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Crude prices up after Crimea referendum Oil prices rose in Asia Monday on increased geopolitical tensions as the United States hinted at fresh sanctions against Moscow after Crimea voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and join Russia.

18 March 2014 09:49

Web domain name revolution could hit trademark defence: UN The mass expansion of Internet domain names could cause havoc for the defence of trademarks in cyberspace, the UN's intellectual property body warned on Monday.

17 March 2014 15:25

Tennis: 'Smart' racket offers tennis revolution Aluminium and graphite swept away the wooden racket that Bjorn Borg used to win 11 Grand Slam titles, but smart rackets that analyse power and spin promise a new tennis revolution.

17 March 2014 14:19

US actress Johansson defends SodaStream work Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson on Sunday defended her decision to quit as an Oxfam ambassador after she faced criticism for working for a firm operating in an Israeli settlement.

17 March 2014 13:50

95.5 percent in Crimea vote to secede from Ukraine Crimea will formally apply to join Russia on Monday after voting to split from Ukraine as Europe prepared to hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions in the worst East-West stand-off since the Cold War.

17 March 2014 13:03

Anti-government marchers in Caracas slam Cuban 'invader' Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched Sunday against Cuban meddling in Venezuela's domestic affairs.

17 March 2014 12:36

Obama to Putin: US readying 'additional costs' over Crimea President Barack Obama hinted at possible additional sanctions on Russia, warning his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the United States and its allies would "never" recognize Crimea's breakaway vote Sunday.

17 March 2014 10:08

Coca-Cola hoping to score big at World Cup The world's football stars will not be the only ones competing for glory at this year's World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Coca-Cola will also be running hard.

17 March 2014 01:31

US yogurt bar founder jailed for attacking beggar A co-founder of the Pinkberry US frozen yogurt chain was jailed for seven years Friday for using a tire iron to attack a homeless man begging for money.

16 March 2014 11:43

US offers $3 mn reward for Somali terror suspects US officials offered a $3 million reward Friday for help in capturing three notorious Somali terror suspects, including one linked to Al-Qaeda extremists involved in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa.

15 March 2014 17:30

Safety lapses rapped after US nuclear plant fire A fire which sparked the evacuation of a major underground US nuclear waste plant last month was preventable, according to a report out Friday highlighting safety lapses at the site.

15 March 2014 13:44

Russian diplomat stabbed in Canada A Russian diplomat was stabbed Friday in the Canadian capital following a drunken quarrel, officials and media reports said.

15 March 2014 12:39

Sina Weibo, 'China's Twitter,' files for IPO in US Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million.

15 March 2014 11:42

US judge revokes rapper Chris Brown's probation US rapper Chris Brown was arrested Friday for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from the troubled singer's notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, police said.

15 March 2014 11:13

Huge price hikes for Brazil World Cup hotels Football fans heading to Rio for the World Cup will have to pay at least double the going rate for hotel accommodation despite government attempts to limit price-gouging during the tournament.

14 March 2014 18:43

Mexico uncovers tunnel for smuggling migrants into US Mexican authorities in the border city of Tijuana found a tunnel designed to smuggle people without documentation into the United States, the government said.

14 March 2014 17:37

Workers sue McDonald's for stealing wages US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald's of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime.

14 March 2014 16:25

New US lead thrusts Malaysia jet search into Indian Ocean The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean Friday after the White House cited "new information" that it might have flown for hours after vanishing nearly seven days ago.

14 March 2014 16:00

Black Harvard students target cliches via Tumblr blog Black students at Harvard University, appropriating a line from a celebrated African-American poet, are harnessing social media to challenge racial stereotypes -- and inspiring similar blogs across the Atlantic.

14 March 2014 14:56

Zuckerberg says US government threat to Internet Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance programs.

14 March 2014 13:28

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