China hackers breached U.S. Chamber of Commerce: report (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - Hackers in China broke through the computer defenses of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year and were able to access information about its operations and its 3 million members, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.Activists say at least 100 killed in Syrian town (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Activists say Syrian troops have killed at least 100 people in a northwest town in one of the deadliest incidents since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March.Autism-friendly Santas a hit at malls, parties (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Visiting the mall to share Christmas wishes with Santa has never been part of Ben Borre's childhood, a sad but necessary concession to the autism that would make the noise, lights and crowds an unbearable torment for the 10-year-old.Japan releases 40-year nuke plant cleanup plan (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Japan's government said Wednesday that it will take as many as 40 years to clean up and fully decommission a nuclear plant that went into meltdown after it was struck by a huge tsunami.Payroll tax cut in doubt with stand-off in Congress (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop.Interstates reopening after Great Plains snowstorm (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Holiday travelers were breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday after a snowstorm that shuttered interstates across the Great Plains moved out of the region, allowing crews to plow away snow drifts and free stranded motorists from roadside hotels.Pilot told of icing before NJ crash that killed 5 (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Federal investigators are resuming their search for wreckage from a fiery plane crash that killed five people in northern New Jersey on Tuesday.Holiday showdown over payroll tax tests Obama, GOP (AP)
December 21st, 2011
AP - Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching for a holiday season accord to prevent payroll taxes from going up on 160 million workers.Exclusive: Kim heir to share power with N.Korea military (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - North Korea's new young leader will have to share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong-il as the isolated country shifts to collective rule from strongman dictatorship, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.Wisła - Apoel. Polski klub u bram Ligi Mistrzów
December 21st, 2011
Eksperci uważają, że szanse mistrza Polski na awans do fazy grupowej Ligi Mistrzów to około 50 procent. Deutsche Telekom could be forced into arms of Sprint (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - Deutsche Telekom may be forced into a tie-up of its sub-scale U.S. wireless unit with Sprint Nextel after a $39 billion deal with AT&T collapsed.Fierce fighting in northern Syria before Arab mission (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - Fierce fighting has continued in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, with activists saying 50 people were killed there and elsewhere on Tuesday, shortly before officials arrive to prepare for an Arab League effort to end nine months of bloodshed.Prosecutors raid Olympus over accounting scandal (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - Japanese prosecutors raided offices of Olympus Corp and the home of a former executive on Wednesday in a probe into a $1.7 billion accounting scandal that has threatened the survival of the once-proud camera and medical equipment maker.Exclusive: N.Korea military backs Kim heir but will share power (Reuters)
December 21st, 2011
Reuters - North Korea's new young leader will have to share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong-il as the isolated country shifts to collective rule from strongman dictatorship, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.Cesaria Evora kończy karierę. Przez słabe zdrowie
December 21st, 2011
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