Argentinian's body identified 36 years after his disappearance

Argentinian's body identified 36 years after his disappearance
Signs of Tunisian recovery: IMF official
Key Egypt candidate seeks allies
Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group
VIDEO: Vineyards buried in the Gobi desert
VIDEO: Vineyards buried in the Gobi desert
Pope's Butler Arrested in Leaks Investigation
VIDEO: Rastan: Life inside a rebel stronghold
Turkmen leader sacks oil and gas minister
Spain's Bankia needs 19bn euros
Hunt texted 'mon ami' to lobbyist
Chinese urged to spend more, save less
U.N. report: Iran gaining ground with controversial uranium plant
At War Blog: As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt
Yemeni Shia gathering hit by suicide attack
Suspect in Kosovo organ trafficking arrested
AU troops seize strategic Somalia town
Spanish Lender Seeks State Aid; Ratings Cut on 5 Banks
Nations 'wasting time' on climate
Nations 'wasting time' on climate

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:24 PM PDT

Victoria Montenegro of Argentina considered the military couple who raised her as generous, humanitarian people, taking her into their home as if their own baby because her real parents were killed in a shootout in Buenos Aires in 1976.

Signs of Tunisian recovery: IMF official

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:17 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tunisia's economy is showing signs of revival after popular protests last year pushed it into recession but the crisis in the euro zone, its most important export market, presents risks, a senior IMF official said on Friday.

Key Egypt candidate seeks allies

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls allies to back its presidential candidate in a likely run-off against Hosni Mubarak's last PM to "save" the uprising.

Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:36 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces attacked the town of Houla in Homs province on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said.

VIDEO: Vineyards buried in the Gobi desert

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The extreme weather conditions in the Gobi desert in China are not stopping local red wine producers.

VIDEO: Vineyards buried in the Gobi desert

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The extreme weather conditions in the Gobi desert in China are not stopping local red wine producers.

Pope's Butler Arrested in Leaks Investigation

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Pope Benedict's butler was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into leaks of confidential documents, some alleging cronyism and corruption in Vatican contracts, a senior Vatican source said.

VIDEO: Rastan: Life inside a rebel stronghold

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT

BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan, which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.

Turkmen leader sacks oil and gas minister

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked his oil and gas minister, citing his poor performance on state television on Friday, just two days after the Central Asian nation agreed landmark deals to supply natural gas to Pakistan and India.

Spain's Bankia needs 19bn euros

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks for a bailout worth 19bns euros ($24bn; £15bn), and also admitted that it made a massive loss last year.

Hunt texted 'mon ami' to lobbyist

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel as "daddy" and "mon ami" in text messages released by the Leveson Inquiry.

Chinese urged to spend more, save less

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:04 PM PDT

TIANJIN, China — Few temples to conspicuous consumption are as quirky as the Florentia Village, a sprawling "authentic Italian luxury outlet center" on the outskirts of China's northern city of Tianjin that boasts its own ersatz Colosseum.

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U.N. report: Iran gaining ground with controversial uranium plant

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT

Iran is expanding the capacity of its controversial underground nuclear facility, a U.N. report said Friday, as its leaders move to increase production of a more purified form of enriched uranium in defiance of Western demands for a freeze.

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At War Blog: As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:38 AM PDT

A bereaved wife lies near her husband's coffin as a Marine stands his post. Todd Heisler's image of Katherine Cathey continues to stir military and veteran wives seven years after it was taken.

Yemeni Shia gathering hit by suicide attack

Posted: 25 May 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Bomb-laden vehicle smashes into school in northern al-Jawf province where Shia rebels had gathered for prayers.

Suspect in Kosovo organ trafficking arrested

Posted: 25 May 2012 11:40 AM PDT

PRISTINA (Reuters) - A suspect in a human organ trafficking scandal that came to light in Kosovo in 2008 has been arrested in Israel, the European Union's police and justice mission in the Balkan country said on Friday.

AU troops seize strategic Somalia town

Posted: 25 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Afgoye town captured from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab fighters, as AU and Somalia troops clear areas around Mogadishu.

Spanish Lender Seeks State Aid; Ratings Cut on 5 Banks

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Spain's banking crisis got worse as Standard & Poor's downgraded five of its banks and one of them, Bankia, said a bailout would cost far more than the government had estimated.