Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

Evidence of revenge attacks in Mali after rebels flee

Up to 100,000 people flee fighting in Darfur: U.N.

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Fighting over a gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region has forced 100,000 people to flee and brought the closure of all public offices and schools in one town to accommodate the displaced, the United Nations said on Thursday.

VIDEO: PennMasala: A cappella from India

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

Students from the University of Pennsylvania in the US are combining their love of Bollywood and a cappella singing under the catchy name PennMasala

Syria’s Confirmation of Airstrike May Undercut Israel’s Strategy of Silence

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Experts said Israel's refusal to confirm its Wednesday attack was part of a strategy to give targets face-saving ways to avoid escalation. But Syria may have undercut that effort.

France deports Moroccan it says has radical Islam ties

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France deported a Moroccan man on Thursday suspected of links to the radical Islamist group Forsane Alizza, the Interior Ministry said, after the threat of domestic attack escalated following its intervention in Mali.

Two More Pakistani Polio Workers Killed

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

US warns Iran on nuclear upgrade

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Iran's reported plans to upgrade its uranium enrichment centrifuges would be a "further escalation" in the nuclear stand-off, the US warns.

Teen shot in head at US school

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST

A 14-year-old is shot in the head outside a school in the city of Atlanta, Georgia and a suspect is in custody, say police.

Hoaxer loved US sports star Te'o

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

The man who admitted creating and killing off a fake online girlfriend in a hoax targeting US football star Manti Te'o says he was in love with him.

Gunmen kill five north Nigeria police, ceasefire in doubt

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

KADUNA/KANO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five police in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Thursday, casting doubt on the ceasefire declared days earlier by a purported Islamist commander and highlighting how difficult it will be to end insecurity in the region.

2 Pakistani Polio Workers Killed in Blast

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

New York Developers and Unions Seek Eased Limits on Midtown Projects

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:01 AM PST

A new alliance wants zoning rules eased more than the city administration has proposed to encourage construction of towers around Grand Central Terminal.

Movie Review: ‘Koch,’ Neil Barsky’s Documentary on the Former Mayor

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

A documentary about Edward I. Koch, mayor of New York during troubled years, examines his city as well as his personality.

Three ways U.S. immigration reform might impact Mexico

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

Now that President Obama and the Senate have put together plans for comprehensive immigration reform, it seems like something might finally be done about this thorny issue. Of the 11 million estimated illegal immigrants in the United States, some 7 million are from Mexico, so any U.S. legislation would have huge impacts there.

Read full article >>

Hacking the Times: China's reach, and its rules, push beyond its borders

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST

The hackers would start digging into the New York Times' systems at about 8 a.m., Beijing time, and persist for about the length of a standard work day, according to the newspaper's account of its months-long battle with China-based cyber assaults. The attacks began Oct. 25, the day that the Times published an expose of the enormous wealth that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family had quietly accumulated, and were thought to be "consistent with other attacks believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military."

Read full article >>

Iran tells IAEA it plans to add machines to enrich uranium

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:18 AM PST

Iran has told U.N. nuclear officials that it plans to add potentially hundreds of next-generation centrifuge machines to its main uranium-enrichment plant, a move that could dramatically boost its ability to produce the fuel used in nuclear power plants and — potentially — in nuclear bombs.

Read full article >>

Freeing Kurdish activists would help Turkey peace moves: watchdog

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:17 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Freeing thousands of Kurdish activists from Turkish prisons could help a fledgling peace initiative to end a three-decade-old insurgency, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Jessops brand sold to Peter Jones

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:39 AM PST

Administrators PwC confirm that they have sold the brand of High Street photographic firm Jessops to entrepreneur Peter Jones.

DealBook: Ex-Peregrine Chief Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST

A prominent futures industry executive, Russell Wasendorf Sr., was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday for embezzling from his clients and defrauding banks over nearly two decades.

Could Egypt fall apart?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

The renewed bloodshed and defiant protests in Egypt prompts a provocative question: Could Egypt really collapse?
No comments:

Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:26 AM PST

Immigration clearance for a maximum of 10 minutes for flight passengers will be introduced at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang from tomorrow.

read more

Press freedom: Where're our problems?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:17 AM PST

As a member of the country's press fraternity, I couldn't quite refrain from feeling a deep sense of dejection by the number "145," Malaysia's ranking in the latest Press Freedom Index. We are placed a pathetic 145th among 179 countries and territories assessed.

read more

Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:07 AM PST

Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.

read more

VIDEO: Georgia PM: 'President is a liar'

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 AM PST

Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to the BBC about his strained relationship with Georgia's president and about coming to power in a country with such a turbulent political past

Australian opposition leader warns of second election

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia faces a possible fourth straight year of political instability after opposition leader Tony Abbott, on track to win power in a September election, threatened a second poll if a hostile upper house rejects his plan to scrap a tax on carbon.

Fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant found dead

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:17 PM PST

A fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant has been found dead of suspected poisoning, Malaysian officials said Thursday, the latest in a series of fatalities that has shaken conservation efforts.

read more

Passenger trains collide in S.Africa, 20 injured: railway

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST

Two passenger trains collided in South Africa on Thursday near Pretoria during the peak morning commute, injuring around 20 people, the rail authority said.

read more

Microsoft puts Office in the Internet cloud

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:09 PM PST

Microsoft on Tuesday began letting people subscribe to Office as a service in the Internet cloud, shedding the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk.

read more

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

YouTube to start charging for access to some content

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

The world's most popular video site has confirmed it is considering the introduction of subscriptions for premium content.
According to a report that first appeared in AdAge, YouTube could start charging users up to $5 a month to access some of the site's most popular channels.

read more

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Malaysian economy to expand 5.3% this year: RAM

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:01 PM PST

The Malaysian economy is expected to expand 5.3 per cent this year before accelerating to 5.8 per cent next year as domestic demand continues to buttress growth, says RAM Holdings Bhd.

read more

Police to nab more involved in child-for-sale racket

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:41 PM PST

Penang police have identified a number of individuals in connection with the child-for-sale racket that was busted by police recently.

read more

Moody's affirms A3 ratings for 8 Malaysian banks

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:52 PM PST

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the long-term deposit and issuer ratings of the eight banks rated 'A3' in Malaysia, while at the same time downgrading to Prime-2 (P-2) from Prime-1 (P-1) their corresponding short-term ratings.

read more

China sentences two Tibetans for "inciting" self-immolations

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:37 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in China has handed down heavy sentences to a Tibetan monk and his nephew for inciting eight people to set themselves on fire in anti-Chinese protests, media said on Thursday, the first time punishment has been meted out over such protests.

New York Times says targeted by China hackers after Wen report

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The New York Times said on Thursday that Chinese hackers had "persistently" attacked its computers over the past four months since the paper published a story on Premier Wen Jiabao, but sensitive material related to the report was not accessed.

Are foreign workers the beneficiaries?

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:41 PM PST

In view of this, the minimum wage policy is going to benefit foreign workers instead of local employees, while increasing the expenses of employers. It seems like the policy is good for nothing.

read more

Women better than men at understanding technical jargon

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:35 PM PST

Men's stress levels go through the roof when confronted with terms such as 'algorithm' or 'phablet' with the majority finding them harder to understand than a foreign language.

read more

This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

VIDEO: Pakistani mothers 'abandoned'

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:57 PM PST

An increasing number of Pakistani women are coming forward saying they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK.

VIDEO: Fire safety tests ordered in Brazil

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:26 PM PST

The fire at a nightclub in Brazil which killed 235 people has led to a national debate about safety regulations in public venues, ahead of next year's football World Cup.

Singapore airport handles record 51 mn passengers

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:56 PM PST

Singapore's Changi Airport said Thursday it had enjoyed its busiest year in 2012, handling a record 51.2 million passengers, underscoring its position as a regional aviation hub.

read more

UK court challenge over woman's death sentence in Indonesia

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:11 PM PST

Britain's government faces a High Court challenge Thursday after it refused to pay for a lawyer for a British grandmother's appeal against her death sentence in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

read more
No comments:

Australian opposition leader warns of second election

Australian opposition leader warns of second election

Australian opposition leader warns of second election

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:04 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia faces a possible fourth straight year of political instability after opposition leader Tony Abbott, on track to win power in a September election, threatened a second poll if a hostile upper house rejects his plan to scrap a tax on carbon.

French troops deployed in last Mali rebel strongholds

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:44 PM PST

Malian soldiers heading to Gao in a pickup truck arrive in the recently liberated town of DouentzaDOUENTZA, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - French troops seized the airport in Mali's northern town of Kidal, the last urban stronghold held by Islamist insurgents, as they moved to wrap up the first phase of a military operation to wrest northern Mali from rebel hands. France has deployed some 4,500 troops in a three-week ground and air offensive to break the Islamist rebels' 10-month grip on major northern towns. The mission is aimed at heading off the risk of Mali being used as a springboard for jihadist attacks in the wider region or Europe. ...

Obama sees immigration deal within six months

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:02 PM PST

US president says "now is the time" for action on reform that will put illegal immigrants on path to citizenship.

VIDEO: 'It's like a secret language'

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:01 AM PST

Bunscoill Ghaelgagh on the Isle of Man is a unique school where lessons are taught in the Manx language.

VIDEO: Pakistani mothers 'abandoned'

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:57 PM PST

An increasing number of Pakistani women are coming forward saying they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK.

VIDEO: Fire safety tests ordered in Brazil

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:26 PM PST

The fire at a nightclub in Brazil which killed 235 people has led to a national debate about safety regulations in public venues, ahead of next year's football World Cup.

Gatecrash: Evaluating Boros

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:26 PM PST

Magic: The Gathering Gatecrash prerelease events are behind us, but there's still time to enjoy all the guild madness with online prerelease events beginning February 8th. In today's Limited format evaluation we'll be taking a look at the fifth and final guild, the aggressive red/white Boros.

Israeli astronaut's widow carries on after tragedy

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2003 file photo, Rona Ramon, right, and Assaf Ramon, left, widow and eldest son of Israel's first astronaut Ilan Ramon, pay their respects beside his coffin during a memorial service at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv. Ten years after the loss of her husband followed by the loss of her son Assaf six years later, Ramon, 48, said she has slowly tried to rebuild her life, leading a foundation formed in memory of her husband and son and counseling others who are coping with tragedy.(AP Photo/ Paul Hanna, Pool, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy.

US activist released from Vietnam after 9 months

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:33 PM PST

Human rights activist Nguyen Quoc Quan with his wife Huong Mai Ngo smile during a news conference after his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport from Vietnam on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Quan has been released after being detained since April 17, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist returned to the United States on Wednesday night after a 9-month detention on accusations of conspiring to overthrow the communist government of Vietnam.

France calls for Mali peace talks

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:31 PM PST

Following capture of Kidal, France calls for talks while government says it will only negotiate with secular groups.

Small and Affordable Brother Multifunction Device Prints 11 x 17-inch pages

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:20 PM PST

My wife and daughter are both teachers and sometimes need to print posters for their classrooms, which is why they appreciate the $199 Brother MFC-J4510DW multi-function printer/scanner/copier and fax machine that I've been testing.  The printer is on loan from Brother. Unlike most wide format printers, the device itself is reasonably petite, measuring only 8.9 inches deep x 11.4 inches wide x 7.3 inches tall. It takes up a lot less space than the HP OfficeJet printer that used to sit on my printer stand.

January 2013 In Music: A Spotify Playlist

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:19 PM PST

With the first month of 2013 wrapping up it's a good opportunity to take a listen to some of the new music that came out in the past 31 days (give or take) with the help of a Spotify playlist. January tends to be a quiet period of time for new releases, and this past month was no exception: That makes the task of building a playlist in Spotify, a streaming service I have some issues with due to its stunted catalog, a bit tricky.

Christine Anderson is Having a Blast Building the World's First Commercial Spaceport

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:55 PM PST

Christine Anderson worked for 30 years in the United States Air Force as a civilian, retiring in 2008, having reached the civilian equivalent of General Officer, the highest rank in the Senior Executive Service. But the sky was literally the limit for this charismatic career woman and savvy executive. At the moment, Christine's busy leading the development and operation of the world's first purpose-built, commercial spaceport — Spaceport America. And, she's having lots of fun along the way.

Didn't Receive a Form 1099? Don't Ask

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:11 PM PST

It's that time of year again when tax reports show up in the mail. You need your Form W-2 from your employer. It gives your wages and taxes withheld, and you attach a copy to your return. Employers are supposed to mail them out by January 31st. If you don't receive it by early February, you should ask. 

Donors meet target of $1.5 billion aid for stricken Syrians: U.N.

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:51 PM PST

U.N. Secretary-General Ban speaks to the media after the first day of the "International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria" in Bayan Palace, KuwaitKUWAIT (Reuters) - Donor countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion to aid Syrians stricken by civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday after warning that the conflict had wrought a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. In a pointed message for Syria's leader, Ban told a fund-raising conference that President Bashar al-Assad bore primary responsibility to stop his country's suffering after nearly two years of conflict that have cost an estimated 60,000 lives. ...

China sentences two Tibetans for "inciting" self-immolations

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:40 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in China has handed down heavy sentences to a Tibetan monk and his nephew for inciting eight people to set themselves on fire in anti-Chinese protests, media said on Thursday, the first time punishment has been meted out over such protests.

Syrian rebels make slow headway in south

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:16 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - The revolt against President Bashar al-Assad first flared in Deraa, but the southern border city now epitomizes the bloody stalemate gripping Syria after 22 months of violence and 60,000 dead.

Obvious Infringement: MEGA Now Has A Crowdsourced Index And Guess What?

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:49 PM PST

In my second post about the new MEGA encrypted file service I discussed the chess game that Kim Dotcom was playing with the policers of copyright. Dotcom designed the system, "So it doesn't know what you are storing on its servers and it can't find out." Pretty clever, eh? So I asked, "Is this a checkmate from the legal standpoint?" I answered my own question, "Not so fast." MEGA, of course, is not operating in a vacuum: The whole system can still be undone by its users, who have the power to share their files and the encryption keys to those files as they choose. Even though the terms of service strictly forbid uploading and distributing copyrighted material, users routinely ignore TOS—especially for a site whose lineage involves infringement on a massive scale. If users are sloppy with their links and post them to public sites that index pirated material, MEGA could face clear external evidence of what is on its servers—even if it cannot see the files itself. [bold italics for empahasis] In fact, less than a week after MEGA launched, its users—whether sloppy, defiant or just plain stupid—have done just that and posted links to their own files on an index site (seemingly operated out of France) called MEGA-SEARCH.ME (or SEARCH.ME MEGA, you pick). As you can see from the scrren shot above, the most popular mateial in the video section is clearly copyrighted material, disproportionately in French, some of it porn.

Did Facebook Buy Instagram Mainly So It Can Finally Run Ads With Big Pictures And Video?

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:48 PM PST

Advertising took center stage during Facebook's fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, and for good reason: It's what investors are most interested in hearing about, even more than cool new features like Graph Search. Even CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined in, at one point noting that while the social network will continue to develop new user-oriented features to ensure its long-term appeal, for now "our work on ads will have by far the biggest impact on our business."

Interspousal Transfers Without Value To Avoid Personal Guarantee Voided As Fraudulent Transfers In Lilly

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:46 PM PST

Husband was the sole owner and managing member of New Park 151 LLC. In 2008, that company borrowed $3 million from the Bank, and Husband signed on behalf of the company and also gave his personal guarantee of repayment.
No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)