Voting setbacks slow down the Hugo Chávez ‘red machine’ - Times Online

Voting setbacks slow down the Hugo Chávez ‘red machine’ - Times Online
President Chávez’s hopes of reelection in 2013 were dealt a blow after Venezuela’s opposition won strategic victories in regional elections at the weekend. The socialist leader declared victory after taking at least 17 of 22 states in Sunday’s

Endeavour astronauts start fourth, final spacewalk - Hindustan Times
Two astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour began a fourth and final spacewalk amid efforts to repair the International Space Station as NASA extended the mission by a day. Americans Steve Bowen, 44, and Shane Kimbrough, 41, left the

Raleigh police: Don't get sideswiped by 'skimmers' - WRAL
Raleigh, N.C. — The Raleigh Police Department is urging users of ATMs to be aware of skimming devices and hidden cameras used to fraudulently obtain ATM card data and personal identification numbers (PINs). The equipment installed on ATM machines

North Korea to halt cross-border contacts with South - Boston Globe
KAESONG, North Korea - For months, tours of this historic city famed for its Buddhist temples and ancient relics have given South Koreans a glimpse of life in the hidden communist North. But North Korean officials said yesterday these visits were

NKorea: Kim Jong Il visits machine, soap factories - Washington Post
In this undated photo released on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean Kim Jong Il, 2nd left, tours the Rakwon Machine Complex in Sinuiju, North Korea. North Korean state media reported

Kim Jong Il visits machine, soap factories: NKorea - CJAD
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's Kim Jong Il paid visits to machinery and soap-making factories, state media reported Tuesday, the latest in a series of dispatches in recent weeks about public appearances by a leader believed to be recovering from

Man's idea to break Kan. ATM less than smashing - Yahoo News
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – Police in Leavenworth, Kan., say a thief who tried to bust an ATM open like a giant piggy bank is lucky to be in one piece himself. They say the 49-year-old pried an ATM loose from a credit union early Sunday by using a stolen

600 Group warns of global market contraction - yorkshirepost
BRITAIN'S biggest machine tool maker, 600 Group, which is based in Leeds, today warned of a shrinkage in global markets as it delivered its half year results. The group, which published its interim results for the 26 weeks to September 27, revealed