VIDEO: Death of Romanian Jews remembered

VIDEO: Death of Romanian Jews remembered

VIDEO: Death of Romanian Jews remembered

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:47 PM PST

A ceremony in Romania has marked 70 years since the death of hundreds of Romanian Jews off the coast of Turkey.


VIDEO: Treasure haul heads to Spain

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:01 PM PST

A haul of gold and silver coins salvaged from a sunken Spanish galleon are heading from the US to Spain after five years of legal ownership wrangles.


Letting Slip the Real Dogs of War

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:52 PM PST

Man's best friend in combat, from Sgt. Stubby to bomb-sniffers in the sands of Afghanistan.


VIDEO: Treasure haul heads to Spain

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:01 PM PST

A haul of gold and silver coins salvaged from a sunken Spanish galleon are heading from the US to Spain after five years of legal ownership wrangles.


The Emergency Session on Syria: That's What Friends Are For? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - In Tunis, the "Friends of Syria" conference composed of more than 60 countries falls short of any real action on the war in Syria.


Afghanistan: Riots over Koran Burning Subside, But Does Anger Still Simmer? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

Time.com - Most observers expected the worst on Friday as the pious gathered at mosques for prayer. But, while violence did occur, it appeared to be much less than feared


U.S., others join forces against Syria, but stop short of offering aid to opposition

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:49 PM PST

TUNIS — International leaders meeting here Friday agreed on a unified plan for pressure they hope will stop Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on civilian opponents and drive him from power, but they stopped well short of approving military assistance to the Syrian opposition.

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Saatchi VS Facebook: The Mark Zuckerberg of Europe

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:36 PM PST

Edward Saatchi, the son of advertising legend and business mogul Maurice, has President Obama to thank for his success today. Four years ago, Edward flew to the US to help with the presidential campaign, despite being a UK national and halfway through a masters at the Sorbonne in Paris. It was my pleasure to sit ...


Australia's Gillard Suffers Setback

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:33 PM PST

Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, suffered a setback in her fight to retain leadership of the ruling Labor party after a senior government minister defected to the camp of her challenger, Kevin Rudd.


At least 50 killed in Syria as regime pounds Homs (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:25 PM PST

AP - President Bashar Assad's forces pounded rebel-held areas in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 22 people, activists said. More than 60 nations meeting in Tunisia asked the United Nations to start planning for a civilian peacekeeping mission that would deploy after the Syrian regime halts its crackdown.


Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:19 PM PST

AP - Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned his post Friday, giving the country a new political crisis that is likely to distract the government and further delay efforts to rebuild from the devastating January 2010 earthquake.


New polls show public favors Australian PM's rival (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 10:07 PM PST

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday that she is "incredibly confident" of leading her Labor Party to victory in elections next year, even as new opinion polls showed the public preferred party rival Kevin Rudd as Australia's leader.


U.S. Bulks Up Iran Defenses

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:09 PM PST

The Pentagon is beefing up U.S. sea- and land-based defenses in the Persian Gulf to counter any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz.


Quran-Burning Protests Escalate

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:00 PM PST

Afghanistan's government and religious leaders struggled to mollify angry worshippers, as a wave of protests against the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base swept across the country.


Gilani Urges Taliban to Engage in Talks

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:06 PM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani publicly urged the Afghan Taliban and its allies to take part in peace talks with the Afghan government to end the country's 11-year war.


U.S. Seeks Afghan Exit Routes

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:30 PM PST

U.S. officials visited the capitals of all five Central Asian republics to negotiate new transportation deals that will enable the military to withdraw from Afghanistan without having to rely mainly on land routes through Pakistan.


Australia's Gillard Suffers Setback

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:33 PM PST

Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, suffered a setback in her fight to retain leadership of the ruling Labor party after a senior government minister defected to the camp of her challenger, Kevin Rudd.


Trial Will Test U.S.-Egypt Relations

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST

The workers who face trial Sunday in Egypt over charges of illegal foreign funding say that basic and crucial questions about the nature of the charges remain shrouded in mystery only days before the case is set to begin.


Red Tape Snags Kenya Home Boom

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:50 PM PST

Nearly four years after Russian investment bank Renaissance Group and Kenyan partners undertook one of sub-Saharan Africa's most ambitious real-estate developments, the deal is stalled in Kenya's courts.


Syrian Opposition Gets Nod, but Not Arms

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 08:21 PM PST

Western and Arab nations recognized the legitimacy of Syria's main opposition group but stopped short of agreeing to arm them, in a one-day summit that gave center stage to deep international divisions over how to stem Syria's bloodshed.


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