VIDEO: Pope urges Africans to reject voodoo

VIDEO: Pope urges Africans to reject voodoo

VIDEO: Pope urges Africans to reject voodoo

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:26 AM PST

Pope Benedict is on a visit to Benin where he will urge African Christians to reject what he calls magic and witchcraft.


Former Philippines' president to be booked on poll fraud

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was set to have her fingerprints and mugshot taken at a Manila hospital on Saturday, where she is under police guard after being arrested on charges of electoral fraud.

Nurse charged with murder over Australia hospital fire

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST

Roger Dean, 35, was arrested and charged with four counts of murder over the fire at a nursing home in the northwestern Sydney suburb of Quakers Hill on Friday. A fifth resident at the nursing home died later, police said.

Two Afghan police killed in clash with foreign troops

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST

GHAZNI CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two Afghan police officers were killed in a clash with foreign troops conducting a night raid southwest of the Afghan capital, Kabul, early on Saturday, police and military officials said, adding to Afghan pressure to stop the raids.

U.S., China face off over sea dispute

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States and China faced off on Saturday over the thorny issue of how to resolve competing claims by Asian countries to sovereignty of the South China Sea, the latest point of friction between the two powers.

Exclusive -U.S. to sanction Iran petrochemical industry

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 09:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sanction Iran's petrochemical industry, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, seeking to raise pressure on Tehran after fresh allegations it may be pursuing nuclear weapons.

Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach dies in crash

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

(Reuters) - Oklahoma State University's women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died Thursday night in a plane crash in Arkansas, the university said in a statement on its website on Friday.

Tunisia coalition reaches deal on top posts - sources

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party and its two coalition partners have reached agreement in principle to share out the top three government posts between them, senior sources from two coalition parties told Reuters on Friday.

EU, IMF to press Greek parties on reform promises

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - International lenders will press

Law limitations may protect child abusers in U.S.

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - High-profile accusations of child sex abuse in the United States have refocused attention on laws that are meant to protect the rights of the accused but in fact can help paedophiles escape prosecution.

New York Occupy Wall Street protests face challenges

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With just a few protesters huddled against the cold winds at Zuccotti Park on Friday, city officials are hoping protests which have taken place here for the past two months have run their course.

Analysis - Obama gambles on Myanmar reforms

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is gambling that the United States can nudge Myanmar further towards true political reform, a bet that could bring major diplomatic and economic benefits for both countries after more than 50 years of estrangement.

Eleven killed in Syria on eve of Arab deadline

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria is seeking changes to a planned mission to monitor its implementation of an Arab League peace initiative, the group's chief said on Friday, on the eve of a deadline for Damascus to take steps to end months of bloodshed.

U.S., China set to face off at summit over sea dispute

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States and China are set to face off on Saturday at a regional summit over the thorny issue of how to resolve competing claims to sovereignty of the South China Sea, the latest point of friction between the two powerful nations.

U.N. condemns alleged plot to kill Saudi envoy

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Friday condemned an alleged plot -- blamed by U.S. authorities on Iranian agents -- to kill Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United States and urged Iran to obey international law.

Pakistan "coup" memo was dictated - businessman

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani-American businessman said Friday that Pakistan's ambassador to the United States asked him in May to appeal to the Pentagon to help the civilian government ward off a coup by Pakistan's powerful military.

U.N. nuclear watchdog board rebukes defiant Iran

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog board censured Iran on Friday over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensitive work.

Exclusive - U.S. to sanction Iran petrochemical industry

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sanction Iran's petrochemical industry, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, seeking to raise pressure on Tehran after fresh allegations it may be pursuing nuclear weapons.

VIDEO: Nurse charged after fatal Sydney fire

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 10:25 PM PST

A nurse has been charged with murder following Friday's fire at a Sydney nursing home that killed five elderly residents, Australian police have confirmed.


US debt panel deadlocked despite White House prodding

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PST

Despite prodding from the White House, a US congressional "supercommittee" remained deadlocked Saturday on forging a deal to cut $1.2 trillion from government deficits over 10 years.

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