Saturday, April 28, 2012

Apple avoiding billions in global taxes: Report

Apple avoiding billions in global taxes: Report


Apple avoiding billions in global taxes: Report

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:04 PM PDT

Gadget giant Apple is avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by setting up small offices around the world to collect and invest the company's profits, The New York Times reported on Saturday.


Britain's Prince William and Kate mark first wedding anniversary

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine celebrate their first wedding anniversary today, marking the milestone in private after two billion TV viewers watched them wed in 2011. A spokesman for...


Lakshmi Mittal retains crown as Britain's richest man

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Britain's wealthiest people saw their fortunes rise to record levels last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List, at a time when most Britons' earnings and savings were squeezed by infla...


UK warned over Heathrow Airport delays

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT

Concerns have been raised amid lengthy waits for passengers arriving at immigration desks from flights into the British capital, including complaints from passengers who faced long lines on Friday at ...


ElBaradei returns to Egypt politics with new party

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 09:19 PM PDT

Reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei launched a new political party on Saturday that he said aims to unite Egyptians and save the country's revolution from a messy democratic transition. The Constitution P...


Crisis-hit Greece gears up for election cliffhanger

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Crisis-hit Greece heads for an electoral cliffhanger on May 6 after two years of tough austerity that have shaken the country to its core. The brief and bitter campaign leading into next Sunday's ball...


Pakistan info helped with bin Laden hideout: US official

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:35 AM PDT

The Pakistani intelligence services provided the United States with information that was helpful in learning more about the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, a US official said on Saturday.


Sarkozy rejects Strauss-Kahn claim he caused his downfall

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:16 AM PDT

President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday rejected Dominique Strauss-Kahn's claims that he was the cause of the sex scandal that thwarted the ex-IMF chief's bid for the French presidency.


Gaddafi regime 'agreed to fund Sarkozy 2007 campaign'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Muammer Gaddafi's regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported on Saturday, publishing what it said was docu...


Seven Afghan nationals get life term for trespassing into India

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 09:53 AM PDT

A court today sentenced 7 Afghan nationals to life imprisonment for trespassing into India allegedly with arms and ammunition in 1997.


Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:42 AM PDT

A moderate earthquake has rattled Southern California. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.1 quake struck 8:07 am on Saturday. It was centered along the San Andreas Fault near Devore, in San...


US Secret Service new rules: No boozing, racy bars

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:16 AM PDT

No excessive drinking - and no alcohol at all within 10 hours of working. Disreputable establishments are off limits, as is entertaining foreigners in the hotel room.


US sees South America as possible China counter

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT

In these days of shrinking U.S. defense budgets, the Obama administration is looking to South America to help monitor and protect the Asia-Pacific region in the years ahead.


Dog fetches phone, saves owner's life

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:18 AM PDT

A dog saved the life of his owner who fell off the roof at his house in Britain. The animal fetched him a phone to call for help.


2 bombs discovered in Northern Ireland incidents

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Northern Ireland police say they discovered two bombs in separate security alerts, forcing dozens of people to be evacuated from their homes.


6.4-magnitude quake strikes off Tonga: USGS

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:51 AM PDT

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.The quake h...


Osama's killing is now a tool campaign for US President Obama

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:25 AM PDT

The killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, first presented as a moment of national unity by the US President Barack Obama, has become something else: a political weapon.


After getting dumped, woman dentist pulls out ex's teeth

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:10 AM PDT

A woman dentist in Poland is facing jail after she allegedly pulled out all her former boyfriend's teeth because he dumped her for another woman.


This is how Osama bin Laden tried to stay young

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Believe it or not, terror mastermind Osama bin Laden desperately tried to cling to his youth during his last days in Pakistan, and resorted to using hair dye and a type of natural aphrodisiac, a media...


UK warned over marathon airport waits

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Airport authorities say Britain's government must urgently address chaos at the country's borders to prevent disruption for Olympic visitors.


Kim Jong-Un observes military drill amid threats

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:28 AM PDT

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un has observed a military exercise involving tanks, planes and artillery, official media said on Saturday amid continuing threats by Pyongyang against South Korea.


UK spacecraft to fly up to the sun

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:01 AM PDT

The European Space Agency said on Friday it had awarded a 300-million-euro ($400 million) contract to a British technology firm to build a satellite to examine the Sun from closer up than any before i...


Strauss-Kahn suspects 'political enemies' in sex scandal

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:26 AM PDT

The Guardian newspaper said on its website on Friday that former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn believes his French presidential bid was scuppered last year by "political enem...


'Four die' in attack on Afghan governor compound

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Two bodyguards and two suicide attackers were killed in a firefight inside the governor's compound in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, an official said."Two suicide attackers and ...


Massive North Korean parade visible from space

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:44 AM PDT

In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography. The country is famous for organizing crowds of thousands of people using coloured cards to spell out political slogans and images in stad...


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