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India Says Pakistani Soldiers Kill 5 Indian Troops

India Says Pakistani Soldiers Kill 5 Indian Troops


India Says Pakistani Soldiers Kill 5 Indian Troops

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:33 PM PDT

India's army says five of its soldiers were killed when Pakistani troops fired at a post near the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday. The incident could threaten recent overtures for peace talks to resume between the nuclear-armed rivals.
    


Australian Central Bank Cuts Key Rate to Record Low

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:17 PM PDT

The Reserve Bank of Australia dropped the benchmark cash rate to 2.5 percent, a move widely expected amid a sputtering global economy.
    


U.S. Assails New Limits on Internet in Vietnam

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:56 PM PDT

A new Vietnamese decree appears to limit the ability of people to share news stories critical of the government.
    


India Says Five Soldiers Killed in Attack on Pakistan Border

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:45 PM PDT

Five Indian soldiers were killed in an attack along the disputed border with Pakistan in the Kashmir region, a senior Indian official said on Tuesday, in an attack that comes as the two countries were moving toward resuming stalled peace talks.
    


Study Links TV Viewership and Twitter Conversations

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 09:01 PM PDT

A Nielsen study affirmed the idea that Twitter chatter during prime-time shows can sometimes cause a "significant increase" in the ratings.
    


On Golf: In the Women’s Game, Solheim Cup Is Behind the Times

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:58 PM PDT

A tournament featuring top women golfers from only the United States and Europe has left rising South Korean stars watching from afar.
    


Qaeda Leader’s Edict to Yemen Affiliate Is Said to Prompt Alert

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:44 PM PDT

American officials said the decision to close nearly two dozen diplomatic missions and issue a global travel alert resulted from intercepted messages in which the leader of a Qaeda branch in Yemen was told to carry out an attack.
    


Cannes Villa Is Expected to Play Role in Bribery Case Against Chinese Ex-Official

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 07:06 PM PDT

The villa is at the center of the criminal charges against Bo Xilai, a fallen Communist Party aristocrat, that include accusations of taking bribes from a young Chinese billionaire.
    

A Mogul Gets a Landmark in the Capital

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 06:55 PM PDT

Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, has kept a low profile in politics and has said almost nothing about his interest in newspapers, except that he reads them.
    

DealBook: Sony Rejects Loeb Proposal for Splitting Off Entertainment Unit

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 06:49 PM PDT

Sony plans to hold onto all of its vast entertainment arm, rejecting a proposal by one of the Japanese conglomerate's biggest investors, the activist hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb.
    


Rebels Gain Control of Government Air Base in Syria

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 06:30 PM PDT

The victory, said to have been led by two foreign men who carried out a suicide attack, was bound to boost the morale of an insurgency that has faltered.
    

Amazon’s Founder to Buy The Washington Post

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 06:01 PM PDT

Jeffrey P. Bezos will pay $250 million for the newspaper and some other businesses of The Washington Post Company.
    


Roubaix Journal: A French Town Bridges the Gap Between Muslims and Non-Muslims

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:51 PM PDT

Roubaix, a small city in northeastern France, has made a point of embracing its Muslim population, diminishing the ethnic and sectarian tensions that have afflicted other parts of France.
    

Turkish Court Hands Down Prison Sentences in Coup Plot

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:36 PM PDT

A local court sentenced dozens of defendants, including a former military chief of staff, to long prison terms for their role in plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
    


Across Forbidden Border, Doctors in Israel Quietly Tend to Syria’s Wounded

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:33 PM PDT

As the Syrian civil war rages, scores of Syrian casualties have been discreetly spirited across the hostile frontier for lifesaving treatment in Israel, an enemy country.
    

T.S.A. Expands Duties Beyond Airport Security

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:32 PM PDT

With little fanfare, the agency best known for airport screenings has vastly expanded its reach to public events. Not everyone is happy.
    

Spanish Pedophile Arrested After a Mistaken Pardon

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:17 PM PDT

In an apparent bureaucratic mix-up, Moroccan officials released 30 inmates meant to serve out their sentences in Spain.
    


DealBook: Pay Deferrals for Bankers Are Tougher in Europe

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 05:12 PM PDT

In an effort to deter the kinds of short-term risks that led to the financial crisis, European banks are deferring as much as 70 percent of the compensation granted to top employees.
    

M.L.B. Suspends Rodriguez and 12 Others for Doping

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:21 PM PDT

The Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was suspended through the 2014 season, pending a possible appeal, while the others accepted 50-game bans to end their seasons.
    


Music Review: Reimagining Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’ at Salzburg Festival

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:45 PM PDT

In a European summer of innovative opera productions, Stefan Herheim reimagines Wagner's "Meistersinger" at the Salzburg Festival.
    

Envoys Visit a Top Islamist Inside a Jail Near Cairo

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:20 PM PDT

Foreign diplomats met with the Muslim Brotherhood's chief strategist in a prison south of Cairo as part of an international effort to end Egypt's political crisis.
    


New Zealand Dairy Giant Apologizes Over Tainted Formula

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 02:11 PM PDT

Executives at the company, Fonterra, stressed that the source of contaminated batches of a milk formula ingredient with a strain of bacteria that can cause botulism had been fixed.
    


Global Health: Whooping Cough Linked to Shorter Life Expectancy

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Those who are born during whooping cough epidemics and survive them are more likely to die prematurely later in life, a new study suggests.
    

On the Road: There’s Big Revenue in Those Little Fees

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:35 AM PDT

Fees and penalties collected from passengers were about $1 billion in in 2007, but jumped to $6 billion last year.
    

Observatory: Climate Change Seen as Threat to Iberian Lynx

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:20 AM PDT

The effort to save the endangered animal is in jeopardy because it fails to factor in climate change, scientists say.
    

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