Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood her ground today, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that she has overseen plans to secure diplomatic outposts around the world while cuts in State Department funding undermine those efforts.Citing a report by the department's Accountability Review Board on the security failures that led to the deaths of four Americans...
Jan
22
Defterios: What keeps Davos relevant
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSSince the late 20th Century, the ski resort of Davos has been synonymous with the World Economic ForumDefterios: I first came to Davos as a relatively junior correspondent, two months after the Berlin Wall fellFall of Communism, China's opening, removal of apartheid in South Africa unfolded in the 90sIt's the inter-play between geo-politics and business is what keeps the forum relevantDavos...
SGX's Q2 net profit rises 17% to S$76m
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE : Rising interest in derivatives trading helped lift earnings for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last quarter. Asia's second-largest bourse operator reported a 17 per cent on-year rise in second-quarter net profit to S$76 million.It also attracted a large number of new bond listings in the same quarter.Derivatives trading has been the star performer in SGX.Over the October to December...
Vegas officer kills wife, son and himself
Labels: LifestyleBy Lateef Mungin, CNNupdated 3:27 AM EST, Tue January 22, 2013When a SWAT team arrived at the lieutenant's home, they found him waiting outside with what was believed to be a gun. STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe officer called 911 to say he had killed his wife and sonHis home was burning when the SWAT team arrived After the fire was put out officers found three bodies in the homeSurvey: Last year, 126 police...
U.K. grandma gets death sentence in Bali
Labels: Health BALI An Indonesian court sentenced a British grandmother to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence. Lindsay June Sandiford, 56, wept when judges handed down the sentence and declined to speak to reporters on her way back to prison, covering her face with a floral scarf....
Group Finds More Fake Ingredients in Popular Foods
Labels: Business It's what we expect as shoppers—what's in the food will be displayed on the label.But a new scientific examination by the non-profit food fraud detectives the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), discovered rising numbers of fake ingredients in products from olive oil to spices to fruit juice."Food products are not always what they purport to be," Markus Lipp, senior director...
Jan
21
How Obama made opportunity real
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSLZ Granderson: Specifics of Obama's first term may not be rememberedHe says his ability to win presidency twice is unforgettableGranderson: Obama, the first black president, makes opportunity real for manyHe says it makes presidency a possibility for people of all backgroundsEditor's note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the...
37 foreigners killed in Algeria hostage crisis: PM
Labels: Technology ALGIERS: Thirty-seven foreigners of eight different nationalities were killed during the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant that was overrun by Islamist gunmen, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Monday."Thirty-seven foreigners of eight different nationalities," were killed during the four-day siege, Sellal told a news conference in Algiers, without specifying their nationalities.One...
Top 5 inaugural addresses
Labels: LifestylePresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential inaugurations and oathsPresidential...
Official: 3 Americans total died in Algeria attack
Labels: Health Updated at 11:48 a.m. ET Two additional Americans were killed in last week's hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in Algeria, bringing the final U.S. death toll to three, a U.S. official told CBS News Monday. Seven Americans made it out safely. Previously, two deceased Americans were identified to CBS News as Frederick Buttaccio of Katy, Texas, near Houston, and Gordon Lee Rowan. The last...
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