Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sent a senior diplomat to Moscow on Wednesday to discuss proposals to end the conflict convulsing his country made by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, Syrian and Lebanese sources said.Brahimi, who saw Assad on Monday and is planning to hold a series of meetings with Syrian officials and dissidents in Damascus this week, is trying to broker a peaceful transfer of...
Tunisia seeks gold in former dictator's assets
Labels: WorldOn a crisp December morning in Tunis, a finance ministry official named Mohamed Hamaied was demonstrating the horsepower of maroon V-12 BMW on the runway of a national guard airfield. Beside him sat an agent for a potential buyer.“You know, this is the same runway that Ben Ali fled from,” remarked another passenger, automotive expert Mourad Bouzidi, from the back seat.The BMW is among the seized possessions...
Russia's adoption ban exposes political rift
Labels: WorldRussia's upper house of parliament today unanimously approved a ban on US citizens adopting Russian children, a highly charged move that appears to have prompted an unusual public split among government officials.The Dima Yakovlev bill, named after one of 19 Russian children to die due to abuse or negligence at the hands of adoptive US parents in the past two decades, now goes to the Kremlin for President...
Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni stronghold
Labels: World Large, noisy demonstrations against Iraq's government flared for the third time in less than a week Wednesday in Iraq's western Anbar province, raising the prospect of a fresh bout of unrest in a onetime al-Qaida stronghold on Syria's doorstep.
The rallies find echoes in the Arab Spring. Protesters chanted "the people want the downfall of the regime," a slogan that has rippled across the region...
NewsWatch features Hyatt Hotel and The Michael Mondavi Family's "Canvas Art of Wine" iPad App on AppWatch
Labels: WorldNewsWatch, a nationwide television show, recently aired a news segment about “Canvas Art of Wine”, a new app by Hyatt Hotels and the Mondavi Family. The segment aired as part of “AppWatch”, a weekly review of the top apps in the marketplace.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 26, 2012
NewsWatch, a nationwide television show, recently aired a news segment about “Canvas Art of Wine”, a new app by Hyatt...
Caroms, quirks and odd bounces in sports in 2012
Labels: TechnologyMaybe if they were 22 years old - throwing down drinks in a bar and their faces painted in school colors - this would make sense.But they were far from 22 and their complexions had long lost the glow of youth. And, most assuredly, they were not in a bar.They were two basketball fans, both past the age of Medicare eligibility, and they took their game seriously. They also happened to be patients in...
Sports ode 2012: London, Lance, a Tide of Giants
Labels: TechnologySo how was your year? Setbacks, advances?Hey, no doubt, it went better than Lance's.First up on sports' yearlong ride:An unrelenting Crimson Tide.JoePa makes his great migrationTrailed by heartache, litigation.Eli's coming and Giants rollPast Brady in the Super Bowl.Suddenly, all's Linsanity:Headlines, puns, sheer inanity.Banned Ryan Braun left fans aghast.An arbiter says not so fast.Daytona, Kenseth...
2012 sports review: a month-by-month look back
Labels: TechnologyWho were the top newsmakers this year in the world of sports? American-Statesman writer Kevin Lyttle revisits the year’s biggest stories — and the athletes, teams or coaches who made them so big:JANUARY: ROLL, SECThose insufferable SEC football fans become even more empowered when Alabama beats LSU 21-0 in an all-SEC BCS title game. It’s the conference’s sixth consecutive national championship and...
Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Labels: TechnologyAP SPORTS WRITERJerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away.Lance Armstrong abandoned his fight against doping allegations. Roger Clemens won his court battle, despite lingering skepticism over whether he used steroids. The impact of early-stage dementia forced Pat Summitt to step down from her coaching perch.Again...
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NY surfer who survived Sandy drowns in Puerto Rico
Labels: Technology A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbors endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several homes in a small community where grief has been a frequent visitor has died in a surfing accident in Puerto Rico.The death of 23-year-old Dylan Smith on Sunday brought sadness again to residents of the Belle Harbor section of the Rockaways, which...
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