JOHANNESBURG South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to medical treatments, the nation's presidency said Tuesday. The ailing Mandela, 94, has been hospitalized since Saturday for medical tests at 1 Military Hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria. 34 PhotosNelson MandelaThe announcement ended speculation about what was...
Closing Tax Loopholes Not Enough to Avert 'Cliff'?
Labels: Business Closing "corporate tax loopholes" sure sounds good to the average, non-corporate American -- so good, in fact, that politicians talk about it all the time.House Speaker John Boehner's fiscal-cliff proposal purports to raise $1.6 trillion in revenue by "clos[ing] special-interest loopholes and deductions while lowering rates."The White House, meanwhile, has complained that Boehner...
Dec
10
Biofuel that's better than carbon neutral
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21 workers gather at security firm to demand for wages
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: A group of workers, including 13 Singaporeans, gathered at their security firm on Monday morning demanding for payment of their wages.21 local and Malaysian workers accused Elk Security for failing to pay their wages on time as well as contribute to their CPF accounts.Following discussions between the Manpower Ministry (MOM) and the firm, all parties agreed that the November...
Obama, Boehner tackle fiscal cliff face-to-face
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSPresident Obama and House Speaker Boehner meet at the White HouseTheir spokesmen issue identical statements about the first such talks in 23 daysDemocrats and the GOP have been sparring about efforts to avert the fiscal cliffSen. Corker joins some Republicans as open to hiking tax rates on the wealthy Washington (CNN) -- Twenty-three days since they last met face-to-face and 23 days...
N. Korea extends rocket launch window a week
Labels: Health SEOUL, South Korea North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week, until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of the rocket." The statement didn't elaborate, but said...
Royal Hoax: DJs 'Shattered' After Nurse's Suicide
Labels: Business The two Australian radio DJs who prank-called the London hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated last week said they were "shattered" and "gutted" after the nurse who answered their call apparently killed herself.Shock jocks Mel Greig, 30, and Michael Christian, 25, cried as they spoke to Australia's Channel 9 overnight in their first public interview since Jacintha...
Dec
09
Female lemurs avoid the wrong love in the dark
Labels: World IT IS the ultimate voice-recognition system. Without ever meeting him, a female lemur still knows the call of her father. The ability to identify family members is important to avoid inbreeding. For large-brained mammals like apes that engage in complex...
Taiwan urges Japan to apologise over sex slaves: report
Labels: Technology TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday urged Japan to apologise for using sex slaves from across Asia during World War II, local media reported.Ma made the call at a conference in Taiwan on sexual slavery attended by elderly women from Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines who had been forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during the war."Historical mistakes can...
Chavez says his cancer is back, talks of a successor
Labels: LifestyleFrom Patrick Oppmann, CNNupdated 12:56 AM EST, Sun December 9, 2012STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Parliament will convene special session over Chavez's trip to Cuba, an official says"An operation like this, an illness like this, always carries risk," says Hugo ChavezHe says his vice president should succeed him if his health worsensChavez, who won reelection this year, will return to Cuba for the operationHavana...
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