Thursday, November 22, 2012

Japan's secret economic weapon: women

Japan's secret economic weapon: women


Japan's secret economic weapon: women

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 10:32 PM PST

In next month's general election, politicians -- nearly all of them men -- will make promises on what they will do to fix Japan's economic morass. Very few of them will even mention women.


Egypt President cancels state visit to Pakistan

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:32 PM PST

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi cancelled a state visit to Pakistan on Friday, government officials said, a day after granting himself extended powers, a move likely to widen divisions in his country...


Afghan suicide bomber kills two, wounds 40: police

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:20 PM PST

A suicide car bomber killed two people and wounded 40 others, including women and children, in an attack on Friday in Wardak province west of Kabul, police said.


British MPs under fire over trips abroad

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:10 PM PST

British lawmakers were under fire on Friday for racking up �1.5 million ($2.4 million, 1.9 million euros) worth of visits to foreign countries in the last two years, paid for by governments, firm...


Gunmen kill seven in attack on Guatemala health clinic

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 08:49 PM PST

Authorities in Guatemala say gunmen burst into a medical clinic in the capital and shot seven people to death.


Star trek desks: Classrooms for the next generation?

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 08:29 PM PST

Scientists designing and testing what they hope might become the classroom of the future have found that "Star Trek"-style multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost children's maths skills.


Philippines, Vietnam protest map in China passport

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 08:08 PM PST

A map that China has incorporated into its passports has drawn diplomatic fury because it appears to claim the entire South China Sea, ignoring competing claims from the Philippines, Vietnam and other...


Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay dies

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 07:56 PM PST

Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay, whose first and final books drew on his tough early-life experiences in Africa, has died of stomach cancer. He was 79.


Israel pulls back from Gaza, invasion force intact

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 07:15 PM PST

Israel began withdrawing the army on Thursday that had been poised to invade the Gaza Strip to go after Hamas, with both sides declaring they had won their eight-day battle.


Nicolas Sarkozy dodges official inquiry in election funding scandal

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 07:05 PM PST

French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has not been put under formal investigation by magistrates looking into whether he received illegal campaign funds from France's richest woman in 2007, but has ...


Two military planes collide in Venezuela: officials

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:55 PM PST

Two Venezuelan military planes collided during a demonstration on Thursday, killing a pilot who steered his stricken turboprop plane away from populated areas, the government said.


Mohamed Mursi draws fire with new Egypt decree

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:42 PM PST

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi triggered controversy on Thursday by issuing a decree likely to lead to retrials of Hosni Mubarak and his aides but which was compared to the ousted leader's autocrati...


Banned on Wall Street: Facebook, Twitter and Gmail

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:39 PM PST

For young Wall Street employees who live their lives through social media, working at a big bank can feel as if the plug has been pulled. Most financial firms ban Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, and bloc...


Talks to defuse Iraq army-Kurdish standoff make little headway

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:28 PM PST

Talks to defuse a standoff between Iraqi troops and forces from the country's autonomous Kurdish region made little progress on Thursday with both sides further reinforcing positions on their disputed...


One dead, three injured in Bahamas helicopter crash

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:22 PM PST

Officials say a helicopter has crashed in an upscale Bahamas resort, killing one US citizen and injuring at least three others.


Calls us Mexico, not 'United States of Mexico': President Felipe Calderon

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:12 PM PST

President Felipe Calderon has one last wish before he leaves office next week: Please change the country's name from "United States of Mexico" to just "Mexico."


2 dead, many injured after at least 140 vehicles collide on US highway in dense fog

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 05:52 PM PST

Two people died and more than 80 were hurt Thursday when at least 100 vehicles collided on a Texas highway in dense fog, leaving trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull sur...


Pakistan taking unprecedented steps for peace with India: Asif Ali Zardari

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 11:30 AM PST

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Pakistan is making "unprecedented efforts" to normalise ties with India even as he called on the world community to address challenges like the situation in...


Rebels seize army base in eastern Syria

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:45 AM PST

Syrian rebels seized a key military base with artillery stockpiles in the country's east on Thursday, strengthening their hold in an oil-rich strategic province bordering Iraq, activists said.


Qatar set to host major climate talks

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 09:01 AM PST

When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned.


British TV network pays damages over false child sex abuse claim

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 08:47 AM PST

British commercial television network ITV on Thursday said it had paid out $199,362 to a senior politician who was wrongly linked to child sex abuse by one of its programmes and the BBC.


Indian sacked from UK hospital for not knowing English

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 08:24 AM PST

An Indian radiographer has been sacked from his job at a UK cancer hospital after six years following a string of complaints that he could not speak clear English, a charge which he termed as "cooked ...


Americans to mark holiday with family, festivities

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:45 AM PST

Airports, train stations and highways were expected to remain busy as people made their way home to reconnect with family and friends for Thanksgiving - although some reunions might be bittersweet bec...


Wayward British Member of Parliament evicted from Australian reality show

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST

A British lawmaker suspended from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party for appearing on a reality TV show has been voted off the programme by viewers after just a few days.


Nicolas Sarkozy in court over illegal donations suspicions

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went before a judge on Thursday to respond to suspicions that he illegally accepted donations from France's richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign.


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