2012年8月3日星期五

Morning Digest: Frustrated Annan quits as Syria peace envoy

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08/3/2012
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Frustrated Annan quits as Syria peace envoy
UNITED NATIONS/ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is quitting as international peace envoy for Syria, frustrated by "finger-pointing" at the United Nations while the armed rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad becomes increasingly bloody..
With grey skies over North Korea, leader puts on a happy face
SEOUL (Reuters) - Never mind the floods. Enjoy the rollercoaster ride and keep smiling..
Stock index futures signal higher Wall Street open
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday after losses in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.3 to 0.4 percent..
Schwarzenegger twins movies, global policy after governor stint
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is to get a global policy institute in his name as he relaunches his action movie career following a seven-year stint at California Governor..
Putin and Phelps show golden touch
LONDON (Reuters) - Black belt Vladimir Putin cheered a Russian judoka to a gold medal at the Olympics on Thursday, and American Michael Phelps hit new heights by becoming the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Games..
Appeals court overturns ban on video-sharing site
(Reuters) - A video-sharing website that allows users to post links to copyrighted videos hosted on third-party sites is not infringing copyright laws, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday..
History littered with failed Mars probes
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter was about a week away from wrapping up an 11-month journey to the Red Planet in 1999 when engineers noticed a problem - the spacecraft, designed to study Mars' environment, was not where it was supposed to be..
Call me Brawny: Iran defends tankers alias game
LONDON (Reuters) - New names for Iran's oil tankers are part of its national tanker company NITC's defense against tighter United States sanctions which target it, the company says..
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