Captain killed, tourists hurt in blast on Greek boat

Captain killed, tourists hurt in blast on Greek boat

Captain killed, tourists hurt in blast on Greek boat

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:56 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - A small replica cannon blew up on a mock pirate ship off the southern Aegean island of Kos on Saturday, killing the boat's captain and injuring five passengers, Greek coastguard officials said.

Algerian ex-president dies at 83

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Algerian former President Chadli Bendjedid dies of cancer at the age of 83, state-run media report.


Algeria's former president dies of cancer

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Chadli Bendjedid kick-started the democratisation of government institutions in Algeria at the end of the 1980s.


Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Freed From Detention

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Cuban authorities released noted blogger Yoani Sanchez more than a day after she was taken into custody near the eastern city of Bayamo, where she traveled for a Spanish man's trial over a car crash that killed another prominent dissident.


Tanzania asks for mediation over Lake Malawi dispute

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania called on Saturday for an international mediator to resolve a long-standing border dispute with Malawi, conceding the latest talks over territorial rights to Lake Malawi and its potential reserves of oil and gas have failed.

Americans Join Pakistan Convoy to Protest Drone Strikes

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:07 PM PDT

The convoy is billed as a "peace march" to demand an end to American drone strikes, which opponents say kill innocent civilians and breed militancy.


Foxconn Denies Report of Unrest at iPhone Factory

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

State media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines, apparently over higher quality control standards.


Anti-drone protest held in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Dozens of US activists join hundreds of Pakistanis led by Imran Khan as they attempted to march to restive tribal areas.


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

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

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

CDC: Meningitis Outbreak Death Toll Rises to 7

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.

Obama campaign gets cash boost

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:58 AM PDT

A record $181m was raised in September by US President Barack Obama's campaign team and Democratic allies, officials say.


Iranian relief workers in Libya freed

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Seven Iranian relief workers who had been taken hostage by an armed group in July in the Libyan city of Benghazi were freed on Saturday, a Libyan security source and the Libyan Red Crescent Association said.

Bo Xilai’s Former Wife Reveals Paranoid Side of a Once-Powerful Chinese Family

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:38 AM PDT

The former wife of Bo Xilai spoke of the end of her marriage as an idealist, showing the web of entanglements among China's "red nobility."


Excerpts of Bo Xilai’s Love Letter to His First Wife, Li Danyu

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

Bo Xilai, a disgraced Communist Party aristocrat, wrote a letter to his former wife, Li Danyu, in 1975.


Chelsea 4-1 Norwich

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:09 AM PDT

Chelsea put their off-field troubles aside as they beat Norwich to continue to set the Premier League pace.


Chelsea to punish Cole over tweet

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo says Ashley Cole faces being disciplined by the club over a tweet criticising the FA.


Touring South America, Panetta renews defense ties with Peru

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:38 AM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Defense ministers from Peru and the United States agreed on Saturday to update their 60-year-old defense cooperation agreement as a step toward deepening military ties between the two countries.

Posey Is the Heart of San Francisco

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:48 PM PDT

The transformed Giants are a team shaped in the image of catcher Buster Posey — young, understated and confident.

Slow-Burning Rebellion Against Chile on Easter Island

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Inspired by other parts of Polynesia that have obtained political autonomy or are seeking independence, leaders of the Rapanui people are mounting a rebellion against Chile.


French police kill one in raid linked to Jewish market attack

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

STRASBOURG/PARIS (Reuters) - An Islamist suspected of a grenade attack on a Jewish market was shot and killed by police in the northeastern city of Strasbourg on Saturday and 11 others detained in what prosecutors called a "vast anti-terrorist operation".

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