Car bomb kills senior Yemen policeman: official

Car bomb kills senior Yemen policeman: official


Car bomb kills senior Yemen policeman: official

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:32 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - A senior Yemeni police commander was killed in a car bomb attack in south Yemen on Friday, a security official said, the latest in a series of attacks in the volatile region during nine months of mass protests against the president.


The Lede Blog: Protests Turn Violent in Tunisian Town That Sparked the Arab Spring

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Anger over a local election led to violent protests on Friday in the Tunisian town seen as the birthplace of the Arab Spring.


Fraud trial of Croatia's former PM postponed

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Judge reschedules trial for next week after Ivo Sanader complains of heart problems minutes after hearing begins.


Magnitude 6.9 quake shakes buildings in Peru capital

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Lima, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.


Ireland president: Your choices

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Voters in the Republic of Ireland presidential election explain their choices.


Sports of The Times: World Series: As Game 6 Echoes, Here Comes Game 7

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:49 AM PDT

In 1975 and 1986, the teams that won the classic sixth games had to try doing it all over again in the seventh game, with mixed results.


Rule of Male Succession to British Monarchy Is Abolished

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:29 AM PDT

The 16 countries that recognize the British monarch as head of state have abolished male precedence in the order of succession.


Another Scandal Unsettles Corporate Japan

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Coming on the heels of charges of improper payments made by Olympus, revelations at Daio Paper raised new questions about corporate governance.


Sgt. on trial for alleged sport killings

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is facing a military court martial for the murder of three Afghan civilians. He is the highest ranking soldier charged in what prosecutors say was a rogue "kill squad."


Saving mothers and their babies

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:21 AM PDT

Robin Lim is helping thousands of low-income women in Indonesia have a healthy pregnancy and birth.


Horror of S. Africa's 'corrective rape'

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 06:44 AM PDT

In South Africa, activists are trying to get 'corrective rape,' where men rape lesbians believing it can turn them straight, made a hate crime.


Former Guantanamo inmates tell of 'torture'

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Guantanamo detainees tell CNN how they were tortured by U.S. interrogators into making false confessions.


Explosion hits Kenyan security forces vehicle

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:46 AM PDT

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan security forces vehicle was attacked with a makeshift bomb Friday, wounding four, a day after the first serious clash between Kenyan soldiers and Somali militants inside the neighboring nation, police said.


Morocco court sentences Marrakesh bomber to death

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

SALE, Morocco (Reuters) - A Moroccan judge sentenced Adel Othmani to death Friday for plotting and carrying out an April 28 bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 17 people, including eight French nationals.


Hitches Signal Difficulties Ahead for the Euro Zone

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Markets take heed as Italy's borrowing costs rise and an Austrian bank posts a big loss.


City Room: Occupy Wall Street Struggles to Make 'the 99%' Look Like Everybody

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:25 PM PDT

At the beginning, there was a visible scarcity of blacks and other minorities among the protesters at Zuccotti Park, which was jarring to people of color who considered joining. Getting the movement to be more diverse has become a priority in recent days.


Sale may lead to Scottish airline

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Scotland could soon have a new airline, based in Aberdeen, BBC Scotland understands.


SeeSaw video website shut down

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:36 AM PDT

The owners of the television internet service pull the plug after failing to agree terms with content providers.


Parents prayed for child's killer

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:16 PM PDT

The parents of a murdered child have said they will not allow killer to embitter them and steal their lives.


Whirlpool shares hit by job cuts

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Shares in Whirlpool fall sharply after the US appliance giant announced 5,000 job cuts and slashed its full-year profit forecast.


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