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Electric cars back into the shadows at Geneva car show

March 10, 2013 00:01
After being the starring act for several years, the electric car backed into the shadows at this year's International Geneva Motor Show as carmakers grow weary of waiting for sales to take off. Electric vehicles were not completely absent from the showrooms as the 83rd edition of the Geneva show kicked off, but no new models were unveiled and car company executives on site for the media days on Tuesday and Wednesday barely mentioned them.

Anschluss 1938, a brain-drain for cultural Austria

March 9, 2013 23:30
A vibrant city of poets, artists and thinkers in the early 1900s, it went down in a sea of swastikas after Hitler's triumphant return: Vienna after the Anschluss lost not only many of its people, but a great deal of its talent. On March 12, 1938, Nazi troops marched into Austria. Three days later, Austrian-born Adolf Hitler gave a rousing speech from the balcony of Vienna's Imperial Palace to a jubilant crowd of 250,000 and Austria ceased to exist as an independent state. An exodus that began years earlier when the Nazis took power in Germany accelerated.

UPDATE 1-Beatles' secretary, 'Good Ol' Freda,' breaks silence in film

March 9, 2013 23:00
(Updates with premiere, adds quotes and details) By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas, March 9 (Reuters) - For Freda Kelly, secretary to the Beatles and head of the band's fan club, work sometimes involved trailing the Fab Four to the barber shop, sweeping their locks from the floor and mailing strands of hair to adoring female fans. Kelly, one of the Beatles' longest-serving employees, worked for the British band for more than a decade but had never shared her stories publicly until now.

Sandberg book urges women to 'Lean In' to succeed

March 9, 2013 22:46
Powerful Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg is out to make herself less of an anomaly as she launches a campaign to inspire women to pursue their passions at work and at home. The 43-year-old mom and Facebook chief operating officer on Monday releases "Lean In," in which she weaves stories from her life with insights regarding women being held back from reaching career highs on par with male peers. "This book is for women of all ages," Sandberg said at the freshly-launched LeanIn.org website.

Backlash over move to allow knives back on US planes

March 9, 2013 22:46
A decision to scrap a post-9/11 ban on pocket knives being carried by passengers on US aircraft has triggered an angry backlash from pilots, flight attendants and airline chiefs. Starting from April 25, travelers will be able to carry small knives with folding blades on US planes following a shift in security strategy by the federal Transportation Security Administration.

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March 9, 2013 22:45
Editor: Michael Perry + 612 9373 1804 Global Picture Desk: + 65 6870 3775 Global Graphics Desk: + 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT/ET) TOP STORIES As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election set for mid-April

Falkland Islands vote in referendum with eye on world

March 9, 2013 22:16
Falkland Islanders hold a referendum on Sunday and Monday to send a message to the world that they want to stay British, although Argentina has already dismissed the vote as illegal. Residents of the windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic have hoisted British and Falklands flags and even created a giant "YES" made of four-wheel drives ahead of the vote. In a move instigated by residents themselves, 1,672 eligible voters are being asked whether they want the Falklands to remain an internally self-governing British overseas territory.

Danny Boyle lifts veil on upcoming 'Trance'

March 9, 2013 20:47
Danny Boyle gave the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival a sneak preview of his new movie Saturday, a dark thriller in which the director says you won't know the good guy until the end of the story. "Trance," which opens March 27 in Europe and next month in North America, stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel in a tale that blends the world of fine art with criminal gangs and hypnotherapy.

Obama considers Thomas Perez for 2nd Hispanic labor secretary

March 9, 2013 20:01
Washington, Mar 9 (EFE).- U.S. President Barack Obama is considering the Hispanic Thomas Perez, now assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, as the next secretary of labor, administration sources said. The sources, who asked to remain anonymous, told the press that Obama wants his second-term Cabinet to reflect a wide coalition that includes women and minorities, blacks and Hispanics, groups that contributed to his reelection last November. Perez, 51, has been in charge of the Justice Department's civil rights division since 2009.

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March 9, 2013 20:00
Editor: Peter Cooney + 1 202 898 8457 Global Picture Desk: + 65 6870 3775 Global Graphics Desk: + 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT/ET) TOP STORIES As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election to be held in April
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