Uncle Sam running amok!

[kopiuncle]

NEW YORK (AFP) - An former United States (US) Marine armed with a Kalashnikov-style automatic rifle and a handgun shot dead two people on Friday at the supermarket where he worked near New York and then shot himself, officials said.

The attack took place at a Pathmark store in Old Bridge, New Jersey, shortly before 4am (4pm Singapore time), when employees were preparing stock for the coming day.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan identified the killer as Terence Tyler, 23, and said his victims were an 18-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man.

"There are three dead individuals," Mr Kaplan told a news conference. "Two of those individuals were innocent victims and the third deceased is the shooter who we believe killed himself."

 

[kopiuncle]

EW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - White House challenger Mitt Romney rushed to storm-ravaged New Orleans on Friday in a bid to burnish his presidential credentials ahead of his November battle with Mr Barack Obama.

 

[kopiuncle]

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Seeking to capitalise on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd , Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple's patents.

In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe its patents. In a court filing made in San Jose federal court on Friday, Apple added four more products to the list of allegedly infringing products that have been released beginning in August 2011 and continuing through this month.

Apple won a major victory over Samsung last Friday in a separate case when a jury found that the South Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the United States (US) company US$1.05 billion (S$1.32 billion) in damages.

 

[kopiuncle]

OKYO (AFP) - A Japanese court on Friday rejected Apple's claim that South Korean rival Samsung stole the United States (US) firm's technology for its own products, the latest ruling in a global patent battle between the tech giants.

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Samsung did not infringe on Apple's patents on its iPhone and iPad computer for some of its own Galaxy smartphones and tablet computer.

The three-judge panel also awarded legal costs to Samsung.

"The defendant's products do not seem like they used the same technology as the plaintiff's products so we turn down the complaints made by (Apple)," Judge Tamotsu Shoji told the court.

 

[hairylee]

These are only uncle sam misdemeamour.
Uncle Sam will really run amok again when Mitt Romney gets elected.
If he does Iran will be in his line of sight.

 

[kopiuncle]

These are only uncle sam misdemeamour.
Uncle Sam will really run amok again when Mitt Romney gets elected.
If he does Iran will be in his line of sight.

the world will go alamak too!
he has already made his stand very clear....

and see whether the americans will go alamak with him....

i think if obama wins, the iran issue will be also sama sama lah...

who really control the bald eagle ???

 

[seesuatah]

the master of all universe!

the king of all kings. the lord of all lords.

if not a mad man. choose one. which one do you prefer?

 

[kopiuncle]

BEIJING: China said Saturday that US politicians should cease "groundless" criticism of the country, stay out of its internal affairs and promote better relations, as the US presidential election race heats up.

"US politicians from any party should realize it is also in the interests of the US in its most basic form to treat China's development in an objective, rational way," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement.

They should also "stop groundless criticism of China, stop interfering in China's internal affairs and do more to promote mutual trust and cooperation between China and the US with a more responsible attitude", he added.

Hong was responding to a media query submitted seeking reaction to the just-concluded Republican National Convention and the views of the party and its presidential nominee Mitt Romney on the country.

He said China took note of the party's position on China in its platform as well as mentions of the country in Romney's speech accepting the party nomination, though refrained from direct criticism of either.

The comments were more measured than criticism Wednesday published in state media that blasted Romney, who is seeking to unseat President Barack Obama, for his stance on China.

"It is high time for him to drop the 'blame-China game' that frequently emerged on his campaign trail in the past several months," the state-run Xinhua news agency said, cautioning that the conservative candidate's rhetoric on issues including exchange rates could harm relations.

China was little mentioned in Romney's acceptance speech Thursday, but he has pledged to label it a "currency manipulator" on his first day in office.

Such a move could enable retaliatory sanctions that the Obama administration declined to take in May.

The former Massachusetts governor has also pledged to impede China's rise as a regional power in the Asia-Pacific, where the US has military alliances with Japan and South Korea.

Romney has also blasted Obama for declining to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, alleging he had "caved" in to China.

Beijing sees Taiwan as a renegade province that remains part of its territory pending reunification, by force if necessary.

Hong stressed that "promoting the sustainable, healthy and stable development of China-US relations" is good for both the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large and "is the right direction to which both parties should adhere."

- AFP/wm