The BlackBerry model RFH121LW lands at the FCC.(Credit:Engadget)In case you needed more clues that RIM's latest handsets based on the long-awaited BlackBerry 10 software are really just around the corner, you've got it. A new device, referred to as model RFH121LW, has now shown up within the FCC's official database. Tech site Engadget noticed RIM's mysterious gadget, along with another product called...
Pregnant U.S. woman missing in Afghanistan
Labels: Health KABUL The father of a pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan has broken his silence over her disappearance to make a desperate plea for her safe return. James Coleman, father of 27-year-old Caitlan Coleman, told The Associated Press his daughter was traveling with her Canadian husband when she vanished in early October. The last communication came from Caitlan's husband, Josh, who said...
Time's Up: Sides Closing In on 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal
Labels: Business Congressional and White House negotiators are closing in on a deal to avert across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts that take effect at midnight, as the nation teeters on the edge of the so-called fiscal cliff.An emerging tentative agreement would extend current tax rates for households making $450,000 or less; extend the estate tax at its current level of 35 percent...
Assad's forces battle to retake Damascus suburb
Labels: WorldAMMAN (Reuters) - Elite Syrian government troops backed by tanks battled on Monday to recapture a strategic Damascus suburb from rebels who have advanced within striking distance of the center of Syria's capital. Five people, including a child, died from army rocket fire that hit the Daraya suburb during the fighting, opposition activists said. Daraya is part of a semi-circle of Sunni...
Morsi "not afraid" of falling Egyptian pound
Labels: Technology CAIRO: President Mohamed Morsi has said the fall of the Egyptian pound, which is at an eight-year low against the dollar, does not worry him and expects a return to stability in the coming days, a report said on Monday.The issue "does not worry us and we are not afraid. In a few days things will balance out," Morsi said late Sunday in comments reported by the official MENA."The market...
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Foursquare to show users' full names, share more data
Labels: LifestyleFoursquare has begun notifying users of privacy policy updates that will begin making more user information and data public next month.Beginning January 28, 2013, users' "full names" will be displayed across the check-in service and venue owners will have increased access to users' check-in data, the company announced in an e-mail sent to users late last night. It also published a document called...
Pakistan terror incidents threaten peace talks
Labels: Health ISLAMABAD The killing of 41 people in two separate terrorist incidents in Pakistan appeared on Sunday to temporarily halt prospects for immediate peace talks between Pakistani authorities and Taliban militants, two senior Pakistani intelligence officers and a senior western diplomat in Islamabad warned. Both intelligence officers said that the fallout of the killings may even harm U.S. plans to...
NYC Subway Pusher Held For Hate-Crime Murder
Labels: Business A woman who allegedly told New York City police she pushed a man onto the subway tracks because she hated Hindus and Muslims has been charged with murder as a hate crime.Erica Menendez, 31, allegedly told police that she "pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I've been beating them up."Menendez...
Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi
Labels: WorldNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The body of a woman, whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India, arrived back in New Delhi on Sunday and was cremated at a private ceremony. Scuffles broke out in central Delhi between police and protesters who say the government is doing too little to protect women. But the 2,000-strong rally was confined to...
Highlights of S'pore sports in 2012
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: 2012 was a significant year for Singapore sports, both on the international and home fronts.Singapore's Olympic double bronze medals at the London Games was the highlight of 2012.The women's table tennis team delivered the targeted two medals.But now Singapore wants local-born youngsters to step up.Intermediate targets have been set for them over the next few years, including...
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