| Turkey strikes back at Syria, says will protect borders Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:19 AM PDT  AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish artillery hit targets near Syria's Tel Abyad border town for a second day on Thursday, killing several Syrian soldiers according to activists and security sources, after a mortar bomb fired from the area killed five Turkish civilians. Turkey's government said "aggressive action" against its territory by Syria's military had become a serious threat to its national security and sought parliamentary approval for the deployment of Turkish troops beyond its borders. "Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria. ...
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| Afghan president says 2014 election will be on time Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:33 PM PDT  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that presidential elections in 2014 when his term will end would be on time, despite a continuing insurgency and concerns about a simultaneous NATO combat troop exit. "The election will definitely happen. Go on and choose your own favourite candidate. My term, if prolonged by even a day, will be seen as illegitimate," Karzai told a press conference at his Kabul garden palace. Karzai's increasingly unpopular government has been mulling a change in election timing to avoid overlapping with the drawdown of U.S. ...
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| Island plans by Tokyo's nationalist governor may stoke fresh China tensions Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:42 PM PDT  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist whose failed bid to buy a group of disputed islands ignited a crisis with China, is pushing ahead with a plan to build structures there to hammer home Japan's claim, officials involved told Reuters. Although such a move is not imminent, it would be certain to strain Japan's already shaky relations with China and could prompt a rebuke from the Obama administration, which has urged both sides to ease tensions by setting aside the dispute. ...
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| Trade association condemns Tehran unrest as enemy plot: report Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:48 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - An Islamic trade association in Iran strongly condemned the protests that flared in Tehran's main bazaar as an enemy conspiracy and said traders had dealt with the "treacherous" acts, Iran's state news agency reported late on Wednesday. Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar over the last week. ... |
| Iran atomic cooperation could spur fast sanctions relief: Clinton Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held out the possibility on Wednesday that sanctions on Iran could be eased quickly if Tehran worked with major powers to address questions about its nuclear program. Speaking to reporters about protests in Iran triggered by the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar in a week, Clinton blamed the Iranian government - rather than Western sanctions - for the financial troubles. ...
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| Netanyahu-Barak spat stokes early Israel vote talk Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:07 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Friction between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak over relations with the United States fuelled talk on Wednesday of an early Israeli election. Ministers said the quarrel, Barak's resistance to Defense cuts in coalition budget talks and his dovish comments on peace efforts with the Palestinians were signs of a fraying alliance with Netanyahu and a national ballot as early as February. "It looks like the disputes herald an election," Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Army Radio. ...
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| Clinton pledges full accounting of deadly Benghazi attack Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:44 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday vowed to pursue a full accounting of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi "wherever that leads," but cautioned that it could take time for a complete picture to emerge. "There are continuing questions about what exactly happened in Benghazi on that night three weeks ago. And we will not rest until we answer those questions and until we track down the terrorists who killed our people," Clinton said in an appearance with Kazakhstan's visiting foreign minister. ...
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| Philippines orders arrest of Arroyo on plunder charges Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:19 PM PDT  MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine court said it has ordered the arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on plunder charges, meaning a likely return to detention after she posted bail in July following about seven months of confinement. The court has yet to serve the arrest warrant, issued late on Wednesday, to Arroyo and 10 other former state officials over allegations of misuse of state lottery funds as it was still clarifying how to proceed with the multiple arrests. ...
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| Guarantors ask London court to halt Assange bail payout Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:28 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Nine people who put up bail guarantees for Julian Assange argued in court on Wednesday they should not be forced to pay after the WikiLeaks founder sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Vaughan Smith - one of the nine, who between them put up 140,000 pounds ($225,000) - told Westminster Magistrates Court in London they were not to blame for Assange violating the terms of his bail. ...
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| Colombia's Santos recovering from successful cancer surgery Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:40 PM PDT  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' surgery for non-aggressive prostate cancer was successful and the 61-year-old is recovering well, his medical team said on Wednesday. Midway through his four-year term, Santos surprised the Andean nation on Monday by announcing that doctors had discovered a cancerous growth on his prostate. He said the disease had been caught in time and there was minimal risk. "Thank God, everything went well. I'm recuperating well. My family and I are very grateful for all your support," Santos said in a message on Twitter after the surgery. ...
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| Devout Israeli Jews moving to Arab-Jewish cities Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:57 PM PDT  Orthodox Jewish Israelis, the driving force of the West Bank settlement movement, have begun to turn their attention inward to Israel itself, moving into Arab areas of mixed cities in an attempt to cement the Jewish presence there.
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| Pakistan struggles with smuggled Buddhist relics Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:01 AM PDT  Lacking the necessary cash and manpower, Pakistan is struggling to stem the flow of millions of dollars in ancient Buddhist artifacts that looters dig up in the country's northwest and smuggle to collectors around the world.
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| Hong Kong mourns 38 dead in maritime tragedy Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:10 AM PDT  Hong Kong residents are mourning the deaths of 38 people earlier this week in the city's biggest maritime tragedy in decades.
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| Court orders 3rd arrest of ex-Philippine president Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:32 PM PDT  The Philippine anti-graft court on Thursday ordered the arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the third corruption investigation against her, this one accused her of misusing $8.8 million in state lottery funds during her last years in office.
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| Frida Kahlo, her real look, on display in Mexico Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:41 PM PDT  The women on the cocktail circuit of the late 1930s were all curve-hugging dresses and gelled curls. Not Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo. She graced dinner parties and theaters from Paris to New York in ribbons, full skirts and loose peasant blouses embroidered with vividly colored flowers, and her uni-brow was a bold contrast to the pencil-line eyebrows of the time.
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| Tips on bringing out your inner Frida Kahlo Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:03 PM PDT Some pointers on bringing out your inner Frida Kahlo by adopting the look made famous by the Mexican surrealist painter: |
| Morocco says incoming abortion ship illegal Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:05 PM PDT Moroccan authorities said Wednesday that a Dutch ship promoting legal abortions set to dock in Morocco is operating outside the law and could possibly be stopped before arriving at a northern Mediterranean port. |
| Fears abound ahead of close Venezuelan elections Posted: 03 Oct 2012 04:42 PM PDT  Venezuelan voters Luis Gustavo Marin and Dunia Nessi are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but as Sunday's election draws closer they both fear what will happen if their candidate loses.
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| Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 5 in Baghdad Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:38 AM PDT Iraqi police and health officials say a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad has killed five people and wounded 13. |
| Report: Turkey renews artillery strikes on Syria Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:57 PM PDT  Turkey's state-media says Turkish artillery has fired on Syrian targets for a second day in retaliation for shelling from Syria that struck a border village, killing five civilians.
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