South Sudan orders oil to flow

South Sudan orders oil to flow

South Sudan orders oil to flow

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

South Sudan orders oil companies immediately to restart production, ending a dispute with Sudan that heightened cross-border tension.


US marriage law struck down again

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:26 PM PDT

A US law that defines marriage as being between one man and one woman is struck down by a New York appeal court, the second such ruling against it.


Judge in 9/11 case weighs whether Constitution applies at Guantanamo

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The Guantanamo tribunal judge should deal with constitutional challenges individually as they arise rather than make a blanket presumption the U.S. Constitution applies in the trial of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks, a U.S. prosecutor argued on Thursday.

Iraq says signs contract for 18 F-16 fighter jets

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has signed a new contract to buy its second set of 18 F-16 fighters from the United States, part of a deal to purchase 36 of the jets to rebuild its air force, Iraq's acting defense minister said on Thursday.

Tweeting pianist Say denies Turkish religious insult charge

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish concert pianist Fazil Say's exuberance has won him fans around the world, but it has also helped land him in court as a cause célèbre for those alarmed by Turkey's creeping Islamic conservatism.

Rwanda warns against cutting aid over Congo rebels

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rwanda's foreign minister warned on Thursday that it would be "the biggest mistake" for any countries to withdraw aid for Kigali over a U.N. report accusing Rwanda's defense minister of commanding rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tweeting pianist Say denies Turkish religious insult charge

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish concert pianist Fazil Say's exuberance has won him fans around the world, but it has also helped land him in court as a cause célèbre for those alarmed by Turkey's creeping Islamic conservatism.

Obama Pushes a Get Out the Vote Operation

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT

For the president and his campaign, the challenge is to overcome a decline in voter enthusiasm from 2008.


Australian 'misogyny' redefined

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Macquarie Dictionary changes word's definition after a speech by the country's prime minister goes viral.


Stranded Australian saved from sinking yacht

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Glenn Ey was stranded for four days until an Air Canada flight spotted his damaged vessel.


Hunger soars in the Philippines

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Number of undernourished Filipinos has grown by two million in two years, even as it drops in neighbouring countries.


Central African Republic says foils another coup

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT

BANGUI (Reuters) - Security forces in Central African Republic arrested three men suspected of plotting to overthrow President Francois Bozize, the country's chief prosecutor said on Thursday.

VIDEO: Risky rescue of trapped elephant

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Members of the Amboseli Trust have rescued a baby elephant trapped in a water well in Kenya


Scouts 'perversion files' opened

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT

The Boy Scouts of America releases 14,500 pages of secret documents on men suspected of sexually abusing children, after a lengthy legal battle.


The Corner Where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Meet

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:20 PM PDT

In the dusty triangle where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan meet, there is more than one war going on.

Google shares dive after shock profit fall

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Stocks drop nine per cent after third-quarter results revealing big drop in profits are released by mistake.


Kuwaiti opposition politicians arrested after rally

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti authorities arrested two opposition politicians on Thursday and interrogated a third after they made comments seen as criticizing the country's ruler, an interior ministry official said.

Visual music: How ‘Gangnam Style’ exploited K-pop’s secret strength and overcame its biggest weakness

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Americans aren't particularly accustomed to foreign music competing with their own in global markets, so when the South Korean song "Gangnam Style" popped onto U.S. music charts, it was something of a wakeup call. Korean pop music has been thriving in East Asia for years, which is remarkable in itself given the country's small size and the wealth of successful musicians in bigger and richer neighbor Japan.

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What were Gadhafi's last moments really like?

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:41 AM PDT

It's an iconic piece of video.

Boy Scout Documents Reveal Decades of Sexual Abuse

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:14 PM PDT

The release of confidential internal files from the Boy Scouts of America created, for the first time, an online database of sexual abuse accusations that is open to the public.

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