Nigeria in poll violence warning

Nigeria in poll violence warning

Nigeria in poll violence warning

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Politicians in Nigeria should put a stop to campaign violence ahead of national polls on Saturday, the rights group Amnesty International says.


Canada's Harper urges subsidy end

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Canadian PM Stephen Harper vows to end subsidies to Canada's political parties if his Conservative Party decisively wins May's election.


For Japanese Coast, Seawalls Provided a False Sense of Security

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:38 PM PDT

So unshakeable was one town's faith in its seawall that some residents rushed toward it after the earthquake struck on March 11.

Libyan government rejects rebels' ceasefire conditions

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The Libyan government rejected ceasefire conditions set out by rebel leaders on Friday, saying government troops would not leave Libyan cities as demanded by the opposition.

Up to 20 U.N. staff killed in north Afghan city

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by an obscure U.S. pastor killed up to 20 U.N. staff, beheading two foreigners, when they over-ran a compound in a normally peaceful northern city on Friday in the worst ever attack on the U.N. in Afghanistan.

Man held in Olympic explosives probe

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

A man is arrested at the Olympic Park in east London on suspicion of possessing explosives, as part of an ongoing investigation.


Three reported killed in Syria, elsewhere peaceful

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets across the Arab world calling for political change on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer and a weekly rallying point for the wave of unrest in the region this year.

Charges over Stockwell shooting

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:52 PM PDT

A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following the shooting of a five-year-old girl and a man in a south London shop.


Yemenis Hold Massive Protest

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities in what appeared to be the largest demonstrations in more than a month of demands the country's longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.


Jordanian Police Move to Separate Rival Protests

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Jordanian police separated hundreds of government supporters and pro-reform activists holding rival rallies outside the municipal offices in the capital of Amman.


Vatican Issues Financial Rules

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT

The Vatican rolled out measures aimed at empowering a newly created financial watchdog in an attempt to turn the page on decades of opaque banking practices.


For 9/11 Museum, Dispute Over Victims’ Remains

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Some of the victims' families are appalled by a plan to place the remains in the new museum behind a wall with a quotation from Virgil about never forgetting.

African Leaders Pressure Mugabe

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's neighbors are calling on Robert Mugabe to halt the political violence, intimidation and arrests that have surged since his party began agitating for elections in recent months.

Israeli tank shell hits Gaza home, five hurt: medics

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tank fire struck a house in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, injuring at least five people, Palestinian medics said.

Yemen president warns of civil war, U.S. concerned

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president said on Tuesday his country would descend into civil war if he were forced to quit and Washington voiced concern about instability in the Arab state that has become an al Qaeda stronghold.

U.S. halts food imports from Japan nuclear zone

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:02 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States became the first nation to block imports from ally Japan's radiation zone, saying it will halt milk, vegetable and fruit from areas near the tsunami-smashed nuclear plant because of contamination fears.

West will end in "dustbin of history," Gaddafi says

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:37 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Western powers pounding Libya's defenses will wind up in the dustbin of history, said leader Muammar Gaddafi as his troops held back rebel advances despite four nights of attacks from the air.

Syrian forces kill 6 in mosque attack: residents

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:44 PM PDT

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least six people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa, site of unprecedented protests challenging President Bashar al-Assad's Baathist rule, residents said.

Israel passes law against mourning its existence

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:48 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament passed a measure on Tuesday enabling the denial of state funding to institutions that question the country's existence as a Jewish state, in a move criticized as targeting an Arab minority.

Libya no-fly zone cost could hit $1 billion in months

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:46 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The no-fly zone over Libya could end up costing the Western coalition more than $1 billion if the operation drags on more than a couple of months, defense analysts say.

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