Canadian brings France 'feminist' high heel

Canadian brings France 'feminist' high heel

Canadian brings France 'feminist' high heel

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 12:49 AM PDT

Tanya Heath is on a double mission: to prove women can wear heels without ruining their feet, and that her answer to their plight, a heel that switches from high to low, can be made entirely in France.

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South Korea "Baby box" pastor says new law brings more babies

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:48 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean pastor who runs a "baby box" where mothers can leave unwanted infants has seen a sharp increase in the number of newborns being left there because, the pastor says, of a new law aimed at protecting the rights of children.

Philippines, Muslim rebels agree landmark peace deal

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:42 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed a peace deal to end a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people, President Benigno Aquino said on Sunday, paving the way for a political and economic revival of the country's troubled south.

Philippines agrees landmark peace deal with Muslim rebels

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:59 PM PDT

MANILA, Oct 7 — The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed a peace deal for the country's troubled south, President Benigno Aquino announced today, signalling an end to a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people and crippled the region's economy. The long-awaited agreement sets in train a roadmap to create a new ...

U.S., South Korea agree to boost ballistic missile capability

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:21 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has reached a landmark agreement with the United States to extend the reach of Seoul's ballistic missiles by more than twice the current limit to counter the threat from North Korea, the government said on Sunday.

Philippines agrees landmark peace deal with Muslim rebels

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:41 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed a peace deal for the country's troubled south, President Benigno Aquino announced on Sunday, signalling an end to a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people and crippled the region's economy.

Philippines agrees landmark peace deal with Muslim rebels

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:25 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed a peace deal for the country's troubled south, President Benigno Aquino announced on Sunday, signalling an end to a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people and crippled the region's economy.

Chavez's socialist rule at risk as Venezuelans vote

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT

(Election law forbids publication of polls in Venezuela for a week before voting)

Man behind anti-Islam film due in L.A. court next week

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 08:38 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man behind an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests in the Muslim world is due to appear in a federal court in Los Angeles next week for a preliminary hearing on whether he violated the terms of his probation over a 2010 bank fraud conviction, court papers show.

VIDEO: Art lovers celebrate 'White Night'

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:18 PM PDT

Visitors have been flocking to Paris overnight to participate in La Nuit Blanche, where free access is granted to many galleries, museums and monuments.


VIDEO: Serbia mourners at Prince reburial

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:14 PM PDT

In Serbia, hundreds of mourners have attended the reburial of one of the last rulers of the old Kingdom of Yugoslavia.


Mormon church lowers age requirements for missionaries

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:56 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 7 — Mormon leaders yesterday lowered the age requirements for full-time missionaries in a change that could swell the ranks of the church's messengers around the world. All 18-year-old men in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will now be allowed to serve missions and women can do so at the age of 19, Thomas ...

US, Peru to update 60-year-old defence cooperation accord

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:42 PM PDT

LIMA, Oct 7 — The United States and Peru decided yesterday to renegotiate a 60-year-old defence cooperation agreement between the two countries as Washington seeks to deepen security ties with Latin America after a decade focused on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said updating the 1952 bilateral defence agreement ...

US court fight starts for radical cleric sent from Britain

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:16 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Oct 7 — One-eyed radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri made his first appearance in federal court in New York yesterday after Britain extradited him to the United States to face trial and a potential life sentence on terrorism charges. The Egyptian-born Hamza, 54, entered US District Court in Manhattan after being refused the ...

U.S. court fight starts for radical cleric sent from Britain

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 05:28 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One-eyed radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri made his first appearance in federal court in New York on Saturday after Britain extradited him to the United States to face trial and a potential life sentence on terrorism charges.

Obama and Democrats raise record funds, poll holds steady

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 05:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $181 million (112 million pounds) in September for his re-election effort, the largest total that either side has announced yet in the 2012 campaign.

Death toll from US meningitis outbreak rises to seven

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:58 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Oct 6 — The death toll from a widening outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has risen to seven, with 65 cases now reported in nine states, officials said yesterday. The latest two deaths were reported yesterday in Michigan, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those affected fell ill ...

Egypt’s Mursi says falls short of goals, seeks to assuage critics

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:44 PM PDT

CAIRO, Oct 7 — Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said yesterday he had fallen short of goals he promised to fulfill in his first 100 days in office, but aimed to assuage critics by highlighting his most prominent achievements. Mursi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, was handed power in June by the army council that ruled Egypt for 16 months ...

Obama and Democrats raise record funds, poll holds steady

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $181 million (112 million pounds) in September for his re-election effort, the largest total that either side has announced yet in the 2012 campaign.

Egypt's Mursi says falls short of goals, seeks to assuage critics

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 03:07 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Saturday he had fallen short of goals he promised to fulfil in his first 100 days in office, but aimed to assuage critics by highlighting his most prominent achievements.

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