Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:06 +0100 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers. There's one problem: Buckley, who will turn 20 this week on February 22, may be turned away from many of the parties because he is not old enough to drink. His fake ID was recently confiscated, and the two new ones he ordered from a company in China have not yet arrived. ... (Source: Reuters)
Men share a bicycle on an empty street in Kathmandu Valley caused ...
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Men share a bicycle on an empty street in Kathmandu Valley caused by a shutdown called by students protesting against the Nepal Oil Corporation's (NOP) decision to hike prices on major petroleum products, including petrol, diesel, kerosene and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), in Kathmandu January 25, 2012. According to local media reports, NOP, a state-owned trading company, increased petroleum prices by an average of over 11 percent, the biggest-ever oil price hike in Nepal in monetary terms in recent history. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENERGY)
Epic clash: Silicon Valley blindsides Hollywood on piracy
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:30:11 +0100 (Reuters) - The massive online protest last Wednesday, in which Wikipedia and thousands of other websites closed down or otherwise protested and helped to kill controversial online piracy legislation, was widely heralded as an unprecedented case of a grassroots uprising overcoming backroom lobbying. Yet a close look at how the debate unfolded suggests that traditional means of influencing policy in Washington had its place too. The technology industry has ramped up its political activities dramatically in recent years, and in fact, has spent more than the entertainment industry -- $1. ... (Source: Reuters)
Cranes are seen at the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern ...
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:40:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Cranes are seen at the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, northern Israel December 14, 2011. The Hula valley is a stopping point for hundreds of species of birds along their migration route between the northern and southern hemispheres. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: ANIMALS)
Cranes fly in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, north of the Sea ...
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Cranes fly in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve, north of the Sea of Galilee November 24, 2011. The Hula valley is a stopping point for hundreds of species of birds along their migration route between the northern and southern hemispheres. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: ANIMALS)
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