Chinese Police Detain Two Tibetans in Self-Immolation Protests

Chinese Police Detain Two Tibetans in Self-Immolation Protests

Chinese Police Detain Two Tibetans in Self-Immolation Protests

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:48 PM PST

A Tibetan monk and his nephew are accused of helping others set fire to themselves in protest of Chinese rule, China's state news agency reported.

Gunmen Assassinate Afghan Women’s Affairs Official

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:45 PM PST

Najia Sediqi, the acting head of women's affairs in Laghman Province, was the second woman in that post to be killed in less than six months.

Facebook shuts down Taliban recruiting account

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST

For a few brief weeks, you could see posts from the Pakistani Taliban in your Facebook feed, right next to Post articles and baby photos. But over the weekend, Facebook shut down a recruiting page for the TTP, or Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan — much to nobody's surprise.

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Pirate Bay proxy in legal threat

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:55 AM PST

The UK's music industry body threatens legal action against the Pirate Party UK over service offering a workaround to a banned site.

Kidnappers urged to release Nigerian minister's mother

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST

OGWASHI-UKU/ABUJA (Reuters) - The family of Nigeria's finance minister made an emotional appeal for kidnappers to free her 82-year-old mother on Monday, saying the elderly woman was in fragile health.

Hungarian students block Danube bridges in anti-cuts protest

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:32 PM PST

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - More than 1,000 students rallied in Budapest on Monday against the Hungarian government's planned cuts in subsidies to finance college tuition, blocking bridges over the Danube in freezing weather.

Bosnian regional PM urges reshuffle to end stalemate

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The prime minister of one of Bosnia's two regional governments called for the removal of eight opposition ministers on Monday, in a bid to clear a political blockage he has said risks hurting the country's relationship with the IMF.

DealBook: HSBC Expected to Settle Case on Laundering for $1.9 Billion

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:31 PM PST

Federal and state authorities plan to announce a $1.9 billion settlement with HSBC on Tuesday, a major victory in the government's broader crackdown on money laundering at banks.

Strauss-Kahn settles suit with hotel maid

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST

New York judge says two sides have reached a deal, but that details of the settlement will not be made public.

Man shot dead near Central Park

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST

A man is fatally shot in the head at a busy Manhattan intersection near New York City's Central Park.

A poem for Damascus

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST

A New York Times story on the growing violence in Damascus, Syria's capital and long a center of culture and history in the Middle East, ends with a nod to a poem about life in that city. "Damascus, What Are You Doing to Me?" is by the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died in 1998, long before the rebels began advancing on his hometown, a place that would probably feel very different to him today. Here are three of my favorite of the poem's 14 numbered sections.

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Video: the al-Jazeera documentary that Burma's government publicly condemned

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST

An al-Jazeera English documentary on violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma's western province of Rakhine has earned a formal, public rebuke from the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar strongly opposes and rejects the attempt made by Al Jazeera to broadcast the documentary by exaggerating and fabricating the incidents in Rakhine State," a seven-point statement concludes.

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U.S., France differ over how to deal with "explosive" Mali

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Northern Mali, plagued by Islamist extremists and gripped by an aid disaster, is "one of the potentially most explosive corners of the world," the United Nations warned on Monday, as the United States and France differed over how to tackle the crisis.

Police attacked before car burnt

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:11 PM PST

A police patrol car has been attacked by a masked gang of 15 men in east Belfast, then burnt out outside Alliance Party MP Naomi Long's office.

Suspension over 'suicide essay'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST

A teacher in western France is suspended after asking students to write an essay about wanting to kill themselves.

Georgia, Russia to hold first bilateral talks since war

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST

TBILISI (Reuters) - Russia and Georgia will hold the first bilateral talks since their 2008 war this week marking an improvement in ties after bitter Russia foe President Mikheil Saakashvili's party lost control of parliament in October elections.

Strauss-Kahn and Hotel Housekeeper Settle Suit Over Alleged Attack

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the housekeeper differed whether the sex was consensual; details of the settlement were not released.

City Room: Man Fatally Shot on Midtown Street

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:37 PM PST

The victim was fatally shot on Monday afternoon a block south of Central Park.

Ministers 'plan childcare change'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:12 PM PST

Downing Street plans to announce changes to childcare costs in England and Wales as part of an effort to get more women into work, the BBC understands.

Romanian president weighs options for PM after vote

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Traian Basescu weighed his options for a new prime minister on Monday and could seek to split his rival Victor Ponta's leftist alliance, even though it scored a resounding electoral victory.

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