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Hillary Clinton discharged from hospital Jan 3rd 2013, 00:43 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was discharged from a New York City hospital Wednesday evening after three days of treatment for a potentially dangerous blood clot in her head, the State Department said. Read full article >> Hillary Clinton discharged from hospital Jan 3rd 2013, 00:43 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was discharged from a New York City hospital Wednesday evening after three days of treatment for a potentially dangerous blood clot in her head, the State Department said. Read full article >> To thwart hackers, firms salting their servers with fake data Jan 3rd 2013, 00:08 Brown Printing Co., which prints popular magazines and catalogues, knew it had valuable assets in its computer systems, and that those assets — online editions and subscriber databases — were increasingly at risk with the proliferation of cyber-espionage. Read full article >> Which heads of state leaders tweet, in one map Jan 2nd 2013, 22:12 @BarackObama and @Pontifex have company. According to a new report by the Digital Policy Council, 75 percent of world leaders tweeted in 2012 -- up 78 percent from 2011 and 270 percent from 2010, the year the survey started. Although the numbers are a bit inflated the report counts nameless official accounts, such as Morocco's "eGovernment Portal" and an Indonesian account that posts occasional press releases, among its "heads of states" they reflect a growing trend. Above, we've mapped out the heads of state who use Twitter, also indicating their follow counts. Read full article >> 'Running' yellow lights is illegal in China now Jan 2nd 2013, 21:53 Chinese authorities are attempting to improve the country's difficult road conditions with a new law that will almost certainly worsen them. As of Tuesday, yellow lights are now considered functionally the same as red lights. The fine for entering an intersection after a traffic light turns yellow is not the same as for "running" a red light. That fine has also gone up. Read full article >> Which countries tax the most? Jan 2nd 2013, 19:49 The just-passed "fiscal cliff" deal offers a mixed bag for American business owners, as The Washington Post reports. A package of temporary business tax breaks were extended for another year, but business owners who have pass-through income above $400,000 will see a tax rate increase. Read full article >> Syrian death toll tops 60,000, U.N. says Jan 2nd 2013, 17:55 BEIRUT — The United Nations' human rights chief said Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in the bloody conflict in Syria, a figure that far exceeds even estimates given by opposition groups after nearly two years of fighting. Read full article >> The world is baffled by the 'fiscal cliff,' sees it as a sign of American decline Jan 2nd 2013, 16:50 CNN anchor Ali Velshi had a tough word for the U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations: embarrassment. Velshi, lamenting the bitter politics and institutional logjams that nearly sent the world's richest country over a self-imposed cliff, called the whole sordid episode an "embarrassment for America." Read full article >> Meet Egypt's Jon Stewart, who is now under investigation for satire Jan 2nd 2013, 16:33 In another sign that President Mohamed Morsi's Egypt may not be as democratic as the country's revolutionaries had hoped, Egyptian lawyers have launched an investigationinto a popular TV host there, arguing that he insulted Morsi on his Daily Show-esque television program. Read full article >> Passengers on India's 'cancer train' share stories of pain and hope Jan 2nd 2013, 16:13 The train crawls into the grimy station, and scores of anxious cancer patients scramble to find assigned berths, floor space, even corners. Wrapped in large woolen blankets against the wintry cold, the passengers prepare for an overnight journey to the nearest public hospital, 220 miles away. Read full article >>

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