Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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Microsoft versus Google trial raises concerns over courtroom secrecy

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google‘s Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars: a public court proceeding conducted largely in secret.Google, like its counterparts...

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Blake Shelton dominates Country Music awards

affiliate marketing NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Blake Shelton dominated the Country Music Association awards on Thursday, taking home three trophies, including the coveted entertainer of the year prize, on country music‘s biggest night.Shelton, 36, whose popularity has rocketed since he became a judge in 2011 on the TV singing contest...

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Australia gives $104 million to fighting malaria

affiliate marketing SYDNEY (AP) — Australia will spend more than 100 million Australian dollars ($ 104 million) over the next four years to help reduce deaths from malaria in the Asia-Pacific region.Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced at a malaria conference in Sydney on Friday the money would support several country and regional programs....

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Sandy Crimps East Coast Gasoline

affiliate marketing Ahead of Hurricane Sandy, refineries along the East Coast shut down and braced for the worst. With the storm gone, about half those refineries have come back on line, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That will surely help motorists. But even before the storm, the East Coast was facing a chronic lack of...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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Where You’re Not Likely to Get Cell Service Because of Sandy

affiliate marketing It’s hard to tell exactly where the cell phone outages are happening without exact information from the wireless companies, but because of the way cell phone technology works, we know that the densest areas with the most power outages and the worst weather damage—i.e., downtown Manhattan—are where cell service is...

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“A Late Quartet” Review: classical-music drama gets soapy but actors avoid the false notes

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “A Late Quartet,” as it turns out, has more than one meaning: The film’s musicians spend most of the movie grappling with Beethoven’s Opus 131, the String Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor, which was one of the composer’s “late quartets,” completed the year before his death.But the title also...

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Alternative Therapies Help Many Arthritis Patients

affiliate marketing Researchers have confirmed that complementary and alternative therapy (CAT) can help many arthritis patients manage their condition. Their results suggest that the majority of patients who used CAT plus prescribed medication believed they benefited from the alternative treatment.The scientists published their findings...

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Child benefit cuts ‘cost £50,000′

affiliate marketing 31 October 2012 Last updated at 20:02 ETSome families may lose as much as £50,000 over the next 18 years due to cuts in child benefit, the accountancy firm PwC says. affiliate marketing The government will start to withdraw, or cut altogether, child benefit from...

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