Freed Pussy Riot band member takes case to European court

Freed Pussy Riot band member takes case to European court

Freed Pussy Riot band member takes case to European court

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The sole member of anti-Kremlin punk group Pussy Riot freed on appeal has taken her case to the European Court of Human Rights, she and her lawyer said on Friday, accusing Russia of violating her right to freedom of speech and illegally detaining her.

New arrests over Dominican 'sect'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:31 PM PDT

The Dominican Republic authorities arrest two more Germans, suspected of membership of a doomsday sect, over a deadly shootout earlier this week.


Top 10 US political donors

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Who are the top 10 US political donors?


Hearing shows captain to blame for Italy ship disaster: prosecutor

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT

GROSSETO, Italy (Reuters) - A pre-trial hearing in Italy this week on the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that cost 32 lives has put the responsibility for the disaster squarely on the shoulders of Captain Francesco Schettino, prosecutors said on Friday.

Palestinian push for U.N. upgrade likely to succeed: Jeremic

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians' push for upgraded status at the United Nations is likely to succeed, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said on Friday, while warning the United States against cutting U.N. funding over the issue.

The Lede Blog: Malala Yousafzai Shows Signs of Recovery in British Hospital

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT

The British hospital treating the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban released a photograph of her with her eyes open and clutching a stuffed bear.


Murder charge over missing vet

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT

A man is charged with murdering Catherine Gowing, a vet who has been missing for a week.


One dead, 11 hurt in hit-and-runs

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

A woman dies and 11 other people, seven of them children, are injured in a series of hit-and-runs in Cardiff, as police arrest a driver on suspicion of murder.


Punter Chris Kluwe’s Voice Is Heard in Gay Marriage Debate

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe's writings about the rights of same-sex couples have lifted him off the sports pages and into the national conversation.


Airtime, a Pedigreed Start-Up, Is Tested

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Just four months after a much-hyped introduction, the video chat company has laid off employees and is tweaking its features.


Air Canada flight helps rescue Australian sailor

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:47 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A lucky sailor is back on dry land after passengers and crew on a commercial flight from Canada helped find his crippled yacht adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles off the Australian coast, rescue authorities said.

Dane’s Wild Tale of Ruse to Find Anwar al-Awlaki

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT

A man says he arranged a marriage for the Qaeda affiliate leader Anwar al-Awlaki as part of efforts by Danish and American intelligence officials to hunt him down.


Basque revival widens Spanish divide

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:18 AM PDT

ZALDUONDO, Spain — Bernardo Atxaga is a man whose thinking seems to be under constant review. "It is very odd to think that, in your own lifetime, your own language was forbidden," he says, as if the thought had just occurred to him.

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Serbian and Kosovan leaders meet

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT

The prime ministers of Serbia and its breakaway territory of Kosovo meet for the first time at EU-brokered talks in Brussels.


U.N. Security Council plans sanctions on Congo rebels, others

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council intends to impose sanctions on the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels and others violating an arms embargo on the country, according to a draft statement to be formally adopted later on Friday.

Families of slain UK soldiers win right to sue government

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Relatives of four British soldiers killed in the war in Iraq won the right to sue the government for negligence, in a landmark appeal court ruling on Friday that could open the door for other claims.

Conflict displaces 900,000 in Sudan border areas

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 900,000 people have been displaced or severely affected by fighting in two Sudanese border states, the United Nations said on Friday, sharply increasing its estimates and urging Sudan and rebels to let in badly needed aid.

Secular Egyptians protest Islamists’ role in drafting new constitution

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:01 AM PDT

CAIRO — Egyptian liberal and secular groups gathered Friday in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest what they say is the overreach of the country's Islamists in drafting a new constitution.

The groups, demonstrating for the second consecutive Friday, say the 100-member drafting assembly, which is dominated by Islamists, lacks the legitimacy to write the charter that will define the way Egypt is governed and represent the values of its 85 million people. On Tuesday, a Cairo court is expected to rule on their claim.

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Why Wissam al-Hassan matters for the Middle East

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Senior Lebanese security official Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan was among those killed in this morning's car bombing in Beirut, The Washington Post's Liz Sly has confirmed. Hassan was an important figure in the country's security establishment, and his death could have significant implications in Lebanon and beyond.

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Colombia's Santos: Land restitution law undermines rebels

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday defended his signature law that returns land seized by illegal armed groups to peasants after leftist rebels assailed the measure at the start of peace talks.

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