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Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles

Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles


Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:27 PM PDT

Antiship cruise missiles could make it more difficult for the United States and its allies to impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out airstrikes in support of Syria's rebels.
    


Foxconn Audit Reveals Workweek Still Too Long

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:13 PM PDT

Foxconn Technology has made progress toward better safety conditions, but employees are still working longer than Chinese law allows.
    

Chechen Refugee Questioned in F.B.I.’s Inquiry of Bombing

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:58 PM PDT

F.B.I. agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombing have repeatedly questioned a former separatist fighter who says he had a passing social relationship with a bombing suspect.
    


News Analysis: Japan Courts Growth While Europe Keeps Up Austerity

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:20 PM PDT

Japan's economy has posted an unexpectedly robust growth rate, but economists said Europe, particularly Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel, was not willing to learn from Tokyo.
    


Performing From Space, Chris Hadfield Is Canada’s Low-Orbit Star

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:05 PM PDT

Chris Hadfield's exploits in space may have cemented his reputation as the world's best-known singing astronaut, not to mention Canada's newest celebrity.
    


Chilean Judge Upholds Manslaughter Charges Against Officials Over Tsunami

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:27 PM PDT

A judge said four government officials did not do enough after an earthquake struck to alert people of a tsunami that left 156 people dead and 25 others missing.
    


Critic’s Notebook: At Cannes Film Festival, Ducking Rain and Competition

Posted: 16 May 2013 03:03 PM PDT

The Cannes Film Festival opens with "The Great Gatsby," a reminder of the event's longstanding special relationship with Hollywood studios.
    

David Beckham Announces Retirement From Soccer

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:54 PM PDT

David Beckham, whose devastating free kicks, good looks and savvy marketing made him one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, said Thursday that he would retire at season's end.
    


Justice Dept. Lost Track of Terrorists, Report Says

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:12 PM PDT

The department also did not disclose until recently the fictitious identities it created for terrorism-linked witnesses to the agency that generates watch lists, a new report said.
    

Investors and Religious Groups Press Retailers on Safety

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:30 PM PDT

A jointly signed letter urges big American retailers to unite with a coalition of mainly European chains to work toward workplace safety in Bangladesh.
    


‘Beef-gate’ Transfixes Scandal-Prone Indonesia

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Mix political Islam, hotel room sex, luxury automobiles, swimsuit models and imported beef, and you have the makings of a mega-scandal.
    

Mexico City Journal: Murder of Malcolm X’s Grandson Shows Dark Side of Gentrifying Town

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT

The beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was in a district that has not benefited from the city's recent improvements.
    

Hollande Vows Reform as Critics Grow Louder

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:46 PM PDT

As his country slid back into a recession, President François Hollande of France promised new measures to lower unemployment and coordinate economic policies in the euro zone.
    

Lens Blog: Andrea Gjestvang's Photos of Norway's Utoya Massacre Survivors

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT

After the massacre in Utoya, Norway, in July 2011, Andrea Gjestvang sought to photograph the victims' process of recovery, both physical and emotional.
    


Bits Blog: Google Buys a Quantum Computer

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Google and NASA are forming a joint research lab to look at quantum computing for things like facial recognition and understanding of disease.
    


At Least 6 Killed in North Texas Tornado

Posted: 16 May 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Officials said they were no longer searching for survivors after a mile-wide tornado touched down in the town of Granbury.
    


Libya in Mind, Obama Urges Better Security at Embassies

Posted: 16 May 2013 10:07 AM PDT

President Obama made an appeal for new financing on Thursday amid ongoing criticism from Republicans over the handling of last year's attack in Benghazi.
    


Bits Blog: Pebble Raises $15 Million as Wave of Smart Watches Arrives

Posted: 16 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Pebble, the popular smartwatch that raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter, is looking to venture capital to help it transition from a side project to a more traditional company.
    

DealBook: Former BP Chief Emerges as Glencore Interim Chairman

Posted: 16 May 2013 07:27 AM PDT

Tony Hayward was appointed interim chairman of Glencore Xstrata on Thursday, almost three years after he resigned as chief executive of BP after a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
    

DealBook: Judge Rules Against British Activists in Goldman Tax Case

Posted: 16 May 2013 06:18 AM PDT

A deal between Goldman Sachs and Britain's tax authorities about outstanding payments in 2010 was arranged clumsily but did not break any laws, a judge ruled Thursday.
    


Japan’s Economy Growing at 3.5% Annualized Rate

Posted: 16 May 2013 05:02 AM PDT

The solid pace of growth serves as early validation for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "three-arrowed" approach to the economy.
    


Deadly Attack on U.S. Military Vehicles in Kabul

Posted: 16 May 2013 04:22 AM PDT

Six Americans were among the dead after a car packed with explosives shook the relative calm that had prevailed for months in the Afghan capital.
    


E.U. Considers Emission Fines on Chinese and Indian Airlines

Posted: 16 May 2013 03:05 AM PDT

Ten carriers are accused of not providing required emissions data and not participating in a system that entitles airlines to emit greenhouse gases in European airspace.
    


India Ink: Delhi Gang Rape Suspect in ‘Critical Condition,’ Lawyer Says

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:09 AM PDT

Prison authorities dismiss allegations of the defendant being beaten and poisoned in Tihar Jail.
    


New Controversies May Undermine Obama

Posted: 15 May 2013 08:39 PM PDT

The Obama administration controversies of recent days have reinforced fears of an overreaching government and called into question Mr. Obama's ability to master his own presidency.
    

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