VIDEO: India's 'stolen' children

VIDEO: India's 'stolen' children

VIDEO: India's 'stolen' children

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:36 PM PDT

According to child rights organisations, more than 50.000 children disappear in India every year and many are sold as cheap labour.


Terrorism’s global decline, explained in charts

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT

One issue likely to come up during tonight's presidential foreign policy debate is the U.S. effort to curb international terrorism. While President Obama will probably focus on his administration's success in killing Osama bin Laden and Mitt Romney on its failure to prevent the September attack in Benghazi, Libya, it's worth looking at the data. Here are some numbers from the National Counterterrorism Center, which released its most recent report in June. 

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VIDEO: Girl, seven, stuns experts with opera

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Alma Deutscher, aged seven, has composed her first opera called "The Sweeper of Dreams".


Iran hangs ten drug smugglers: report

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran hanged 10 people convicted of drug trafficking on Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, part of what rights group Amnesty International called a "state killing spree".

Bits Blog: Amazon Cloud Service Goes Down and Takes Some Popular Web Sites With It

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Amazon's servers — the crucial backbone for a number of popular Web and mobile services — were offline for several hours Monday afternoon.


Injured Spies out of Australia GP

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 10:59 AM PDT

Ben Spies will miss the Australian Grand Prix for surgery on injuries sustained during the Malaysian GP.


Press freedoms watchdog slams Turkish government

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 09:17 AM PDT

An organization that monitors freedom of the press is harshly critical of the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a new report, accusing it of waging "one of the world's biggest crackdowns on press freedoms in history."

Jordan seeks to curb flow of fighters to Syria

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan — Strings of lights lit a vacant lot on a cool October night. Waiters served pastries to smiling bearded men as tributes were bellowed from a stage. Decorative banners featured familiar faces: Osama bin Laden and the Jordanian al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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Would direct U.S.-Iran talks be bad for Israel?

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

The full story behind The New York Times report, that the United States and Iran have agreed in principle to direct nuclear talks after the elections, may not come to light for some time. We covered the responses, the speculation, and the reasons for and against believing that talks are actually happening. 

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Mexico drug boss's parent dug up

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Mexican experts are carrying out DNA tests on the body of one of the parents of Zetas cartel boss Heriberto Lazcano to dispel doubts about his death.


Peru's doctors end long strike after Humala grants pay hike

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:21 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Doctors in Peru returned to work on Monday after wresting promises of better pay from President Ollanta Humala and credited congressional leadership for helping end the 33-day-strike.

Time is tight to get consensus on Egypt constitution: expert

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - The time left for the completion of Egypt's constitution might not be enough to resolve disputes which threaten its legitimacy, according to a legal expert who says failure to forge a consensus could lead to instability in government.

Finnish prime minister unharmed in knife scare

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen was unhurt after being confronted by a man with a knife during a pre-election rally in the western city of Turku, his aides said on Monday.

The Caucus: Foreign Policy Debate Puts Focus on Leadership

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 11:50 AM PDT

For 90 minutes tonight, President Obama and Mitt Romney will clash over specific foreign policy issues, their differences heightened by a debate intended to draw out sharp contrasts ahead of Election Day in two weeks.


China’s Slowing Economy Puts Pressure on American Exporters

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Job reductions are emerging in industries like mining, heavy machinery and scrap metal that boomed along with China, illustrating the risks to the American economy if growth continues to slow.


Uganda may stop mediating in Congo over U.N. accusations

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Monday it would stop mediating in the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels if the U.N. Security Council endorsed accusations that Uganda was supporting the rebels.

Four killed as Muslim protesters attack Ethiopia prison

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 11:32 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Four people were killed in eastern Ethiopia when a group of armed demonstrators raided a police station following protests over alleged government interference in Muslim affairs, an official said on Monday.

China’s Slowing Economy Puts Pressure on American Exporters

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT

Job reductions are emerging in industries like mining, heavy machinery and scrap metal that boomed along with China, illustrating the risks to the American economy if growth continues to slow.


Books of The Times: In ‘The Oath,’ Jeffrey Toobin Portrays Supreme Court

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Jeffrey Toobin draws on interviews with the justices and their law clerks in a lucid, if opinionated, assessment.


De Gustibus: Making a Meal Out of Peanut Butter and Pickles

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Jelly gets kicked to the curb, and pickles take its place, making the PB&P a cult snack option.


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