Counting under way in Egyptian referendum

CAIRO: Counting was under way early Sunday after a first-round referendum on a divisive new constitution pushed through by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist allies despite weeks of opposition protests.Polling stations in half the country, including the biggest cities of Cairo and Alexandria, were tallying the results from Saturday's voting.The second round of the referendum is to...

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Apple rumors never cease

The iPad Mini will be a magnet for lots of rumors in the coming months.(Credit:Apple)Apple rumors are a fact of life. And it's silly to think that tech sites will begin writing fewer stories about the latestiPad/iPhone chatter. It's like asking the Washington press corps to stop writing about Beltway scuttlebutt or Hollywood reporters to cease scribbling about la la land -- however frivolous. Ain't...

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Mandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery

JOHANNESBURG South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones Saturday, the nation's presidency said, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is still recovering from a lung infection. Doctors treating Mandela waited to perform the endoscopic surgery as they wanted to first attend to his lung ailment, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement....

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Conn. Shooting: Cops Probe Report of Earlier Altercation

Police are investigating reports that Connecticut gunman Adam Lanza had an altercation at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in the days before he carried out a massacre the school's students and staff, sources told ABC News.Authorities indicated today that they have "some very good evidence" about the motive behind Lanza's shooting spree at the school in Newtown, Conn., and...

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Egyptians vote on divisive constitution

CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - Egyptians queued in long lines on Saturday to vote on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation. Soldiers joined police to secure the referendum after deadly protests during the buildup. Street brawls erupted again on Friday...

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Football: Beaten but not outclassed

SINGAPORE: Aide Iskandar told his boys that when they pull on the national jersey and wear the national flag on their chests, they needed to play like there was no tomorrow.On Friday night at the Jalan Besar Stadium, his Singapore Youth Selection matched the Liverpool under-19s stride for stride and, despite going down 1-0 in the semi-final of the four-team NexLions Cup, the future Lions...

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Lingering issues found at Foxconn's iPhone factory

Construction near Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou, China earlier this year.(Credit:Jay Greene/CNET)Despite recent efforts to improve working conditions at Foxconn's factories, a new investigative report claims that there are still numerous issues.The findings come inside a report by French TV program Envoyé Spécial, which yesterday aired hidden camera footage it captured at Foxconn's facility in Zhengzhou,...

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Will Clinton testify on Libya next Thursday?

Updated: 1:42p.m. ETThe State Department assured Congress today that Hillary Clinton will indeed be ready to testify next Thursday on the recent violence in Benghazi, after suggesting yesterday that the report on which her testimony will be based might not be ready in time. "The committees have announced the secretary will be on the Hill next Thursday, and so that's the plan," said Patrick Ventrell,...

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Gunman ID'd: Mother Among Victims at Conn. School

A heavily armed man invaded a Newtown, Conn., elementary school today, killing his mother and 26 others, mostly children, federal and state sources tell ABC News.The gunman, identified as Ryan Lanza, 24, of New Jersey, was killed inside of the school.In addition to the casualties at the school, a dead body was also found in his home, officials said. Sources said Lanza was armed...

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U.S., rebels urge gloomy Moscow to help oust Assad

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's rebel leadership and the United States seized on Russian pessimism over President Bashar al-Assad's future to urge Moscow to help push its ally into ceding power and end the battles closing in around his capital. "We want to commend the Russian government for finally waking up to the reality and acknowledging that the regime's days are numbered," the U.S. State...

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McAfee says he's broke after fleeing Belize

MIAMI: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Thursday he is flat broke after leaving behind what remains of his fortune in Belize, where he is wanted for questioning over his neighbor's murder.McAfee and 20-year-old girlfriend Sam Vanegas spent more than three weeks on the run in Belize after Gregory Faull's November 11 murder before slipping across the border into Guatemala, where...

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Filipino threat: No Bieber in Bataan after Instagram mockery

Here's the provocation.(Credit:Justin Bieber/Instagram Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)The Philippines is the most emotional country in the world. No, this is not merely based on my own blissful, painful experience. It has been proved by Gallup researchers who, no doubt, dedicated themselves fully to the local nuances of exalted love and frayed tempers.The latest to feel the severe winds of the...

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Rice withdraws from secretary of state consideration

Updated: 4:08 p.m. ETU.N. ambassador Susan Rice on Thursday officially withdrew her name from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, citing in a letter to President Obama the "lengthy, disruptive and costly" nominating process she was sure to face if tapped for the job -- a disruption she argued the nation "cannot afford."  Rice, who was considered a top contender for...

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Superstorm Sandy Aid Is Headed... Here?!

Dec 13, 2012 2:47pm A man walks past destroyed homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 27, 2012. A proposal in Congress would provide $60 billion in relief. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)The Obama administration’s $60-billion emergency aid package for victims of superstorm Sandy is now caught in the crossfire over the “fiscal cliff,” with some...

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Russia says Syrian rebels might win

MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are gaining ground and might win, Russia's Middle East envoy said on Thursday, in the starkest such admission from a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad in 20 months of conflict. "One must look the facts in the face," Russia's state-run RIA quoted Mikhail Bogdanov as saying. "Unfortunately, the victory of the Syrian opposition cannot be ruled...

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New Fed QE sends dollar lower; yen falls ahead of vote

NEW YORK: The Federal Reserve's expected expansion of its quantitative easing bond-buying Wednesday sent the dollar lower for the third straight day, with the euro almost touching $1.31 before easing back.The yen meanwhile continued to sag ahead of the December 16 general election, with the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which wants the Bank of Japan to further ease monetary policy,...

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Senator pressures FAA to get moving on in-flight device use

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants you to be able to tweet a photo of St. Louis' famous Gateway Arch while you're soaring above it in your commercial airliner of choice.At least that might be one option open to you if a letter she sent to the Federal Aviation Administration yesterday has the desired effect.The Democratic senator said in her letter that she was "prepared to pursue legislative solutions"...

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Suspect in Oregon mall shooting ID'd

Updated 1:40 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used a stolen rifle from someone he knew, authorities said Wednesday. Jacob Tyler Roberts had armed himself with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and had several fully loaded magazines when he arrived at a Portland mall on Tuesday, said Clackamas County Sheriff...

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Mall Gunman Identified as Jacob Tyler Roberts

The masked gunman who killed two people in the crowded Clackamas Town Center mall in suburban Portland, Ore., was identified today as Jacob Tyler Roberts.Roberts, 22, was armed with a stolen AR-15 semi-automatic weapon, Sheriff Craig Roberts told a news conference today. He was not wearing a bullet-proof vest as previously reported.Earlier today the sheriff told "Good Morning...

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North Korea rocket launch raises nuclear stakes

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to opponents. The rocket, which North Korea says put a weather satellite into orbit, has been labeled by the United States, South Korea and Japan as a test of technology that could one day deliver...

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Football: Bradford pile on the misery for woeful Arsenal

BRADFORD, United Kingdom: Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen missed the decisive spot-kick as League Two minnows Bradford City stunned the Gunners with a 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph after a 1-1 draw in the League Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday.Garry Thompson's volleyed strike after 16 minutes gave the underdogs a shock 1-0 lead at Valley Parade, but Arsenal thought they had got out of...

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