AP PHOTOS: Pakistanis defy dangers, go to polls May 12th, 2013 - 04:50h (CET +01.00) Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday in a historic vote despite a series of violent attacks that has killed over 130 people in recent weeks. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : photos, pakistanis, defy, dangers, polls, Top Keywords

Pakistanis defy violence in historic election May 11th, 2013 - 21:20h (CET +01.00) ISLAMABAD (AP) - Despite attacks that killed 29 people, Pakistanis turned out in huge numbers Saturday to vote in an election that marked a historic democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by military coups. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pakistanis, defy, violence, historic, election, Top Keywords

Japanese online retailer Rakuten expects to defy European gloom Mar 22nd, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) By Alice Baghdjian LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is used to defying convention, having quit the safety of a job at the Industrial Bank of Japan at the age of 31 and insisting employees at his new business spoke E... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japanese, online, retailer, rakuten, expects, defy, european, gloom, Top Keywords

4 arrested for defying San Francisco's nudity ban Feb 2nd, 2013 - 03:30h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Four protesters were arrested entirely in the buff as they took to the steps of San Francisco City Hall in a brazen challenge of the city's ban on public nudity on Friday, the first day it went into effect. (Source: Associat... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : arrested, defying, francisco's, nudity, expects, defy, european, gloom, Top Keywords

UK's Cameron to defy Europe over prisoner votes Oct 24th, 2012 - 15:20h (CET +01.00) British Prime Minister David Cameron insists he won't comply with an order from European judges to grant prisoners in the U.K. the right to vote, setting up a new clash with the continent's authorities. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : uk's, cameron, defy, europe, prisoner, votes, european, gloom, Top Keywords

Russian NGOs defy law naming them 'foreign agents' Sep 27th, 2012 - 19:50h (CET +01.00) Leading Russian non-government organizations said Thursday they would will defy a new Kremlin law requiring those who receive funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : russian, ngos, defy, naming, them, 'foreign, agents', gloom, Top Keywords

Lib Dems to defy Cameron on welfare cuts Sep 22nd, 2012 - 01:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The Lib Dems would block attempts to raid the welfare budget to bolster the coalition government's fragile austerity plan in the run-up to the 2015 election, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said in a newspaper interview. Cleg... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dems, defy, cameron, welfare, cuts, 'foreign, agents', gloom, Top Keywords

The Sun to defy royal family to print Harry nude snaps Aug 24th, 2012 - 00:10h (CET +01.00) The Sun, Rupert Murdoch's popular British tabloid, on Thursday announced it would publish nude photographs of Prince Harry in Friday's paper despite being asked not to by the royal family. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : defy, royal, family, print, harry, nude, snaps, gloom, Top Keywords

Strong SAP sales, earnings defy tech gloom Jul 12th, 2012 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's SAP AG said second-quarter software revenues rose a currency-adjusted 19 percent, near the upper end of its target range, defying a weakening trend at its technology peers. The world's largest maker of busine... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : strong, sales, earnings, defy, tech, gloom, snaps, gloom, Top Keywords

Egypt lawmakers defy ban as political heat rises Jul 10th, 2012 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament opened a new front in the country's leadership showdowns Tuesday by meeting in defiance of orders that disbanded the chamber and brought President Mohammed Morsi in conflict with both the powerful milit... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt, lawmakers, defy, political, heat, rises, snaps, gloom, Top Keywords