Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking International News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Taiwan Sun.com http://www.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:55 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:55 -0500 30 Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241418/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:52 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241418/cs/1/ Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241416/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:39 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241416/cs/1/ A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241417/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:48 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241417/cs/1/ Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227355/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:05:09 -0500 (Op-ed) Jonathan Power (POWER’S WORLD) http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227355/cs/1/ Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241419/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:50 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241419/cs/1/ Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in November. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203238472/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:15:16 -0500 VoA - News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203238472/cs/1/ Observing World Cancer Day today, hundreds of people participated in rallies with an aim to create awareness among general masses through 'Cancer Awareness Campaigns' in New Delhi and Mumbai. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203247374/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:30:02 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203247374/cs/1/ The third edition of annual half marathon in Gujarat's Vadodhra District saw the participation of over 40,000 participants including 50 international runners on Sunday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246363/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:02:48 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246363/cs/1/ Rahul Bose and Milind Soman observed World Cancer Day on Saturday by taking part in a cancer awareness campaign. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245949/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:08 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245949/cs/1/ Bangladesh will tell the world about the genocide of its three million people and mass atrocities on 200,000 women and children perpetrated by Pakistani forces during the 1971 liberation war, a Bangla http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245943/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245943/cs/1/ A UN report has claimed that the number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245917/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:15 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245917/cs/1/ Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243199/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243199/cs/1/ As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led inc http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243118/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243118/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the killings in the country and step aside for a democratic transition in the Middle East nation. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241421/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203241421/cs/1/ Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203231152/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203231152/cs/1/ A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227892/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:42:46 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227892/cs/1/ In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203229367/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:53 -0500 Taiwan Sun.com http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203229367/cs/1/ The UAE will host an international aviation exhibition March 6-8 in Abu Dhabi, it was announced Saturday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203232531/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203232531/cs/1/ Myanmar will draft a media law with help from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the official media reported Saturday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227362/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:06 -0500 IANS http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227362/cs/1/ Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has proposed that the England and Wales Cricket Board hosts a one-day tri-series involving Pakistan and India next year, during the recent International http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227354/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:12 -0500 ANI http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203227354/cs/1/ CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246017/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:48:57 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246017/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -; Officials say a large explosion has hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, causing casualties. The provincial government says in a statement that Sunday's blast ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246159/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:01 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246159/ RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -; Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive. Manal ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246160/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246160/ Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, centre left, and Pekka Haavisto, centre right, arrive for a televised political debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246161/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:51 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246161/ EL-ARISH, Egypt -; An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246079/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:48 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246079/ Legislation advanced by Meretz MK Zehava Gal-On would provide ultra-Orthodox youths who choose a secular lifestyle -Yotzim Beshe'ela - the same aid given to new ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246007/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:30:59 -0500 Haaretz http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246007/ Anti-austerity protest in Barcelona, January 28. A vast icy pool of Siberian air, the coldest in 50 years, settled over all Europe in late January. At least 150 people without shelter were killed. ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246169/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:30:27 -0500 Green Left Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246169/ LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Newt Gingrich said Saturday he will remain in the Republican presidential race all the way to August, adding that he hopes draw equal with frontrunner Mitt Romney in delegate ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245974/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:11 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245974/ STRONG winds have forced rescuers to suspend their aerial search for survivors of the MV Rabaul Queen ferry disaster off the coast of Papua New Guinea, as hopes fade for the more than 100 people ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246097/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:05 -0500 News.com.au http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246097/ FORMER Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in 10 months at a ceremony to launch his two-volume memoir Time Guerrilla, Cuban media have ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246168/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:02 -0500 News.com.au http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246168/ A NINE-year-old student at a Catholic school in southeastern Minnesota, US, has been suspended indefinitely after his lip-syncing performance of a Michael Jackson ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246128/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:05:58 -0500 News.com.au http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246128/ Taliban militants hand over their weapons after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246156/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:03:04 -0500 Reuters http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246156/ BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent a team of government officials and company executives to Libya to discuss post-war reconstruction and how to protect Chinese assets, the official Xinhua news ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246158/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:02:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246158/ | Feb 05, 2012 02:21 AM EDT Who says that dogs, cats, rats, deer and birds can't be friends? From a cat licking a mouse to a chimpanzee feeding milk to a 60-day-old tiger cub, the photos ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246022/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:01:13 -0500 IBTimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246022/ Credit: Anaheim Police Dept./AP Photo A California man accused of murdering four homeless people is now being charged with two additional murders — that of a woman who was stabbed more than 30 ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246170/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:57:53 -0500 ABC News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246170/ Men work on a gas pipeline in northern Russia. Gazprom said on Saturday it could not pump additional gas to Western Europe amid a cold snap, after EU officials and energy firms said the Russian ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246167/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:00 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246167/ Do not search by date -- full issues of the paper are not available on the site; If you are looking for a specific article, type in one or two words only from the headline or the name of someone in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246010/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0500 Tyler Morning Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246010/ Responding to the challenge of global hunger, DuPont recently announced goals for its contribution to help improve food security around the ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246014/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:42:41 -0500 Mena Report http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246014/ TMS International Corp., the parent company of Tube City IMS Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, today announced that it has opened a trading ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246155/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:51 -0500 AME Info http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246155/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country's north, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246162/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:29:44 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246162/ BEIJING (AP) -- Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that already has seen ethnic violence this year, a ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246163/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:29:42 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203246163/ MANILA, Philippines -; Two Philippine security officials say a key Abu Sayyaf commander killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike was planning terror attacks when he was slain. Abu Sayyaf commander ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244846/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:48:11 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244846/ Sheep in snow near Tunstall in Yorkshire as forecasters warn of severe weather over the weekend Photo: PA Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures have affected most parts of the UK's road network, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244858/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:51 -0500 IBTimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244858/ The routine is familiar. Much as mischievous members of the press and public like to stir things up, to set each match within a broader narrative - in short, to heighten levels of drama - the ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244688/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:10 -0500 The Guardian http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244688/ Nato leaders yesterday downplayed Russian fears that a new Europe-based missile defence system represents a threat to Moscow, while vowing to move ahead with it.Nato Secretary ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244854/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:25:46 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244854/ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.Argentine foreign minister ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244853/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:25:34 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244853/ Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.The ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244852/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:25:31 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244852/ PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Hannah Kearney won her 14th consecutive World Cup gold, claiming the dual moguls title Saturday night at the freestyle event at Deer Valley Resort. Kearney edged ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244684/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:25:02 -0500 Sports Illustrated http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244684/ Money managers and strategists chime in on the prospects for the U.S. financial sector and how they are approaching these stocks, which have enjoyed a strong ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244703/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:44 -0500 CBS Marketwatch http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244703/ 1 of 4. Venezuelan soldiers march during a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary President Hugo Chavez's failed coup attempt in Caracas February 4, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244844/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:52 -0500 Reuters http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244844/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244845/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:47 -0500 Reuters http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244845/ The head of the International Monetary Fund has hailed Saudi Arabia's role in supporting the world economy, following meetings with the country's king and top finance officials. IMF ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244689/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:11 -0500 Washington Examiner http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244689/ Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up with ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244856/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:06:14 -0500 ABC News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244856/ ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244855/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:06:05 -0500 ABC News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244855/ recession taking hold in parts of Europe. Analysts said that in the United States, where the economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January to pull down the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent, the ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244683/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:05:39 -0500 Times of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244683/ MUNICH - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that, despite budget cuts in Washington and the coming withdrawal from ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245975/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:00:44 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203245975/ Investing in gold is easy. Call Goldline at 1-888-321-9158 to find out how. Goldu00e2u0080u0099s 4% Rally Spurs Profit-Taking, Europe in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244784/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:46:25 -0500 Breitbart http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244784/ The International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) has posted a 25% increase in full-year net profit to QR573m ($157.3m), compared with QR458m a year earlier. Total customer deposits climbed 22% year-on-year to ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244842/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:45:17 -0500 AME Info http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244842/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244849/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:39:34 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244849/ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244850/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:39:32 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203244850/ LYNCHBURG -- A Lynchburg man has been charged in connection with an international child pornography distribution ring, according to indictments unsealed in U.S. District Court. Jesse Leon Coleman, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243695/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:09:44 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243695/ The first diet guides are traced back to ancient Greece, where scholars recommended healthy lifestyles based on - surprise! - moderate food consumption and exercise. Excluding the more outlandish ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243572/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:21 -0500 New York Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243572/ Extroverts are such a pain and a poison that we feel Virgil Starkwell’s agony when, in "Take the Money and Run," he breaks the rules while working on a chain gang and "for ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243573/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:17 -0500 New York Post http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243573/ Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westward over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in three ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243696/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:38 -0500 IBTimes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243696/ KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243134/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:35 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243134/ THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243135/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:34 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243135/ Civilian deaths undermine support in Afghanistan and America for the US-led war, and are one of the biggest causes of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the Nato-led International Security ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243136/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:32 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243136/ India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243137/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:31 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243137/ Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243138/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:29 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243138/ Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243139/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:28 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243139/ ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243140/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:26 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243140/ ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243141/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:25 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243141/ LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, US media predicted, cementing him as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243132/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:52 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243132/ PARIS: French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243130/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:46 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243130/ For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures.The US National Park Service announced this week ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243692/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:38:47 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243692/ Greek debt talks vital to avoiding bankruptcy are at "a satisfactory level of agreement" but are being held up by a disagreement over drastic workplace reforms, a senior official said.The ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243693/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:38:44 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243693/ LONDON'S Heathrow Airport cancelled 30 per cent of its flights on Sunday to cope with heavy snow overnight and possible freezing fog at the world's busiest passenger air ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243690/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:30 -0500 News.com.au http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243690/ ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Tuesday, May 14, 2002 file photo, women hold pictures of President Mohammad Khatami during a public welcoming ceremony for him in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243689/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:26:04 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243689/ Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243691/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:22:41 -0500 CBS News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243691/ A deadly deep freeze has killed at least 220 people across Europe. Arctic winds have driven down temperatures for a week, and the snow is piling up in the unlikeliest of places. Charlie D'Agata ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243126/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:22:13 -0500 CBS News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243126/ stock markets . And uncertainty is something that market participants dislike intensely. It makes them jittery. They then end up trading on every headline, be it good news or bad news, causing ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243567/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243567/ Then pain developed in the large joints in his body, especially the hips and shoulders. It was so intense he was bedridden for almost two years, sometimes unable to sleep for days. By the time a ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243123/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:07:16 -0500 USA Today http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243123/ A Navy spokesman said Saturday the eight received general discharges following allegations they assaulted and choked a fellow sailor aboard the ship, the Bonhomme Richard, on Jan. 17, as part of an ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243122/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:26:35 -0500 USA Today http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203243122/ And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama’s top two national security aides -- attending an international ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242153/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:32 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242153/ Any economic losses from the EU's oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That's the view of MEP Martin Callanan ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242162/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:50 -0500 RT http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242162/ A GROUP of men stormed the Syrian embassy in Canberra following a bloody masccare in Homs that left more than 300 people dead, as a double-veto blocked a crucial UN ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242150/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:03 -0500 News.com.au http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242150/ 1 of 4. A protester argues with a policeman as they try to prevent fellow protesters from throwing stones at riot police during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo February 4, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242143/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:59 -0500 Reuters http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242143/ In an emergency session, the U.N. Security Council failed to approve a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, following the deadliest one-day crackdown in ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242156/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:02 -0500 CBS News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242156/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); addOnload(userPref.renderAutoStartControls()); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242161/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:39 -0500 ABC News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242161/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is hosting a meeting of allies and says the leaders will discuss Argentina's long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242148/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:11 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242148/ Lindsey Vonn won her 50th World Cup race Saturday, a feat in ski racing equivalent to a baseball player hitting 600 home runs. And Vonn is only 27 years old. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242018/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:44 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203242018/ The BBC's new documentary series, Putin, Russia & The West, was more than two years in the making – much of it spent trying to persuade senior Russian politicians to take ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203239936/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:12:31 -0500 The Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203239936/ Canadian Environmentalist Paul Watson is doing whatever it takes to protect the species of the ocean, regardless of how violent or destructive the result. W5's Victor Malarek speaks with Watson ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203240016/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:04:07 -0500 CTV http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203240016/ SARAJEVO -; Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, while in Rome residents dug out from the city's biggest ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203240274/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:04:03 -0500 CTV http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203240274/