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REUTERS World News, Jan 20, 2012

Third of Airbus A380s face checks -sources
Reuters
... Jan 20 (Reuters) - European safety authorities are set to order airlines to carry out checks on almost a third of the current Airbus A380 fleet after the discovery of wing cracks on the world'slargest jetliner, aviation sources said on Friday. ...
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Reuters Teams With YouTube to Launch Reuters TV Channel
MarketWatch (press release)
"This deal with YouTube gives Reuters a way to showcase our collection of talented journalists and compelling video from around the world," said Dan Colarusso, Reuters global head of programming. "It will offer unique insights and images that other ...
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What you sign away when you buy a cruise ticket
Reuters
By Linda Stern | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's all fun and margaritas when you first book a cruise. But that "ticket" is actually a contract that can run more than a dozen pages, and gives away more rights to the cruise ship company than you may realize. ...
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Rushdie cancels India visit after death threat warning
Reuters
Rushdie would instead participate via a video-link, festival director William Dalrymple told Reuterson Friday. "This is the result of a tragic game of Chinese whispers. The reality of Rushdie's writings are completely different from the way they have ...
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"Rift" maker Trion raises $85 million in new funding
Reuters
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Video game publisher Trion Worlds has raised $85 million in a new round of funding as the privately held company aims to expand to Asia this year and launch new titles, CEO Lars Buttler told Reuters on Thursday. ...
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Dixons claims Christmas victory over rivals
Reuters
By James Davey | LONDON (Reuters) - Dixons Retail (DXNS.L), Europe's second-biggest electrical goods retailer, said it outperformed British rivals Argos (HOME.L) and Comet (KESA.L) over Christmas without the need to drop its prices. ...
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Reuters World News Highlights Jan 20
TrustLaw
KABUL - Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have been enraged by a video which shows US marines urinating on three corpses, believed to be insurgents, and some say they do not understand their leadership's relatively measured response to the tape. ...
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A Minute With: Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper
Reuters
By Christine Kearney | PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, starting ten days of movie screenings and providing the launching pad for some of theworld's top low-budget features and documentaries at the largest ...
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US shuts Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate
Reuters
HACKERS RETALIATE Vocal critics of the US Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and Protect IP Act (PIPA), quickly showed their opposition to the shutdown of Megaupload.com, with hackers attacking the public websites of the Justice Department, the world's ...
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Baghdatis causes racquet as his rage goes viral
Reuters
By Greg Stutchbury | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Whack. Whack, whack, whack. Whack. Whack. Four broken racquets, $1250 worth of fines and more than 200000 hits on video sharing website YouTube was all it needed for Marcos Baghdatis to enter Australian Open ...
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YouTube boosts its channel lineup with a Reuters partnership and celebrity news
VentureBeat
Rough Cuts, with Jen Rogers, showcasing the remarkable news video that Reuters videojournalists shoot around the world, allowing viewers to see and hear that video in greater depth than most television networks can offer. ...
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Original Oscar winner "Wings" soars again in Hollywood
Reuters
... ANGELES (Reuters) - While silent movie "The Artist" gathers steam ahead of the Oscars, the only other non-talking picture to win an Academy Award is getting a makeover as Hollywood falls back in love with the early days of cinema. "Wings," a World ...
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San Francisco protesters target financial district
Reuters
By Laird Harrison | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Weeks after their eviction from several area encampments, anti-Wall Street activists in San Francisco, including a former Pacific Stock Exchange president, are vowing to disrupt the city's financial ...
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Ken Ishii, out of dance clubs and into daydreams
Reuters
By Alastair Himmer | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trail-blazing techno king Ken Ishii has rocked massive crowds the world over with his dance floor beats, but for his latest album he drew inspiration from what some may think an odd choice much closer to ...
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Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead: intelligence officials
Reuters
By Jibran Ahmad | PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a US drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence ...
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Syria protesters find little hope in Arab monitor mission
Reuters
It was like the revolution was starting again, people want to show we are not just YouTube videos, we really exist," he said. "But the price was high. I feel bad people didn't realize the bloodshed won't stop," he told Reuters by telephone. ...
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Perry: the candidate who couldn't shoot straight
Reuters
By Samuel P. Jacobs | GREER, South Carolina (Reuters) - Rick Perry rode into the Republican nomination high in the saddle, with Marlboro Man good looks, strong financial backing from home state loyalists and a record of economic success as Texas ...
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Path to connected future clear at crowded tech show
Reuters
By Edwin Chan and Sinead Carew | LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - From the world's first eye-controlled laptop and a pet-tracking app to a glass-encased ultra-thin notebook, 2012's Consumer Electronics Show produced more than a few gems to point the way forward ...
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Egypt's Islamic authority condemns Afghan abuse incident
Reuters
"This is a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the Afghani martyrs, and it is shocking to the most basic principles of human civilization," a senior adviser to Grand Imam of al-Azhar told Reuters. The images reinforced a sense in the Muslim world ...
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Thousand-ship flotilla to mark UK queen's jubilee
Reuters
By Michael Holden | LONDON (Reuters) - A seven-mile flotilla of 1000 ships will sail down the River Thames in one of the biggest and most spectacular events ever seen in London to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne, organisers said on ...
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Anti-whaling activists clash with Japan harpoon ship
Reuters
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese whalers and protesters clashed on Wednesday in the Southern Ocean, with activists saying three of their crew were injured by grappling hooks and a bamboo pole and Japan claiming the anti-whalers tried to cut ropes and ...
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Interactive TV News Round-Up (V): Oscar.com, Reuters, YouTube, Vimeo, Visiware
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
The 10 programs will feature highly produced reports and commentary from many ofReuters' award-winning, nearly 3000 journalists around the world." More information on the new shows can be found here. In related news: Two other new YouTube channels ...
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Loss in Sony Ericsson impacts Ericsson's fourth quarter results
Reuters
NOTES TO EDITORS: Ericsson's video material is available on www.ericsson.com/broadcast_room Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, ...
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Rocket with military satellite launches from Florida
Reuters
(Reuters) - An unmanned heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday to put a high-speed broadband communications satellite into orbit for the US military. The 217-foot(66-metre)-long rocket, manufactured by ...
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Big Brother Brazil participant probed for rape
Reuters
| RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A participant in the Brazilian version of reality TV show "Big Brother" is being investigated for suspected rape of a fellow housemate while she apparently was asleep during the program. Police on Tuesday questioned male ...
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Gay "honor killing" movie shakes Turkey up
Reuters India
By Ece Toksabay | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - On a hot summer's day in 2008, 26-year-old physics student Ahmet Yildiz was shot dead when he popped out from his Istanbul apartment to buy ice cream. The main suspect in the killing, a fugitive still wanted by ...
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Beet.TV: Reuters Launches Slate of Shows on YouTube Partner ...
By Andy_Plesser
Reuters, the global news organization, has created a new slate of video programming which launched this week on YouTube as part of the video portal's new partner channel initiative. ... news video thatReuters video journalists shoot around the world, allowing viewers to see and hear that video in greater depth than most television networks can offer;; Decoder, explaining in succinct and surprising ways the key topics in the news, ranging from the debt ceiling to the Strait of Hormuz.
Beet.TV
U.S. shuts Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate (Reuters) - WORLD ...
By Yahoo! News
This is a discussion on U.S. shuts Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate (Reuters) within the Crimes and Trials News forum, part of the Law News category; Reuters - The U.S. government shut down the Megaupload.com content sharing website, ...
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Reuters Launches Web TV Channel, Bringing 10 New & Original ...
By Sarah Perez
Congress is considering legislation (SOPA and PIPA) that could alter the basic rules of the road on the Internet without doing much to actually fight foreign piracy of movies, music, and other entertainment content. Learn more. Read our full SOPA coverage here. Comment ... REUTERS. Company: Reuters. Website: reuters.com. Reuters is best know for being a financial market data provider and news service that provided reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ...
TechCrunch
Reuters Expands its Original Content on YouTube
By Lauren Indvik
With Jen Rogers, showcasing news video that Reuters video journalists shoot around the world. Decoder. Key topics in the news, ranging from the debt ceiling to the Strait of Hormuz. Dan Colarusso, Reuters global head of programming, says ...
Mashable » Business
Andy Plesser: Reuters Launches Slate of Shows on YouTube ...
By Andy Plesser
The 10 new shows include the following:Reuters Investigates, featuring investigative journalism and special reports from around the world, in coordination with Reuters award-winning Enterprise unit;The Trail, with Reuters political ... finance editor and former editor at BusinessWeek and SmartMoney;Rough Cuts, with Jen Rogers, showcasing the remarkable news video that Reuters video journalists shoot around the world, allowing viewers to see and hear that video in greater depth...
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Afghan calligrapher creates world's largest Quran | AAJ News
By Reuters
Afghan calligrapher creates world's largest Quran. KABUL - 17th January 2012 (1 second ago). ByReuters. An Afghan calligrapher has worked for five years to create the world's biggest Quran, a bid to show the world that Afghanistan's rich ...
AAJ News
Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
By Ian Campbell
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Spot a trend. China's inflation is ... Inflationary pressure is coming off around the world. That's encouraging. Soaring oil and commodity prices threatened ...
Breakingviews
Brace yourself: Grim forecast for 2012, says World Bank – Kippreport ...
By Reuters
... yourself: Grim forecast for 2012, says World Bank -. January 18, 2012. The World Bank sharply cuts global economic growth forecast, seeing "real" risk of a slump like 2008/09. And it looks like it'll be worse for developing countries. Reuters ...
Dubai Business | Kippreport»...
From Reuters to Young Hollywood: YouTube Begins Rolling Out ...
By Megan O'Neill
YouTube viewers can also look forward to a brand new Reuters TV channel, featuring ten news, commentary and analysis programs on everything from breaking news to finance, politics, technology and more. According to a press release, “The ... Reuters global head of programming, Dan Colarusso, says, “This deal with YouTube gives Reuters a way to showcase our collection of talented journalists and compelling video from around the world. It will offer unique insights and images ...
SocialTimes.com
Reuters launches TV channel on YouTube « Talking Biz News
By Chris Roush
“This deal with YouTube gives Reuters a way to showcase our collection of talented journalists and compelling video from around the world,” said Dan Colarusso, Reuters global head of programming. “It will offer unique insights and images ...
Talking Biz News
China media flags trade talks launch with South Korea's Lee | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will offer visiting South Korean President Lee ... Thomson Reuters is theworld's largest international multimedia news agency, providing ... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com , video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-china-korea-idUSTRE80805T201201...
World's first electric car hits the road - again | Video | Reuters.com
Reuters is your online source to news videos online, video news clips, news ... Ayrton and Perry's electric-powered vehicle is recognised as the world's first ...
in.reuters.com/video/.../worlds-first-electric-car-hits-the-road?...
Attack on Iraqi pilgrims kills 50, scores hurt | Reuters
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 53 ... Leader of violent Nigerian Islamist group defends killing Christians in video .... Thomson Reuters is theworld's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-iraq-violence-idUSTRE80D0AU20120...
Romanian protesters clash with riot police | Reuters
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian riot police used tear gas against protesters ... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-romania-protests-austerity-idUSTRE80...
Brotherhood claim 46 percent of Egypt parliament | Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood will control close to half the seats in the ... Panic and rescue: Raw video from the cruise ship Wed, Jan 18 2012 ... in the Arab world's most populous country, the army generals who assumed power .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-egypt-election-idUSTRE80C1BV2012...
Stricken cargo ship breaks up on reef off New Zealand | Reuters
Amateur video shows cruise ship evacuation Mon, Jan 16 2012 .... Thomson Reuters is the world'slargest international multimedia news agency, providing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-newzealand-ship-idUSTRE8060N3201...
Musharraf to return to Pakistan, lead party in polls | Reuters
Romney opens 21-point lead in South Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll ... of about 8000 supporters in the commercial centre Karachi via video link from Dubai. ... Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has considerable influence in political ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largestinternational multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-pakistan-musharraf-idUSTRE8070I12...
Egypt Islamists seen winning near two-thirds of seats | Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it had won at least 41 percent of ...Amateur video shows cruise ship evacuation Mon, Jan 16 2012 .... Thomson Reuters is the world'slargest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-egypt-elections-idUSTRE8060IG2012...
Judge sets mid-February end date for Mubarak trial | Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A Cairo judge Tuesday gave the prosecution and defense until February 16 ... for the man who ruled the Arab world's most populous country for 30 years. ... Thomson Reuters is theworld's largest international multimedia news ... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-egypt-mubarak-trial-idUSTRE8091TI...
  
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