Uganda detains opposition leader over protests

Uganda detains opposition leader over protests

Uganda detains opposition leader over protests

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:15 PM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested Monday during a protest against high food and fuel prices in the capital Kampala, police said.

Car bombs kill 3 near Baghdad Green Zone: sources

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:12 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded near an entrance to Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Monday, killing three people and wounding at least 10 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

A rising star battles India's communist bastion

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:11 PM PDT

KOLKATA (Reuters) - Voters filled into polling stations in India's West Bengal state on Monday in a local election that could see a rising political star unseat the world longest-serving, democratically elected communist government and emerge as a key power broker.

China dissident: Former Taiwan gov't gave me money (AP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:48 PM PDT

AP - A prominent Chinese dissident says Taiwan's previous government gave him money to promote democracy in his homeland.


Why I think Saudi Oil Production is now at Capacity

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:31 PM PDT

To me, it only makes sense, it only all fits together if the Saudis are hitting the wall predicted b


Huawei Technologies announced on Monday that profit jumped 30%

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT

Huawei Technologies announced on Monday that profit jumped 30% last year. The Shenzhen-based telecom


New cable to boost internet access in Africa

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:36 PM PDT

With four times more data, West Africa Cable System, or WACS, boosts bandwidth for the world's least-connected region.


Activists save Chinese dogs from cooking pot (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 09:55 PM PDT

A Chinese animal lover consoles a dog after a convoy of trucks carrying over 500 dogs to be sold for meat were stopped along a highway in Beijing on April 17, 2011. About 200 activists mobilised to stop the trucks, state-run media said Monday.(AFP)AFP - Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared a culinary fate after about 200 animal lovers mobilised to stop them ending up on dinner tables, state-run media said Monday.

Seagate Could Buy Samsung Hard-Disk Drive Unit, WSJ Says

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:09 PM PDT

Just weeks after Western Digital (WDC) agreed to buy Hitachi?s disk-drive business for $4.3 bi


Most Japan voters want new PM

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 09:47 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese want a new prime minister to lead the massive rebuilding needed after last month's earthquake and tsunami, newspaper polls showed on Monday, as the head of government was again scolded in parliament for his handling of the disaster.

Cubans welcome Castro call to limit leaders' terms

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:15 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans mostly welcomed President Raul Castro's call at a Communist Party congress this weekend to limit the terms of island leaders, saying on Sunday it would bring new blood to the government the Castros and their aging colleagues have ruled for 52 years.

Dominant Berlusconi unbowed by trials

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 06:07 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - For a politician on trial over charges ranging from tax fraud to paying for sex with a minor, Silvio Berlusconi is notably free of self doubt.

Gaddafi presses Libyan rebels, West says no troops

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:00 PM PDT

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi kept up an offensive on the rebels' eastern frontline outpost of Ajdabiyah, while the West again ruled out sending ground troops to help the rebel cause.

Nigeria's Jonathan sure of victory in election

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 03:57 PM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan secured election victory on Sunday as votes were tallied from around Nigeria, fuelling anger in the mainly-Muslim strongholds of rival Muhammadu Buhari.

Yemen forces fire on Sanaa protest march, 22 hurt

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired at a protest march in Sanaa on Sunday, wounding at least 22 people, doctors said, as opposition leaders met Gulf Arab mediators in Saudi Arabia.

IMF cautions in Africa vote-heavy year

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 04:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is cautioning African countries to watch their spending during a year packed with elections in the region where rising food and fuel prices already pose a big threat to the poor.

Finnish populist party surge clouds EU bailout

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:44 PM PDT

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish voters threw sand in the gears of European Union plans to bail out Portugal by thrusting the anti-euro True Finns party into a crucial role in parliament and possibly into government.

Egypt puts top ex-ministers on trial in graft crackdown

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 01:14 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt put two former top ministers on trial on Sunday, widening a crackdown on graft as the ruling generals seek to show their seriousness about ending the corruption that led to President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

Assad pledge fails to quell Syria anger; troops fire

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, and an announcement that President Bashar al-Assad would lift 48-years of emergency rule failed to quell fury on the streets.

Will Thailand Send 140,000 Refugees Back to Burma? (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - More than 140,000 refugees will be forced back to war-torn Burma unless Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva shows a rare bit of backbone in dealing with his country's increasingly powerful security forces


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