Rupert and James Murdoch to testify once more

Rupert and James Murdoch to testify once more

Rupert and James Murdoch to testify once more

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James will give evidence to a judge-led inquiry into press ethics in London next week, the inquiry confirmed Thursday.

James Murdoch, News Corp.'s deputy chief operating officer, was head of News International, News Corp.'s British newspaper arm, until he resigned in February. He will give evidence on Tuesday.

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NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; casualties unknown

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NATO military helicopter crashed due to poor weather in Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said, and it was not immediately clear whether anyone aboard survived.

Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer, Dies at 71

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Mr. Helm was the American linchpin for the Band, an otherwise Canadian group that became Bob Dylan's backup band.

Florida Gun Law Task Force Is Named

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:48 AM PDT

The 17-member panel will focus on the Stand Your Ground measure, which has been cited as a defense in the shooting of the unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.

Analysis: Early days for Spain's tug of war with markets

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:43 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Thursday's Spanish debt auction results have set the tone for a year of muddling through: Yields are too high to be sustainable in the long term, yet not high enough to trigger a near-term meltdown.

Yemen army kills 13 Islamists in south

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:45 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - At least 13 Islamist fighters linked to al Qaeda were killed in clashes with Yemen's army in the impoverished country's south on Thursday, the government and militants said.

France Gears Up for Presidential Vote

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:23 AM PDT

French voters will take the first steps Sunday toward selecting their next president, after a campaign that underscored that the next leader of the euro-zone's second-largest economy will have little wiggle room to fix them.


Russia, China Seek Drone Data From Iran

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency said Russia and China have asked Tehran to provide them with information on a U.S. drone captured by the Islamic Republic in December.


Israeli Rabbi Condemns Günter Grass

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:50 AM PDT

A senior Israeli rabbi attending a memorial march for Holocaust victims in Poland renewed condemnation of German Noble-prize winner Günther Grass for a poem he wrote criticizing the Jewish state.


VIDEO: Pakistan searches for avalanche victims

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Pakistan has promised it will not stop until it recovers all the bodies of those killed when an avalanche swept through a military base in the Himalayas.


Sudan leader vows to punish S. Sudan

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:45 AM PDT

The Sudanese president Thursday vowed to "never give up" a disputed oil-rich region that has escalated tensions with South Sudan and sparked fears of the two neighbors' return to war.

Sudan leader vows to punish S. Sudan

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM PDT

The Sudanese president Thursday vowed to "never give up" a disputed oil-rich region that has escalated tensions with South Sudan and sparked fears of the two neighbors' return to war.

South Africa 'rape video' suspects in court

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Hearing adjourned amid national outrage over mobile phone footage of alleged gang-rape of teenage girl that went viral.


VIDEO: Pakistan searches for avalanche victims

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Pakistan has promised it will not stop until it recovers all the bodies of those killed when an avalanche swept through a military base in the Himalayas.


North Carolina a Front in Democrats’ Battle for House

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Many Democrats have decided to retire rather than risk defeat in newly configured House districts, which has put those districts in play or made them solidly Republican.

Tajik court imprisons 'militants'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:58 AM PDT

A court in Tajikistan sentences 34 people to long jail terms on terrorism charges at the end of a closed trial.


Video: Woman climbs onto Ahmadinejad's car

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:53 AM PDT

A group of people surrounded the car of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one man yelling that he is hungry, as a woman climbed up onto it and sat on the vehicle's roof to speak to the president.

NATO head calls on China, Russia to help fund Afghan forces

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:44 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO called on China and Russia on Thursday to help fund Afghan security after 2014, as the alliance tries to rally contributions from a wider range of sources before most foreign combat troops pull out of Afghanistan.

Deposed Maldives president says coup has fueled radical Islam

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:20 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — Saying he was saddened and shocked by the speed with which his friends in Washington had abandoned him, the former president of Maldives warned Thursday that radical Islam has gained ground across the sprawling Indian Ocean archipelago since he was deposed in February.

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Karzai: Photos 'disgusting'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned photos of U.S. soldiers posing with bodies of suspected insurgents as he called for "an accelerated and full transition of security responsibilities to Afghan forces."

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