| Three hundred killed in single day in Syria, group says Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:39 AM PDT  BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 300 people were killed in Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in one of the bloodiest days in the 18-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. World leaders meeting at the United Nations have expressed concern at the continuing violence in Syria but are deadlocked over their response to the conflict, which the Observatory says has claimed 30,000 lives since March 2011. ...
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| Assange mocks Obama via video at U.N. event Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:24 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for supporting freedom of speech in the Middle East while simultaneously "persecuting" his organization for leaking diplomatic cables. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy since June to avoid extradition, made the comments at a packed event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. ...
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| Analysis: Mali leadership limbo holds up military action plan Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:04 PM PDT  BAMAKO (Reuters) - Photographs of Captain Amadou Sanogo - the U.S.-trained infantry officer who toppled Mali's government in a March coup - are difficult to avoid in the capital Bamako, appearing in newspapers, on stickers plastered inside taxis, and on badges worn by his supporters. Five months after Sanogo officially ceded power to a transitional civilian government, confusion still reigns over who is really running the West African state, split in two by an Islamist rebel takeover of its mostly desert north. ...
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| Mugabe says Gaddafi's death as tragic as U.S. envoy's Posted: 26 Sep 2012 06:53 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, as he delivered a scathing critique of U.S., U.N. and NATO actions. Speaking firmly, if occasionally stumbling over words, the 88-year-old president accused the United States of "rushing to suck oil from Iraq" when it invaded the country in 2003 on the erroneous grounds that it possessed weapons of mass destruction. He said the U.N. ...
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| Chinese court upholds fine against dissident Ai Weiwei Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:41 AM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court upheld a $2.4 million tax evasion fine against China's most famous dissident Ai Weiwei on Thursday, ending his long legal battle with the authorities but paving the way for him to be jailed if he does not pay. The loss of Ai's second appeal in a higher court means that the world-renowned artist could risk arrest if he does not pay a remaining fine of around 6.6 million yuan ($1.05 million), in a case that has further tarnished China's poor human rights reputation. He has paid a bond of 8. ...
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| Weakened labor reform clears first hurdle in Mexican Congress Posted: 26 Sep 2012 06:48 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican congressional committee on Wednesday gave provisional backing to a draft labor reform seen as a test of cooperation between the two parties expected to shape legislation for the incoming administration. The proposal, crafted by outgoing President Felipe Calderon, was watered down to protect unions, but it aims to boost employment by making it easier for businesses to hire and fire workers. ... |
| U.N. members divided over response to Mali crisis Posted: 26 Sep 2012 06:52 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. members appeared deeply divided on Wednesday as they sought to resolve the crisis in Mali, with France and some of Mali's neighbors backing possible military intervention, while the United States said the West African nation must first have an elected government. A special U.N. ...
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| U.S. actress sues anti-Islam filmmaker, YouTube in federal court Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:02 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. The lawsuit filed by Cindy Lee Garcia names the popular online video site YouTube and its parent company Google Inc. as defendants, along with the Egyptian-American Coptic Christian from California believed to be behind the making of the film. ...
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| Turkey's Erdogan signals talks with Kurdish militants possible Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:08 PM PDT  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled that new talks between the state and Kurdish militants might be possible as his government faces an upsurge in separatist violence in the country's southeast. Turkish intelligence officials have maintained contact with senior figures from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in recent years to try to end a conflict that has claimed more than 40,000 lives, but discussions have broken down. ...
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| Anti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT  ATHENS/MADRID (Reuters) - Demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid in an upsurge of popular anger at new austerity measures being imposed on two of the euro zone's most vulnerable economies. In some of the most violent confrontations on Wednesday, Greek police fired tear gas at hooded rioters hurling petrol bombs as thousands joined the country's biggest protest in more than a year. ...
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| Netanyahu brings fears about Iran to UN Posted: 26 Sep 2012 09:18 PM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make his case against Iran before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, arguing that time is quickly running out to stop the Islamic Republic from becoming a nuclear power and the threat of force must be seriously considered.
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| Rebels strike Syrian power center with car bombs Posted: 26 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT  Syrian rebels struck deep in the fortress-like inner sanctum of President Bashar Assad's rule Wednesday in Damascus, detonating two car bombs that engulfed the army headquarters in flames.
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| Cuban sugar looks to rebound after bitter decline Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:51 AM PDT  Cuba's signature industry is showing signs of life two years after the worst harvest in more than a century.
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| Rowling's first novel for adults goes on sale Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:42 AM PDT British bookshops are opening their doors early as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling launches her long anticipated first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy." |
| Assange: Obama exploiting Arab Spring in campaign Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:11 PM PDT  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of seeking to exploit the Arab uprisings for personal political gain, as he addressed a sideline meeting of the U.N. General Assembly via videolink from his hideout at a London embassy.
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| Greek riots, Spanish marches shatter market calm Posted: 26 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT  Europe's fragile financial calm was shattered Wednesday as investors worried that violent anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain's debt troubles showed that the continent still cannot contain its financial crisis.
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| Asia's budget airline boom bypasses China Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:45 AM PDT  When businesswoman Ren Hong flew home after a recent trip to Beijing on state-owned Air China, she was hoping for a decent inflight meal to tide her over until she got back to the spicy cuisine of her native Sichuan province.
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| Mexico catches Zetas drug capo 'El Taliban' Posted: 26 Sep 2012 09:27 PM PDT Mexico appeared to strike a major blow against one faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel Wednesday night, with the navy announcing it had captured one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban." |
| UK court issues injunction in radical cleric case Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT  A British court issued an interim injunction Wednesday blocking the extradition of a radical cleric to the United States on terror charges, granting a court hearing for an appeal.
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| South Sudan-Sudan agree on 9 issues but not border Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:35 PM PDT The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have reached nine agreements but did not work out the issues surrounding the contested Abyei region or the demarcation of their shared border. |
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