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Archive for December, 2012
Homeless Nephew of Millionaire Heiress Died Standing to Inherit $19 Million
By World On The Run
ABC News – A homeless man found dead under a Wyoming overpass last week stood to inherit $19 million from his deceased adopted great aunt, a...
2 B.C. Teens Reportedly Among Survivors Of Deadly Bus Crash In Oregon
By World On The Run
CBC News – Among the passengers on a B.C. company’s bus that crashed through a guardrail on what is being called a deadly stretch of highway in...
Clean Tech Ventures Find A Warm Reception In China
By World On The Run
Reuters – For American cleantech companies, there’s just one country that matters most: China. After years of massive growth that took a heavy toll on the...
State Department Made “Grievous Mistake” Over Benghazi: Senate Report
By World On The Run
Reuters – The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in...
Central African Republic Government Officials, Rebels To Hold Talks Amid Unrest
By World on the Run
CNN – Central African Republic rebels and government officials will meet early next week for talks, a minister said Saturday, after a spate of violence...
Russian Police Free Child Hostage, Kill Seven Militants In Dagestan
By World on the Run
Reuters – Russian security forces killed seven militants and freed a 6-year-old girl taken hostage in the restive Dagestan region of Russia’s volatile North Caucasus...
Pakistan Militants Kill 41 In Mass Execution, Attack On Shi’ites
By World on the Run
Reuters – Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging...
US Senate Panel Slams Security at Benghazi Mission Before Attack
By World On The Run
Voice of America – A U.S. Senate panel has harshly criticized the State Department’s handling of security at the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya,...
Forget Nobel Peace Prize, EU Launches Summit Warfare
By World On The Run
Reuters – The European Union may have won the Nobel Peace Prize this year, but to many EU leaders, officials, diplomats and even journalists, it can...
Sony Stops Production Of Playstation 2
By World On The Run
BBC News – Sony has ended Japanese production of its best-selling PlayStation 2 (PS2). The hardware first went on sale in March 2000 in Japan...
Asian Nations Giving Enthusiastic Welcome To 2013
By World On The Run
AP – Sydney’s skyline erupted in fireworks as Australia ushered in 2013 on Tuesday, while extravagant displays soon followed in Hong Kong and Beijing, and...
Fiscal Deal ‘Within Sight’ — But Chances In Congress Unclear
By World On The Run
Fox News – Facing the near-certainty that they would miss the midnight deadline for averting sweeping tax hikes, Senate lawmakers on Monday nevertheless edged closer...
Al Qaeda Offers Gold Bounty For US Ambassador In Yemen
By World on the Run
ITV – Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen have pledged to give three kilograms of gold – worth around £100,000 – to anyone who can kill...
Libya Church Blast Kills Two Egyptians: Embassy
By World on the Run
France 24 – An explosion rocked a Christian Coptic church near the western Libyan city of Misrata on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two...
Israel Charges Avigdor Lieberman With Fraud, But Other Suspicions Remain Against Ex-Foreign Minister
By World on the Run
National Post – Israel’s Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with breach...
Homeless Nephew of Millionaire Heiress Died Standing to Inherit $19 Million
By World On The Run
ABC News – A homeless man found dead under a Wyoming overpass last week stood to inherit $19 million from his deceased adopted great aunt, a...
2 B.C. Teens Reportedly Among Survivors Of Deadly Bus Crash In Oregon
By World On The Run
CBC News – Among the passengers on a B.C. company’s bus that crashed through a guardrail on what is being called a deadly stretch of highway in...
Clean Tech Ventures Find A Warm Reception In China
By World On The Run
Reuters – For American cleantech companies, there’s just one country that matters most: China. After years of massive growth that took a heavy toll on the...
State Department Made “Grievous Mistake” Over Benghazi: Senate Report
By World On The Run
Reuters – The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in...
Central African Republic Government Officials, Rebels To Hold Talks Amid Unrest
By World on the Run
CNN – Central African Republic rebels and government officials will meet early next week for talks, a minister said Saturday, after a spate of violence...
Russian Police Free Child Hostage, Kill Seven Militants In Dagestan
By World on the Run
Reuters – Russian security forces killed seven militants and freed a 6-year-old girl taken hostage in the restive Dagestan region of Russia’s volatile North Caucasus...
Pakistan Militants Kill 41 In Mass Execution, Attack On Shi’ites
By World on the Run
Reuters – Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging...
US Senate Panel Slams Security at Benghazi Mission Before Attack
By World On The Run
Voice of America – A U.S. Senate panel has harshly criticized the State Department’s handling of security at the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya,...
Forget Nobel Peace Prize, EU Launches Summit Warfare
By World On The Run
Reuters – The European Union may have won the Nobel Peace Prize this year, but to many EU leaders, officials, diplomats and even journalists, it can...
Sony Stops Production Of Playstation 2
By World On The Run
BBC News – Sony has ended Japanese production of its best-selling PlayStation 2 (PS2). The hardware first went on sale in March 2000 in Japan...
Asian Nations Giving Enthusiastic Welcome To 2013
By World On The Run
AP – Sydney’s skyline erupted in fireworks as Australia ushered in 2013 on Tuesday, while extravagant displays soon followed in Hong Kong and Beijing, and...
Fiscal Deal ‘Within Sight’ — But Chances In Congress Unclear
By World On The Run
Fox News – Facing the near-certainty that they would miss the midnight deadline for averting sweeping tax hikes, Senate lawmakers on Monday nevertheless edged closer...
Al Qaeda Offers Gold Bounty For US Ambassador In Yemen
By World on the Run
ITV – Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen have pledged to give three kilograms of gold – worth around £100,000 – to anyone who can kill...
Libya Church Blast Kills Two Egyptians: Embassy
By World on the Run
France 24 – An explosion rocked a Christian Coptic church near the western Libyan city of Misrata on Sunday, killing two people and wounding two...
Israel Charges Avigdor Lieberman With Fraud, But Other Suspicions Remain Against Ex-Foreign Minister
By World on the Run
National Post – Israel’s Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with breach...