Thursday, 4 October 2012

 
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Smoke rises over the streets after an mortar bomb landed from Syria in the border village of Akcakale, southeastern Sanliurfa province, October 3, 2012. REUTERS/Rauf Maltas/Anadolu Agency

Turkey strikes back at Syria after mortar kills five

AKCAKALE, Turkey - Turkish artillery hits targets inside Syria, killing several Syrian soldiers according to activists, after a mortar bomb fired from Syria killed five Turkish civilians and prompted NATO to call for an immediate end to Syria's "aggressive acts". Full Article | Video

Romney goes on offensive in first debate with Obama 7:03am BST

DENVER - Mitt Romney battled back in his uphill drive to oust President Barack Obama on Wednesday with an aggressive debate performance that put his campaign on a more positive footing after weeks of stumbles and knocked Obama off-stride. | Video


Sony Corp President and Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai attends a news conference at company headquarters in Tokyo in this April 12, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files
Technology

Is Sony buying time - or problems?

TOKYO - Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion in the past three months snapping up an assortment of businesses, leaving investors worrying that he is blowing his firm's waning finances on a muddled plan to revive the fading giant. Full Article | Slideshow
Foreign exchange brokers conduct trading in front of an electronic board displaying the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the Chinese yuan at a trading room in Tokyo June 1, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
China

China mounts challenge to dollar's hegemony

BAHRAIN - Fed up with what it sees as Washington's malign neglect of the dollar, China is busily promoting the cross-border use of its own currency. The aim is both narrowly commercial and sweepingly strategic. Full Article
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos attends a news conference with European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn (not pictured) in Madrid October 1, 2012. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Business

Spain targets London investors for "bad bank"

MADRID - Spain's Economy Minister will meet investors in London on Thursday in the hope of tempting them to buy into a 'bad bank' that will house billions of euros of the country's soured real estate assets. Full Article
A municipality worker shouts slogans in front of the parliament during a rally against new austerity measures in Athens, October 3, 2012. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
Euro Zone

Greeks hand kids to taxman in austerity protest

ATHENS - Dozens of angry Greek parents hand over their children to bewildered officials in a symbolic protest against the abolition of tax breaks for large families as part of cuts demanded by foreign lenders. Full Article | Timeline
This set of NASA handout images compares the Link outcrop of rocks on Mars (L) with similar rocks seen on Earth (R) REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS and PSI/Handout
Science

Earth's magnetic field overdue a flip

The discovery by NASA's Curiosity rover of evidence that water once flowed on Mars - the most Earth-like planet in the solar system - should intensify interest in what the future could hold for mankind. Full Article



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