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Photo courtesy of feministing.com 'Sexist' Cup shirts withdrawn after Brazil complaint Brazil forced the withdrawal of a line of World Cup shirts bearing suggestive motifs seen as harming the country's image.
26 February 2014
We need to pull together to save oceans: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors that governments won't save the seas without "significant impetus" from every sphere of society.
26 February 2014
Obama warns Afghan president of full troop withdrawal President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact.
26 February 2014
Photo courtesy of car-tesla.ru Panasonic plans battery mega factory with Tesla: report Japan's Panasonic and California-based electric-vehicle venture Tesla Motors are in talks to build a $1 billion automotive battery plant in the United States.
26 February 2014
Leonardo di Caprio. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Could DiCaprio finally win coveted Oscar? Could this finally be Leonardo DiCaprio's year?
26 February 2014
US top court refuses to review youth gun restrictions The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review restrictions on handguns for young people, dealing a blow to arms activists.
25 February 2014
Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone Samsung unveiled Monday its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world's industry leader.
25 February 2014
New Italy PM wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change' Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate.
25 February 2014
©Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Cyber thieves blamed for Bitcoin heist: researchers A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies.
25 February 2014
General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. ©Reuters/Mike Theiler GE to hike pro-environment energy research by $10 bn US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would boost spending on environmentally friendly energy research by $10 billion by 2020, including on fracking technologies and wind turbines.
25 February 2014
©Reuters/Bobby Yip Military drills to test inter-Korean detente South Korea kicked off its annual joint military exercises with the United States on Monday, despite vocal opposition from North Korea which will test a recent upswing in cross-border ties.
24 February 2014
Photo courtesy of thenews.com.pk Firefox aims to power $25 smartphone Firefox OS, an upstart smartphone operating system aimed a challenging the Apple and Google duopoly, will power a new category of $25 smartphones for developing countries.
24 February 2014
©Reuters/Zoran Milich Made in USA: Pentagon to use only 100% American flags It is the ultimate symbol of chest-thumping American patriotic pride and now the United States flag must be "100 percent made in the USA" -- at least where the Pentagon is concerned.
24 February 2014
Cast member Will Ferrell. ©Reuters/Phil McCarten Child's play as 'Lego Movie' builds box-office lead "The Lego Movie" built on its previous weeks' success atop the North American box office for a third weekend in a row, earning $31.5 million.
24 February 2014
An Indian worker collects bidis. ©Reuters/Jagadeesh Nv US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company US regulators on Friday banned four types of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, marking the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever oversight action against a tobacco product.
23 February 2014
Security experts raise flags over WhatsApp The Facebook deal for WhatsApp drew attention for its whopping price tag, but has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform.
23 February 2014
Indian rickshaw driver fatally stabs American wife, kills self An Indian rickshaw driver stabbed his American wife to death before setting himself ablaze, police said Saturday, in a violent end to a whirlwind romance scripted in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal.
22 February 2014
Photo courtesy of takie.org Obama, Putin speak after Ukraine deal President Barack Obama held "constructive" talks Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he pressed for swift implementation of a deal to end Ukraine's deadly crackdown on protesters.
22 February 2014
NYC mayor in hot water on dangerous driving New York mayor Bill de Blasio has driven head into accusations of hypocrisy after his SUV repeatedly violated traffic rules two days after he ordered a crackdown on dangerous driving.
22 February 2014
US taper should be 'wake-up call' for emerging world: OECD The OECD Friday said the winding down of US monetary stimulus should be a "wake-up call" for emerging economies to accelerate reforms, but Indonesia and South Africa stepped up criticism of the Federal Reserve heading into G20 talks.
22 February 2014

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