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Top Republican 'confident' of US immigration deal US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama to hammer out a comprehensive deal on immigration.
09 November 2012
Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin. Photo courtesy of loka.kz Boxing: Rodriguez might be Golovkin’s next rival Kazakhstan middleweight Gennady Golovkin and American super middleweight Edwin Rodriguez will fight in a catch weight.
09 November 2012
Picasso sells for $41.5 million. Photo courtesy of news.xin.mns.com Picasso sells for $41.5 million in New York An erotically charged Picasso oil painting of his mistress alongside tulips and fruit sold Thursday for $41.5 million on an otherwise anemic night for high-end art in New York.
09 November 2012
US re-elected President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of chinadaily.com.cn Obama cries as he thanks campaign workers In the most candid and emotional scene ever captured of Barack Obama on camera, the normally composed US president teared up as he told young campaign workers of his pride in them.
09 November 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of akorda.kz Nazarbayev congratulated Obama on re-election Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a congratulatory telegram to Barack Obama in relation to his re-election U.S. President.
09 November 2012
US judge jails anti-Muslim filmmaker for a year The man behind the anti-Islam video blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world was jailed in the US for a year Wednesday for breaching the terms of his probation for a previous offense.
09 November 2012
Chevron assets frozen in Argentina over Ecuador case An Argentine judge froze Chevron's local assets Wednesday at the request of a court in Ecuador where the US oil giant has been ordered to pay $19 billion in environmental damages.
09 November 2012
Republicans lay down battle lines over fiscal cliff Republicans offered newly re-elected President Barack Obama a short-term fix to the fiscal cliff Wednesday, but insisted they would not cave in to tax increases to boost revenues.
09 November 2012
Painting by Wassily Kandinsky. ©REUTERS Kandinsky painting sets $23 mn record in New York A painting by Wassily Kandinsky sold for $23 million in New York on Wednesday, setting an auction record for the Russian avant-garde artist.
08 November 2012
PHOTO COURTESY OF quanthomme.free.fr First solely-biofuel jet flight raises clean travel hopes The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel has raised hopes for cleaner air travel and upped the prospects of a boon for farmers whose oilseed crops could supplant kerosene.
08 November 2012
©REUTERS Brain protein mutation linked to autism: research Researchers said Thursday they had discovered a genetic mutation in people with autism that cuts communication between brain cells to about one-tenth of normal levels.
08 November 2012
Daan Everts, head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (R). ©REUTERS International observers cite 'concerns' in US vote The 2012 US elections were conducted in a "professional manner," but "real concerns" remain, international observers said Wednesday.
08 November 2012
Asian Americans vote overwhelmingly for Obama President Barack Obama enjoyed soaring support from Asian Americans to win another term, a survey said Wednesday, as voters elected new faces to Congress including its first Hindu lawmaker.
08 November 2012
Photo courtesy of domaingang.com N. American Internet traffic doubles: report The amount of data sent online in North America has more than doubled over the past year, with Netflix shows accounting for a big chunk of Internet traffic.
08 November 2012
US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). ©REUTERS Record number of women elected to US Congress One of America's most male-dominated clubs is about to become a little less so, after historic election gains that will see the largest number of women ever seated in the US Congress.
08 November 2012
Guatemala quake kills 48, leaves 23 missing A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled.
08 November 2012
Obama hints at new drive on climate change US President Barack Obama has hinted he will make another push to fight climate change after cruising to a new term, but his room for maneuver will be limited even with a new focus after megastorm Sandy.
08 November 2012
©REUTERS US porn filmmakers contest forced condom use US porn film producers vowed Wednesday to go to court to challenge a decision by Los Angeles County voters requiring actors in adult movies to wear condoms while performing on set.
08 November 2012
'Four more years': Obama declares victory on Twitter Barack Obama brought his sophisticated social media campaign to an emotional climax, proclaiming his victory on Twitter and Facebook just as TV networks were breaking the news.
07 November 2012
©REUTERS US executes man who devotes last words to election The US state of Oklahoma on Tuesday executed a convicted murderer who made a reference to the "very close race" for the White House won by President Barack Obama in his final words.
07 November 2012
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