Hamas Announcement Further Clouds Truce Talks

Hamas Announcement Further Clouds Truce Talks

Hamas Announcement Further Clouds Truce Talks

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PST

Confusion continued over the status of cease-fire talks as the Hamas prime minister announced progress regarding restrictions on movements of fishermen and farmers in the border area.


California Cove Blessed With Nature’s Beauty Reels From Its Stench

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:56 PM PST

In La Jolla Cove, art galleries and coffee shops meet a stretch of unspoiled cliffs and Pacific Ocean, but the smell that emanates from bird feces on the rocks has become a growing problem.


Congo Rebels Ignore Regional Appeal To Quit Attack

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:20 PM PST

Ignoring the demands of regional leaders, M23 rebels continued advancing on government-held territory.


ETA calls for talks over "definitive end" with Spain, France

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:54 PM PST

MADRID (Reuters) - Basque separatist group ETA said on Saturday it wanted talks with the Spanish and French governments to negotiate a definitive end to military operations and a handover of its arms.

Catalonia vote raises issue of independence

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:40 PM PST

Sunday's regional poll may pave path to secession from Spain for northeastern region.


Defeated Sierra Leone opposition says election flawed

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's main opposition party on Saturday attacked the credibility of a poll that saw incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma elected to a second term in an outright victory.

President returns to Mauritania

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST

The president of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz returns home for the first time since being wounded by one of his own soldiers last month.


"Tomato revolution" gains momentum in Bulgaria

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:14 PM PST

SOFIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bulgarians, inspired by a shaggy-haired poet, protested in front of parliament on Saturday, some of them throwing tomatoes in what they are calling a "tomato revolution" against corruption.

Bangladesh clothes workers die in factory fire

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

DHAKA (Reuters) - A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said.

Bomb kills four Yemenis marking Shi'ite Muslim Ashura festival

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - At least three Shi'ite Muslims were killed on Saturday in a bomb attack targeting the first public commemoration of the anniversary of the death of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad in the Yemeni capital in half a century.

Morocco says breaks al Qaeda cell sending youth to Mali

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:50 AM PST

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Saturday it had broken up a militant cell that was training youths to send them to fight in Mali, which has become the focus of international concern over the spread of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Thousands of Italians rally against Monti's austerity

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of students and workers rallied across Italy on Saturday to protest against austerity measures imposed by Prime Minister Mario Monti's technocrat government.

Unverified remains dig up the twisted legacy of England’s Richard III

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:37 AM PST

LONDON — Tyrant or hero? Rightful monarch or child killer? Despotic hunchback or brave scoliosis sufferer? Now is the winter of our debate over one of England's most notorious villains: Richard III.

Underneath a drab parking lot 90 miles northwest of London, archeologists have unearthed what may become one of this nation's finds of the century — half-a-millennium-old bones thought to be the remains of the long-lost monarch. But if the discovery has touched off a feverish round of DNA tests against his closest living descendants, it has also lurched to the surface a series of burning questions in a country where even arcane points of history are disputed with the gusto of modern-day politics.

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Christo's next project: a giant, pyramid-like sculpture in Abu Dhabi (photos)

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:32 AM PST

Christo, the Hungarian artist who wrapped Paris's Pont Neuf andcovered Floridian islands in pink, has a new project in the works: He plans to eclipse the Great Pyramid of Giza with a giant, pyramid-like structure of his own.

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Obama’s pick for CIA could affect drone program

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:27 AM PST

President Obama began his first term with a dramatic change of course for the CIA, issuing orders on his second day in office to close the agency's secret prisons and ban harsh interrogation techniques.

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New corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:57 AM PST

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country's deputy attorney general.

German Pirate party apologizes for leadership shipwreck

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:33 AM PST

BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Pirates, whose shock success in four state elections thrust it onto the political stage, apologized on Saturday for the fierce infighting that has contributed to a plunge in popularity and called for unity.

Man Utd 3-1 QPR

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:40 AM PST

Harry Redknapp watches from the stands as Man Utd come from behind to beat his new QPR side at Old Trafford.


Mauritania's Abdel Aziz returns home after gunshot treatment

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:06 AM PST

NOAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz returned home on Saturday after recovering in France from what the government said was an accidental shooting at a military checkpoint last month.

Train hits van in southern Italy, killing six

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:08 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - A train hit a van in southern Italy on Saturday, killing at least six people, the Italian fire service said on Saturday.

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