- Al-Qaeda linked suicide bomber kills 90 in Yemen
Reuters, Monday - 05/21/2012 - 02:55 PMA suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn rape probe
Google News, Monday - 05/21/2012 - 10:23 AMA French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama, world leaders watch soccer final
USA Today, Monday - 05/21/2012 - 09:42 AMThe audience for the world's most watched sporting event this year included some of the world's most powerful people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Earthquake jolts northern Italy; at least 3 dead
CNN, Sunday - 05/20/2012 - 02:25 AMA strong earthquake struck early Sunday in northern Italy, killing at least three people and knocking down a church bell in the region, authorities said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama, other G-8 leaders push economic growth over austerity
Los Angeles Times, Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 04:59 PMPresident Obama and leaders of the world’s other leading economies Saturday embraced a policy of growth over austerity in Europe as they met on the cloistered grounds of Camp David to talk about fending off a spread of the Eurozone crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 20,000 march at Frankfurt Occupy protest rally
USA Today, Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 01:09 PMThousands of activists took part in a major rally of the local Occupy movement in Frankfurt on Saturday, German police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israel becomes lab for electric car network
MSNBC, Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 10:06 AMAfter more than $400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place venture.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chinese entities world's biggest economic spies: Pentagon
Reuters, Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 08:03 AMThe Pentagon said on Friday it believes China spent up to $180 billion on its military buildup last year, a far higher figure than acknowledged by Beijing, and it accused "Chinese actors" of being the world's biggest perpetrators of economic espionage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Blind Chinese activist Chen says is at Beijing airport
Reuters, Saturday - 05/19/2012 - 04:20 AMBlind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he had left a hospital in Beijing and was at the airport where he expected to be departing for the United States, a move that would signal the end of a diplomatic crisis between the two country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Myanmar hopes for U.S. sanctions move to boost economy
Reuters, Thursday - 05/17/2012 - 02:11 PMA further lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, which could come during a visit by officials to Washington this week, would be crucial to opening its long-isolated economy, a senior Myanmar government official said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Shipwreck found full of bottles, guns and plates
MSNBC, Thursday - 05/17/2012 - 11:00 AMA newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Ring of Fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas
Associated Press, Thursday - 05/17/2012 - 07:22 AMSunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. not giving up on Taliban peace talks
CNN, Wednesday - 05/16/2012 - 04:45 PMWhen it comes to negotiating with the Taliban, it's always one step forward, two steps back. Despite several serious rounds of violence this week, including the assassination of a top peace negotiator, the United States will continue to try to negotiate with the Taliban, experts say.
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