US navy frees Iranians held by pirates

US navy frees Iranians held by pirates


US navy frees Iranians held by pirates

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:42 PM PST

Rescue of 13 sailors held hostage by Somali pirates in Arabian Sea comes amid rising tension between Iran and US.


Hague welcomes end of 'long darkness' in Burma

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:51 AM PST

UK's Hague hails end of 'long darkness' in Burma


Fraudster donor held in Caribbean

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:37 PM PST

Convicted fraudster and Lib Dem donor Michael Brown has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after going on the run, police say.


Qatar's next big purchase: a farming sector

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:55 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's energy resources have given it one of the world's highest per capita incomes, a futuristic urban skyline and enough clout to host the 2022 soccer World Cup. But its wealth may not be enough for the arid state to achieve an even more ambitious goal: becoming largely self-sufficient in food.


Eleven dead in NZ balloon crash

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST

Eleven people have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, local officials say.


Iran group say U.S. responsible for members in Iraq

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:33 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - The leader of an Iranian dissident group in Iraq said Friday the United States would be responsible for any harm that came to 3,000 of its members who could be forcefully moved to a camp outside Baghdad that they describe as a prison.


On the Trail of an Intercontinental Killer

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:57 PM PST

How a gruesome discovery in Brooklyn led to an international hunt for a suspected serial killer.


Eleven dead in NZ balloon crash

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST

Eleven people have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, local officials say.


Colombia deportee returning to US

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:22 PM PST

A 15-year-old runaway mistakenly deported to Colombia without any proof of residence is returning home to Texas, US media and Colombian officials say.


Analysis: Food price pressures weigh heavy on southern Africa

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:16 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG/LUSAKA (Reuters) - A tight grain supply outlook after several bumper harvests is set to fan food price pressures in southern Africa, fuelling salary demands and threatening to knock the region's fragile economies out of kilter.


Latest Egypt vote brings Islamists closer to win

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:55 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood won more than a third of the votes in the last stage of elections for Egypt's lower house of parliament, according to partial results on Friday, showing the Islamists are set to dominate the legislature.


US Redefines Rape; Adds Men, Others as Victims

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:15 PM PST

The Obama administration on Friday expanded the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims must have physically resisted their attackers.


Italy PM urges European unity to tackle debt

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST

Monti says European institutions must build up sufficient means to dispel doubts among single currency's solidity.


WBA chief calls for Khan rematch

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:31 AM PST

World Boxing Association president Gilberto Mendoza calls for a rematch of the bout between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson.


Jamaica 'to break links with UK'

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:34 AM PST

Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller says the time has come to abandon Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic.


Opinion: The True Story of Japan’s Economic Success

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:23 PM PST

Instead of feeling sorry for Japan, the United States should look to it as a model for economic recovery.


Live - Friday Football

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

Andy Carroll is on the scoresheet as Liverpool begin the FA Cup third round weekend witha 5-1 win at home to League One side Oldham.


Tibetan self-immolations reported in China

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST

Two people set themselves on fire in protest against religious repression in southwestern city, activist group says.


Tibetan self-immolations reported in China

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST

Two people set themselves on fire in protest against religious repression in southwestern city, activist group says.


VIDEO: South Africa's ANC marks 100 years

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:50 AM PST

As South Africa's governing African National Congress marks its centenary, the party that was led for years from prison or exile faces an entirely different struggle.


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