- Premier: Bulgaria will not take lead in blacklisting Hezbollah
- Nepal police break up anti-government rally
| Cyprus parliament to vote on bank savings tax Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:42 PM PDT Cypriot savers must pay up to 10 percent levy on bank deposits to receive 10bn eurozone bailout to recapitalise banks. |
| Syrian general defects from army Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:45 PM PDT YouTube video purports to show logistics chief planning his defection from Bashar al-Assad's forces. |
| Under Xi, China seeks to cool island row with Japan Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:40 PM PDT
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| Under Xi, China seeks to cool island row with Japan Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:40 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a break from months of saber rattling, China under new President Xi Jinping appears to be moderating its approach to a potentially explosive territorial dispute with Japan and taking measures to prevent accidental conflict.     |
| China leaders pledge clean government, less waste Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:08 PM PDT
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| In China's shadow, Gitmo Uighurs languish on Palau Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:01 PM PDT
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| Depositors Pay Price in Cyprus Bailout Deal Posted: 16 Mar 2013 02:36 PM PDT Depositors in Cypriot banks will be hit Tuesday with a one-off tax of up to 9.9% on their savings as part of a $12.96 billion bailout from the euro zone and the IMF. |
| China Wraps Up Transfer of Power Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:32 PM PDT China's new leader Xi Jinping pledged a cleaner, more efficient government Sunday as the country's ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session that installed the latest generation of communist leaders. |
| China, U.S. should stop war of words on hacking, says new Chinese premier Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:15 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States should avoid "groundless accusations" against each other about cyber-security and hacking into each other's computer systems, newly installed Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday.    |
| China, U.S. should stop war of words on hacking, says new Chinese premier Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:14 PM PDT
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| New China premier pledges strong ties with US Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:40 PM PDT
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| Memo To McCann, Mahoney: Come Up With Better Volt Ads Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:03 PM PDT Now that the other shoe has dropped for Chevy advertising -- the end of its relationship with Goodby Silverstein, not long after the brand shucked the ineffective slogan conceived by the agency -- the next move by McCann should be this: a fresh, significant new campaign for Volt. |
| CERN Now Certain It Has Discovered The Higgs Boson Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:53 PM PDT Last July, scientists at CERN announced that, using the Large Hadron Collider, it had discovered a particle that was consistent with the properties they'd expect to find in Higgs boson. A Higgs boson is the particle that the current model of physics describes as giving mass to all particles in the universe. |
| Vote count under way in Zimbabwe referendum Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT Vote expected to endorse new constitution that would limit powers of President Robert Mugabe. |
| China wraps up session to install new leadership Posted: 16 Mar 2013 07:53 PM PDT
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| Chinese parliament appoints new leadership Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:05 PM PDT Cabinet consisting mainly of technocrats faced with slowing economy, as President Xi promises more efficient government. |
| March Madness: A Lesson from Teams on the Bubble Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:33 PM PDT If you follow college basketball, you're probably tired of hearing about "bubble teams." Every night, ESPN's experts weigh the fortunes of squads with pedestrian won-loss records. They dissect their seasons, measure them against each other, and forecast how many games they must win to earn an NCAA Tournament invite. It is the sports equivalent of an NBC sitcom, with all the will-they-or-won't-they drama of Ross and Rachel. |
| High-ranking Syrian general defects from army Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:52 PM PDT BEIRUT — A high-ranking general in the Syrian army defected Saturday with the help of rebels and said morale is low among those still fighting for President Bashar al-Assad as the civil war enters its third year. Read full article >>   |
| Premier: Bulgaria will not take lead in blacklisting Hezbollah Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:36 PM PDT SOFIA — Bulgaria's new interim prime minister said Saturday he would not initiate any move to impose European Union sanctions on the Islamist group Hezbollah, even though the country had implicated the Islamist movement in a bombing at a Black Sea resort. Read full article >>   |
| Nepal police break up anti-government rally Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:23 PM PDT Opposition supporters protesting against appointment of chief justice as caretaker PM clash with police in Kathmandu. |
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