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abe11b8bff9dc19513694e8352195a98 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/08/07/federal-judge-rules-bitcoin-is-real-money/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter | Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Real Money | Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Real Money
It's actually money, says judge (and SEC)
Trendon Shavers is accused of being the Bernie Madoff of Bitcoin. The SEC is going after him for allegedly running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme from 2011 to 2012. Through his Texas-based "Bitcoin Savings & Trust," he, under the name "pirateat... |
550edd39d97f74c2029a61806552f925 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/05/loveroom-willed-into-existence-by-journalists-eager-to-bash-an-airbnb-for-hotties/ | 'LoveRoom' Willed Into Existence By Journalists Eager To Bash An Airbnb For Hotties | 'LoveRoom' Willed Into Existence By Journalists Eager To Bash An Airbnb For Hotties
LoveRoom 'launched' a week ago and quickly changed its splash image to the one at left when it... [+] realized it had grabbed a photo of someone famous
Last week, several media organizations got very excited about something called "Love... |
54b128befc2a8a5bbb8a07dacc5f02a1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/13/your-phone-number-is-going-to-be-scored/ | Your Phone Number Is Going To Get A Reputation Score | Your Phone Number Is Going To Get A Reputation Score
The report Telesign will generate for every phone number. Hopefully yours doesn't look like this... [+] one.
Telesign is one of those companies that you've probably never heard of but that provides services you likely use on a regular basis, especially if you have tw... |
93d08f33527f7406bb974913ce4bbaba | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/14/silicon-valley-data-handover-infographic/ | Thanks, Snowden! Now All The Major Tech Companies Reveal How Often They Give Data To Government | Thanks, Snowden! Now All The Major Tech Companies Reveal How Often They Give Data To Government
Graphic credit: David Lada.
Google has been pumping out a transparency report for years, telling its users how often the feds and local law enforcement ask for information about its users. Up until this year, it was one of t... |
d6b96c91fc5974cdeb2735afe6ee9633 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/12/10/your-iphone-is-now-a-homing-beacon/ | Your iPhone Is Now A Homing Beacon (But It's Ridiculously Easy To Turn Off) | Your iPhone Is Now A Homing Beacon (But It's Ridiculously Easy To Turn Off)
Your phone is now a homing iBeacon.
If you carry around a device that can be tracked, people will do their best to track it, whether it's the EZ-Pass in your car or those tracking devices we can't leave home without, our phones. Many stores hav... |
beec1d54492f086b5f1472cd1c4e2aae | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/12/12/bitcoin-wallet-coinbase-deposits-25-million-from-andreessen-horowitz/ | Bitcoin's Biggest Investment: Coinbase Deposits $25 Million From Andreessen Horowitz | Bitcoin's Biggest Investment: Coinbase Deposits $25 Million From Andreessen Horowitz
These guys have received $31 million in venture capital for their Bitcoin wallet business
If you ever meet Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, ask him to hook you up with some Bitcoin. “I’ll give $5 worth of Bitcoin to anyone who asks to... |
26ee9fea41508ca7fb7a98c1e02f6dfd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/12/16/federal-judge-writes-epic-smackdown-of-unconstitutional-nsa-phone-record-collection/ | Federal Judge Writes Epic Smackdown Of 'Likely Unconstitutional' NSA Phone Record Collection | Federal Judge Writes Epic Smackdown Of 'Likely Unconstitutional' NSA Phone Record Collection
This federal judge says the NSA collection of Americans' phone records likely violates the... [+] Constitution.
Thanks to a leak of classified documents by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, we learned this summer that Veriz... |
d6f0fe084dc7f259c23414ce26365e3b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/13/a-100-worth-of-litecoin-a-year-ago-is-worth-30000-today/ | A $100 Worth Of Litecoin A Year Ago Is Worth $30,000 Today | A $100 Worth Of Litecoin A Year Ago Is Worth $30,000 Today
The silver to Bitcoin's gold also has novelty physical coins
Last month, we subjected readers to a hindsight lament: How you should have spent $100 at the beginning of 2013. Using the Forbes time travel machine, we went back to last January and dropped Benjamin... |
5023b9569e1d2b82f05c97822aa79a0d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/27/winklevosses-bitcoin-community-shocked-by-arrest-of-bitinstant-ceo-charlie-shrem/ | Winklevosses, Bitcoin Community Shocked By Arrest of BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem | Winklevosses, Bitcoin Community Shocked By Arrest of BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem
This morning, the Bitcoin community was rocked by the news that a vaunted start-up CEO had been arrested for money laundering. BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, 24, has been the subject of fawning profiles for his Bitcoin entrepreneurship. ... |
913d74ed9a6233a1097a52716b990f83 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/03/07/why-you-need-to-rip-the-mailing-label-off-magazines-as-soon-as-they-arrive/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter | Why You Need To Rip The Mailing Label Off Magazines As Soon As They Arrive | Why You Need To Rip The Mailing Label Off Magazines As Soon As They Arrive
Until last week, if you wanted to see the password that New Yorker subscribers use to access their accounts online, all you needed was their name and address. That information, of course, is not hard to find; it’s on the label of every issue mai... |
000710ec17b6d9150c4f7a296176e3cd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/29/baby-monitor-hacker-still-terrorizing-babies-and-their-parents/ | Baby Monitor Hacker Still Terrorizing Babies And Their Parents | Baby Monitor Hacker Still Terrorizing Babies And Their Parents
Last summer, someone hacked into a Houston couple's baby monitor in order to yell at their daughter and tell her to "wake up, you little slut." The Gilbert family was using an Internet-connected Foscam product that had known vulnerabilities that would make ... |
d512cb3ce3bfdec6a79234ebddd0f09d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/29/you-can-hide-your-pregnancy-online-but-youll-feel-like-a-criminal/ | You Can Hide Your Pregnancy Online, But You'll Feel Like A Criminal | You Can Hide Your Pregnancy Online, But You'll Feel Like A Criminal
Janet Vertesi is expecting to give birth on Saturday. She may be the only expectant woman in America not to see a single diaper ad over the course of her pregnancy.
That's because the Princeton sociology professor treated her impending birth as many pe... |
8383d96b32edace4d70e6e418a53ffa4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/08/government-tells-snapchat-to-stop-lying-about-photos-disappearing/ | FTC Tells Snapchat To Stop Lying About Photos Disappearing | FTC Tells Snapchat To Stop Lying About Photos Disappearing
Last year, when a forensics firm proved that Snapchats don't actually disappear, I speculated that the Federal Trade Commission — which is the federal agency responsible for investigating companies for deceptive or misleading practices — would likely be taking ... |
e72cffa71563d5f04a815c1364776bc9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/02/sheryl-sandberg-apologizes-for-facebook-emotion-manipulation-study-kind-of/?sh=33ec9026149d | Sheryl Sandberg Apologizes For Facebook Emotion Manipulation Study... Kind Of | Sheryl Sandberg Apologizes For Facebook Emotion Manipulation Study... Kind Of
The Facebook emotion contagion study has finally reached the executive level. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the word "apologize" in reference to the study that involved nearly 700,000 Facebook users in January 2012, but she made it into o... |
c827d8c53d568c4b6017a3401453e177 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/10/after-the-freak-out-over-facebooks-emotion-manipulation-study-what-happens-now/ | After The Freak-Out Over Facebook's Emotion Manipulation Study, What Happens Now? | After The Freak-Out Over Facebook's Emotion Manipulation Study, What Happens Now?
The dust is finally starting to settle around the revelation that Facebook manipulated users' emotions for science. So what now?
Legally, I don't think much will come of this beyond Facebook's government liaisons working longer, harder ho... |
43b37a2f6790160d1a10d5a452efd467 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/23/how-your-security-system-could-be-used-to-spy-on-you/ | How Your Security System Could Be Hacked To Spy On You | How Your Security System Could Be Hacked To Spy On You
On a recent Friday evening, Logan Lamb and his girlfriend turned up at a co-worker's birthday party in Knoxville, Tennessee with a 12-pack of cheap beer, 4 craft beers for the birthday boy, and some hacking tools, namely a software-defined radio (SDR) capable of mo... |
7ade9113a798430601aaf22d410d6163 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/28/okcupid-experiment-compatibility-deception/ | OkCupid Lied To Users About Their Compatibility As An Experiment | OkCupid Lied To Users About Their Compatibility As An Experiment
Updated with additional details about the experiment via Christian Rudder.
Ever since the big kerfuffle over Facebook's emotion manipulation study -- and the defense that this happens all over the Web all the time -- we've been wondering what other experi... |
1dfe93847b148b12442efe056d946dd2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/08/18/ideas-for-charities-that-missed-out-on-the-ice-bucket-challenge/ | Ideas For Charities That Missed Out On The 'Ice Bucket Challenge' | Ideas For Charities That Missed Out On The 'Ice Bucket Challenge'
The bizarreness of the 'ice bucket challenge' is well-summarized by the skeptical child in this photoshop asking why people are wasting clean water to avoid giving money to charity, and also by Arielle Pardes at Vice. "It’s like a game of Would-You-Rathe... |
d1e142675eb72276e9631a2c17fbf95b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/29/the-privacy-lowdown-on-verizon-and-atts-permacookies/ | The Privacy Lowdown On Smartphone 'Permacookies' That Make You Trackable On The Web | The Privacy Lowdown On Smartphone 'Permacookies' That Make You Trackable On The Web
This week, researchers discovered that smartphone carriers have started inserting a unique code into their customers' network activity so that their customers can be tracked as they browse the Web and use smartphone apps; Verizon uses a... |
4e77747b1fec1f435bce4511d02f7745 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kasiaborowska/2020/11/03/the-what-how-and-why-of-ai--part-1/?ss=ai&sh=a0894b25815e | Artificial Intelligence 101: Defining Your Business Objective | Artificial Intelligence 101: Defining Your Business Objective
Learnings from years of building artificial intelligence solutions for corporations.
Before you start building an Artificial Intelligence solution it is important to define clear ... [+] business objectives and success metrics. .
Business managers these day... |
4461dcd0bab5216267ad44843201a0be | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kasiaborowska/2021/01/18/the-great-compromise-in-ais-buy-vs-build-dilemma/ | The Great Compromise In AI’s Buy Vs Build Dilemma | The Great Compromise In AI’s Buy Vs Build Dilemma
The promise of Artificial Intelligence has been sold to companies for more than a decade, offering the ability to automate core business functions, and serve as a nearly unprecedented multiplier to enhance customer experience, efficiency, and scalability. Examples range... |
614134f8e56eee8e1508e1f58c2a357a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kasperhulthin/2012/10/24/why-big-questions-and-bad-decisions-make-better-entrepreneurs/ | Why Big Questions And Bad Decisions Make Better Entrepreneurs | Why Big Questions And Bad Decisions Make Better Entrepreneurs
“Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
This quote from an unknown author might be the most apt description of my life as an entrepreneur. Some decisions will change your life, but only if you ask the right questions.
... |
7ece3335d14ed4e47ada7af1db6cbe3a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kasperhulthin/2013/02/05/how-to-sell-without-being-a-salesperson/ | How To Sell Without Being A Salesperson | How To Sell Without Being A Salesperson
“You're always selling” is one of those sayings you often hear about building startups. But many entrepreneurs try to avoid being a salesperson, as it still has a bad connotation. I'll proudly admit, however, that I started my career – and learned the most tricks – in a job assoc... |
c922af21a48c460f503cdb6ed571e4e6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2014/10/22/staples-breached/ | Staples May Have Been Breached. (Should You Just Cut Up All Your Cards?) | Staples May Have Been Breached. (Should You Just Cut Up All Your Cards?)
Staples may be the latest retailer affected by a data breach, according to recent reports. If it’s true, the company is just one more link in a chain of information thefts that has hit consumers of Target , Home Depot , Jimmy John’s, JP Mor... |
40a6c48cec73d90a961e15c6956ce124 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2015/02/24/office-productivity/ | The Key To Office Productivity: Get Out Of The Office | The Key To Office Productivity: Get Out Of The Office
Productivity is a big topic these days. In an era of always-on technology and constant interruptions, getting more done in less time is the holy grail. Evidently, the answer is simple: Get out of the office.
Of employees who work remotely at least a few times per mo... |
b76085d9916f63ae48a189b207b548bc | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2015/03/25/drinking-and-driving/ | Would You Buy A Car With A Built-In Breathalyzer? | Would You Buy A Car With A Built-In Breathalyzer?
What if there was a safety feature you could install in new cars that would prevent tens of thousands of deaths? Turns out, there is.
Researchers at the University of Michigan did some analysis to determine what impact in-car breathalyzers would have on fatal and nonfat... |
eb3491d6eac3052b469f06c724f8ae56 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2016/06/30/no-will/ | Horror Stories: When You Die Without A Will | Horror Stories: When You Die Without A Will
If you’re reading this story, there’s a good chance you don’t have a will or you don’t have one that’s up to date. That’s because nearly three-quarters of Americans fit this description: 63% do not have a will at all, and another 9% have a will that is out of date, according ... |
b8185553792cd8af18ce093884bba106 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateashford/2016/10/30/generation/ | The Generation With The Most Credit Card Debt? It's Not Millennials | The Generation With The Most Credit Card Debt? It's Not Millennials
Ever wonder which generation is carrying the most debt on plastic? Looks like it’s young Gen Xers, according to a new survey by GOBankingRates.com, carrying a median balance of about $4,000. That includes adults ages 35 to 44, and of that group, 46% ar... |
db9e0e8cd596c4bbe5a0b94621326df3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-nov-20-la-fg-spain-election-20111121-story.html | Spain ousts Socialists for center-right government | Spain ousts Socialists for center-right government
Spanish voters chucked out their ruling party Sunday in favor of a new center-right government that they hope will revive their moribund economy and keep Spain from being sucked into the vortex of Europe’s relentless debt crisis.
The Socialists, who have governed the c... |
f7636c0a8628a633f747cd3e5a4858b1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-nov-23-la-na-obama-tax-cut-20111123-story.html | Obama turns anti-tax message on GOP | Obama turns anti-tax message on GOP
President Obama visited New Hampshire to highlight the next big fight in Washington, as he urged Congress to not “be a Grinch” by allowing tax cuts to expire after the holidays, costing the average middle-class family $1,000 in 2012.
In a less-than-jolly assessment of Republican moti... |
50ab9edc5fb8ebe85f0c0ea0a355ccd1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-nov-25-la-fg-egypt-muslim-brotherhood-20111125-story.html | Political Islam at a crossroads in Egypt | Political Islam at a crossroads in Egypt
The call to prayer quiets in the minaret as Mohammad Abbas, a street protester turned candidate for parliament, steps out of a decrepit elevator and hurries to his office. He’s still learning the art of politics but he can spin a sound bite better than most of his elders. Ask aw... |
744210dcd63101ebdd6db358daf36948 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-04-la-fg-china-cyber-theft-20111005-story.html | U.S. lawmakers demand action over alleged China cyber attacks | U.S. lawmakers demand action over alleged China cyber attacks
A chorus of congressional lawmakers is demanding that the Obama administration respond to what U.S. intelligence agencies say is an aggressive Chinese campaign of cyber attacks designed to steal commercial and defense secrets from U.S. companies.
At a hearin... |
56b942a21fe41fa7f2aa903b6e11afa4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-06-la-fg-france-ketchup-20111006-story.html | France bans ketchup in cafeterias | France bans ketchup in cafeterias
First France built a wall around its language to protect it from pernicious Anglo-Saxon invaders. Now it is throwing up a shield against another perceived threat to its culture and civilization: ketchup.
In an effort to promote healthful eating and, it has been suggested, to protect tr... |
c33f55bd9e60bafed455af7c084bd550 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-06-la-fg-nobel-poet-20111007-story.html | Sweden poet Tomas Transtromer awarded Nobel Prize in literature | Sweden poet Tomas Transtromer awarded Nobel Prize in literature
With the prize announcement moments away and the phone resolutely silent, Tomas Transtromer figured that his chance for Nobel glory had slipped by once again.
As Sweden’s most lauded poet and a perennial favorite for the literature prize, Transtromer was u... |
208a0094f8ba440e8db06fbdaeebc184 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-10-la-na-gop-debate-romney-20111011-story.html | Romney exudes confidence in New Hampshire | Romney exudes confidence in New Hampshire
On the eve of participating in his sixth Republican presidential debate Tuesday night, Mitt Romney returned to old haunts in New Hampshire, exuding the air of a candidate who is leading by double digits in the state.
His visit to a New Hampshire campaign landmark here — Robie’s... |
45156d12b2f7486fd175bce3d6e9f246 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-16-la-na-gop-nevada-2012-20111017-story.html | Nevada all but ignored by GOP contenders | Nevada all but ignored by GOP contenders
When Nevada elbowed its way toward the front of the presidential calendar, the idea was simple: No longer would candidates ignore the West and its issues. Rather, they would come here and speak to the concerns of people like Victor Tingley.
At 56, the former assistant casino man... |
a7f148f01dcede1cc5236e43b7802a55 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-16-la-na-texas-dowser-20111016-story.html | ‘Water witcher’ is in high demand | ‘Water witcher’ is in high demand
Spencer Powell and his drilling crew assembled behind the Living Word Harvester Church at a spot where, according to Powell’s ancient craft, they would find water.
Powell, 59, learned to dowse for water more than 40 years ago from an old “water witcher” known simply as Mr. Ray. Now Pow... |
e9df47dce97695952e0fd2a4817b6f5a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-18-la-na-dust-storm-20111019-story.html | Dust storm shrouds Texas city | Dust storm shrouds Texas city
Even by Texas standards the dark, dense, 8,000-foot-high behemoth of a dust storm that enveloped Lubbock had folks making comparisons Tuesday to the great Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
It was “Steinbeck-ish in its arrival,” said 71-year-old Paul Beane, a Lubbock city councilman, who watched the ... |
e8825d422f37aa00c8b5ca72ca2513e4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-18-la-na-obama-nominates-judge-20111018-story.html | Obama nominates L.A. lawyer to 9th Circuit | Obama nominates L.A. lawyer to 9th Circuit
Paul J. Watford, a Los Angeles lawyer with broad experience and the support of some influential local conservatives, was nominated by President Obama on Monday to the busiest federal appeals court in the country.
The choice of Watford, 44, for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of App... |
54aff0076b0b9ccae25be5f58c725b0a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-19-la-fg-mexico-veracruz-killings-20111020-story.html | Shadowy group says it targets cartel; some in Veracruz are glad | Shadowy group says it targets cartel; some in Veracruz are glad
The callers to the radio program were voicing their support for the Matazetas, the Zeta killers.
Better they fight among themselves. Let them kill each other. Anything to rid us of the thugs who long ago took control of our city and are slaughtering our pe... |
0fc9e8f8ea4ac1b7a87cf7dae39b5e69 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-19-la-na-shoulder-touch-20111019-story.html | Mitt Romney’s hands-on approach to Rick Perry raises questions | Mitt Romney’s hands-on approach to Rick Perry raises questions
If the Shoulder Touch on the Strip had occurred in a Las Vegas bar, it might have had a different, perhaps bloodier, outcome.
But while Mitt Romney’s reach-and-grab of Rick Perry sparked no fisticuffs, it served as a visual metaphor for an unusually feisty ... |
5abe45fcfdfb50b165d5f4bc3b4012d3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-22-la-fg-kadafi-body-20111022-story.html | In Libya, a spectacle greets Moammar Kadafi’s corpse | In Libya, a spectacle greets Moammar Kadafi’s corpse
His body lay pale in the half-light of a meat locker, head tilted to one side, blood streaking his chest. Men laughed and ridiculed him as the scent of onions rose from the souk.
In life, his specter was towering, but in death Moammar Kadafi was diminutive, put on di... |
326fd203e414ff61fa8a5140ff9426b8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-24-la-na-obama-fundraising-20111025-story.html | Obama tells supporters it’s going to be a tough fight | Obama tells supporters it’s going to be a tough fight
President Obama opened an aggressive Western fundraising swing Monday, closing out the day in Los Angeles with an appeal to supporters to prepare for a grueling reelection effort.
At an intimate fundraising dinner in Hancock Park, Obama spoke softly to a few dozen s... |
df139d19ec0eb07a15922a4b2468ba7b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-25-la-na-defense-supercommittee-20111026-story.html | Congress works to avert defense budget cuts | Congress works to avert defense budget cuts
Weeks after agreeing to impose mandatory spending cuts on the federal government in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, members of Congress are hard at work to overturn a key element of the deal — the threat of automatic, steep cuts in the defense budget.
The possibility o... |
dfbca5e5404753d81789dd0d74280b75 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-25-la-na-obama-student-loans-20111026-story.html | Obama to reduce student loan debt payments | Obama to reduce student loan debt payments
President Obama will make student loans easier to repay for millions of borrowers without adding to the national deficit, his administration said Tuesday.
Bypassing an uncooperative Congress, Obama will, by executive order, reduce to 10% the maximum percentage of income that 1... |
13893979adb9c3babb2da4b6dd57995b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-26-la-na-super-committee-20111027-story.html | Democrats on ‘super committee’ propose a ‘grand bargain’ | Democrats on ‘super committee’ propose a ‘grand bargain’
“Super committee” Democrats proposed a “grand bargain” of spending cuts and new taxes to reduce deficits, picking up Wednesday where President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner broke off this summer, as the panel has four weeks left to strike a deal.
The pa... |
3710df4cd81c1b4f4a71d0956b0f64fc | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-27-la-fi-rich-poor-20111027-story.html | The rich are getting richer, U.S. study says | The rich are getting richer, U.S. study says
The rich got richer over the last three decades — and the very rich got very much richer — according to a new government study.
The top 1% of households saw their after-tax incomes grow by 275% from 1979 to 2007, said the study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.... |
8f30ae92071b3a40ba7a74bfc87931cf | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-29-la-fg-afghanistan-attacks-20111030-story.html | Suicide bombing in Kabul kills as many as 13 Americans | Suicide bombing in Kabul kills as many as 13 Americans
As many as 13 Americans were killed Saturday when a suicide bomber struck their armored military bus in Kabul, in what may be the single deadliest attack on U.S. citizens in the Afghan capital since the war began a decade ago.
A U.S. official said the death toll wa... |
7896a16d68436aac65fb1eb7fe5be5fe | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-30-la-fg-philippines-witches-20111031-story.html | Witches in Philippines’ Siquijor province are old hat | Witches in Philippines’ Siquijor province are old hat
At the end of a dirt road deep in the mountains, Consolacion Acay hobbled onto her porch and picked up her tools of the trade: a glass cup, a bamboo straw, a stone the size of an apricot pit and a bottle of potion. Then she began casting spells to heal her client.
“... |
e86a28a045bb4f9a3bfd34ec9d4e7a9f | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-oct-30-la-na-gop-foreign-policy-20111029-story.html | GOP presidential candidates share foreign policy strategy | GOP presidential candidates share foreign policy strategy
In a campaign dominated by talk of jobs and the economy, the Republican presidential field has settled on a unified approach to foreign policy: Ignore it for the most part, unless forced to discuss. Then criticize President Obama.
Part of that is reflex. As the ... |
61ff6ec317c2ad00ffc1bae1b92b5bb6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-05-la-fg-libya-mood-20110906-story.html | In Libya, euphoria mixes with uncertainty | In Libya, euphoria mixes with uncertainty
Trash piles up on the streets, grocery shelves are nearly bare, water is in short supply and major battles loom before the war is won.
But a prevalent mood of optimism and a sense of new possibilities seem to prevail in Libya’s battered capital almost two weeks after its libera... |
3c19fe7535fb2900fbe0d87cf89ad76a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-06-la-na-reagan-revisionism-20110907-story.html | The real Ronald Reagan may not meet today’s GOP standards | The real Ronald Reagan may not meet today’s GOP standards
When the Republican presidential hopefuls gather to debate Wednesday night in Simi Valley, one thing seems certain: Lavish tribute will be paid to Ronald Reagan.
That is fitting: The event is being held at Reagan’s presidential library and burial ground, high on... |
7fec3bf697659baeaa3c9fcc1355b1a5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-08-la-fg-pakistan-blasts-20110908-story.html | Pakistan bombing kills 23, may be tied to Al Qaeda arrests | Pakistan bombing kills 23, may be tied to Al Qaeda arrests
Police are investigating whether a twin suicide bombing at the home of a top paramilitary official that killed at least 23 people in Quetta on Wednesday is linked to the recent arrest of three top Al Qaeda operatives in the Pakistani city.
Brig. Farrukh Shahzad... |
ca8ada38d52fad5b4ae053a6de0c15d7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-10-la-fg-britain-school-uniforms-20110911-story.html | In Britain, some schools banning skirts | In Britain, some schools banning skirts
Thanks to the movies, Americans who have never set foot in this country have a fair idea of what British schoolchildren look like.
From Harry Potter and his pals at Hogwarts to the glowing-eyed demon spawn of the ‘60s horror classic “Village of the Damned,” the image is one of bo... |
9551288af0dc8c775e3948dc9eca0cc0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-19-la-fg-india-earthquake-20110920-story.html | Death toll rises past 50 in India-Nepal-Tibet earthquake | Death toll rises past 50 in India-Nepal-Tibet earthquake
Rain, landslides and severed communications continued to hamper rescue efforts early Tuesday and the death toll climbed past 50 following a large earthquake that struck northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet.
The epicenter of Sunday’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake was in... |
01330ccae81fcd9bb14855fd6ed2d124 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-21-la-fg-palestinians-qa-20110922-story.html | Answers to key questions on Palestinians’ statehood bid at U.N. | Answers to key questions on Palestinians’ statehood bid at U.N.
The Palestinians on Friday plan to ask the United Nations to admit them as a member nation. Here are answers to some of the questions arising from their bid.
Why are the Palestinians turning to the United Nations and what do they hope to achieve?
After nea... |
4c8a7d25291dc14dfb6cc759815a038b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-23-la-fg-libya-misurata-20110924-story.html | Misurata, proud of its role in Libya revolt, looks to the future | Misurata, proud of its role in Libya revolt, looks to the future
Its principal commercial drag, Tripoli Street, could be the Hollywood set for an urban warfare action thriller: Charred tanks and pulverized shipping containers sit in front of blackened buildings pockmarked with rounds from bullets, rockets and sundry ot... |
9a948a272f4305b4b4e31b0dd6b4d53d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-23-la-na-advanced-technology-20110923-story.html | Republicans target technology program for disaster funds | Republicans target technology program for disaster funds
When the House Republican leadership drafted its disaster aid bill — now embroiled in a congressional debate threatening another government shutdown — they targeted one place to partially offset the spending: the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan pro... |
9dc764d0f27d56ef23b97b697d1b60aa | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-28-la-na-fuel-economy-standards-20110928-story.html | Federal fuel efficiency rules delayed | Federal fuel efficiency rules delayed
The federal government plans to delay until mid-November new rules to implement a set of fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks, administration officials said Tuesday.
In late July, President Obama announced a deal that called for cars and light trucks to achieve ... |
8ce391b4f943fb4b5c78933bc65c563b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2011-sep-30-la-na-hurricane-drone-20111001-story.html | Tiny aircraft could improve hurricane forecasts | Tiny aircraft could improve hurricane forecasts
It’s 3 feet long, weighs 8 pounds and looks a bit like a plastic airplane model. But by next year it will be flying into the eye of a hurricane, bucking incredibly violent winds and maneuvering within 100 feet of the ocean’s surface.
Its primary mission: to help the Natio... |
9c47b68e0cccef583a2018623139190b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-04-la-na-doma-court-20120405-story.html | Federal appeals court takes up Defense of Marriage Act | Federal appeals court takes up Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON — A closely watched constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act went before a U.S. appeals court for the first time Wednesday, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court decision next year on whether legally married same-sex couples are e... |
61583d53266097465667f499b4200e37 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-06-la-na-climate-change-20120407-story.html | Evolution, climate teaching bill awaits Tennessee governor’s signature | Evolution, climate teaching bill awaits Tennessee governor’s signature
WASHINGTON — Tennessee is poised to adopt a law that would allow public schoolteachers to challenge climate change and evolution in their classrooms without fear of sanction, according to educators and civil libertarians in the state.
Passed by the ... |
ecc185ba6803f84fa2ceff56b4a79b40 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-08-la-fg-libya-smuggling-20120408-story.html | Libya is a lure for migrants, where exploitation waits | Libya is a lure for migrants, where exploitation waits
TRIPOLI, Libya — Ahmed Mostafa and his friends paid thousands of dollars among them to get to Libya recently, traveling with gangs of smugglers through Western Africa. It was to be their escape from the sprawling slums of Ghana’s capital city, Accra.
Mostafa had he... |
e4c029b02a4880b854c3e0d0529fc82d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-11-la-fg-china-bo-20120411-story.html | Fall of China official roils Chongqing, with some public dissent | Fall of China official roils Chongqing, with some public dissent
CHONGQING, China — Change has come quickly to this sprawling city of 30 million people since the charismatic local party chief, Bo Xilai, was fired last month by the national Communist Party leadership in China’s most high-profile political shake-up in 20... |
c0d63d1f43f595b3b4da706cf4ca057f | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-12-la-na-nn-titanic-archives-20120412-story.html | Titanic: Who was/wasn’t on board? Finally, it’s easy to find out | Titanic: Who was/wasn’t on board? Finally, it’s easy to find out
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LAS VEGAS -- Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the world’s most storied ocean liner, thousands of records on the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Titanic have ... |
32f2f40eec4e9deff466469c23b7b80c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-14-la-fg-obama-summit-20120415-story.html | At Americas summit, Obama says no to legalizing drugs | At Americas summit, Obama says no to legalizing drugs
CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Obama sought Saturday to emphasize the robust economic relationship between the United States and Latin America, and he flatly ruled out legalizing drugs as a way to combat the illegal trafficking that has ravaged the region.
Facing c... |
bd27633e0a30dc66787300812d203cd8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-16-la-fg-obama-summit-20120416-story.html | Obama clears way for Colombia free trade pact | Obama clears way for Colombia free trade pact
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Despite strong opposition from his allies in the U.S. labor movement, President Obama said Sunday that he trusted Colombian authorities to improve protections for workers and union leaders as he cleared the final obstacle for implementation of a free t... |
dc0bc69c966fcd016eab13c5202ae8ad | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-17-la-fg-japan-nukes-20120418-story.html | Japan still divided over nuclear power after Fukushima | Japan still divided over nuclear power after Fukushima
The prospect of power shortages in Japan this summer, of stifling city apartments and manufacturing slowdowns, has divided a country still reeling from the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl over whether to restart some of its idled reactors.
The government ... |
29e374098fa1b2970462e25e1985f8e1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-20-la-fg-germany-nuclear-20120421-story.html | Germany’s nuclear power phaseout turns off environmentalists | Germany’s nuclear power phaseout turns off environmentalists
KLEINENSIEL, Germany — When the German government shut down half the country’s nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, followed two months later by a pledge to abandon nuclear power within a decade, environmentalists cheered.
A year later, how... |
549721bc54cf5a8b5a111a3b9b57ff34 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-21-la-na-adv-fracking-doctors-20120422-story.html | Pennsylvania law on fracking chemicals worries doctors | Pennsylvania law on fracking chemicals worries doctors
AVELLA, Pa.— About two years ago, Dr. Amy Pare began treating members of the Moten family and their neighbors from a working-class neighborhood less than half a mile from a natural gas well here.
A plastic surgeon whose specialty includes skin cancer, Pare removed ... |
1c431771352714cf6d5ae497aa49f05c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-22-la-fg-france-hollande-20120422-story.html | French presidential candidate Francois Hollande bets on boring | French presidential candidate Francois Hollande bets on boring
PARIS — Under the big top of Paris’ Cirque d’Hiver, where in winter trapeze artists perform “death-defying” feats, big cats terrify and clowns trip and tumble, a middle-aged man who looks like a bank manager is waiting in the wings.
On stage is the warm-up ... |
af655823a28da436d27871c9afb922f8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-22-la-fg-india-trash-mountain-20120422-story.html | For many in India, landfill is a livelihood and a home | For many in India, landfill is a livelihood and a home
NEW DELHI — The children didn’t notice the ravens and occasional vulture circling overhead, or the stream of black ooze that flowed nearby, or the inescapable stench of decay. They were squealing over a 4-cent ride on a small, hand-powered Ferris wheel.
The kids ar... |
95598306642e5d642b23043f78ceeeb7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-24-la-na-romney-rubio-immigration-20120424-story.html | Rubio appeals to Latinos on Romney’s behalf | Rubio appeals to Latinos on Romney’s behalf
CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Marco Rubio took the stage with Mitt Romney and delivered what the presidential candidate wanted — a jolt of energy aimed at an uninspired Republican base and a message of inclusion to Latino voters, who have drifted away from the party in droves.
Mond... |
ce5d3092432c7f16209c87d795f87023 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-27-la-na-romney-general-election-20120428-story.html | Romney pounces on Obama’s economic policies | Romney pounces on Obama’s economic policies
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Europe has long been a pejorative in Mitt Romney’s lexicon, a laugh line popular with conservative crowds as he has campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination.
So it came as no surprise when he told an Ohio audience Friday that massive governmen... |
e3318756989336536758ec7cb64239fc | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-28-la-na-ohio-battleground-2012-20120429-story.html | In rural Ohio, the presidential campaign feels far away | In rural Ohio, the presidential campaign feels far away
MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio — Hope has been absent for so long from Appalachian Ohio that many people have forgotten what it’s like.
Idle steel mills run the length of several city blocks, empty and rusting on the thickly wooded banks of the Ohio River, like hulking tomb... |
be4433aff5966eb7c910979b47c46e42 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-02-la-fg-syria-annan-20120803-story.html | Kofi Annan’s exit makes it clear: Force trumps talk in Syria | Kofi Annan’s exit makes it clear: Force trumps talk in Syria
BEIRUT — The resignation of Kofi Annan, the point man for international efforts to bring peace to Syria, emphatically confirmed what events there had already been making clear: The country’s fate is far more likely to be decided by force than by negotiations.... |
1de1be479a630294706306f9862df744 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-05-la-fg-south-africa-tribal-courts-20120805-story.html | South Africa’s tribal system strips rural women of rights | South Africa’s tribal system strips rural women of rights
KWAMPUNGOSE, South Africa — As a child, Nike Dlamini grew up under a rule: If anything happened in the family or the village, you went straight to the head man. Quarrels, problems, births, deaths: All had to be reported. In some cases — a child born out of wedlo... |
b67214b6c8fff0c8f35563d7dddbf665 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-06-la-na-ohio-early-voting-20120806-story.html | Obama camp slams Romney’s claim about Ohio early-voting lawsuit | Obama camp slams Romney’s claim about Ohio early-voting lawsuit
CHICAGO — A top advisor to President Obama’s campaign lashed out at Mitt Romney on Sunday, arguing that the presumptive GOP nominee is misrepresenting a lawsuit Democrats filed in Ohio to equalize voting rights for all Ohioans.
The suit, which Romney has s... |
b59382545b396cc2499ba1335b8acfd3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-08-la-na-obama-narrowcasting-20120808-story.html | President Obama tailors outreach for select groups | President Obama tailors outreach for select groups
WASHINGTON — President Obama will reach out to suburban women in the Denver area Wednesday with a message about access to contraceptives — delivered at his rally by Sandra Fluke, a women’s rights activist known for her run-in with Rush Limbaugh over the issue this year... |
da1d26360b85bcdaa42ca7d88ec4960e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-10-la-fg-us-syria-20120811-story.html | Democratic foreign policy figures press for intervention in Syria | Democratic foreign policy figures press for intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s vow to limit U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war is being criticized from a usually sympathetic quarter: the Democratic foreign policy establishment.
Senior Democratic foreign policy figures, along with diplomats who h... |
790ef5e64b5d9d25f956810dd9b70bb9 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-13-la-fg-syria-aleppo-20120814-story.html | Syria: Some in opposition fear rebels miscalculated in Aleppo | Syria: Some in opposition fear rebels miscalculated in Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria — In million-dollar apartments in a neighborhood of the city as yet unscathed, the battle for Aleppo plays out daily on flat-screen TVs. Amid imported sofas and abstract art, the revolution doesn’t seem so close.
But as the call for night praye... |
424e2406204149347cf97e4e2490a41a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-22-la-fg-syria-violence-20120823-story.html | Heavy shelling reported in Syria’s capital | Heavy shelling reported in Syria’s capital
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition activists reported heavy shelling Wednesday in Damascus, the capital, as authorities in neighboring Lebanon said a cease-fire had taken hold in a city in that country that has become a center for spillover violence.
The Syrian military has mounted a ... |
ac2a194147f5b834285aab569b08a767 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-22-la-fg-us-syria-20120823-story.html | U.S. has plans in place to secure Syria chemical arms | U.S. has plans in place to secure Syria chemical arms
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has made contingency plans to send small teams of special operations troops into Syria if the White House decides it needs to secure chemical weapons depots now controlled by security forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, senior U.S. offi... |
3b5b2cbe6762b23d2099c782bfb6a273 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-23-la-fg-iran-nuclear-20120824-story.html | Iran said to have expanded uranium enrichment capability | Iran said to have expanded uranium enrichment capability
WASHINGTON — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency is expected to report next week that Iran has significantly expanded its uranium enrichment capability at its Fordow facility, according to U.S. officials and others briefed on the finding. The move could s... |
ffa570391c38d3bcf53640f626838bfa | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-25-la-fg-syria-foreign-fighters-20120826-story.html | In Syria, Islamic militants may complicate uprising | In Syria, Islamic militants may complicate uprising
ALEPPO, Syria — Justice was swift and brutal when fighters of the Al Nusra Front militia caught a man accused of raping and killing a young girl in front of her father. They beheaded the man and left his body in the street.
The presence of women and children didn’t de... |
6b987afe461acbe7fdb45b765797cf71 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-27-la-fg-mogadishu-rising-20120828-story.html | Somali diaspora see hope and opportunity in Mogadishu | Somali diaspora see hope and opportunity in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia — In the years to come, Ahmed Jama will be seen either as a visionary or a lunatic who squandered his money on a crazy dream.
That crazy dream? To bring tourists to his hotel on the shores of one of the world’s prettiest beaches — which just happe... |
e8ea67f0e0a9370399e36b100ea4e789 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-28-la-na-ron-paul-20120829-story.html | Ron Paul’s followers fight until the very end | Ron Paul’s followers fight until the very end
TAMPA, Fla. — Ron Paul’s fiercely loyal supporters fought until the bitter end on Tuesday, challenging rule changes that weakened their delegate count at the Republican National Convention and made it harder for future candidates to re-create what the Texas congressman did ... |
c577d404afa653e6068d0976fc6c0cba | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-30-la-fg-afghanistan-bamiyan-20120830-story.html | A once-tranquil corner of Afghanistan turns deadly | A once-tranquil corner of Afghanistan turns deadly
KABUL, Afghanistan — Not long ago, Bamiyan province was considered one of the most peaceful corners of Afghanistan, a remote and scenic enclave that was largely free of the daily violence that roils so much of the country. Now it may become a cautionary tale about the ... |
eda4bc5216df97c44f5845a1d6cd8f48 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-31-la-na-0831-condi-rice-20120831-story.html | Condoleezza Rice’s convention speech sparks political speculation | Condoleezza Rice’s convention speech sparks political speculation
TAMPA, Fla. — The distinguished Republican panel included House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former George W. Bush domestic policy advisor Margaret Spellings. But the audience clapped for only one person at th... |
9b668cb521037a4731225a02de5b1966 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-03-la-fg-syria-violence-20121204-story.html | U.S. warns Syria regime against using chemical weapons | U.S. warns Syria regime against using chemical weapons
BEIRUT — The United States bluntly warned Syrian President Bashar Assad against using chemical weapons as his forces lose ground to rebel fighters, and the United Nations said it was pulling nonessential foreign staff from Syria because of deteriorating security.
W... |
f39e03bccce3f2a4d00ab1c0e0747ff4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-06-la-na-cyber-intel-20121207-story.html | U.S. spy agencies to detail cyber-attacks from abroad | U.S. spy agencies to detail cyber-attacks from abroad
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community is nearing completion of its first detailed review of cyber-spying against American targets from abroad, including an attempt to calculate U.S. financial losses from hacker attacks based in China, officials said.
The Nati... |
8f08219608c32cd420bb6bb78a4d4a2a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-07-la-fg-iran-nuclear-20121207-story.html | IAEA reports no progress on access to Iran nuclear facilities | IAEA reports no progress on access to Iran nuclear facilities
WASHINGTON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency acknowledged Thursday that inspectors had made no progress in a yearlong effort to determine whether Iran had conducted research needed to build an atomic bomb.
Inspectors from the Internati... |
7f82d840c62615541b1d5b0b5bd761f8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-14-la-me-veterans-fertility-treatment-20121215-story.html | Badly wounded veterans lobby for fertility treatment | Badly wounded veterans lobby for fertility treatment
Army Staff Sgt. Matt Kiel was shot while on patrol in Iraq just six weeks after his wedding. Doctors said he would be on a ventilator for the rest of his life and would never again move his arms or legs — dashing his hopes of raising a family.
But within months of hi... |
65444a6fa9d57f7e6fea8308fb26b49e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-15-la-three-lessons-from-the-nearfinal-popular-vote-20121214-story.html | Three lessons from the near-final popular vote | Three lessons from the near-final popular vote
More than five weeks after election day, almost all the presidential votes have been counted. Here’s what the near-final tally reveals:
The election really wasn’t close.
On election night, President Obama’s victory margin seemed fairly narrow – just slightly more than 2 pe... |
4e7c363bb634b1e1d77677a3ec428d14 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-17-la-na-shooter-profile-20121218-story.html | Adam Lanza’s family had kept a watchful eye on him | Adam Lanza’s family had kept a watchful eye on him
STAMFORD, Conn. — When the parents of Adam Lanza divorced, the settlement left Nancy Lanza with $24,150 a month in alimony payments and able to live a comfortable life and care for her troubled son.
Nancy Lanza, 52, was her son’s first victim Friday, shot to death in t... |
c11657bb3db2858cae4ef4c6f1d0e888 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-18-la-me-fracking-20121219-story.html | California issues proposed rules for ‘fracking’ | California issues proposed rules for ‘fracking’
SACRAMENTO — Under pressure from state lawmakers and environmentalists, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration released draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the controversial drilling process driving the nation’s oil and gas boom.
The proposed rules, rele... |
60b53a4fdda2cf4780a9e198aeebe1cd | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-19-la-fg-south-korea-park-20121220-story.html | South Korea elects first female president | South Korea elects first female president
SEOUL — Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the strongman who ruled South Korea for much of the 1960s and 1970s, was elected Wednesday as the country’s first female president after a divisive, hotly contested election.
Park, a member of the conservative New Frontier ruling party, ha... |
211e8b2407e01014d616d2e63770b3b4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-20-la-fg-congo-rwanda-20121221-story.html | U.S. under pressure over Rwanda involvement in Congo fighting | U.S. under pressure over Rwanda involvement in Congo fighting
GOMA, Congo — It was not the bullet lodged in the officer’s gut, or the botched operation he’d had in a field hospital, that made the case so difficult for doctors in a Goma hospital.
It was trying to save the life of a Rwandan officer injured in the recent ... |
951f36c648469e0e3f8c86bab3fb68d8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-21-la-fg-wn-maya-doomsday-archaeologist-20121221-story.html | Maya ‘doomsday’ may actually be Sunday, archaeologist says | Maya ‘doomsday’ may actually be Sunday, archaeologist says
TULUM, Mexico – Hold on to your doomsday fever, folks, the Maya calendar date celebrated Friday as the “end of the world” might actually be off by two days – or a full year.
The end of the 13th baktun cycle of the so-called Long Count of the ancient Maya’s intr... |
cddbcce41072f3389082de680f3fdfdd | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-22-la-fg-syria-violence-20121223-story.html | 6 die in Syria car bombing; gunman slays state journalist | 6 die in Syria car bombing; gunman slays state journalist
BEIRUT — A car bomb exploded in eastern Damascus on Saturday, an insurgent spokeswoman said, and the Syrian government reported that a gunman killed a state television journalist in the capital.
The car bomb exploded in the capital’s Kaboun area and left six peo... |
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