Russian Prime Minister Medvedev says Pussy Riot should be freed

Russian Prime Minister Medvedev says Pussy Riot should be freed
Netanyahu’s Comments Cause Stir in Israel
Pro-euro parties sweep Dutch poll, Rutte ahead
Apple Introduces a New iPhone, With a Larger Screen and More Powerful Chip
Supporters throw stones in Venezuela pre-election clash
Facebook friends get out the vote
Dutch PM Rutte's Liberals lead in final exit poll
Libya attack may have been planned and organized, U.S. officials say
VIDEO: Street child victims of Afghan Taliban
VIDEO: Street child victims of Afghan Taliban
North Korea Rejects Offer of Aid From South Korea
Alps murder probe may take years, says prosecutor
Analysis: Euro zone advancing through obstacle course
Origins of Provocative Video Are Shrouded
Xi Jinping mystery echoes back to China’s history
Mexico 'gang boss' Pozos detained
Sherpas' anger at glacial studies
Asian and African diabetes risk
VIDEO: Royal couple continue Jubilee tour
VIDEO: Karachi factory fire death toll soars

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he thought three Pussy Riot punk band members should be freed from prison following their conviction last month for a profanity-laced protest against Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral.

Netanyahu’s Comments Cause Stir in Israel

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT

A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Obama administration over Iran, Israelis were sympathetic to Mr. Netanyahu even as they mulled the possible damage to ties with the White House.

Pro-euro parties sweep Dutch poll, Rutte ahead

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Mainstream pro-European parties were heading for an unexpectedly clear victory in a Dutch general election on Wednesday, exit polls showed, dispelling concerns that radical eurosceptics would gain sway in a core euro zone country.

Apple Introduces a New iPhone, With a Larger Screen and More Powerful Chip

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

The new version also requires a new connector cord — and a new adapter to make it work with existing accessories.

Supporters throw stones in Venezuela pre-election clash

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Rival supporters in Venezuela's presidential election fought and threw stones on Wednesday before a campaign stop by opposition leader Henrique Capriles less than a month before an October 7 vote.

Facebook friends get out the vote

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Research shows that a message to Facebook users showing which of their friends voted in a 2010 US election drove 340,000 more people to the polls.

Dutch PM Rutte's Liberals lead in final exit poll

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberals are one seat ahead of the opposition Labour Party, an exit poll taken after the close of polling stations on Wednesday showed.

Libya attack may have been planned and organized, U.S. officials say

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other American diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, may have been planned and organized in advance, U.S. government officials said on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Street child victims of Afghan Taliban

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

When a Taliban suicide bomber struck in Kabul's embassy district last weekend a number of those killed were street children, selling trinkets to foreigners.

VIDEO: Street child victims of Afghan Taliban

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT

When a Taliban suicide bomber struck in Kabul's embassy district last weekend a number of those killed were street children, selling trinkets to foreigners.

North Korea Rejects Offer of Aid From South Korea

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT

North Korea also rejected a similar offer from the South last year, calling it too small and dashing hopes of easing relations.

Alps murder probe may take years, says prosecutor

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Investigations into a quadruple murder in the French Alps seven days ago are focusing on one of the victim's Iraqi connections, his work as an engineer and a mooted family feud, but solving the case may take years, a French prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Analysis: Euro zone advancing through obstacle course

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:58 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe has cleared more key obstacles on the road to containing its sovereign debt crisis and stabilizing the euro zone after Germany's constitutional court allowed a permanent bailout fund to go ahead.

Origins of Provocative Video Are Shrouded

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The trailer for the video was uploaded to the Web by an individual whose identity remains in question.

Xi Jinping mystery echoes back to China’s history

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:51 AM PDT

When Lin Biao, China's then heir apparent, died in an air crash more than 40 years ago, it took the Communist Party two months to inform the public.

This week's unexplained disappearance of Xi Jinping, China's leader-in-waiting, who has not been seen in public for 11 days, shows that, despite the country's economic transformation, when it comes to its leaders, Beijing is as secretive now as it was in 1971, when Lin Biao died and Mao Zedong was still in power.

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Mexico 'gang boss' Pozos detained

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Federal police in Mexico detain an alleged gang leader they blame for much of the gang-on-gang violence in the state of Jalisco over the past two years.

Sherpas' anger at glacial studies

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:20 AM PDT

The Mount Everest region's Sherpas express anger at the way recent studies of glacial lakes have been conducted - and threaten to halt them.

Asian and African diabetes risk

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:04 AM PDT

British people of South Asian, African or African Caribbean descent are significantly more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than their European counterparts, researchers have warned.