'Renewed deadly clashes in Homs'

'Renewed deadly clashes in Homs'


'Renewed deadly clashes in Homs'

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:43 PM PDT

At least 21 people, including civilians and police, are killed in renewed clashes in the Syrian city of Homs, activists say.


Policewoman's body found in woods

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT

A former detective is arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a female officer in her 30s is found in woodland.


Ahmadinejad attacks US over 'murder plot'

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:54 PM PDT

US acccusations an attempt to divert attention from own problems, Iranian president tells Al Jazeera.


Saudi king's back surgery 'successful'

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Royal Court's statement says Abdullah underwent back operation in Riyadh after complaining of lower back pain.


Botswana air crash kills tourists

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Seven European tourists die in a plane crash in Botswana's Okavango Delta region, air safety officials say.


Libyan Forces Seize Most of Bani Walid

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Libyan revolutionary forces have captured almost all of Bani Walid, one of Moammar Gadhafi's last remaining strongholds, but still face pockets of resistance as they try to end a standoff, officials said.


Nine Pakistani Soldiers, 14 Militants Die in Battle

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Paramilitary forces raided a militant hideout in Pakistan's rugged tribal region near the Afghan border, sparking fighting that killed nine soldiers and 14 insurgents.


Germany Lowers Expectations for E.U. Summit

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Officials suggested that an emerging five-point plan designed to end the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis could take months to implement.


World leaders urge ETA to declare end to conflict

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:56 AM PDT

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (Reuters) - International leaders meeting in Spain's Basque region appealed to separatist group ETA Monday to announce an end to its four decades of violent struggle for independence, and called for France and Spain to have talks with ETA if it did so.


Al-Shabab threatens to attack Kenya

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT

The warning comes a day after hundreds of Kenyan troops crossed into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab fighters.


Greek unions threaten anti-austerity strike

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Tax collectors and customs officers stage walkout in run-up to 48-hour shutdown in protest against spending cuts.


Deaths reported in violence across Syria

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Civilians and soldiers said to be among the dead, a day after appeal by Arab League for political dialogue.


Outrage in China after toddler run over, ignored

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Gruesome footage of a toddler falling victim to two successive hit-and-run accidents and then ignored by many passers-by at the scene last week in southern China continued to galvanize the nation Monday, prompting a fierce debate on the state of morality in Chinese society.


Cyberwarfare Against Libya Was Debated by U.S.

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Obama administration officials decided to use airstrikes to disrupt and disable the Qaddafi government in March, but only after a new kind of warfare was discussed.


RIM Offers Free Apps as Apology for Outages

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

The limited selection of appealing software, however, may still leave BlackBerry customers grumbling.


Nursery hit by E. coli outbreak

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Three cases of E. coli are confirmed in an outbreak at a children's nursery on Anglesey.


VIDEO: Inside the 'Syrian revolution capital'

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT

The BBC's Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports from the city of Homs which has become one of the main centres of demonstration against the Syrian government.


Fanfare masks doubts on U.S. anti-rebel push in Africa

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:35 AM PDT

DAKAR (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's deployment of 100 military advisers to help defeat Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) may yield him a popular foreign policy win but risks triggering more violence if it fails.


How Cheating Cases by Educators at New York Schools Played Out

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:38 PM PDT

The reports by investigators portray stressed educators who take inappropriate risks, as well as brash ones who appear to believe they can flout the rules.


Hair-Cutting Attacks Stir Fear in Amish Ohio

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:24 PM PDT

A splinter group of Amish has been blamed for a series of assaults on other Amish, and law enforcement is involved, unusual for the insular community.


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