John Gaffney says Francois Hollande, seen here at the Elysee Palace on January 11, 2013, needs to rethink his presidency.STORY HIGHLIGHTSFrench President Francois Hollande and the country's Socialists are in a strong positionDespite this, Hollande has made little progress since his election, says John GaffneyGaffney: Hollande "like a stunned bunny in the headlights" of economic realityPresident must...
M1 provides details on service disruption & recovery
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: M1 has provided more details on the service disruption which affected customers from 15 to 17 January. On 15 January, a vendor was carrying out upgrading works on the backhaul transmission network at one of its network centres. At around 2.30am, the vendor attempted to connect its power cables from the transmission equipment rack to the distribution rack. This caused sparks...
Midwest faces frostbite threat
Labels: LifestyleBy Ben Brumfield, CNNupdated 5:27 AM EST, Mon January 21, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSFrostbite can occur in as little as 10 minutes in extreme wind chill, the CDC warnsMonday's highs in North Dakota and Minnesota will stay below zeroExtreme cold is dangerous to people with heart conditions(CNN) -- Frigid temperatures in Minnesota and North Dakota this week will have residents thinking they've been living...
Police brace for inauguration bash
Labels: Health WASHINGTON District of Columbia officials have lowered their turnout estimate for Monday's presidential inauguration. The district's homeland security director, Chris Geldart, said Sunday that officials now expect between 500,000 and 700,000 people to attend. That's fewer than the 600,000 to 800,000 people initially anticipated and significantly less than the 1.8 million people that packed the...
Obama Second Inaugural: A Déjà vu Moment
Labels: Business At the height of the "fiscal cliff" showdown, the final political battle of his first term, President Barack Obama lamented the bitter persistence of Washington partisanship as "déjà vu all over again."Today, as Obama delivers his second inaugural address on the west front of the Capitol, he could say the same thing about the looming political battles of his new term.Four years...
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Mali war turns musicians into military
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Bodies of 25 hostages found in Algeria gas plant
Labels: Technology ALGIERS: The bodies of 25 hostages seized by Islamists were found on Sunday inside a remote gas plant in the Algerian Sahara desert, media said a day after special forces swooped to end a deadly 72-hour stand-off.Citing security sources, Anis Rahmani, director of the private television channel Ennahar, told AFP the army discovered "the bodies of 25 hostages" as they sought to secure the...
Stan 'The Man' Musial dies
Labels: LifestylePhoto portrait of Stan Musial in the 1960s.STORY HIGHLIGHTSMusial played 22 years in the Major League, all with the St. Louis CardinalsHe retired in 1963 as, statistically, one of the best hitters in baseball historyHe died Saturday evening of natural causes, his grandson saysBaseball commissioner, players, fans recall Musial as a great athlete and man(CNN) -- He was simply "The Man."Stanley Frank...
Failed assassination attempt in Bulgaria - caught on tape
Labels: Health January 19, 2013 12:29 PM In a failed assassination attempt on the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, a man is seen jumping out of the audience and onto the stage where Dogan is speaking. He then points the gun at Dogan's head and the gun reportedly misfires. The attacker is then tackled and beaten by security guards....
Algeria Hostage Crisis Over, One American Dead
Labels: Business After the Algerian military's final assault on terrorists holding hostages at a gas complex, the four-day hostage crisis is over, but apparently with additional loss of life among the foreign hostages.One American, Fred Buttaccio of Texas, has been confirmed dead by the U.S. State Department. Two more U.S. hostages remain unaccounted for, with growing concern among U.S. officials...
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