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Hewlett-Packard to cut 30000 jobs: sources - GlobalPost
HP wants to reduce costs so it can increase spending on product development and sales, according to the sources inside the company who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on its behalf, the New York Times reported.
Suicide bomber in southwest China kills 2 - GlobalPost
An official who refused to give his name told the AFP, "We have opened an investigation. I can't tell you anything, but three people were killed and 14 were injured." The BBC said that local governments in China often demolish houses or take away land ...
Syria: To intervene or not to intervene? - GlobalPost
A European diplomat in Damascus, who asked not to be named, believes the Syrian regime is aware of the international community's lack of appetite to intervene and believes military involvement is not the solution this time around.
Army kills at least 7 militants in Yemen's restive south - GlobalPost
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the government attack took place overnight in the restive southern Abyan province, the scene of ongoing skirmishes between militants and government forces. The Associated Press quoted unnamed ...
Putin to dominate the vote, whether it's fair or not - GlobalPost
The engineer asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions from his job. He said the plant sent 150 of its staff of 250. First management asked for volunteers, but when there wasn't enough interest, employees in relatively good health and with no ...
Vang Vieng, Laos: backpacker mecca turned disaster magnet? - GlobalPost
He asked to remain anonymous out of fear of the Tourist Police, which he calls “corrupt” and “powerful.” “They are working with the people selling [the drugs]. Bars even give you a free joint and two minutes later, the police take you.
Burma: An aging Aung San Suu Kyi appeals to young voters - GlobalPost
He had come there for the chance to see her in person, but declined to give his name for fear that any association with the opposition could still carry punishment of some kind — a persistent fear carried over from a pre-reform Burma that hints at the ...
No Child Left Behind law waived in 10 states - GlobalPost
An Obama administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Washington Post that Obama plans to announce the waivers officially later today. NBC reported that the ten states free from the strict No Child Left Behind requirements ...
Student who accused Martin Springer of sexual abuse recalls her accusations - GlobalPost
An anonymous source told the Times that one of the alleged victims had changed her story in the last few days. The charges against Springer now only involve one girl. The school has been embroiled in a scandal since news broke at the end of January ...
Syria: Rebels forced out of eastern Damascus suburbs - GlobalPost
A cafe manager who asked not to be identified said his neighborhood in eastern Damascus continues to be off limits even to residents. "My mother is staying at one house, my father somewhere else and I'm sleeping at my friend's house because we cannot ...
Florida primary: Anger in the Sunshine State - GlobalPost
She refused to give her name, because “getting in the paper is the kiss of death for a girl in St. Augustine.” She said she was from Alabama originally, and was trying to make it as a real estate broker in troubled times. She is sure that her chosen ...
Libya: Was it better under Gaddafi? - GlobalPost
As the group, all of which asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, spoke of the current problems, another young fighter took his turn. “There is no money, no jobs, everyone has guns, everyone is scared,” he said. “Now I wonder why we made this ...
Mubarak trial: Defense gives opening arguments - GlobalPost
“We want a solution to stabilize this country,” said an elderly woman and Cairo resident, but who refused to give her name. “If no verdict is issued before Jan. 25 [the one-year anniversary of the uprising], then there will be another uprising and we ...
Winter packs wallop in Asia, Europe - GlobalPost
We are trying to restore our system on a war footing," a source, who declined to give his name, told the TOI. The capital of Pakistan is also digging out, MSN India reported. Islamabad and rural areas of Pakistan are facing rain, fog and the first ...
Is Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, about to resign? - GlobalPost
Both sources asked to remain anonymous. There would be no love lost between Pakistan's 56-year old president and the military, the intelligence official said. “The army never liked or trusted Zardari,” he said. He lamented how the Zardari ...
At Bonn conference on Afghanistan, key players absent - GlobalPost
One Afghan official, speaking off the record, said that it was not the Americans' place to decide who would and would not be invited to the conference, which was formally hosted by Afghanistan. “That was a decision to be made by the Afghan government,” ...
Turkey: Van a "ghost city" after quakes - GlobalPost
(Ahmad Halabisaz/AFP/Getty Images) The recent string of earthquakes and aftershocks that have rattled eastern Turkey have left at least one city a virtual ghost town, a government official said Monday. “It is a ghost city,” Van's provincial Gov. ...
Motorola to cut 800 jobs - GlobalPost
A source close to the situation told the Chicago Sun-Times that the company will shed about 185 jobs at the Motorola Mobility offices in downtown Chicago and its headquarters in Libertyville, Ill. Motorola Mobility spokeswoman Jennifer ...
Watershed of Waste: Afghanistan's Kajaki Dam and USAID - GlobalPost
“The third turbine will go in,” said one USAID source in Kabul, speaking on condition of anonymity. But these are energy professionals, whose expertise is very much on the technical side. While they can quote chapter and verse on megawatts and output ...
Drone Wars: Attacks fuel anger in Yemen - GlobalPost
“The Saleh regime allowed the US to intervene and desecrate our homeland from end to end,” said a local politician in the rural village of Muajala, located in southern Abyan Province, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Yemen has been turned into ...
Pakistan tacitly allows drones to strike - GlobalPost
“There is a tacit understanding to agree to the drone attacks and to deny the agreement, because the government doesn't want to go against public opinion,” said one Pakistani official who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the ...
US troops aid Mexico in drug war - GlobalPost
“We have learned from American officers who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said the corporal, who asked that his name not be used as he is not authorized to speak to the media. “The Americans suffer from similar types of ambushes in their wars, ...
Why they fight for Muammar Gaddafi - GlobalPost
At the Sadoon schoolhouse in Misrata, where military prisoners are being kept in relatively good conditions, a man who declined to give his name said he'd been captured a week ago in Sirte. Like most loyalist soldiers, he offered few words.
Women's rights key to kingdom's future - GlobalPost
The woman, who requested anonymity to avoid harassment from officials and opponents of female drivers, said police were only doing their job if they spotted her and issued a ticket for not having a license. “But if they try to take me to the police ...
Libya: Tripoli calm, people hungry but happy - GlobalPost
“We just want NATO to stop,” said one man who asked to remain anonymous. “NATO killed my entire family. We just wanted them to go. We didn't want any of this. Our city is being destroyed.” Food shortages have made preparations for the upcoming Eid ...