Court blocks detainee transfers

Court blocks detainee transfers

Court blocks detainee transfers

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PDT

The High Court blocks the UK government from resuming the transfer of detainees caught in Afghanistan by UK forces to the Afghan authorities.


Hamilton sceptical of pole chance

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Lewis Hamilton says he has no realistic hopes of being on pole position for the Abu Dhabi GP despite promising practice pace.


Georgia's new government to cut president's funding in 2013

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PDT

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's new government led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili plans to cut President Mikheil Saakashvili's funding next year in a move to put pressure on his political rival.

VIDEO: Shoppers flock from China to UK

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:46 PM PDT

China has become increasingly prosperous in the last 10 years and many Chinese people are spending their new-found wealth in the UK.


Erdogan Says He Plans a Trip to Gaza Soon

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PDT

A visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would antagonize the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the West.


U.S. renews sanctions, Sudan criticizes decision

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Friday, acknowledging Khartoum had resolved disputes with South Sudan but warning that Darfur and other conflicts still impeded normal ties, the State Department said.

Jerusalem church in row over bill

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PDT

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem warns that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an Israeli water company.


Ukraine opposition complains of stolen seats

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PDT

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition parties accused President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions of "stealing" several parliamentary seats as the vote count from Sunday's election neared completion on Friday.

Burma passes foreign capital bill

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:12 PM PDT

The Burmese president signs into law a foreign investment bill designed to attract foreign capital as interest from multinationals surges.


Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Turkey's government announced Friday that at least 682 inmates were participating in a hunger strike in at least 67 prisons across the country, but it insisted that no protesters were in critical condition.

Mancini was close to leaving City

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:26 AM PDT

Roberto Mancini says "seven or eight teams" were interested in him before he decided to stay at Manchester City.


Burma passes foreign capital bill

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:12 PM PDT

The Burmese president signs into law a foreign investment bill designed to attract foreign capital as interest from multinationals surges.


Israeli official sees "shocking" dictatorship in Egypt

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official described Egypt's new government on Friday as a "shocking dictatorial force" and predicted there would be no high-level contacts between the two countries, but the Israeli government distanced itself from his comments.

Syria airstrikes leave 'scores dead' in north

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Bombing of Harem town reported to have left 70 people dead, amid reports of atrocities committed by rebels in Idlib.


Lens Blog: Three Photographers Recall a 1996 Fall

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 09:23 AM PDT

On the campaign trail in 1996, Senator Bob Dole fell into a scrum of photographers - one broke the Republican candidate's fall, while the falling banister broke another one's foot. A third got the picture.


Axelrod Sets More Combative Tone for Obama in 2012

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 09:17 AM PDT

David Axelrod, President Obama's longtime strategist, is leading a grittier fight in this, his final campaign with his friend. "There are no ingénues in this battle," Mr. Axelrod said.


Is life in North Korea really not that bad?

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PDT

North Korea is so insular that tales from defectors are some of the few glimpses the Western world gets. Books such as Blaine Harding's "Escape from Camp 14" orBarbara Demick's "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" are filled with former North Koreans' accounts of innocent people toiling away in gulags, scrounging around train stations for food and living in complete darkness thanks to nationwide energy shortages.

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Arizona Latinos Urged to Oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Religious groups and labor unions are among those working to persuade Latinos to vote against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, 80, who has pursued illegal immigrants.


FiveThirtyEight: The Simple Case for Saying Obama Is the Favorite

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:50 AM PDT

The FiveThirtyEight model represents a complicated analysis of the polls, but simplicity is on its side in finding that President Obama is the Electoral College favorite.


Union at Kenya's port of Mombasa calls off strike

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:14 AM PDT

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Workers at Kenya's main port of Mombasa called off a strike on Friday after the management issued letters of employment to casual staff who were demanding permanent jobs.

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