Cuban dissident blogger's 'arrested'

Cuban dissident blogger's 'arrested'

Cuban dissident blogger's 'arrested'

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Yoani Sanchez and her husband held en route to attend trial of Spanish activist, according to pro-government website.


VIDEO: Mammoth carcass found in Siberia

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

A well-preserved mammoth carcass has been found by an 11-year-old boy in the permafrost of northern Siberia. It has been named Zhenya, after Zhenya Salinder, the 11-year-old who found the carcass while walking his dogs in the area.


Common Sense: Apple’s Map App Could Raise Antitrust Concerns

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:56 PM PDT

The company's bundling of its mapping technology with the iPhone 5 brings to mind the Microsoft-Netscape antitrust battles of the 1990s.


Islamist-led protesters in Jordan press demand for broader, swifter reforms

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan — Thousands of Jordanians joined an Islamist-led demonstration in the capital Friday to demand that King Abdullah II implement democratic reforms, in the largest of a wave of protests launched since last year's Arab Spring.

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Georgia vote rivals in talks on smooth transfer

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

TBILISI (Reuters) - The opposition coalition that won Georgia's parliamentary election started talks with members of President Mikheil Saakashvili's party on Friday to ensure a smooth transition of power in the former Soviet republic.

VIDEO: Chinese holidays bring tons of rubbish

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Tons of rubbish is being collected by cleaners at Beijing's Tiananmen Square during an eight-day holiday


Economix Blog: Explaining a Big Gain in Job-Getters

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

The jobs numbers are always tremendously volatile, but the reasons are statistical, not political.


Italy needs anti-corruption authority: Transparency International

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:17 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International on Friday urged Italy to create an independent authority to fight graft, which costs taxpayers 60 billion euros ($78 billion) a year.

Kenya wary of being seen as an occupying force in Somalia port

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - From the rooftop of Kismayu's rundown port, Kenyan troops scoured the waters across to the southern Somali city, part of an operation to flush out rebel remnants after al Qaeda-backed militants fled last week from their last major stronghold.

Abu Hamza set for US extradition

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Five suspected terrorists including Abu Hamza al-Masri leave Long Lartin prison in a police convoy bound for RAF Mildenhall for extradition to the US.


VIDEO: Chinese holidays bring tons of rubbish

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Tons of rubbish is being collected by cleaners at Beijing's Tiananmen Square during an eight-day holiday


Costco Returns to the Business of Selling Fine Art

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Costco, the giant discount retailer, returns to the art market after a six-year hiatus prompted by the sale of two disputed Picasso drawings online.


City Kitchen: A Taste of Fall in a Bottle of Hard Cider — City Kitchen

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT

With piles of new-crop apples and homemade cider at the greenmarket, a dinner of boneless pork chops served with butter-browned apples seems practically predestined.


VIDEO: Jordan protests after poll call

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Thousands of Jordanians have attended a protest demanding political reforms in Amman, hours after King Abdullah called early parliamentary elections.


Nervous Venezuelans stock up on supplies before election

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

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

Morocco withdraws accreditation from AFP reporter

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT

RABAT (Reuters) - The Moroccan government said on Friday it was withdrawing the accreditation of an Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondent, accusing him of casting doubt on the monarchy's neutrality in an election.

French hostage in Somalia pleads for his life on video

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

ABU DHABI/PARIS (Reuters) - An Islamist group in Somalia released a video on Friday in which a French secret agent held in the Horn of Africa country since 2009 is shown pleading with French President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release and save his life.

Survey Gives Edge to Chávez Opponent

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has extended his lead over President Hugo Chávez in the latest survey released just days ahead of the hotly contested vote.


Firms Push to End Mining Strikes

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:01 AM PDT

South African gold and platinum producers begin a collective effort next week to resolve strikes over pay that have shut down much of the country's vital mining sector.


Hong Kong Adds 1 to Crash Death Toll

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

A 10-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries in the Hong Kong ferry crash, raising the death toll from the city's worst maritime disaster in a generation to 39 as rescuers suspended efforts to locate missing victims.


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