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UN approves Syria resolution | | Sept. 28 - UN Security Council approves resolution to rid Syria of it's chemical weapons arsenal. Julie Noce reports. |
Fitch Affirms Austria at 'AAA'; Outlook Stable | | LONDON, September 27 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Austria's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'AAA' with Stable Outlook. The agency has also affirmed the... |
Grapefruit-sized RadBall proposed for Fukushima clean-up | | July 11 - The world's largest floating power station is about to set sail from Tokyo bay for deployment off Fukushima, while officials struggle to clean up radioactive waste inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power station. Soon however, they may have a grapefruit-sized ball made of aluminium and tungsten to help them. Called RadBall, the device is designed to locate sources of radiation in difficult to reach places. Jim Drury has more. |
Archangel, by Andrea Barrett | | Andrea Barretts stories are set near the turn of the 20th century, at moments of intellectual and historical change. |
New iPhones in hot demand | | With the latest iPhone handsets going on sale in 11 countries and territories Friday, there will be the usual lines of diehard fans snaking around popular Apple stores. |
Team rebuilding world's first website | | Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. |
Historic phone call between Obama and Iran's Rouhani | | Sep. 27 - In the highest level contact between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speak by phone Friday. Gavino Garay reports. |
France moves closer to fining Google over data privacy | | PARIS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog moved closer to fining Google for the way it stores and tracks user information after the search engine ignored a three-month ultimatum to bring its practices in line with local law. |
Independence day penguins? | | For one weekend in September more than 155 million people in six neighboring countries in one continent pull out all the stops to honor the birth of their nations. |
Republican infighting on full display on U.S. Senate floor | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican infighting took a nasty turn in the U.S. Senate on Thursday with Senator Bob Corker accusing fellow conservative Ted Cruz of using the looming fiscal deadline for self-promotion and to endear himself further with Tea Party groups. |
Germany Post Fukushima | | CNN's Diana Magnay reports why the German consumer is paying more than what the energy transition may be worth. |
Tesla, Tata equal tough times for GM | | General Motors faces a future challenged by emerging car companies such as Tata abroad and innovative firms such as Tesla in the U.S., says GM Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky. |
As critical phase nears, Obama stumps for healthcare law | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visits a local college on Thursday to promote his signature healthcare program as it nears a critical enrollment phase, even as the law faces stiff political opposition and a wary public. |
Pakistani General Attacked in Quake Zone | | Militants shot two rockets at a helicopter carrying Maj. Gen. Saeed Aleem, the Pakistani general in charge of disaster relief for the devastating earthquake this week. |
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