Anxious Copts await new leader in changing Egypt

Anxious Copts await new leader in changing Egypt


Anxious Copts await new leader in changing Egypt

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:09 PM PDT

Anxious Copts await new leader in changing Egypt


Gays in Pakistan Move Cautiously to Gain Acceptance

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PDT

A support group in Lahore for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pakistanis aims to give a safe space to members as more try to gain family support, even in a climate of religious conservatism.


VIDEO: Australia's 'Mona Lisa' to go on show

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PDT

A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the beginning of the last century, is to go on display at Australia's National Library.


Syria Rebels Attack Key Base in Bid to Disrupt Airstrikes

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Rebel forces attacked the Taftanaz air base early on Saturday morning in fighting with government forces that reportedly continued into the afternoon.


VIDEO: Australia's 'Mona Lisa' to go on show

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PDT

A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the beginning of the last century, is to go on display at Australia's National Library.


VIDEO: New York marathon decision 'too late'

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:47 AM PDT

BBC News presenter and charity runner Sian Williams, who flew into New York only to discover the marathon had been called off, said it was the right decision but one taken far too late.


Gas Rationing Is New Burden After Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PDT

One frustrating legacy of Hurricane Sandy — the difficulty of finding gasoline — persisted in New York and in New Jersey, which was rationing fuel.


Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Like the United States, Germany is facing a shortage of engineers, a predicament thatthreatensits car and technology companies.An aging workforce and declining enrollment in technical majors means it takes many employers more than a hundred days to fill engineering jobs, according to German trade groups.

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Israel's Peres welcomes "courageous" words from Abbas

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres hailed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a courageous partner for peace on Saturday after the Palestinian leader made clear his support for a two-state solution to the decades old conflict with Israel.


Vettel demoted to back of grid

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is disqualified from qualifying at the Abu Dhabi GP and will start from the back of the field.


Man 'electrocuted' in M&S store

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Police are treating the death of a man who is believed to have been electrocuted at a Marks and Spencer store in Kent as suspicious.


Greek journalist cleared on 'rich list'

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:02 AM PDT

A Greek investigative journalist was acquitted of criminal charges Thursday after he published the names of about 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts, a move that embarrassed the country's political and business elite.


Romney finally finds his message

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Romney finally finds his message late in the campaign


In New York, Stargazing in the Elevator

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:59 AM PDT

Celebrities and noncelebrities often live in close proximity in New York. What, if anything, do you say in the elevator?


On Pro Basketball: Knicks Begin Season Devoid of Jeremy Lin, and Youth

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:17 AM PDT

The Knicks have one of the oldest lineups ever assembled in the N.B.A., while last season's bright young star, Jeremy Lin, is playing elsewhere.


Pakistan to honor girls injured in Malala attack

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Two Pakistani girls who were injured in an attack that nearly took the life of their classmate, schoolgirl activist Malala Yousufzai, are to be honored with a medal of courage, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday.


Taliban target female students with acid attack

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:59 AM PDT

It's the latest cruel tactic in the Pakistani Taliban's battle to stop girls and women from getting an education: acid thrown in their faces to scar them for life and deter others from following in their footsteps.


Islamist leader, who offered aid after Sandy, speaks to CNN

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Wanted. $10 million reward. With that bounty on his head, Islamist Hafiz Saeed should be in hiding. He's not.


Egyptian fan power: Ultras seek justice for Port Said deaths

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is a city that has become addicted to the art of protest. But this protest wasn't like any of the others.


Resilient Romania Finds Advantage in a Crisis

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PDT

By maintaining its cheaper currency, Romania has made its exports — two-thirds of which go to the euro zone — more competitive and given it a lower cost of living.


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