ICC's Ocampo backs Kony campaign

ICC's Ocampo backs Kony campaign

ICC's Ocampo backs Kony campaign

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 01:33 PM PST

A controversial campaign to capture accused Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony wins the praise of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor.


Bin Laden’s widows charged with illegal stay in Pakistan

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:40 PM PST

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Three widows of Osama bin Laden, taken into custody the night the al-Qaeda chief was killed, have been charged by Pakistani authorities with illegally entering the country.

The women, who could be jailed for up to five years, were among 16 people detained in the U.S. raid on bin Laden's villa in Abbottabad last May. They have been living, along with an unspecified number of children, in a five-bedroom house in Islamabad provided by the government, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters Thursday.

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Myanmar holds peace talks with Kachin rebels

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PST

Government restarts negotiations with ethnic Kachin leaders, in attempt to solve one of biggest obstacles to reforms.


Inside Afghan heroin trade

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 04:03 AM PST

Drug traffickers tell Al Jazeera they have been driven into heroin trade by desperation and lack of alternatives.


Solar Storm Reaches Earth, and Experts Say to Expect More

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 01:13 PM PST

Bursts of light and particles like the ones that hit the Earth's magnetic field on Thursday will soon become a common occurrence.

World powers invite Iran to nuclear talks

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PST

Statement from permanent Security Council members insists that talks with Tehran should produce "concrete results".


Algerian Islamist parties unite for election

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:49 PM PST

Three officially recognised Islamist parties form Green Algeria Alliance ahead of legislative elections in May.


The Caucus: House Backs Aid to Small Businesses

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:31 PM PST

The House approves a bill that could help create jobs -- an effort to dent the do-nothing image of Congress as Election Day nears.

DealBook: Cerberus Said to Be in Talks to Acquire AT&T's Yellow Pages

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 01:04 PM PST

Cerberus is said to be in discussions to acquire a majority stake in Yellow Pages division of AT&T in a deal that would value the unit at about $1.5 billion.

Several Injured in Pittsburgh Shooting

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 01:02 PM PST

Gunfire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh injured several people Thursday afternoon, and police were looking for a gunman.

Ecuador Indians in mining protest

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:49 PM PST

Indigenous Ecuadorians march against a major Chinese mining project in the Amazon, while government supporters stage a counter-demonstration in Quito.


Myanmar holds peace talks with Kachin rebels

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PST

Government restarts negotiations with ethnic Kachin leaders, in attempt to solve one of biggest obstacles to reforms.


Miss. Supreme Court Rules Barbour Pardons Valid

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PST

The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office, including several that freed convicted killers.

Obama, Karzai note progress on long-term deal: White House

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai noted progress on Thursday in long-stalled efforts to broker an agreement guiding U.S.-Afghan relations after most foreign troops withdraw, the White House said.

Four more generals defect from Syrian army: rebels

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:17 PM PST

BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Four more high-ranking officers have defected from the Syrian armed forces and joined the year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, two rebel groups said on Thursday.

In Afghanistan, Officer Sought in Killing of 9 Colleagues

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:04 PM PST

Nine Afghan police officers were killed as they slept, and a 10th was suspected of assisting Taliban insurgents in the attack.

British, Italian Hostages Killed in Nigeria Rescue

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 12:39 PM PST

A Briton and an Italian held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers possibly linked to al Qaeda were killed before a U.K. and Nigerian rescue operation could free them, authorities said.


Venezuela's Chávez to Return Home Next Week

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is recovering well after surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous lesion and will return home early next week, Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos said from Havana.


Nuclear Envoys of North, South Korea in U.S.

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 11:58 AM PST

Nuclear envoys of the rival Koreas have a chance for informal talks at an academic conference that began in New York on Thursday as diplomacy on Pyongyang's atomic program gathers pace.


Israel asks U.S. for arms that could aid Iran strike

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 11:57 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has asked the United States for advanced "bunker-buster" bombs and refueling planes that could improve its ability to attack Iran's underground nuclear sites, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

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