Circumcision Debate in Europe Reflects Religious-Secular Tensions

Circumcision Debate in Europe Reflects Religious-Secular Tensions


Circumcision Debate in Europe Reflects Religious-Secular Tensions

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT

The dispute over ritual circumcision in Germany reflects the secularization of European life that, in the eyes of some religious leaders, has mutated into a form of intolerance.


Israeli air strike kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza: medics

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on a vehicle killed three Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said.


South African mining industry fears precedent after Lonmin strike settlement

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

MARIKANA, South Africa — Hundreds of South African mineworkers gathered Wednesday at a sports stadium that sits in the shadow of the hulking frames of a platinum mine, singing songs and discussing wages under the gaze of a group of police officers.

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Germany sets up neo-Nazi register after "shameful" murders

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany launched a national register of neo-Nazis on Wednesday as it takes steps to tackle failings that allowed known extremists to wage a seven-year racist killing spree.


Verizon Workers Reach 4-Year Tentative Pacts

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

The company's two main unions said the agreements carry an 8 percent pay raise and require workers to pay more for health coverage.


Italian court upholds CIA rendition verdict

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

US ordered to extradite 23 CIA agents for their roles in kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric in 2003.


Trial Implicates Bo Xilai in Heywood Cover-up

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:18 PM PDT

In an official account Wang Lijun, a former police chief, essentially accused the disgraced politician Bo Xilai of trying to cover up the murder of a British businessman by his wife.


Inspector General Reports on Fast and Furious

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:52 PM PDT

The Justice Department's inspector general faulted a group of federal prosecutors and drug agents in the botched gun-trafficking inquiry called Operation Fast and Furious.


New sanctions target Syria’s arms suppliers

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:05 PM PDT

The Obama administration moved Wednesday to punish companies from Belarus and Iran for allegedly providing Syria with weapons and communications gear used to battle rebels in the country's 18-month-old civil war.

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Election winner faces dangerous world

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:16 PM PDT

It's a safe bet that whoever wins the presidential election will face fateful decisions on foreign policy in 2013.


UNESCO heritage sites across the globe

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT


London landmarks open their doors

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT

London landmarks open their doors


iReport: Your favorite buildings

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:18 AM PDT

iReport: Your favorite buildings


Italy pholds guilty verdict against 23 Americans

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:14 PM PDT

The Italian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the 2009 convictions of 23 Americans whom a lower court convicted in absentia of kidnapping a terrorist suspect in Milan in 2003.


Sanctions on Burma leader lifted

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

The United States lifts sanctions on Burma's President Thein Sein and the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Thura Shwe Mann.


Bill Gates tops Forbes rich list

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Bill Gates is the wealthiest American for a 19th year, while the wealth of the top 400 grew faster than the economy, Forbes magazine says.


New Voice in South Korean Politics Enters Presidential Race

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Ahn Cheol-soo, a 50-year-old graduate school dean whose appeal to disaffected voters has made him a political star, officially declared his candidacy for president of South Korea on Wednesday.


Fast and Furious probe faults 14

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Fourteen US officials face possible disciplinary action over a botched gun-running operation, but the attorney general is cleared of wrongdoing.


Angola court rejects UNITA appeal, says vote was fair

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's top court on Wednesday rejected appeals by the main opposition UNITA and two smaller parties over alleged irregularities in an election won comfortably by the MPLA party of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos last month.


South African police clash with miners

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Tear gas fired at striking workers at Anglo American Platinum, following pay rise deal agreed with Lonmin miners.


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