Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast: USGS

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast: USGS
Pawn or Deft Operator: 2 Sides Seen in China Suspect
Top Venezuelan embassy official killed in Kenya
As Tensions in India Turn Deadly, Some Say Officials Ignored Warning Signs
Sinai Jihadi group says responsible for Israel attack in June
Kurd leader warns against budget cuts by Iraq
Lochte wins gold as Phelps fourth
Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13
Legionnaires' case patient dies
Corrie actor Hughes dies aged 68
Severe flooding hits North Korea, kills 88
N Korea floods 'kill 88 in July'
News Analysis: Egypt’s Islamists Tread Lightly, but Skeptics Squirm
Field Notes: Using Flash Mobs for Wedding Proposals
Going to the Olympics? The First Event Is Mall Walking
Murder at Rikers, With Lines by Shakespeare
U.S. Nuns Weigh Response to Scathing Vatican Critique
As crops wither and food prices rise, India’s farmers wait for a good, long rain
Ambassador Crocker Sees Fraught Foreign Landscape Ahead
N Korea floods 'kill 88 in July'

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 quake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea early on Sunday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Pawn or Deft Operator: 2 Sides Seen in China Suspect

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Gu Kailai, the 53-year-old Chinese lawyer charged with murdering a British businessman, presented different faces to different people.

Top Venezuelan embassy official killed in Kenya

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:38 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The head of Venezuela's embassy in Kenya was murdered at her official residence in the capital, police and foreign affairs ministry officials said on Friday.

As Tensions in India Turn Deadly, Some Say Officials Ignored Warning Signs

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Though the violence in the eastern Indian state of Assam has been building for years, state officials say they were caught unaware, while others claim that the government was deliberately negligent.

Sinai Jihadi group says responsible for Israel attack in June

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Ismailia (Reuters) - An Islamic Jihadi group based in Egypt's Sinai has posted a video showing it carried out a cross-border attack in June, killing one Israeli at a border barrier construction site and raising doubts over Egypt's security control over the desert peninsula.

Kurd leader warns against budget cuts by Iraq

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Massoud Barzani says any move to cut funding to the region in a dispute over oil sales would be a "declaration of war".

Lochte wins gold as Phelps fourth

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Ryan Lochte storms to Olympic 400m individual medley gold as fellow American swimming great Michael Phelps can only finish fourth.

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in western Uganda kills at least 13 people and infects a further seven.

Legionnaires' case patient dies

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT

A patient dies after contracting Legionnaires' disease in Stoke-on-Trent where a total of 16 cases have been confirmed.

Corrie actor Hughes dies aged 68

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Coronation Street and Keeping up Appearances actor Geoffrey Hughes has dies after a long battle with cancer, his agent says.

Severe flooding hits North Korea, kills 88

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 10:39 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Severe flooding across North Korea has killed 88 people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported late on Saturday, threatening to make the poverty-stricken country's already chronic food shortage still worse.

N Korea floods 'kill 88 in July'

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT

North Korean state media says 88 people were killed and more than 100 injured in floods over the month of July.

News Analysis: Egypt’s Islamists Tread Lightly, but Skeptics Squirm

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT

President Mohamed Morsi appears to be going out of his way to allay fears that the Muslim Brotherhood would radically change society.

Field Notes: Using Flash Mobs for Wedding Proposals

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT

The flash-mob wedding proposal is an opportunity for a very public, and recordable, display of affection.

Going to the Olympics? The First Event Is Mall Walking

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Westfield Stratford City in east London has over 300 stores, including Prada and Apple, presenting contrasts to its depressed neighborhood and ideals of amateurism.

Murder at Rikers, With Lines by Shakespeare

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT

Inmates were the audience for a performance of "Richard III" by the Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit, which is staging the play in unusual locations.

U.S. Nuns Weigh Response to Scathing Vatican Critique

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT

American nuns will hold a pivotal meeting in St. Louis to try to decide how to respond to a harsh critique of their doctrinal loyalty.

As crops wither and food prices rise, India’s farmers wait for a good, long rain

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Kancharu Pawar, a 51-year-old farmer, gazed despondently at his soybean crop. The plants are only just poking out of the soil, even though it is halfway through the four-month rainy season.

"It should be two feet high by now, but it's not even coming off the ground," he said. "There is no growth in the plants. There is no rain."

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Ambassador Crocker Sees Fraught Foreign Landscape Ahead

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Ryan C. Crocker, one of the pre-eminent American diplomats of the past 40 years, is deeply skeptical that Americans on foreign soil can be anything other than strangers in a strange land.