Turkmen leader set for easy victory in election

Turkmen leader set for easy victory in election

Turkmen leader set for easy victory in election

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive.

"El Gusto" Social Club reunite for European Tour

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:54 PM PST

(France-AFP) - They've been apart for half a century but now El Gusto, a group of Algerian musicians, are reuniting to play the music of their youth as they embark on a European tour. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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VIDEO: Greek MPs urged to back austerity plan

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:58 PM PST

The Greek Prime Minister has warned that national bankruptcy would leave his country facing "uncontrollable economic chaos and social explosion".


Love a click away in Indonesia's Twitter Republic

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:36 PM PST

He was a geeky kid from Yogyakarta, she a glamorous city girl in Jakarta. In a country with one of the world's most vibrant social networking scenes they fell in love on Twitter.

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VIDEO: No signs of easing for Europe cold snap

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:41 PM PST

The cold snap across Europe is showing no signs of easing, more than a week after it began.


Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:16 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems.

Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:55 PM PST

HAVANA, Feb 11 — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said today, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems.  "Fidel with intellectuals: More than nine hours of dialogue with the infinite," said the ...

Israel bombs Gaza after rocket launch, man killed

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:47 PM PST

GAZA, Feb 12 — An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian civilian today, hospital officials said, and the military described the operation as retaliation for a cross-border rocket launch.  The dead man was a guard in his 50s or 60s at an animal farm east of Gaza City, hospital officials said. His caravan was hit by a missile and ...

French Revolution drama kicks off all-star Berlin film fest

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 07:46 PM PST

(BERLIN-AFP) - Diane Kruger opened the 62nd Berlin film festival Thursday with "Farewell My Queen", an erotically and politically charged drama about a lovelorn Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Marking 33rd year of Islamic revolution, Iran to unveil more nuke achievements

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST

TEHRAN, Feb 12: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the unveiling of "major nuclear accomplishments" in the next few days despite increasing Western pressure over the country's nuclear program.


Singer Whitney Houston dies

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 05:57 PM PST

LOS ANGELES, Feb 12: Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, representative Kristen Foster said Saturday night. The cause of death and where she died were not immediately known.

Influential Burmese monk nabbed by junta

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 05:54 PM PST

RANGOON, Feb 12: Influential Buddhist monk, Ashin Gambira, who was released from prison in a government amnesty last month, was taken from a monastery in Rangoon by police at around 2 am on Friday.


Gang rape exposes gruesome attacks on Mozambican women

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:24 PM PST

A 35-year-old woman walked through a field in northern Mozambique, near where a group of teenage boys were undergoing their ritual circumcision into adulthood.

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Romney wins 2012 straw poll of conservative activists

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 — Mitt Romney won a presidential straw poll of Republican conservative activists yesterday in a boost to his suddenly hard-fought battle against Rick Santorum. But Sarah Palin, a conservative Tea Party champion, expressed what could only be considered bad news for Romney. She called for an extended battle to choose the ...

A year since Mubarak ousted, strike call shows divisions

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

CAIRO, Feb 12 — Egypt marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak yesterday, but a poor turnout for a strike called by activists to protest the slow pace of change from military rule laid bare the country's deep divisions. The general strike, called to press demands for the immediate departure of the military council ...

Syrian forces shell Homs; truce in mountain town

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST

AMMAN, Feb 12 — Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs yesterday in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations. Activists said 11 people were killed in the latest attacks in a week-long government siege of Homs, ...

Israel bombs Gaza after rocket launch, man killed

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:44 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian civilian Sunday, hospital officials said, and the military described the operation as retaliation for a cross-border rocket launch.

Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:37 PM PST

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers due to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the United Nations.

Bahraini police break up protest, deport U.S. activists

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

Manama (Reuters) - Bahrain expelled two American rights activists Saturday after police used teargas and stun grenades to break up a protest Saturday that tried to march toward the roundabout at the centre of a failed pro-democracy uprising last year.

VIDEO: The misfortune of Pakistani PMs

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Aleem Maqbool and students hold a history lesson in Pakistani politics full of intrigue, assassination and coups.


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