If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may

If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may

If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:24 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover near Nairab military airport in AleppoBy Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the consequences facing U.S. President Barack Obama if he decides against arming Syria's rebels is that Arab and European states may step in more aggressively, perhaps further fracturing rebel forces. Having watched government forces seize the strategic town of Qusair from the rebels last week, Obama's senior national security advisers have held a series of meetings on what more, if anything, they are willing to do to help the opposition. ...

Tibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:44 PM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama responds with a traditional salutation known as a "namaste" as Australian Aboriginal man approaches him during a media conference in SydneyBy Thuy Ong SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while urging China to look harder at the reasons behind the incidents. At least 117 Tibetans have set themselves alight in protest against Chinese rule since 2009, mostly in heavily Tibetan areas of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces rather than in what China terms the Tibet Autonomous Region. Most have died. "It's a sad thing that happens. Of course it's very very sad. ...

Insight: The big money bails on Argentina - again

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:06 PM PDT

Argentina's President De Kirchner waves during the inauguration of a university in Buenos AiresBy Brian Winter BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - More than a decade after Argentina's epic financial collapse of 2001-02, many investors are rushing for the door once again. From big Chinese and Brazilian companies like miner Vale do Rio Doce SA, to small-business owners and savers, the fear of a new crisis has led to canceled investments and suitcases of cash leaving the country. The mass exodus, which has been limited only by leftist President Cristina Fernandez's capital controls, is threatening to undermine Latin America's No. ...

Jellyfish ends Australian's Cuba-US swim attempt

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:50 PM PDT

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel waves to spectators as she begins her swim to Florida from the waters off Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. McCardel, 29, is bidding to become the first person to make the Straits of Florida crossing without the protection of a shark cage. American Diana Nyad and Australian Penny Palfrey have attempted the crossing four times between them since 2011, but each time threw in the towel part way through due to injury, jellyfish stings or strong currents. Australian Susie Maroney did it in 1997, but with a shark cage. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — Five tries. Five failures.

VIDEO: Ankara protests after referendum offer

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:27 PM PDT

Police have used tear gas to break up protests in the Turkish capital Ankara after the government proposed a referendum on the controversial development project in Istanbul's Gezi Park.

VIDEO: Kerry: Syria needs political solution

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 02:11 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that a political solution was essential to end the violence in Syria and save the country.

Notes On The Transformation Of Walgreens

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:37 PM PDT

"It's hard to do innovation," Jay Rosan told a select crowd on Tuesday at the Consumer Health & Wellness Summit, chaired by health technology investor Lisa Suennen of Psilos Group. Rosan, a family physician who heads Health Innovation at Walgreens, then proceeded to list a few avant-garde projects the country's biggest drugstore chain is undertaking.

Tibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:44 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while urging China to look harder at the reasons behind the incidents.

If U.S. does not arm Syria's rebels, Arabs, Europeans may

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the consequences facing U.S. President Barack Obama if he decides against arming Syria's rebels is that Arab and European states may step in more aggressively, perhaps further fracturing rebel forces.

Insight: The big money bails on Argentina - again

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:07 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - More than a decade after Argentina's epic financial collapse of 2001-02, many investors are rushing for the door once again.

Japanese forces name and role to change

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:13 PM PDT

Prime minister is proposing to rename the Self Defence Forces in move that could give forces new role.

Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:52 PM PDT

North and South Tarawa are seen from the air in the central Pacific island nation of KiribatiBy David Gray SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young mothers and newborn babies, the latest additions to a population boom that has risen as relentlessly as the sea in a deeply Christian outpost where family planning is still viewed with skepticism. It is a boom that threatens to overwhelm the tiny atoll of South Tarawa as quickly as the rising seas. ...

Brazil police say eight firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze: TV

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:13 PM PDT

Handout photo of a view of the Boate Kiss nightclub in Santa MariaRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police accused eight firefighters of dereliction of duty for their alleged failure to enforce fire codes at a nightclub where a January 27 blaze resulted in the deaths of 242 people, the Record TV network reported on Wednesday. The accused, all men, were responsible for inspections of the Boate Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, a university town in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The firemen were also responsible for making sure the club's fire prevention and escape plans met local codes. ...

Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:53 PM PDT

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide.

Brazil police say eight firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze: TV

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:13 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police accused eight firefighters of dereliction of duty for their alleged failure to enforce fire codes at a nightclub where a January 27 blaze resulted in the deaths of 242 people, the Record TV network reported on Wednesday.

Facebook adopts hashtags

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:17 PM PDT

Social-media company says it will roll out one of the most recognisable features of its younger rival Twitter.

World Bank lowers global growth estimate

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:25 PM PDT

Economy expected to grow at annual rate of 2.2 percent this year, led by 5.1 percent surge in developing countries.

Snowden as a teen online: anime and cheeky humor

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 08:10 PM PDT

This is the avatar posted beside Edward Snowden's biography in 2002 when he worked as a webmaster and editor for a Japanese anime company run by friends in Maryland.By Kristina Cooke and John Shiffman SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long before he became known worldwide as the National Security Agency contractor who exposed top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, Edward Snowden worked for a Japanese anime company run by friends and went by the nicknames "The True HOOHA" and "Phish." In 2002, he was 18 years old, a high school dropout and his parents had just divorced. On the tiny anime company's website, he wrote of his skills with video games and popularity with women. ...

Mexico Congress to hold special sessions, buttressing reforms

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:53 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Congressional leaders of Mexico's main parties said on Wednesday they had agreed to hold two special sessions of Congress in July and August to tackle outstanding initiatives, paving the way for key energy and fiscal reforms to move forward in the autumn. President Enrique Pena Nieto plans to send measures aimed at boosting Mexico's paltry tax take and overhauling ailing state-oil monopoly Pemex to Congress during the second regular session of Congress, which begins in September. ...

What The Sharp Rise In Real Interest Rates Means For The US Economy

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:50 PM PDT

US real interest rates have suddenly turned northward, shooting straight up through zero, at a seemingly accelerating pace.
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Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Canada has agreed to make it easier for European firms to invest in Canada, as part of an effort to seal a free-trade deal with the European Union.

Merkel Warns on Energy Costs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The chancellor said spiraling costs for developing renewable energy sources could damage Germany's competitiveness and need to be scaled back—but was vague on how.

New Jersey in Partial Pollution Settlement With Argentina's YPF

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Argentine state-run oil company YPF has reached a deal with the state of New Jersey that might allow the company to avoid billions of dollars in potential liabilities related to the contamination of the Passaic River.

The World's Working Children

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

The UN's International Labor Organization marks World Day Against Child Labor on June 12 as a way to highlight the plight of working children.

House Advances Bill to Limit Abortion After 22 Weeks of Pregnancy

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

The Judiciary Committee approved, along party lines, a Republican-sponsored bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy.
    

Obama administration convinced EU to drop measure that would have blocked NSA spying

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Senior officials in the Obama administration successfully lobbied the European Union's executive body to drop an "anti-FISA clause" from its privacy legislation over a year ago, the Financial Times reports. That measure, if adopted, could have blocked the U.S. requests for European citizens' computer and telephone data that are made as part of the just-revealed PRISM program.

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NHS chief denies 'gagging cover-up'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:23 AM PDT

The head of the NHS in England is questioned by MPs about at least 50 confidential payments totalling £2m made to hospital staff since 2008.

Floods sweep through Europe

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Record floods have forced thousands to leave their homes in Germany and across central Europe. One animal park owner said it was the worst she'd seen in decades. "I still cannot believe what the water has done."

8 of Brazil's best beaches

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Brazil and beaches go together like bossa nova and "The Girl From Ipanema," which, of course, put the country on the map as a hub of sun and sand and the eternally tanned and lovely.

Tunisia jails three Europeans for topless feminist protest

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:17 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced three European feminist activists to four months in jail on Wednesday after they demonstrated topless in central Tunis last month against the Islamist-led government, one of their lawyers said.

Turkey 'may hold referendum on park'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

A spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK party says it may hold a referendum on an Istanbul park that has been the focus of widespread unrest.

Visions of the future of flying

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:23 AM PDT

A concept aircraft of the future has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh.

Jordan removes last hurdle to cleric's extradition from UK

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has removed the last hurdle preventing Britain from sending radical cleric Abu Qatada back home for trial by approving an extradition treaty satisfying British concerns about evidence used against him, officials said on Wednesday.

N.S.A. Leaker Says He Will Stay in Hong Kong and Fight Extradition

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:17 AM PDT

In comments to a Hong Kong newspaper, Edward J. Snowden also accused United States of hacking into hundreds of Chinese computers since 2009.
    

Syria Rebels Kill Dozens of Shiites

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of local Shiites, activists said, highlighting the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria's more than two-year-old conflict.

Snowden Says He Isn't Hiding From Justice

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:26 PM PDT

The former government contractor behind one of the biggest national-security leaks in U.S. history and currently believed hiding in Hong Kong has told a local newspaper he has no plans to leave the city and intends to challenge the U.S. in Hong Kong courts.

After Rice Scare, China to Survey Soil

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:18 AM PDT

China said it will conduct nationwide sampling of soil in order to map pollution levels across the country following revelations that portions of its rice supply were tainted with cadmium.

Man Sentenced for Attack in Myanmar

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:06 AM PDT

A Myanmar court sentenced a Muslim man to 26 years in prison for attacking a Buddhist woman, an event that triggered a recent flare-up of sectarian mob violence.

Strikes Ground Flights in Europe

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:55 AM PDT

Hundreds of flights scheduled to and from France were canceled as industrial action by French aviation staff intensified in a second straight day of disruption.

Malaysian Parties Head to Court

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Malaysia's political parties have filed petitions against results of contests for seats lost by thin margins in recent elections, with the opposition hoping to reverse a close ballot that returned the long-ruling National Front coalition to power.
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