Israel's Barak breaks away from Labour party

Israel's Barak breaks away from Labour party

Israel's Barak breaks away from Labour party

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak broke away from his center-left Labour Party on Monday in a move Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said made his government stronger and more stable.

The president confined to a hotel

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:43 PM PST

Raila Odinga, the Kenyan prime minister and African Union envoy has said he is making progress in the Ivory Coast.


Time capsule mansion unlocked

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:14 PM PST

A French mansion house that was kept locked up for 100 years has just been opened to the public, in accordance with its owner's last wishes.


Unity government formed in Tunisia

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:52 PM PST

Tunisia names opposition figures alongside sitting ministers in a national unity government, days after a popular revolt toppled the president.


Chinese president to begin U.S. visit

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:51 PM PST

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington on Tuesday, a day before a high profile meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss trade, currency and a host of other issues, including North Korea.

Unity government formed in Tunisia

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:52 PM PST

Tunisia names opposition figures alongside sitting ministers in a national unity government, days after a popular revolt toppled the president.


Third of Vietnam Politburo steps down in reshuffle

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:11 PM PST

HANOI (Reuters) - A third of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party's 15-man Politburo stepped down at a five-yearly congress on Tuesday, part of a reshuffle that could bring new, younger faces into Vietnam's aging leadership. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was re-elected, as expected, to the policy-making Central Committee, made up of the party's top 175 officials.

Coal brings boom to Mozambique's Tete city (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:52 PM PST

A bulldozer is seen here loaing a dump truck at a coal mine on the outskirts of Tete in the Moatize coal basin in Mozambique. One of the poorest countries in the world, it has opened its vast territory to nations and international companies seeking mineral resources.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - Trucks queue day and night to cross the heavy bridge that spans the Zambezi river in northern Mozambique's Tete city, where coal is aplenty -- but moving it out is a logistical nightmare.

Philippines faces more rain as flood deaths mount (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:05 PM PST

Residents wade through a flooded road in San Francisco town, in the southern island of Mindanao. Hundreds of thousands of people already reeling from floods across the Philippines have been told to expect further heavy rains until March, authorities said Tuesday, as the disaster death toll rose to 53.(AFP/File/Richard Grande)AFP - Hundreds of thousands of people already reeling from floods across the Philippines have been told to expect further heavy rains until March, authorities said Tuesday, as the disaster death toll rose to 53.

Mansion unlocked after 100 years

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:03 PM PST

A French mansion house that was kept locked up for 100 years has just been opened to the public, in accordance with its owner's last wishes.


Irish PM faces vote for leadership

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:36 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen faces a secret ballot on his leadership within his own party, months after he negotiated a bail-out for the Irish economy


Club for classic album appreciation

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:23 PM PST

A number of groups are gathering to listen to classic albums - in full and uninterrupted. The London club is run by Colleen Murphy and this month's album was by David Bowie.


Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus on defamation charge (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:32 PM PST

Microfinance pioneer and Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus (pictured, L) appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to 2007, a court official told AFP.(AFP/File/Remy de la Mauviniere)AFP - Microfinance pioneer and Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to 2007, a court official told AFP.

Vietnam Greens Raise Bauxite-Mine Debate as Congress Opens (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:40 PM PST

Time.com - As Vietnam's 11th Party Congress kicked off last week in Hanoi, critics of the country's bauxite mining industry wondered if their concerns might finally be heard


Europe tightens ranks on euro rescue fund (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:03 PM PST

A man withdraws euros from a bank machine. Europe has closed ranks around its currency as its richest nations strived to reach a deal to boost the capacity of its bailout fund for fragile eurozone states.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Europe closed ranks around the euro as its richest nations strived to reach a deal Tuesday to boost the capacity of its bailout fund for fragile eurozone states.

Rolling Back ObamaCare: Eliminate the Medical Loss Ratio

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:42 PM PST

Health care reform's use of price controls to make health insurance more efficient will make it less


Marathon debate 'too much' for elderly British MPs (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:00 PM PST

A general view of the Palace of Westminster in London. A marathon overnight debate on changing Britain's voting system proved too much for ageing lawmakers in the upper house of parliament, with many sneaking off early Tuesday to take a nap in the historic buildings.(AFP/File/Lindsey Parnaby)AFP - A marathon overnight debate on changing Britain's voting system proved too much for ageing lawmakers in the upper house of parliament, with many sneaking off early to take a nap in the historic buildings.

Taiwan's unusually public missile test fizzles (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:39 PM PST

A surface-to-air missile Hawk is test fired from Jeoupeng military base in Pingtung County, Taiwan Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou presides over an unusually public display of Taiwanese missile prowess, amid criticism that his China reconciliation policy has undermined the island's deterrence against Beijing's rising military power. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)AP - President Ma Ying-jeou presided Tuesday over the unusually public test firing of 19 surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, but about a quarter missed their targets, earning his dismay and raising new questions about Taiwan's readiness to defend itself against Chinese attack.

Through schooling, a few Gypsies join middle class (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:01 PM PST

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, lecturer Zuzana Balazova, 31, a Roma in Slovakia with a university degree, speaks outside the University of Central Europe in Skalica, western Slovakia. A small but growing number of Gypsies are rising into the ranks of an educated middle class across Europe - offering some hope that the minority may one day be able to use schooling to break through walls of prejudice that have kept them in misery for centuries. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - The Balazova family lived on nothing but potatoes and rice one month as they struggled to pull together the money to buy an electric typewriter for their teenage daughter.

2 likely bystanders among 6 slain at Mexican store (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 08:49 PM PST

Forensic investigators lift the body of a man, in a white sheet, onto a stretcher near downtown Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Jan. 17, 2011. According to police, five men were shot dead outside a local shop by a group of unknown assassins. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Gunmen looking to settle a drug gang dispute blitzed a corner store Monday in northeast Mexico, killing six people, including two apparent bystanders, authorities said.
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