Guinea-Bissau turmoil sparks cocaine and cashew crisis: U.N.

Guinea-Bissau turmoil sparks cocaine and cashew crisis: U.N.

Guinea-Bissau turmoil sparks cocaine and cashew crisis: U.N.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:22 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Cocaine trafficking through drug hub Guinea Bissau is spreading unabated amid turmoil sparked by an April military coup that has slashed the West African country's key cashew crop and almost halved its economic growth, the United Nations said.

Abbas: UN vote is 'last chance'

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:15 PM PST

The UN vote on the status of the Palestinians is the "last chance to save the two-state solution" with Israel, says President Mahmoud Abbas.


Security forces arrest Afghan accused of funding the Taliban

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Coalition and Afghan forces have arrested a currency dealer suspected of handling millions of dollars of Taliban cash as part of a widening campaign to block insurgent finances ahead of a security handover in 2014, officials said on Thursday.

BPI demands pirate proxy closure

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:55 PM PST

The UK's music industry body demands the closure of a service offering a workaround to reach banned website The Pirate Pay.


Sea-level rise finally quantified

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

An international effort of more than 20 polar research groups finally settles the question of how much polar ice melting has added to global sea levels.


Microsoft prices 'pro' Surface

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

Microsoft reveals the price of the "pro" version of its Surface tablet will start at $899 (£560) following "modest sales" of a less powerful version.


Beckham set for talks with Monaco

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PST

Former England captain David Beckham is expected to start talks at the weekend over a possible move to AS Monaco.


6 scathing highlights from the Leveson report

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST

The report issued by a panel headed by Justice Brian Leveson singled out Rupert Murdoch's News of the World for wrongdoing in the phone-hacking scandal, and also took on criminal behavior and ethical lapses in the British press overall.

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Soldier freed after Iraqi pistol case

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

A British special forces soldier was freed from prison Thursday after an appeals court shortened and then suspended the sentence he was serving for keeping a pistol presented to him by Iraqi forces in 2007.

Kosovo ex-PM acquitted of war crimes

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

For the second time, an international tribunal has acquitted a former Kosovo prime minister and two others of abusing and killing Serbs, raising fears that the Thursday ruling could further strain tense relations between the two countries.

Giant tornado in Italy

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PST

A video uploaded to YouTube captured a giant tornado hitting the town of Taranto, Italy.

Irish abortion case heads to court

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

The husband of a woman who died after being refused an abortion in Ireland will take the case to the European Court of Human Rights, his lawyer said Thursday.

U.N. chief appeals for countries to take Iran dissidents

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon appealed on Thursday for countries to consider resettling several thousand Iranian dissidents living in Iraq who were recently moved to a former U.S. military base in Baghdad from a camp where they lived for decades.

Internet services down across Syria

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

Nationwide internet outage, and disruption of some mobile phone services, comes amid clashes near Damascus airport.


George H W Bush hospitalised for bronchitis

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:58 AM PST

Ex-US president and father of George W Bush to remain in Texas hospital, but condition not considered life threatening.


Graves robbed in Benin's capital

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

More than 100 bodies have been decapitated in graves in Benin, police say, in what is believed to be a crime linked to extreme Voodoo practices.


Fiscal Talks in Congress Seem to Reach Impasse

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PST

Members of each party declared that it was up to the other side to come forward with concrete plans for cuts in federal spending.

Colombian peace talks 'advancing'

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:56 AM PST

The chief Colombian government negotiator at peace talks with the Farc left-wing rebels says peace negotiations are going well and will be resumed on 5 December.


Tunisia PM refuses to resign after protests

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:32 AM PST

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Islamist prime minister rejected calls for his resignation on Thursday after two days of violent protests against economic hardship, and he accused opposition parties of sowing disorder.

UK SAS sniper walks free after gun sentence suspended

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A British elite special forces sniper, whose 18-month jail sentence for possessing a pistol had caused public outrage, walked free on Thursday after winning a legal appeal.

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