Karzai 'plans talks with Taliban'
The government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is planning to meet the Taliban in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to jump-start peace talks, the BBC learns.
| Crackdown on rebels in Damascus
Syria's army moves to reassert control in rebellious suburbs of Damascus in the worst fighting around the capital in the 10-month uprising, activists say.
| UN nuclear inspectors visit Iran
Inspectors from the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, begin a visit to Iran to try to determine the purpose of the country's nuclear programme.
| Bloc ends Iraq parliament boycott
Iraq's opposition Iraqiyya bloc ends a boycott of parliament begun last month over an arrest warrant issued for the country's most senior Sunni politician.
| Chinese held by Sudanese rebels
Some 29 Chinese construction workers are being held by rebels in Sudan's volatile South Kordofan region.
| UN in gay rights plea to Africa
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges African leaders to respect gay rights in his opening address at the African Union summit.
| Greece budget veto 'impossible'
Athens rejects outright German proposals for an EU power of veto over the Greek budget, with a minister threatening to quit over the issue.
| Suu Kyi hits Burma campaign trail
Burma's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, draws crowds on a political tour ahead of by-elections in April.
| Facebook 'prepares to go public'
Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn and $100bn, reports suggest.
| Clashes at Oakland Occupy march
Around 100 people are arrested after clashes at an Occupy protest in the Californian city of Oakland.
| Yemen's president arrives in US
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in the US to receive medical treatment for injuries he sustained in an assassination attempt last June.
| |
Novel cooling method for hot milk in India (photos)
Startup Promethean Power is developing a "thermal battery" that gets around unreliable power service in India at a clean-tech incubator in a converted warehouse in South Boston.
| A 'thermal battery' for villages in India
Startup Promethean Power had to ditch its dream of solar-powered milk chillers in rural India, but hit upon a novel energy storage system that's cheaper and overcomes the unreliable grid.
| Apple, Google under scrutiny over no-poaching charges
At issue is whether some of the titans of tech conspired not to hire each other's employees. Attorney Joe Saveri argues the alleged conspiracy kept workers salaries artificially low by stifling competition.
| Social-network update: Facebook up; Twitter slow?
Hackers did not take down Facebook today, as they had earlier claimed they would. Meanwhile, the pace of tweets appears to have slowed amid an ongoing Twitter boycott. And Twitter's lawyer responds.
| Gates sent dying Jobs a letter he kept bedside
An interview with Microsoft's Bill Gates in The Telegraph is just the latest to show he and the late Steve Jobs had a strong relationship at the time of the Apple leader's death.
| A self-driving car, but thankfully a BMW
BMW has revealed that it, too, has entered the self-driving car arena, inserting self-driving technology in a 5 Series car.
| Android screen chaos: A feature, not a bug
Programmers using Google's mobile operating system must reckon with upfront work for the wide range of Android screens, but the benefit is flexibility.
| |
| Poll: Romney leads Gingrich in Fla.
 
| Hundreds arrested at Occupy Oakland protest
Police arrested hundreds of people as Occupy Oakland protesters tried to take over a convention center and YMCA, then broke into City Hall.
| Video: Attacks get harsher ahead of Florida vote
 Newt Gingrich unleashes a fiery ad attacking his rival while Romney appealed to Florida’s Hispanic voters. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports. (Nightly News)
| Surprise: Cain endorses Gingrich in GOP race
Just last week, Herman Cain said he was backing somebody else. But in Florida, Cain endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination.
| Djokovic wins longest Slam final ever
 Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis Sunday, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title.
| Sponsored By:
| Video: America’s heartland welcomes home troops
 When U.S. combat troops came home from Iraq, there was little public fanfare. Today in St. Louis, a crowd estimated at about 100,000 tried to change that thanks to a grassroots effort. NBC's John Yang reports. (Nightly News)
| LIVE: Nadal vs. Djokovic in Australian Open final
 LIVE: Rafael Nadal, who has lost six straight matches to Novak Djokovic, tries to the solve the world's top player in the Australian Open men's final.
| Santorum cancels events to be with sick daughter
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is canceling his Sunday morning campaign events and is spending time with his hospitalized daughter.
| |
|
Donations help keep our site up and running.
|
Include this on your site:
|
|
