Israel 'unlikely to strike back after embassy blasts' The Daily Telegraph Israel is unlikely to act in retaliation to the coordinated attacks on its embassies in India and Georgia, military sources state, despite laying the blame squarely on the shoulders of Iran and its militant allies Hizbollah. | Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was talking tough after the r...
Chinese company to seek ban on iPad import, export Atlanta Journal | BEIJING — A Chinese company said Tuesday it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple's iPads due to a dispute over ownership of the trademark. More business news | Obama proposes $2.8M for Savannah port Southwest and AirTran still far from being one Mortgage event, incl...
The $8 Million Grandmother…And the Future of Business Wall Street Journal By DENNIS K. BERMAN | LAS VEGAS—Holly Chen is a former first-grade teacher, just over 5 feet tall, with a taste for sequins. You wouldn't know it by looking at her, but this 68-year-old grandmother is one of the most prolific salespeople on Ear...
China rights row fails to sour star Hong Kong Standard Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale said a dispute with Chinese authorities after he tried to visit a detained dissident did not sour his experience making the homegrown hit film The Flowers of War. | //--> Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | Oscar-winning...
Deer, ram in Chinese Valentine wedding The Daily Telegraph Australia | A CHINESE zoo has held a Valentine's Day wedding for a male sheep and a female deer whose unconventional relationship has captured the public imagination, state media reported. | Visitors have flooded to the wildlife park in the southwestern p...
A hearing on Balochistan that stirs up new tensions between U.S. and Pakistan The Hindu An extraordinary hearing of the U.S. Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 8 exclusively focusing on Pakistan's restive Balochistan province has triggered new diplomatic tensions between Washington D.C. and Islamabad. At least five m...
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South Sudan: Why Things Fall Apart The New York Times FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg | E-mailPrint | Heightened tensions over oil threatens the fragile peace between Sudan and South Sudan, as my colleague Jeffr...
Going Nuclear Over the Falklands The New York Times FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg | E-mailPrint | LONDON — Argentina has turned up the heat in its rekindled dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islan...
Imperial China Stirs Jason Wu at New York Fashion Week Jakarta Globe New York. Designer Jason Wu brought the mystery of the Forbidden City to New York fashion week on Friday with a fall-winter collection inspired by his Chinese heritage and 1930s Ho...
Column: Stop playing politics with women’s access to contraception CNN | Editor's Note: Rev. Debra Haffner is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and is the co-founder and Executive Director of , a multifaith organization advocating for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual justice in America’s ...
Obama stresses economic roles with China's expected new leader CNN February 14, 2012 -- Updated 2145 GMT (0545 HKT) President Obama welcomes China's VP | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama welcomed China's presumptive next leader at the White House Tuesday but also set a firm tone for future relations betwee...
'Angry Birds' Facebook App Debuts On Valentine's Day Crunch Get Technology Alerts Sign Up Submit this story digg reddit stumble | JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Angry Birds has joined Facebook. | The popular avian menace game debuted on the social network globally Tuesday. | Rovio Asia senior vice president Henri Holm...
10 things you might not know about skin color Chicago Tribune 1 Melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin (and eyes) is produced in cells called melanocytes. Every person has about the same number of these cells, regardless of race, but those with darker skin have larger cells that produce more pigment. Melanin not only colors the skin but also protects it from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. | 2 Cray...
Louis Vuitton condoms: the fashionable way to fake it in the bedroom The Daily Telegraph | When Durex just won't cut it, Louis Vuitton condoms have arrived to satisfy your designer desires. | BY Belinda White | 09 February 2012 --> | Irakli Kiziria's fake Louis Vuitton condoms. | A tidal wave of excitement no doubt swept through the label-loving locales of Marbella, Miami and Essex last night when news that Louis Vuitton had launched a...
