| Fri, 27 Jan 2012 The Numbers Game
By KEITH DEVLIN | Though Sudoku appeared on the scene very recently (first popularized in Japan in the 1980s, it only took off in the West in 2004, when the Times of London began featuring it), it has rapidly become one of the most successful paper-and-pencil puzzles of... | LA Weekend Calendar: Ellen's B-Day Party, Lunar New Year Festival & Fruit Trees For Good (VIDEO)
| FRIDAY | Screening of "Spirited Away" (Japanese Anime You Actually Like) | What: It may seem like Japanese anime only appeals to a niche audience, but not so. This was perhaps most widely demonstrated with Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away," which won the Academy Award ... | Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier
| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He said he meant only that he wanted an end to the internal c... | Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the country's opposition which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging l... | Court: Senegal's president can run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the country's opposition which has vowed to take to the streets if the leader does ... | Former close ally of Bolivian president sentenced
| LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A former close ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales was convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison. | The court also handed a six-year sentence in absentia to an... | Opponents protest signing of ACTA without adequate debate
| Over the vocal protests of opponents, 22 European nations signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday. A statement by the Japanese foreign ministry, which hosted the signing ceremony, indicated that the remaining EU member states were expected to... | The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): The Corporate Usurpation of the Internet
| In the wake of a public outcry against internet regulation bills such as SOPA and PIPA, representatives of the EU have signed a new and far more threatening legislation yesterday in Tokyo. Spearheaded by the governments of the United States and Japan and constructed l... | |
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