Argentina eyes Falklands flights

Argentina eyes Falklands flights
Coach Praised After Ohio School Shooting Speaks
Bits Blog: AT&T Sets Clearer Limits on ‘Unlimited’ Plans
EU makes Serbia candidate for membership: draft text
EU set to make Serbia candidate
Juvenile charges for US 'shooter'
José Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela
China Congress Buzz: Two Chiefs' Styles
NATO Chief Seeks Key Post-2014 Afghan Role
Peace Corps turns 51: Send us your photos, memories
Marie Colvin was buried in Homs, according to activist video
China backs US-North Korea nuclear deal
Sarkozy hides in bar amid protest
AT&T Sets New Rules on ‘Unlimited Data’ Plans
Sudan defence minister wanted by ICC
At War Blog: 'Hell and Back Again' Shows War Stories Don't End When War Movies Do
Obama Calls for an End to Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
Movie Review: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,’ With Ed Helms and Danny DeVito
ICC issues Sudan minister warrant
Gaza marathon attracts thousands

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:34 PM PST

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says she wants to renegotiate an agreement with the UK on flights to the Falkland Islands from South America.

Coach Praised After Ohio School Shooting Speaks

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:29 PM PST

T.J. Lane, 17, was charged Thursday with killing three students, the first step in proceedings that could see him facing the possibility of life without parole if convicted.

Bits Blog: AT&T Sets Clearer Limits on ‘Unlimited’ Plans

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:00 PM PST

AT&T has clarified the limits of its unlimited data plan. with a Web page that outlines how much of data use might lead to customers being throttled, or having their data connections slowed down.

EU makes Serbia candidate for membership: draft text

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:26 PM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will make Serbia a candidate for membership, another step in the bloc's outreach to the states of the former Yugoslavia, draft conclusions of a summit of EU leaders showed on Thursday.

EU set to make Serbia candidate

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:18 PM PST

Serbia is poised to be given EU candidate status by the 27-member bloc after Romania withdrew its objections.

Juvenile charges for US 'shooter'

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:25 PM PST

A 17-year-old accused of a US high school shooting will face juvenile murder charges after allegedly killing and wounding fellow students in Chardon, Ohio.

José Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:44 PM PST

José Antonio Abreu, the founder and influential leader of a classical music education program in Venezuela called El Sistema, engenders deep respect.

China Congress Buzz: Two Chiefs' Styles

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:59 AM PST

The inner party debate about China's future won't be on public view at the National People's Congress next week, but is encapsulated in the appearance of two provincial leaders, who represent contrasting development paths.

NATO Chief Seeks Key Post-2014 Afghan Role

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:19 AM PST

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General, said in an interview Thursday, he was seeking to position the alliance in a key role in Afghanistan after 2014 when Afghan security forces are expected to have taken full control of all combat operations in the country.

Peace Corps turns 51: Send us your photos, memories

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PST

More than 50 years ago today, an American volunteer program was launched by the U.S. government to promote cross-cultural exchange.

Today that idea has inspired more than 200,000 Americans to work in 139 different countries, together with governments, schools, NGOs, entrepreneurs and other groups on issues as varied as HIV/AIDs, technology and environmental preservation.

Read full article >>

Marie Colvin was buried in Homs, according to activist video

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:06 PM PST

A Syrian activist video claims to show the burial of American journalist Marie Colvin in Homs on Monday.

Colvin, a renowned foreign correspondent from Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, was killed along with French photographer Remy Ochlik in a mortar strike on Homs on Feb. 22.

Read full article >>

China backs US-North Korea nuclear deal

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:47 AM PST

Beijing willing to facilitate six-party talks on nuclear disarmament that have been stalled for nearly three years.

Sarkozy hides in bar amid protest

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:14 PM PST

Protesters mob French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he campaigns for re-election in the Basque country, forcing him to take shelter in a bar.

AT&T Sets New Rules on ‘Unlimited Data’ Plans

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PST

AT&T Inc. caved to complaints that it's placing unreasonable limits on the "unlimited data" plans it offers smartphone subscribers.

Sudan defence minister wanted by ICC

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:17 PM PST

Arrest warrant issued for 41 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur conflict.

At War Blog: 'Hell and Back Again' Shows War Stories Don't End When War Movies Do

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:22 AM PST

Danfung Dennis's documentary is filled with intimate moments that fictional war films like "Act of Valor" could never accomplish. "To Hell and Back Again" concerns the immediate action of war, which in real life happens in unexpected, violent bursts of seconds or minutes.

Obama Calls for an End to Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:51 PM PST

In New Hampshire, the president called on Americans to contact their Congressional representatives and demand a vote on the subsidies.

Movie Review: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,’ With Ed Helms and Danny DeVito

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:51 PM PST

"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," the movie version of the children's book, is a noisy, useless piece of junk, reverse-engineered into something resembling popular art.