Protests held in Darfur over donor conference |
- Protests held in Darfur over donor conference
- Hackers target Israeli government websites
- Who Got Rich This Week: A Teen Trendsetter, A Government Surplus Liquidator And More
- Hackers target Israeli websites
- China to let tourists visit disputed South China Sea islets
- Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions
- SKorea's top military officer puts off US trip
- China to let tourists visit disputed South China Sea islets
- Hackers target Israeli sites
- Rights concerns overshadow trade ties on Putin's European trip
- Rights concerns overshadow trade ties on Putin's European trip
- Shanghai Discovers Two More Cases Of Deadly Bird Flu; More Poultry Markets Shut
- AIDS Top Source Of Death From Infectious Disease in China In 2012
- Best Buy Copies J.C. Penney and Wall Street Applauds?
- Tax Day Comfort---Shakespeare Was A Tax Cheat
- US delays missile test over N Korea tensions
- Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others
- Kerry to press Turkey on Israel ties, Syrian border, Iraq
- Suspected Islamists kill 11 in northeast Nigeria raid
- Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others
| Protests held in Darfur over donor conference Posted: 06 Apr 2013 11:03 PM PDT Demonstrators say Sunday's donor conference in Qatar is unlikely to bring an end to insecurity on the ground in Darfur. |
| Hackers target Israeli government websites Posted: 06 Apr 2013 10:35 PM PDT Hacking group Anonymous claims to have launched operation with intent of "erasing Israel from cyberspace". |
| Who Got Rich This Week: A Teen Trendsetter, A Government Surplus Liquidator And More Posted: 06 Apr 2013 10:14 PM PDT Each week at Forbes we scan our database of corporate insiders to see who got richer from the action in the stock market. As traders continued to take profits and cynics sat on the sidelines waiting for the Bernanke bubble to burst, the S&P 500 turned in its worst week over week performance of the year, finishing down more than 1%. With the major indices now roughly flat since mid-March, big winners were once again few and far between. Here, a sampling of the corporate insiders who managed to trounce the market over the past seven days: |
| Hackers target Israeli websites Posted: 06 Apr 2013 10:43 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A weekend cyberattack campaign targeting Israeli government websites failed to cause serious disruption, officials said Sunday. The attacks followed warnings in the name of the hacking group Anonymous that it was launching a massive attack. |
| China to let tourists visit disputed South China Sea islets Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:43 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will this month start allowing tourists to visit the Paracel Islands, one of a group of disputed islets and reefs in the South China Sea, state news agency Xinhua said, a move likely to irk rival claimant Vietnam. A cruise ship that can accommodate 1,965 passengers is ready for sailing to the Paracels, known in Chinese as Xisha, Xinhua reported, citing ship owner Haihang Group Corp. Hainan Harbour and Shipping Holdings Co is building another cruise ship. ... |
| Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions Posted: 06 Apr 2013 10:06 PM PDT
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| SKorea's top military officer puts off US trip Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:33 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says its top military officer has put off a plan to visit Washington due to current tension with North Korea. |
| China to let tourists visit disputed South China Sea islets Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:43 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will this month start allowing tourists to visit the Paracel Islands, one of a group of disputed islets and reefs in the South China Sea, state news agency Xinhua said, a move likely to irk rival claimant Vietnam.      |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:16 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's media is reporting that the country's websites are under cyberattack, but most targeted sites do not appear to have been affected. |
| Rights concerns overshadow trade ties on Putin's European trip Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:07 PM PDT MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) - Growing Western concerns about Vladimir Putin's record on human rights and democracy could mean a chilly reception for the Russian president on a trip to Germany and the Netherlands, Moscow's biggest trade partners in Europe.     |
| Rights concerns overshadow trade ties on Putin's European trip Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:07 PM PDT
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| Shanghai Discovers Two More Cases Of Deadly Bird Flu; More Poultry Markets Shut Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:02 PM PDT Two new cases of the deadly bird flu H7N9 were discovered in Shanghai yesterday, bringing the total in the country to 18, the government-published Shanghai Daily reported today. |
| AIDS Top Source Of Death From Infectious Disease in China In 2012 Posted: 06 Apr 2013 08:36 PM PDT Six recent deaths in the eastern China area around Shanghai in connection with H7N9 bird flu are raising concerns about its spread in the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Controls and Prevision is "closely" following developments involving H7N9. (See post here.) Ten years ago, China was the epicenter of a SARS outbreak that killed several hundred globally. |
| Best Buy Copies J.C. Penney and Wall Street Applauds? Posted: 06 Apr 2013 07:31 PM PDT Best Buy is going to install branded Samsung shops in 1,400+ of its stores, and has indicated it will further explore the store-in-a-store approach recently touted by J. C. Penney as a remedy to the continued slide in its sales. Its shares traded up sharply on the day of the announcement, and at least one Wall Street analyst blessed the move as "another step in the right direction." |
| Tax Day Comfort---Shakespeare Was A Tax Cheat Posted: 06 Apr 2013 07:30 PM PDT To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question. Like other universal truths, no one likes to pay taxes. Some claim it is patriotic to pay more than your share. For most people, however, it's somehow satisfying to arrange your affairs to outsmart the tax man. |
| US delays missile test over N Korea tensions Posted: 06 Apr 2013 10:50 PM PDT Pentagon puts off intercontinental missile launch apparently to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea. |
| Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:16 PM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east. The diplomat and other Americans were in a convoy of vehicles in Zabul province when the blast occurred, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement. The soldiers and the diplomat died in the blast along with a civilian employee of the Defense Department and Afghan civilians, Kerry said. His statement gave no overall death toll. ... |
| Kerry to press Turkey on Israel ties, Syrian border, Iraq Posted: 06 Apr 2013 07:07 PM PDT
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| Suspected Islamists kill 11 in northeast Nigeria raid Posted: 06 Apr 2013 07:10 PM PDT KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants shot or hacked to death 11 people on Saturday in a northeast Nigerian village, including at a deputy governor's house, police said. Police spokesman for Adamawa state Mohammed Ibrahim said a further six people were wounded in the attack on Madube village, where Adamawa's deputy governor Bala Ngilari has a residence. The deputy governor himself was not harmed, he said. ... |
| Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others Posted: 06 Apr 2013 09:16 PM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.     |
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