For Taiwanese, Lin is 'God' in an NY Knicks shirt He's not quite a local boy made good, but he'll do: NBA sensation Jeremy Lin, born and bred in America, is inspiring a feverish following in his ancestral home of Taiwan, a society craving true heroes.
Asia shops for aircraft, arms under China's shadow Asian nations shopped for aircraft and military hardware at the region's biggest aerospace and weapons bazaar on Tuesday as a new report said China's defense spending would exceed the combined spending ...
Bahrain set for fresh protests on revolt anniversary MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini protesters dissatisfied with the government's reform moves prepared for a fresh attempt to retake a landmark roundabout on Tuesday, the first anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising crushed by the Gulf Arab kingdom. Unrest among majority Shi'ite Muslims has revived, posing a sensitive new challenge to the Sunni Muslim ruling elite who have been an important strategic ...
Banking for pot shops eyed in Colorado Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only.
Insight: Arabs open way for arming Syrians, civil war feared CAIRO (Reuters) - After a bruising meeting in a five-star Cairo hotel, Arab foreign ministers led by Gulf states hinted to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that unless he halts his violent crackdown, some Arab League members might arm his opponents. The message was folded into Article 9 of a League resolution passed on Sunday that urges Arabs to "provide all kinds of political and material ...
Obama budget may include funds for Great Lakes cleanup, high-speed rail President Barack Obama requested more money Monday for transportation, education and domestic manufacturing and wants to raise taxes on the very rich in a $3.8 trillion budget that sets a course to shrink the U.S. deficit to manageable levels by 2018.
Republicans drop demand to pay for payroll tax cut WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives on Monday dropped their demand for spending reductions to pay for extending a tax cut for 160 million American workers, setting up a likely breakthrough for agreement with Democrats. The about-face cleared the way for the Republican-led House to vote this week to renew for 10 months the tax cut set to expire on February 29 ...
Grisly discoveries give families hope for closure The childhood friends killed for the first time less than three months after their high school graduation in 1984. Then they seemingly killed with impunity for the next 15 years, with one man making barroom boasts about their ability to make people disappear.
Mersen Says Terms for Solar Clients in China Hurt Cash Flow Mersen, a French maker of graphite and electrical goods for steelmakers and other manufacturers, is delaying investments as economic growth slows and cash flow is hurt by longer payment terms for Chinese solar-panel makers.