In Meningitis Outbreak, Another Death Reported

In Meningitis Outbreak, Another Death Reported

In Meningitis Outbreak, Another Death Reported

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT

Another person has died from meningitis, bringing the death toll in an unprecedented outbreak to 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.


France, Canada focus attention on Congo rights record

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:26 PM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - France and Canada urged leaders from the French-speaking world to reinforce democracy and human rights during a summit in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, in comments that focused attention squarely on the host.

Qaeda Leader Calls for More Protests Outside U.S. Embassies

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Ayman al-Zawahri said that the anti-Muslim video that prompted earlier protests showed that Washington was waging a "crusader Zionist war" against Muslims.


Palestinian killed in Israeli air strike

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:40 PM PDT

One killed and two others wounded, including a child, in northern town of Jabaliya, according to local medics.


Israeli Gaza strike 'kills one'

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

One Palestinian was killed and at least two other people injured in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza strip, Palestinian medical officials say.


U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Intelligence officials believe Iran was the origin of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached American financial institutions.


Afghan Boys Eke Living Amid Peril at Gorge

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:36 PM PDT

The war economy touches everybody in Afghanistan and will leave a desperate hole when it is gone — not least for the Pepsi bottle boys, a prime example of how Afghans have fit their lives around America's military presence.


Israeli air strike kills one Palestinian in Gaza

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed one Palestinian militant and critically wounded another riding a motorcycle in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian medics and the Israeli military said.

Africa Cup of Nations round-up

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Zambia, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria are among the first teams to qualify from a dramatic weekend of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.


Israel threatens action against Gaza aid ship

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:07 PM PDT

Warning comes as aid convoy seeks to break blockade of Gaza Strip as part of "Freedom Flotilla" movement.


J. K. Rowling: By the Book

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:03 AM PDT

The author of "Harry Potter" and, now, "The Casual Vacancy" says her favorite literary character is Jo March: "It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo."


Ghana's former first lady to run for president

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

ACCRA (Reuters) - Former Ghanaian first lady Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings announced on Saturday she has split from the ruling party that her husband founded to run for president under a new banner.

Freed Russian punk rock band member says church prank not in vain

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pussy Riot angered President Vladimir Putin and the dominant Russian Orthodox Church but succeeded in highlighting the close ties that bind church, state and the courts together in Putin's Russia, a freed member of the punk band said on Saturday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Says Lust Is Not a Crime

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is seeking to throw out charges in an inquiry into ties to a French prostitution ring, arguing that the authorities are trying to "criminalize lust."


VIDEO: Sparrows lured to return to Delhi

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Sparrows are becoming a rare specie in Delhi, so authorities are trying to increase awareness about the little birds' habits and needs.


India appears ambivalent as U.S. strategy pivots toward Asia

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:57 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — If the soaring rhetoric of their burgeoning partnership is to be believed, India is the linchpin of Washington's strategic pivot toward Asia.

But it has become apparent that New Delhi is ambivalent about playing a leading role in Washington's new "rebalancing" act. So much so that some U.S. analysts are questioning whether India will ever be a dependable strategic partner for the United States, and whether New Delhi will ever match its global ambitions with a leadership role on the world stage.

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Czech PM's party suffers big loss in regional vote

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:20 AM PDT

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's ruling Civic Democratic Party suffered a drubbing in regional and upper house elections as voters punished the government for spending cuts and sleaze scandals, results showed on Saturday.

VIDEO: Sparrows lured to return to Delhi

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Sparrows are becoming a rare specie in Delhi, so authorities are trying to increase awareness about the little birds' habits and needs.


South African miners clash with police

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:41 AM PDT

Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets on protesting miners who tried to march towards platinum mine near Rustenburg.


This Land | Donna's Diner: This Land: Losing Sleep but Not Hope at a Diner in Elyria, Ohio

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:01 PM PDT

A small cafe, in the small city of Elyria, Ohio, is being tested by a tough economy. It is the kind of place where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each hope that his promise of a restored American dream will resonate.


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