Tuesday, May 21, 2013
 
 

By Yeganeh Torbati

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest.

Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Iranian officials denied any connection between the Internet disruptions and the upcoming vote. But, after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad four years ago, they are wary of the possibility of fu   [READ MORE]
 
 
By Jason McLure

(Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives.

The law, which includes a number of safeguards over the next three years a...   [READ MORE]
 
By James Saft

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting depressing views about a slowdown to put his faith in collaborative innovation driven by a jackpot culture for inventors.

For his me...   [READ MORE]
 
By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two longtime fixtures of Los Angeles politics in a mayoral election shaped by the dire financial outlook of America's second-largest city and the political clout of its public employee unions....   [READ MORE]
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks on majority Shi'ites, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis.

More than 200 people have been killed in the past week as ...   [READ MORE]
 
The pop group Hanson, who are from Tulsa, Oklahoma, express sorrow over the massive tornado that ripped through the state on Monday (May 20). No reporter narration.   [READ MORE]
 
By James Saft

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting depressing views about a slowdown to put his faith in collaborative innovation driven by a jackpot culture for inventors.

For his me...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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