Sudanese rebels shell oil state capital Kadugli

Sudanese rebels shell oil state capital Kadugli

Sudanese rebels shell oil state capital Kadugli

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels shelled the capital of the country's main oil state on Tuesday, witnesses and the insurgents said, in what the insurgents said was retaliation for government air strikes.

Iran locked in internal debate over whether to talk to U.S.

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:07 PM PST

Iran appears to be locked in a fierce internal debate over whether to hold bilateral nuclear talks with the United States, with key political leaders calling for dialogue with Washington and hard-liners pressing ahead with expansion of the country's nuclear facilities.

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Room for secrets, even for CIA boss

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PST

There is an unwritten code among the personal security details that protect people like the CIA director: What happens in the bubble stays in the bubble.

"Yes, there is a code," said Howard Richards, who worked on the personal protective details of four CIA directors. "They want people around them to be people they can trust."

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PSA: Gen. John Allen did not send 30,000 e-mails to Jill Kelley

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:40 PM PST

When stories move quickly, a single detail can sometimes take on a life of its own. The day's developments surrounding CIA Director David Petraeus includes one such detail: the number of e-mails that General John R. Allen is said to have sent to Tampa socialite Jill Kelley.

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Uganda 'set to pass anti-gay law'

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:58 PM PST

Uganda will pass a new law against homosexuality by the end of the year as a "Christmas gift" to its advocates, the parliamentary speaker says.


Analysis: China turns to machines as farmers seek fresh fields

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:05 PM PST

BAOQUANLING, China (Reuters) - China needs to replace millions of workers who have quit farms for cities, but even its vast state power might not be able to transform the countryside into a network of big industrial farms capable of feeding its growing economy.

Belize seeks McAfee over murder

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:39 AM PST

Belize wants to quiz anti-virus software founder John McAfee over the murder of his neighbour, a crime he says he did not commit.


Political Times: Will Obama Agree to Entitlement Cuts? He Already Has

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

President Obama, during his negotiations with House Speaker John A. Boehner in the summer of 2011, signed off on painful cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.


A Heart-Thumping Ride on a Racing Catamaran

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

The writer, a guest on a catamaran during an America's Cup World Series race, never felt such acceleration on a sailboat. Organizers of the 2013 Cup are hoping speed will bring back interest in the sport.


France Recognizes New Syrian Rebel Group, Hints It May Provide Weapons

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:01 PM PST

France on Tuesday became the first European country to recognize the newly formed Syrian rebel coalition, going beyond other Western pledges of support.


Envoy says Bosnian Serbs seek to undermine peace deal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The international peace envoy in Bosnia slammed the leaders of the country's autonomous Serb Republic on Tuesday, saying they were seeking to undermine a peace agreement that has held the war-scarred former Yugoslav republic together since 1995.

Tampas military social scene was backdrop for Petraeus scandal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST

MacDill Air Force Base, sprawling across a few thousand acres along the Old Tampa Bay in Gulf-coast Florida, is home to 15,000active-duty military personnel, 3,000 civilian employees, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, the 6th Air Mobility Wing, and theoccasionalsocial event organized with help from a local woman named Jill Kelley. That last part is the source of overwhelming national attention this week, as the alleged feuds, jealousies and affections related to MacDill's senior military social scene spilled out into a national scandal that has already toppled CIA Director David Petraeus.

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White House 'has faith' in Allen

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:13 PM PST

The White House says it has "faith" in Gen John Allen despite reports he "flirted" with a woman harassed by the lover of CIA Director David Petraeus.


Hundreds flee as Kenyan forces hunt police killers

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Hundreds of people in northwest Kenya are fleeing fearing reprisals after security forces started a hunt for cattle raiders who massacred at least 32 police officers, residents and community leaders said on Tuesday.

EU says Bosnian Serbs seek to undermine peace deal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The European Union's top official in Bosnia slammed the leaders of the country's autonomous Serb Republic on Tuesday, saying they were seeking to undermine a peace agreement that has held the war-scarred former Yugoslav republic together since 1995.

Obama calls world leaders who hailed his re-election

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke with world leaders on Tuesday, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, thanking them for sending congratulations on his re-election, the White House said.

Robert De Niro on the Art of the Long Career

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:55 PM PST

On long careers, compromises you can live with and why it's still hard to get movies made even if you're Robert De Niro.


Three more killed by Italy floods, hundreds evacuated

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Two men and a woman were killed when their car fell off a collapsed bridge in Tuscany on Tuesday, as floods battered central Italy for a third straight day.

Putin congratulates Obama in phone call: Kremlin

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:48 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Barack Obama by telephone and congratulated him a second time over his victory in the U.S. presidential election, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

What Petraeus and Broadwell could have used instead of Gmail

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 11:42 AM PST

If there's a lesson for cheating spouses to be learned from the Broadwell-Petraeus-Allen-Kelley scandal, it's to think twice before you press "send."

The affair between former CIA directorDavid H. Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was uncovered when Petraeus's friend Jill Kelley complained to the FBI that she was receiving harassing e-mails. During the investigation, the FBI began digging through Broadwell's e-mails.

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