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Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.
Dec 29, 2009 at 22:51
The Hindu: Confrontation persists in Iran Iran’s opposition and the establishment are persisting with their confrontation which touched a new high on Sunday when eight people died during violent protests. Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has said on Monday authorities had arrested her sister, Nooshin, a medical professor. She added that the step had been taken to dissuade her from pursuing human rights work.

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Dec 29, 2009 at 21:34
Bomb squad detonates suspect package at Milan airport ROME, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A bomb squad detonated an abandoned package found at Milan's Malpensa airport, the Ansa news agency reported on Dec. 29.
Dec 29, 2009 at 16:58 | Reuters
Woman found dead in Vienna diplomat's residence VIENNA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old Philippine woman was found stabbed to death onDec. 29in the basement of the Vienna residence of Lebanon's ambassador to Austria, police said.
Dec 29, 2009 at 16:33 | Reuters
Iran Guards link opposition to foreign enemies TEHRAN, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards accused on Dec. 29 foreign media of waging a psychological war to overthrow the clerical establishment and added that they had joined hands with the opposition to harm the Islamic state.
Dec 29, 2009 at 15:30 | Reuters
Google faces China lawsuit over book scanning BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese novelist is suing Google Inc. for scanning her work into its online library.
Dec 29, 2009 at 15:01
Panama-flagged bulk cargo ship seized by pirates MOGADISHU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Somali pirates hijacked the Panamanian-flagged bulk cargo ship Navios Apollon onDec. 28as it was sailing to India with fertiliser, a maritime official said on Dec. 29.
Dec 29, 2009 at 14:13 | Reuters
WHO: May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic GENEVA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic may not be conquered until 2011, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Dec. 29.
Dec 29, 2009 at 13:55 | Reuters
WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says it is too early to declare that the swine flu pandemic has peaked worldwide.
Dec 29, 2009 at 13:12
Officials probe U.S. apartment fire that killed 9 STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women.
Dec 29, 2009 at 13:01
Venezuela's Chavez accuses Colombia, U.S. of plot CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez is accusing Colombia and the United States of plotting to set up a fake rebel camp on Venezuelan soil to discredit his government.
Dec 29, 2009 at 12:23
Somali pirates hijack chemical tanker MOGADISHU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have hijacked a UK-flagged chemical tanker sailing to Thailand from Spain, a maritime official said on Dec. 29.
Dec 29, 2009 at 11:29 | Reuters
Iran arrests pro-reform opposition figures TEHRAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Iran arrested at least 10 leading opposition figures on Monday, a day after eight people were killed in anti-government protests that erupted during a Shi'ite Muslim religious festival, an opposition website said.
Dec 29, 2009 at 00:03 | Reuters
Thai move to kick out asylum-seekers angers West HUAY NAM KHAO, Thailand, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Thailand expelled thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers from a refugee camp on Monday before their planned deportation to Laos, sparking angry criticism from the United States and Europe.
Dec 28, 2009 at 18:55 | Reuters
Jimmy and Rosalynn: A love story endures AMERICUS, Georgia (AP) — The occasion was a happy one: an 85th birthday celebration for Jimmy Carter, at an ornate theater down the road from Plains. And yet the former president could not hold back the tears.
Dec 28, 2009 at 17:44