Report: Iran sets up space monitoring center

Report: Iran sets up space monitoring center

Report: Iran sets up space monitoring center

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:00 PM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's media says that it has set up its first center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead.

Back Off, Man. I'm A Scientist! Greene, Carroll And Frank Open Seattle Science Festival 2013

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:26 PM PDT

The Seattle Science Festival 2013 opened Thursday night at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. The event, emceed by journalist Jennifer Ouellette, brought together some of the country's top theoretical physicists: Brian Greene, Sean Carroll and Adam Frank. The evening also featured a performance of the West Coast premiere of Icarus at the Edge of Time with live narration by Kal Penn, music by Philip Glass, which was performed by the Garfield Orchestra under the direction of Marcus Tsutakawa. The Seattle Science Festival 2013 continued today with Science Expo Day, adding more events through next week with the Best of UW Science Now on Monday and ends with its closing night event on June 15.

Many dead as asylum boat sinks off Australia

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:14 PM PDT

Search and rescue under way for dozens missing after boat sinks near remote Christmas Island, killing at least 13.

US gunman was ex-California college student

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:26 PM PDT

Shooter was a former student of Santa Monica College where he was ultimately killed after he had shot dead three people.

U.N. says Mali still precarious, future peacekeepers need equipment

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:29 PM PDT

Koenders, United Nations special envoy for Mali, is greeted by Mali's foreign affairs General Secretary Cisse upon his arrival at Bamako airportBy Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in Mali continue to pose a serious security threat to the entire region while African troops forming the core of a U.N. peacekeeping mission deploying next month are not yet properly equipped, the U.N. chief said in a new report. France launched a massive military campaign in January which broke al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters' control over the northern two-thirds of Mali and allowed the Tuaregs to regain control of their traditional fiefdom of Kidal. But U.N. ...

China Inflation Data Point to Weakness

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:25 PM PDT

China showed fresh signs of a less-than-robust economy in May as two measures of inflation revealed surprising weakness.

Koreas Begin Talks in Border Village

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:07 PM PDT

Delegates from North and South Korea began preparatory talks Sunday at a village on their border aimed at setting ground-rules for a higher-level discussion on easing animosity and restoring stalled rapprochement projects.

U.N. says Mali still precarious, future peacekeepers need equipment

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:29 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in Mali continue to pose a serious security threat to the entire region while African troops forming the core of a U.N. peacekeeping mission deploying next month are not yet properly equipped, the U.N. chief said in a new report.

China's 'first lady' Peng avoids California limelight

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 06:53 PM PDT

Peng Liyuan takes a photograph as Xi Jinping talks with Enrique Pena Nieto during a visit at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza in the peninsula of YucatanBy John Ruwitch RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - China's photogenic "first lady" Peng Liyuan played steel drums in Trinidad, strolled hand-in-hand with a coffee farmer's daughter in Costa Rica and snapped pictures with her iPhone in the shadow of Mayan ruins in Mexico. But the glamorous and popular wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped out of the spotlight for two days in California while her husband held unprecedented informal talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at a lush retreat in the desert on the last leg of a four-country trip. ...

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to wind down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 05:29 PM PDT

The agreement between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday to wind down the production and consumption of a class of chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners could mark a key step toward eliminating some of the most potent greenhouse gases.

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Brazil President Rousseff's popularity falls for first time: poll

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:42 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating fell for the first time since her term began in January 2011 as concern about inflation and sluggish economic growth grew, the Datafolha polling agency said on Saturday.

Court: 11 years for jailed Nobel winner's relative

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:18 PM PDT

A relative comforts Liu Xia, left, wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, while she cries outside Huairou Detention Center where her brother Liu Hui has been jailed in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Sunday, June 9, 2013. A court sentenced Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, to 11 years in prison Sunday — an unusually harsh punishment for a business dispute that the activist's wife immediately decried as a warning to the whole family. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)HUAIROU, China (AP) — A court sentenced the brother-in-law of China's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison Sunday — an unusually harsh punishment for a business dispute that the activist's wife immediately decried as a warning to the whole family.

Brother-in-law of Chinese Nobel winner jailed for 11 years

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:43 PM PDT

HUAIROU, China (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Sunday sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud in a case that rights activists have called another example of official retribution on the Liu family.

Graft trial opens of former China railways minister

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:41 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, went on trial on Sunday charged with corruption and abuse of power, state media said, in a case which will demonstrate newly installed President Xi Jinping's resolve to crack down on pervasive graft.

2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:38 PM PDT

Chun Hae-sung, center, the head of South Korea's working-level delegation, speaks to the media while standing with delegates Kwon Young-yang, left, and Kang Jong-won before leaving for Panmunjom at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 9, 2013. North and South Korea will meet in the village straddling their heavily armed border Sunday for the first government-level talks on the peninsula in more than two years as they try to lower tension and restore stalled projects that once symbolized their rapprochement. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Officials from North and South Korea meet at a "truce village" trying to ease tensions.

China's 'first lady' Peng avoids California limelight

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 06:53 PM PDT

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - China's photogenic "first lady" Peng Liyuan played steel drums in Trinidad, strolled hand-in-hand with a coffee farmer's daughter in Costa Rica and snapped pictures with her iPhone in the shadow of Mayan ruins in Mexico.

North and South Korea hold official talks

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 06:59 PM PDT

Talks on restoring suspended commercial links came after unexpected proposal from North Korea to open dialogue.

Tecogen Takes Cogeneration Public

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 06:25 PM PDT

Tecogen, the Waltham, Mass.-based manufacturer of combined heat and power (CHP) equipment, has filed for an IPO on NASDAQ, seeking to raise $25 million. It will list under the ticker, TGEN.

VIDEO: Up close with the rare Siberian tiger

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 05:48 PM PDT

Operation Snow Tiger follows wild animal biologist Liz Bonnin and an international team of scientists on an expedition to Russia, documenting one of the world's rarest and most mysterious animals - the Siberian tiger.

US spy agency seeks criminal probe into leaks

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:32 PM PDT

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper accuses media of being "reckless" in revealing monitoring of internet.
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Guinea's Conde says could delay vote if glitches found

Guinea's Conde says could delay vote if glitches found

Guinea's Conde says could delay vote if glitches found

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:51 PM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean President Alpha Conde said on Saturday he could delay this month's legislative elections if authorities found technical problems, a possible concession to opposition groups who have demonstrated against alleged flaws in the vote.

Ankara protesters clash with police

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Police in the Turkish capital Ankara use tear gas and water cannon on demonstrators as anti-government protests continue for a second week.

A Death in the Woods: Questions Linger About Death of Former Quarterback Cullen Finnerty

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:41 AM PDT

Cullen Finnerty, one of the most successful quarterbacks in college football history, was found dead in the Michigan woods. That's when the search for answers began.
    

Kabul demands British forces transfer prisoners within weeks

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday demanded that Britain hand over within two weeks more than 80 prisoners of war being held in a British base in the south, saying the detention was against Afghan law and a breach of sovereignty.

Protests at ex-Libya rebel base turn deadly

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Demonstration at Libya Shield brigade headquarters in Benghazi leaves at least 11 dead and 35 wounded.

Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, Advocate for the Poor, Dies at 83

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:55 AM PDT

Bishop Sullivan testified to Congress in the 1980s about the effect of AIDS and poverty on communities in Brooklyn and Queens.
    

Deadly clashes after Libya protest

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

At least 11 people died in the Libyan city of Benghazi when clashes erupted during protests outside a militia headquarters, the army says.

Mexico 'bar kidnap linked to gang'

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Prosecutors in Mexico City say they believe the disappearance of 12 young revellers from a bar in the capital is linked to gang rivalry.

Obama, Xi in Final Lap of Summit

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT

The U.S. and Chinese leaders began a second round of talks, continuing a conversation aimed at resetting what has at times been a troubled relationship between the two countries.

Protesters in Turkey Dig In

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Antigovernment protesters defied the Turkish leader's call to end illegal demonstrations as the governing party ruled out early elections.

Mandela Hospitalized

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 04:49 AM PDT

South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday to treat a recurring lung infection.

U.S. Trainers Killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:22 AM PDT

The shooting was the latest in a string of "insider attacks" in which Afghan forces open fire on their own comrades or international troops.

Koreas to Meet at Border

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 03:28 AM PDT

North and South Korea have agreed to hold their first meeting in recent years at a truce village straddling their heavily armed border.

Poland Warns on Further Volatility Curbs

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 01:40 AM PDT

Poland's central bank took the market by surprise by intervening on the local currency market in order to limit the Polish zloty's volatility Friday, and central bank Governor Marek Belka said they could do it again.

Photos of the Week: June 2-7

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:23 AM PDT

In this week's pictures, moss-covered men participate in a procession in Spain, a child plays in a fountain in Moscow, a bicycle rickshaw driver uses a scarf to rest his head while sleeping, and more.

Syrian rebels urge global military action

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Acting leader Sabra says he will not attend Geneva peace talks as he calls for military help to overcome regime.

G8 host Britain calls for action to save children from hunger

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:29 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Setting the stage for this month's G8 summit of rich industrialized countries, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday called for fresh approaches to help eliminate malnutrition and hunger among the world's poorest children.

Vettel beats Hamilton to Canada pole

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:20 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel beats Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Eleven reported dead in anti-militia clashes in Libyan Benghazi

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and 35 wounded in clashes on Saturday between protesters and a Libyan militia operating with Defence Ministry approval in the eastern city of Benghazi, a doctor in the city said.

Congress Was Told About Surveillance, Officials Say

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:59 AM PDT

Lawmakers said that what they knew was vague and broad — and that strict rules of classification prevented them from truly debating the programs or conducting proper oversight.
    
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