Frictions seen easing in troubled U.N. rights body

Frictions seen easing in troubled U.N. rights body

Frictions seen easing in troubled U.N. rights body

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and NGO campaign groups Wednesday said diplomatic shifts on highly- charged issues like religion and Iran in the long-polarized U.N. Human Rights Council could turn it into a more effective body.

NATO nations fail to reach agreement on Libya

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Third day of talks ends without agreement over role for military alliance in imposing no-fly zone operation over Libya.


VIDEO: USS Bataan's role in Libya offensive

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT

As the USS Bataan prepares for deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in response to the violence in Libya, Mark Mardell explains what role the ship will perform.


U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murders

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier has pleaded guilty to the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians in a case that has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations from the war in Afghanistan.


Egypt lifts curbs on politics in post-Mubarak era

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt approved a law on Wednesday easing curbs that choked political life under deposed President Hosni Mubarak, opening the door for the formation of new parties that will compete in elections this year.

Thousands of Afghan Taliban laying down arms: U.S.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 5,000 Taliban insurgents have either laid down their weapons or are moving toward doing so, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said Wednesday. The Afghan government has launched a "reintegration" process aimed at encouraging insurgents to abandon their weapons and return to their villages. Under the program, fighters who wish to abandon the fight are vetted, disarmed and given jobs.

NATO still split on taking over Libya operation

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO failed again to agree on Wednesday on taking over command of military operations against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya from the United States, chiefly due to Turkish reservations, diplomats said.

Former Mubarak minister charged over deaths

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Habib al-Adly, former Egyptian interior minister, accused over alleged "premeditated killing" of protesters.


VIDEO: Tokyo water works is 'new ground zero'

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Residents of Tokyo have been warned not to give tap water to babies because of radiation from the damaged nuclear plant 220 kilometres to the north


Soldier Admits Killing 3 Afghan Civilians

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PDT

The 22-year-old specialist is one of five soldiers accused of killed Afghans for sport in Kandahar last year.

Hamas says seeking to lower tensions with Israel

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip said Wednesday it was seeking to reverse a recent spike in violence with Israel that has claimed the lives of 11 Palestinians and one Israeli.

Israel will act aggressively to preserve security: PM

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will act aggressively and responsibly to preserve quiet and security after violence with Palestinians escalated over the past week.

Wider Testing Urged as U.K. HIV Cases Mount

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:17 PM PDT

New HIV infections acquired within the U.K. have nearly doubled over the past decade, prompting health officials here to recommend an ambitious widening of testing in order to catch and treat cases early.


Jail for Cairo synagogue attack

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:52 AM PDT

An Egyptian man is jailed for five years after throwing a makeshift fire-bomb at a synagogue in Cairo in 2010


As Phones Become Wallets, Many Have Hands Out

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:35 AM PDT

With cellphones ready to act as credit cards, banks, carriers and card issuers are fighting for control.

'Weakness' in Bird 999 response

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PDT

A review into the Cumbrian shootings criticises the way in which police and ambulance services work together.


U.N. May Name Special Investigator on Rights in Iran

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:06 AM PDT

U.S. diplomats say they are confident of getting the necessary support to create a special United Nations investigator for the human-rights situation in Iran.


Sexual preference chemical found

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT

A chemical in the brain controls sexual preference in mice, according to scientists in China.


VIDEO: Elizabeth Taylor's career highlights

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PDT

Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79, a statement by her publicist said.


Panel on Anthrax Inquiry Finds Case Against Ivins Persuasive

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

A panel of psychiatrists who studied the medical records of Bruce E. Ivins found that the F.B.I.'s case that he mailed the anthrax letters in 2001 was persuasive.

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