Syrian forces kill 33 in attack on rebel town - residents

Syrian forces kill 33 in attack on rebel town - residents

Syrian forces kill 33 in attack on rebel town - residents

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:21 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have killed at least 33 people in a rebel town near the Lebanese border in the last few days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents of a nearby town said Sunday.

Punjab, bread basket of India, hungers for change

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:38 PM PST

LUDHIANA, India (Reuters) - Punjab made Sunil Jain's family rich, but now he wishes he could afford to leave.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for changes to constitution

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:47 PM PST

DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for changes to the military-drafted constitution in her first political trip since ending a boycott of the country's political system last year and announcing plans to run for parliament.

Armed and avid, German women turn to hunting

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST

With a chill wind whistling through the raised hide set among the trees and undergrowth, Johanna Hofmann sweeps her hair back from her face as she watches and listens, her rifle to hand.

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VIDEO: Arab League halts Syria mission

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:22 PM PST

The Arab League says it is suspending its controversial monitoring mission in Syria because of the upsurge in violence.


VIDEO: African Union opens new £127m HQ

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:16 PM PST

The African Union has inaugurated its newly built headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.


VIDEO: Peru rehab centre fire kills 26

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:11 PM PST

A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital Lima kills at least 26 people and injures 10 others, officials say.


Nuclear experts in Iran on day of oil embargo vote

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 05:17 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Iran on Sunday, hoping to shed light on suspected military aspects of Tehran's atomic work, on the day its lawmakers look set to ban oil exports to Europe in revenge for new EU sanctions.

Philippines studying US offer to deploy spy planes

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:54 PM PST

MANILA, Jan 29 — The Philippines is considering a US proposal to deploy surveillance aircraft on a temporary, rotating basis to enhance its ability to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea, the Philippine defence minister said on Friday. Two days of talks in Washington this week on security ties between the two allies include plans to deploy ...

UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:37 PM PST

LONDON, Jan 29 — British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by journalists to officers, police and the newspaper's publisher said. Police also searched the paper's London offices at publisher News International, ...

Egyptians vote in upper house elections today

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST

CAIRO, Jan 29 —  Egyptians vote today in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house. Voting for the Shura council will be held over two stages ending in the middle of February and follow a lower house election that was Egypt's most ...

Spat over yee sang

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 05:29 PM PST

After Japan recently declared that it would want to fight for the inclusion of the Japanese cuisine into the list of Unesco's intangible cultural heritage, a Singapore professor also proposed on Facebook that Unesco include Singapore's local cuisine into the list.

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Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence, a move Damascus said was an attempt to encourage foreign intervention as it struggles to quell a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Fire kills 26 patients at rehab centre in Peru

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST

LIMA (Reuters) - Fire swept through a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts and alcoholics in Peru on Saturday, killing 26 patients who were locked in to stop them from fleeing during treatment, local media and witnesses said.

Egypt Islamists seek more gains in upper house polls

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians vote on Sunday in the first stage of elections for the upper house of parliament, with Islamists seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in elections for the lower house.

Freed Egypt activist says will not stay silent

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:11 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian activist who became a symbol of resistance to the army's trials of civilians said Saturday he would not be silenced and denounced the army for detaining and mistreating "prisoners of conscience."

Glitzy new AU headquarters a symbol of China-Africa ties

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:03 PM PST

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Standing on what was once Ethiopia's oldest maximum security prison, the new African Union headquarters funded by China is a symbol of the Asian giant's push to stay ahead in Africa and gain greater access to the continent's resources.

Yemen's Saleh heads for United States

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:18 PM PST

ADEN (Reuters) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh was heading to the United States on Saturday, Yemen's state news agency said, a week after leaving for Oman under a plan for him to step down to end a year of protests against his rule.

Frenchman killed in armed robbery in Red Sea resort

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:57 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - A Frenchman was killed when armed men raided a currency exchange office Saturday in the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, security officials and the French embassy said.

Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:07 PM PST

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria on Saturday because of worsening violence, a move Damascus said was an attempt to draw foreign intervention as it struggles to quell a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

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