Berenson heads to NY for holidays (AP)

Berenson heads to NY for holidays (AP)


Berenson heads to NY for holidays (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST

FILE - U.S. political activist Lori Berenson speaks to The Associated Press at her home in Lima, Peru, in this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo. Paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson was headed for New York early Saturday Dec. 17, 2011 after a Peruvian court ruled she and her toddler son could travel there for the holidays, airport security officials said. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)AP - Paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson was headed for New York early Saturday after a Peruvian court ruled she and her toddler son could travel there for the holidays, airport security officials said.



Clashes continue on streets of Cairo

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST

Renewed fighting erupts near parliament, a day after three people killed when soldiers storm anti-military protest camp.


Hockey Analyst Mike Milbury Is Accused of Assault as Hockey Dad

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:10 PM PST

? Ex-Boston Bruins defenseman Mike Milbury, a fixture as a hockey analyst on Canadian and American television, is off the air, for the moment, while he deals with accusations he physically and verbally assaulted a 12-year-old player who had gotten in a tangle with Milbury?s son. The Boston Herald is reporting that Brookline, Mass., police ...


Gunmen attack chopper near Indonesia Freeport mine (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:57 PM PST

AP - Police say gunmen attacked a helicopter carrying workers from Freeport-McMoRan's massive gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, wounding one person.


VIDEO: Credit warning for eurozone nations

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:19 PM PST

The credit ratings agency, Fitch, says it believes a comprehensive solution to the crisis in the eurozone is ''technically and politically beyond reach''.


VIDEO: Soyuz launches six satellites

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:57 PM PST

A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana - only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory's new Sinnamary spaceport.


VIDEO: Credit warning for eurozone nations

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:19 PM PST

The credit ratings agency, Fitch, says it believes a comprehensive solution to the crisis in the eurozone is ''technically and politically beyond reach''.


VIDEO: UN lifts Libyan bank sanctions

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:18 PM PST

The UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Libya's central bank to ease a cash crisis in the post-Gaddafi country, diplomats have said.


Why To Give Generously Before December 31

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:11 PM PST

Giving to charity by year-end might get you a fat tax break on next year's return.


VIDEO: Soyuz launches six satellites

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:57 PM PST

A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana - only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory's new Sinnamary spaceport.


Deadly floods hit southern Philippines

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:08 PM PST

At least 100 people killed as flash floods hit Iligan and the island of Mindanao following tropical storm Washi.


Report slams Dutch Catholic Church over sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:42 PM PST

Archbishop of Utrecht Wim Eijk gestures during a press conference in Zeist, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. A Dutch archbishop has apologized to victims after an independent inquiry reported that thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, and church officials knew about it but failed to adequately address it. Wim Eijk says the report 'fills us with shame and sorrow.' (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP - As many as 20,000 children endured sexual abuse at Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials failed to adequately address it or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigative report released Friday.



Israel to Weigh New Law on Outposts

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST

Israeli ministers are set to consider a bill to limit the ability of Palestinians to reclaim some land from Jewish settlers, the latest in a raft of legislation that has prompted charges of a potential erosion of democracy under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


VIDEO: Kabul: What happens after the attacks?

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:20 PM PST

The BBC's Rustam Qobil visited places and people affected by the violence to find out what happens to them when the news cameras go away.


Typhoon hits southern Philippines, kills 25 people (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:15 PM PST

Reuters - Twenty-five people were killed and dozens unaccounted for in the Philippines as typhoon Washi battered a southern island, grounding some domestic flights and plunging wide areas into darkness, officials said Saturday.


France launches spy satellites aboard Russian rocket (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:13 PM PST

Reuters - The second Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched from French Guiana blasted off late on Friday carrying six military spy satellites, space officials said.


VIDEO: Cargo ship crew rescued off France

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:03 PM PST

A rescue operation has been taking place off the French coast after a cargo ship ran aground in heavy storms.


VIDEO: Kabul: What happens after the attacks?

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:20 PM PST

The BBC's Rustam Qobil visited places and people affected by the violence to find out what happens to them when the news cameras go away.


VIDEO: Clashes in Kazakh oil strike town

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:03 PM PST

At least 10 people have been killed as striking oil workers clashed with government forces in a town in western Kazakhstan, officials have said.


VIDEO: Congo confirms Joseph Kabila win

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:07 PM PST

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Supreme Court has rejected challenges to President Joseph Kabila's re-election and confirmed his official victory in last month's polls.


US urges China to release human rights lawyer

US urges China to release human rights lawyer


US urges China to release human rights lawyer

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

The whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng is still unknown a year after his disappearance.


France's top credit rating? affirmed

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:31 PM PST

Fitch Ratings however said it may downgrade six other eurozone nations as a solution to debt crisis is 'beyond reach'.


City Room: Stanford Drops Bid to Build High-Tech Campus in N.Y.C.

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST

A leader in a competition intended to make New York an engineering powerhouse was frustrated with the city's attempts to negotiate new terms after Stanford had submitted its bid, said people who were briefed on the matter.


Beijing Imposes New Rules on Social Networking Sites

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST

New rules are aimed at controlling the way Chinese Internet users post messages on social networking sites that have posed challenges to the Chinese Communist Party.


Husband fails in wife death case

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

A Lancashire man who killed his wife in France fails to clear his name when a French court finds him guilty for a third time.


Pakistan's 'memogate' bodes ill for Zardari

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

Why did Zardari leave Pakistan in a hurry?


Congo court confirms Kabila win

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST

The DR Congo Supreme Court confirms incumbent Joseph Kabila as winner of presidential elections, despite opposition calls to cancel the vote.


Cameroon's Eto'o gets 15-game ban

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST

Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o is banned for 15 matches by the national football federation for his part in a players' strike that saw a friendly with Algeria cancelled.


At Least 10 Die in Rare Violence in Kazakhstan

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST

The deaths occurred in clashes with police just days after a strike by oil workers shifted its focus to political demands, including the right to form independent political parties.


US Marine hero drops BAE lawsuit

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:43 AM PST

US Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer settles a lawsuit with BAE Systems over allegations that a manager called him "mentally unstable".


Pakistan's 'memogate' bodes ill for Zardari

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

Why did Zardari leave Pakistan in a hurry?


At Least 10 Die in Rare Violence in Kazakhstan

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST

The deaths occurred in clashes with police just days after a strike by oil workers shifted its focus to political demands, including the right to form independent political parties.


Bahraini police fire tear gas at protesters: witnesses

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired tear gas and clashed with Shi'ite Muslim protesters on Friday, a day after a man was run over and killed as he fled security forces chasing protesters near Manama, the opposition and a rights group said on Friday.


China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year.


Bonds Gets Probation and Avoids Prison

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:08 PM PST

Barry Bonds, baseball's home run champion, avoided a prison term on Friday when he was sentenced to 30 days' house arrest and probation for providing evasive testimony to a federal grand jury eight years ago.


VIDEO: Cargo ship aground off French coast

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

A Maltese-registered cargo ship has run aground of the coast of Brittany, leaking oil onto a nearby beach.


Congo court declares Kabila winner of poll

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

Supreme Court rejects opposition appeals and declares Joseph Kabila winner of November's presidential election.


A fruit seller's legacy to the Arab people

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST

A year after a Tunisian fruit seller self-immolated, setting in motion the Arab Spring, a democratic political culture is developing in the region, Salman Shaikh writes.


U.S. withdrawal in Iraq rolls into final act

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:20 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American soldiers signed over their last military base to Iraqi officials on Friday with the U.S. troop pullout drawing to an swift end nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.


Insurgents Attack Kabul Police Station

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:27 AM PST

Insurgents attacked a Kabul police station, the latest in a string of attacks on the Afghan capital. No casualties were reported.