| ||
| Son of China's Bo Xilai defends his father Reuters Since graduating from Harvard University in May with a master's degree in public policy, Guagua, 24, has kept a low profile, in contrast to reports earlier this year of a playboy lifestyle in the United States that created a firestorm on the Internet ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lindsay Lohan assaulted in a New York hotel, man arrested Reuters (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan was attacked by a man in a New York hotel on Sunday, her spokesman said, in what media reports described as a scuffle over her demands that photos of her be deleted from his cellphone. ... A spokeswoman for the New ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SUNY Brockport mourns student found dead in dorm USA TODAY 2012 - The mood is somber today on the campus of the State University of New York in Brockport, near Rochester, one day after a female student was found dead inside her dorm room, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is reporting. The student's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| ||
| In China, foreign hypermarkets' hype well past its shelf life Reuters HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT. ... N) to close its big box stores in China served up the latest evidence of foreign retailers' struggle with a crowded market, slowing economy and tough competition in a country that was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| ||
| Two Kenyan police shot dead near Somalia border Reuters Herman Ndiema, Garissa's deputy police chief, told Reuters the two officers were killed as they walked to a technical college they had been assigned to guard. Their killers drove up to them in a taxi, shot them dead, and then jumped out to steal their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fish to shrink as global warming leaves them gasping for oxygen Reuters "The reductions in body size will affect whole ecosystems," lead author William Cheung of the University of British Columbia in Canada, told Reuters of the findings in the journal Nature Climate Change. His team of scientists said a trend towards ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 2 killed, 1 wounded in biker shooting at VFW lodge in Florida NBCNews.com (blog) According to the Sentinel, police evacuated those in the building to a nearby senior center. They also detained several people and confiscated many weapons. Lt. Doug Seely, a Winter Springs police spokesman, told the newspaper all three victims ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Police in England investigate suspicious death of young man from Sherwood Park CTV News A young student from Sherwood Park was only in the United Kingdom for less than a day before his body was discovered in a waste bin at a recycling plant. Police in Bristol, located about 200 kilometres west of London, are calling the death of 22-year ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Analysis: China slides faster into pensions black hole Chicago Tribune QINGHAI, LEDU COUNTY, China (Reuters) - Eighty-year-old Chinese farmer Guo Shuhe receives a state pension equivalent to just $9 a month, not enough to buy a month worth of groceries, but enough it seems, to risk punching a gaping hole in government ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Zealand Q3 job confidence picks up slightly: Westpac Reuters WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Confidence among New Zealand workers perked up slightly from a three-year low in the third quarter, a survey showed on Monday, but sentiment was still generally pessimistic even as the economy is expected to pick up more due ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| From Tea To T-Shirts: The History Of U.S.-China Trade NPR As Dolin tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered, it all started with a three-masted sailing ship called the Empress of China. Built in Boston, it was the first American ship to leave the nascent United States after the Revolutionary ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ten years later, DC sniper says he felt like "scum" Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Convicted Washington sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said the devastated reaction of a victim's husband 10 years ago made him feel like "the worst piece of scum on the planet," The Washington Post reported on Sunday. In a rare interview, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| ||
| GLOBAL ECONOMY-A new quarter's dark clouds and silver linings Reuters LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The darkest hour is just before dawn, the old saying goes. Of course, that's also when your house is most likely to get burgled. The same mix of new hopes and old fears defines the global economy heading into the fourth quarter. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| Georgia's Saakashvili challenged in parliamentary vote Reuters TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgians elect a parliament on Monday with tension high after a prison abuse scandal that has turned the vote into the biggest test of President Mikheil Saakashvili's grip on the Caucasus Mountain nation in nearly a decade in power. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Candidates Vying to Replace Bloomberg in 2013 NBC New York New York City's 2013 mayoral race doesn't fully kick off until after voters are done picking a president. But some of the city's top political players are already jockeying for position, preparing to introduce themselves to voters who haven't paid much ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Big money bets on China growing old, and rich Chicago Tribune HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - At the Happy Community housing development in Beijing, China's largest property developer is setting aside 24,000 square meters (258,000 sq ft) for active seniors to test whether this rapidly ageing nation will pay for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Westport school bus drivers vote to strike Ct Post In an email to parents later Sunday, school officials said that Dattco drivers, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, rejected a proposed settlement with management and will walk off the job Monday morning. ... In an email to ... See all stories on this topic » |
Tip: Use quotes ("like this") around a set of words in your query to match them exactly. Learn more.
Delete this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.
No comments:
Post a Comment