Canadian porn actor's murder hearing set for March

Canadian porn actor's murder hearing set for March


Canadian porn actor's murder hearing set for March

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:17 PM PDT

MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Montreal court on Thursday set a March date for preliminary hearings in the case of Canadian porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta, accused of murdering a student, dismembering the body, mailing out body parts and then posting a video of the killing online.


Dozens killed in boat accident in Malawi

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Bodies of at least 47 Ethiopians found after boat carrying scores of migrants capsized in Lake Malawi earlier this week.


Those Already Ill Have High Stake in Health Ruling

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT

If its major provisions take effect, the Affordable Care Act would prohibit insurance companies from turning people away or charging them more because they are sick.


Porn star murder suspect in court

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Luka Rocca Magnotta, the Canadian porn actor accused of murdering a Chinese student and mailing his limbs, appears in court in Montreal.


Hitler, bare breasts, adultery: election time in Mexico

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Hitler admirer, a former Playboy model, a self-confessed adulterer and the promise of hanky panky. Sounds like the ingredients of the latest Mexican soap opera.


Paraguay's president vows to fight impeachment

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo vowed on Thursday to stand and fight rather than resign after his opponents launched an impeachment drive over a land eviction in which 17 people died last week.


Russia's Putin wants new economy, warns on protests

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:13 PM PDT

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to reassure investors on Thursday that he is committed to building a "new economy" through liberal reforms and privatization, and said he would not let protests against his rule spill over into civil unrest.


Sudan police disperse anti-austerity protests

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police used batons and fired tear gas to break up protesters blocking roads in central Khartoum and in a northern suburb in the latest demonstrations against tough austerity measures on Thursday, witnesses and activists said.


Russian President Vladi­mir Putin attempts to reassure investors

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Vladimir Putin gave the first major international speech of his new presidency Thursday, telling an audience of influential businessmen, government officials and economists everything they wanted to hear.

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She’s 350 Pounds and Olympics-Bound

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Holley Mangold goes for glory in the scruffiest Olympic sport.


Mexico says catches presumed son of top drug lord

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican marines said on Thursday they had captured a man presumed to be the son of cocaine king Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the country's most wanted man.


Bird Flu Type Can Be Transmitted Through Air

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:20 AM PDT

The experiment shows how the virus that causes bird flu might trigger a human pandemic.


Polish newspaper's reporter held in Belarus

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:49 AM PDT

KIEV (Reuters) - The Belarus correspondent of a Polish newspaper was detained by police on Thursday less than a year after serving jail time for slandering Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Union of Poles of Belarus said.


Argentina truckers reach pay deal, lift strike

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:51 AM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's most powerful union leader, Hugo Moyano, called off a strike by fuel truckers on Thursday after securing a pay increase, but called a one-day strike next week to demand that President Cristina Fernandez lower taxes.


Jury out in US coach's abuse case

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT

A jury begins deliberating in the trial of former top US college football coach Jerry Sandusky, who denies abusing 10 boys over 15 years.


Mother guilty of child murders

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

A British woman is found guilty of murdering her two children in a hotel room in Spain.


Pakistan's ruinous political farce

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Constitutional cat and mouse as Pakistan's crisis deepens


Greek bailout wish-list sets up showdown with Europe

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new government promised on Thursday to renegotiate the terms of the country's bailout without endangering its future in the euro, responding to intense pressure to ease mounting social tensions but also risking a showdown with European powers.


Stocks Post Sharp Losses

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

On Wall Street, stocks dropped about 2 percent after commodities prices fell and new data heightened concerns about a softening global economy.


Jury Begins Deliberations in Sandusky Trial

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:59 AM PDT

In closing arguments, Sandusky's lawyer said the child sexual abuse case defied common sense, and a prosecutor said the defense wanted jurors to believe a ridiculous conspiracy theory.


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