TopNews-24Jan2012
Posted on January 24, 2012
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- France urges Turkey not to overreact to genocide law – Reuters
CBC.caFrance urges Turkey not to overreact to genocide lawReuters| PARIS (Reuters) – France urged Turkey not to overreact on Tuesday after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. Speaking on Canal+ television …Turkey Slams France Over Armenian ‘Gen […]
- Largest Solar Radiation Storm in Six Years Headed Toward Earth – Bloomberg
USA TODAYLargest Solar Radiation Storm in Six Years Headed Toward EarthBloombergThe Earth will be bombarded today by the strongest solar radiation storm in six years, with a limited potential to affect satellites and power grids, officials say. The coronal mass ejection, a violent release of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun …Biggest Solar Storm Sinc […]
- Mitt Romney paid $3 million in federal taxes in 2010 – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesMitt Romney paid $3 million in federal taxes in 2010Los Angeles TimesThe Republican presidential candidate agreed to make his tax returns public after pressure from rivals. Mitt Romney talks to the press after holding a round table on housing issues in Tampa, Fla., Jan. 23, 2012. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images) …Tax returns show Romne […]
- China’s Xi to Visit White House – Wall Street Journal
Malaysia StarChina’s Xi to Visit White HouseWall Street JournalBy JEREMY PAGE BEIJING—Xi Jinping, the man widely expected to become China’s top leader this year, will take his biggest step into the international spotlight Feb 14 when he meets President Barack Obama on his first official visit to the US as vice …China heir apparent to visit White […] Read more
Why are websites protesting SOPA-PIPA bills?
Posted on January 18, 2012
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SOPA and PIPA represent two anti-piracy bills in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate respectively. While these bills may have good intentions, but they are harming the core principles of the Internet: freedom and innovation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a good explanation of how the bills violate the freedom of speech that serves as the foundation of the Internet.
We suggest US-based visitors to contact your Representative or Senator, and its International customers to donate to organizations like EFF, to ensure that broad opposition to this proposed legislation rings loud and clear. Many prominent Internet companies participating in the protest are listed here: SOPAstrike.com Read more
TopNews-18Jan2012
Posted on January 18, 2012
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- Ethiopia gunmen kill five foreign tourists in Afar – BBC News
BBC NewsEthiopia gunmen kill five foreign tourists in AfarBBC NewsFive foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen in the northern Afar region, the government says. German, Belgian, Italian and Hungarian nationals were among them, government official Bereket Simon said. …Five nationalities victims in Ethiopia attacksTelegra […]
- Police say dog walkers found human head in plastic bag on trail below LA’s … – Washington Post
Telegraph.co.ukPolice say dog walkers found human head in plastic bag on trail below LA’s …Washington PostLOS ANGELES — Detectives are expected to resume searching an area of Los Angeles where two dogs found a human head in a plastic bag. Police say two dog walkers with about nine dogs came across the bag on a popular trail below the Hollywood sign in […]
- Search suspended after stricken Italian cruise ship moves – CNN
Telegraph.co.ukSearch suspended after stricken Italian cruise ship movesCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff The Italian Coast Guard has released photos of the rescue effort at the cruise ship Costa Concordia near Giglio Island, Italy. Giglio, Italy (CNN) — With bitterly cold temperatures and frigid waters, the chances of finding more …Cruise ship shifts, search halt […]
- Russia Says Foreign Troops Will Not Deploy in Syria – Voice of America
The Daily StarRussia Says Foreign Troops Will Not Deploy in SyriaVoice of AmericaJanuary 18, 2012 Russia Says Foreign Troops Will Not Deploy in Syria VOA News Syrian ally Russia says it will not allow the deployment of foreign troops in Syria, as the UN Security Council debates how to stop the bloodshed of the 10-month uprising …Russia: Western sanctions a […] Read more
TopNews-13Jan2012
Posted on January 13, 2012
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- Myanmar Frees Prominent Political Prisoners – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalMyanmar Frees Prominent Political PrisonersWall Street JournalBy PATRICK BARTA Myanmar began freeing prominent political prisoners Friday in the latest reform that the government is taking in an apparent effort to get out from under the weight of Western economic sanctions. Political detainees set free in the …Burma prisoner release begi […]
- Obama seeks to raise US debt limit by $1.2 trillion – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukObama seeks to raise US debt limit by $1.2 trillionTelegraph.co.ukPresident Barack Obama has formally notified Congress that he plans a $1.2 trillion (£780m) increase in the US debt limit, prompting Republicans to level election-year charges that deficits are out of control. Barack Obama’s proposed increase would …Obama Starts Clock for […]
- Video Inflames a Delicate Moment for US in Afghanistan – New York Times
New York TimesVideo Inflames a Delicate Moment for US in AfghanistanNew York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — A video showing four United States Marines urinating on three dead Taliban fighters provoked anger and condemnation on Thursday in Afghanistan and around the world, raising fears in Washington that the images could incite …US Marines identify Afghanistan […]
- Official: North Korea test-fired short-range missiles – Fox News
Fox NewsOfficial: North Korea test-fired short-range missilesFox News| AP AP Photo/KRT via APTN In this undated image made from KRT video, North Korea’s new young leader Kim Jong Un, third from right, watches jet fighters with North Korean officials at an undisclosed place in North Korea. SEOUL, South Korea – North …Kim Jong Il isn’t going anywhe […]
- Republicans rally around Romney after hits on Bain – Boston.com
Boston.comRepublicans rally around Romney after hits on BainBoston.comRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets supporters at Cherokee Trike and More in Greer, SC, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus) By Thomas Beaumont and Kasie Hunt Associated Press / January 13, …Haley’s Picking Romney Shocks Tea […]
- Missing teenager Natalee Holloway declared dead – Boston.com
Boston.comMissing teenager Natalee Holloway declared dead. Beth Holloway is pursued by reporters following a hearing in Birmingham, Ala.,Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. An Alabama probate judge disclosed at the hearing that he will sign an order declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the teenager …Judge declares Alabama teen missing si […]
- APNewsBreak: UN visit to Tehran set for Jan 28 – Boston.com
Boston.comAPNewsBreak: UN visit to Tehran set for Jan 28Boston.comFILE – In this April 8, 2008 file photo provided by the Iranian President’s Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. …A cease-and-desist policy, for nowHaaretzIran to […]
- Chicago shivers as first major snowstorm of 2012 hits Midwest – Fox News
Bloomberg: Chicago shivers as first major snowstorm of 2012 hits MidwestFox NewsCHICAGO – Chicago was bracing itself for up to eight inches of snow overnight as the first major snowstorm of the season brought treacherous conditions and the usual frustrations for travelers Thursday. As of 8:30pm local time about 560 flights at …When snow moves out, deep cold […]
- Taiwan’s expats seen as key in presidential poll – CNN International
BBC NewsTaiwan’s expats seen as key in presidential pollCNN InternationalBy Peter Shadbolt, CNN (CNN) — As many as 200000 people — most of them mainland China-based Taiwanese – are expected to return to Taiwan this weekend for an election viewed as critical to the future of an economy that has boomed thanks to warmer ties …China Deals Up for Judgmen […]
- Judge advises court-martial for Wikileaks suspect – San Francisco Chronicle
BBC NewsJudge advises court-martial for Wikileaks suspectSan Francisco ChroniclePatrick Semansky / AP In this photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. An Army officer is recommending a general court-martial for Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the …Army Officer Recommends Tr […]
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