Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT

"America is with you," President Obama told victims of the storm across the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast.


Media Decoder Blog: Disney Buying Lucasfilm for $4 Billion

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:19 PM PDT

The acquisition gives the company a commanding position in the world of fantasy film.


Somali comic who mocked al-Shabab shot dead

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:11 PM PDT

Al-Shabab deny killing Warsame Shire Awale, a popular veteran broadcaster known for poking fun at the armed group.


EU mission fails to bring justice in lawless Kosovo: report

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:01 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's biggest crisis-management mission has failed to bring crime under control in large parts of the breakaway former Serbian province of Kosovo, an EU watchdog agency said on Tuesday.

Chilean ex-secret agents indicted

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Seven ex-agents of Chile's secret police are charged with the murder of Spanish diplomat Carmelo Soria in Chile during the country's military rule.


Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Officials said that about 8.5 million households, representing about 7 percent of the country's population, are without power.


Russia's leaders criticized at Stalin commemorations

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:50 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Relatives of Josef Stalin's victims commemorated the Soviet dictator's repression on Tuesday and many condemned Russia's leaders for not taking part.

Afghan key vote date is announced

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

The Afghan Election Commission says the presidential election will be on 5 April 2014, ending speculation the vote may have been held before then.


Pakistan says protects rights, West disagrees

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Pakistan, plagued by Islamists militancy, sectarian violence and frequent disasters that push its people deeper into poverty, told the United Nations on Tuesday it is a democratic and progressive state working to protect human rights.

Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:50 AM PDT

As searches revealed grim scenes up and down the Eastern Seaboard, the overall death toll from the storm had climbed to 38, officials said.


VIDEO: UBS cuts 10,000 staff worldwide

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Swiss bank UBS has announced it is cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide as it slims down its investment banking activities.


VIDEO: 'Oldest helicopter service' to end

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:50 AM PDT

The world's oldest passenger helicopter service is set to touch down for the last time on Wednesday after the operator decided it was no longer profitable.


Live Coverage: A Daunting Recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:40 AM PDT

As searches revealed grim scenes up and down the Eastern Seaboard, the overall death toll from the storm had climbed to 38, officials said.


Polish Newspaper Report on 2010 Crash Causes Furor

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:07 PM PDT

The report, later partly retracted, said traces of explosives were found on the airplane that crashed in Russia, killing President Lech Kaczynski, reviving suspicions that the crash was not an accident.


Ukrainian leader ignores critics

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT

President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine commends elections expected to return his allies to power, making no mention of sharp criticism of the vote.


Iran pulls back from nuclear bomb goal: Israeli defense minister

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:42 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran has drawn back from its ambitions to build a nuclear weapon, Israel's defense minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday, while warning that his country may still have to decide next year whether to launch a military strike against it.

French officials to exhume Arafat in November

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Move follows allegations arising from Al Jazeera probe that deceased Palestinian leader may have been poisoned in 2004.


Abortion ruling backs rape victim

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT

The European Court of Human Rights rules that a Polish girl who was raped aged 14 should have had unhindered access to an abortion.


Guinea opposition cries foul over new electoral body

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's opposition on Tuesday accused the government of tampering with its list of nominees to a newly formed electoral commission, casting doubt on the country's latest efforts to jumpstart election preparations.

Greek Socialist deputies to back austerity, reforms: sources

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:37 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - The overwhelming majority of lawmakers from Greece's Socialist PASOK party, the second-biggest partner in the country's ruling coalition, will support a raft of austerity and reform measures in a parliamentary vote, two lawmakers told Reuters on Tuesday.

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