11 death sentences in India's Gujarat riots case (AFP)

11 death sentences in India's Gujarat riots case (AFP)

11 death sentences in India's Gujarat riots case (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:53 PM PST

A policeman looks over a burnt-out train coach at Godhra Railway Station in India. A court in the country has handed down 11 death sentences and 20 life terms to those found guilty of setting the train on fire in 2002.(AFP/File/Sebastian D'souza)AFP - An Indian court on Tuesday handed down 11 death sentences and 20 life terms to those found guilty of setting a train on fire in 2002, triggering anti-Muslim rioting that left 2,000 dead.

Gooch gets ringing endorsement from Bell (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:41 PM PST

Ian Bell (L) has long been regarded as one of the most technically gifted English batsmen of his generation. But there have been times when the 28-year-old Warwickshire right-hander has appeared overwhelmed by the intensity of international sport.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - England's Ian Bell has hailed the influence of batting coach Graham Gooch, saying he'd wished he'd worked with the former Test opener earlier in his career.

S.Lanka tackle Kenya in W.Cup, Windies turn up heat (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:27 PM PST

Kenya play against Sri Lanka in Colombo in Match 14 of the Cricket World Cup on Tuesday. Sri Lanka, the 1996 champions, lost to 1992 winners Pakistan by just 11 runs in their last outing, but are widely expected to heap more misery on a Kenyan side reportedly split by internal strife.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Sri Lanka face the World Cup's worst team on Tuesday, as West Indies' latest pace sensation Kemar Roach ramped up the pressure ahead of their potential quarter-final eliminator with Bangladesh.

Negotiation Resources in Honor of Women's History Month

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:39 PM PST

It's Women's History Month and She Negotiates will be celebrating famous and not-yet-famous negotiat


New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:53 PM PST

Relief workers sift through the rubble of the CTV building in central Christchurch following Tuesday's earthquake February 26, 2011.REUTERS/Mark Baker/PoolReuters - New Zealand came to a standstill on Tuesday as people marked the moment a deadly earthquake shattered the country's second-biggest city Christchurch a week ago, and the number of confirmed dead rose by one to 155.

Spanish police arrest four suspected ETA members (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:09 PM PST

A masked Spanish Guardia Civil member takes part in a police operation in the Northern Spanish village of Burlada. Spanish police have arrested four suspected members of the armed Basque group ETA, Spanish media reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - Spanish police have arrested four suspected members of the armed Basque group ETA, Spanish media reported Tuesday.

Owners: NZ's CTV building was structurally sound (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:18 PM PST

Emergency workers gather around the collapsed CTV building, where dozens of foreign students, mostly Japanese and Chinese, from an international language school were believed trapped after last Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city on Feb. 22, 2011, claiming lives of local and foreign people and causing wide spread damage to property, buildings and infrastructure. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Shuzo Shikano) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICAAP - The owners of a building that collapsed in the New Zealand earthquake, killing up to 120 people, say a recent engineers report found no problems with its structural integrity.

Danish sailboat 'seized by pirates'

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:55 PM PST

Officials say vessel carrying family of five, including three children, seized in the Indian Ocean.


While Qaddafi Bombs His People, Syria's Assad Conducts A Charm Offensive In Vogue

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:56 PM PST

?? As dictators struggle with uprisings from Libya to Yemen, one country that has remained relative


Privacy and the Invisible Hand

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:41 PM PST

When Markets Can Fix Themselves


New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:53 PM PST

CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - New Zealand came to a standstill on Tuesday as people marked the moment a deadly earthquake shattered the country's second-biggest city Christchurch a week ago, and the number of confirmed dead rose by one to 155.

South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:17 PM PST

South Korea's Korean War veterans shout slogans as they wave national flags during a rally denouncing North's leader Kim Jong Il and its policy in Seoul, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak called Tuesday for serious talks with North Korea, warning that the rivals must not repeat their 'dark history' and urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear programs. The Korean read ' Expulsion, Kim Jong Il dictatorship.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)Reuters - South Korea's president on Tuesday urged North Korea to return to talks but the chances looked slim as he stopped short of dropping his demand for the North to take responsibility for attacks last year.

Japan PM faces revolt in budget bill (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:44 PM PST

People cross a street in central Tokyo. Japan's beleaguered premier is facing an internal party revolt after 16 of his own lawmakers failed to vote for his centre-left government's record $1.1-trillion budget.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Japan's beleaguered premier faced an internal party revolt on Tuesday when 16 of his own lawmakers failed to vote for his centre-left government's record $1.1-trillion budget.

Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:26 PM PST

In this Feb. 24, 2011 photo, two police walk towards the fallen statue of the city's founder, Irishman John Robert Godley in Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday, March 1, 2011 that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed copper cylinder believed to contain documents were discovered inside the statue of the city's founder. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster.

Castro says Cuba's mass layoffs delayed (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:58 PM PST

Reuters - Cuban President Raul Castro has admitted that plans to lay off 500,000 state workers by March are behind schedule and that the process will be delayed to help soften the impact of the cuts, state-run television said on Monday.


Mexico nabs alleged head of 'Resistance' drug gang (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:59 PM PST

Suspect Erika Garcia, a police woman, is presented to the media after she was arrested by troops in Uruapan, in the state of Michoacan February 27, 2011. Garcia was arrested after soldiers stopped a convoy of three luxury vehicles carrying her and suspected drug traffickers at a military checkpoint, according to local media. She is also accused of possessing a weapons arsenal, which was presented along with her. Picture taken February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Leovigildo Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW)AP - Mexican police have captured the alleged leader of a drug gang that calls itself "The Resistance," a group that operates in western Mexico, officials said Monday.

South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:17 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president on Tuesday urged North Korea to return to talks but the chances looked slim as he stopped short of dropping his demand for the North to take responsibility for attacks last year.

Vietnam Dissident Que Released on Bail

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:55 PM PST

A well-known Vietnamese pro-democracy dissident has been released on bail after calling for a revolution inspired by protests in the Middle East, state-run media reported.


Castro says Cuba's mass layoffs delayed

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:58 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro has admitted that plans to lay off 500,000 state workers by March are behind schedule and that the process will be delayed to help soften the impact of the cuts, state-run television said on Monday.

Chavez warns US plans to invade Libya (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:28 PM PST

Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows President Hugo Chavez speaking during his weekly TV and radio programme AFP - President Hugo Chavez, the closest regional ally of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, has said that he would not condemn a friend whom he does not know to be a killer.
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