Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March

Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March

Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will withhold tax revenues from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's administration until March at least in response to his statehood campaign at the United Nations, Israel's foreign minister said. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects some $100 million a month in duties on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank -- money that is badly needed to pay public sector salaries. ...

Three militants and a tribesman killed in Yemen clashes

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:13 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed during clashes between al Qaeda-linked militants and pro-government tribesmen in Maarib province, east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a tribal source said early on Wednesday. Three of the dead were Islamist militants and the fourth was a tribesman fighting on behalf of the government, the source said. The tribesmen, on whom the government depends heavily in its fight against Islamist militancy, have been seeking those responsible for the killings of 17 army officers and soldiers in an ambush on Saturday. ...

Three militants and a tribesman killed in Yemen clashes

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:13 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed during clashes between al Qaeda-linked militants and pro-government tribesmen in Maarib province, east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a tribal source said early on Wednesday.

Gaza's tunnels rebound from Israeli offensive

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007 file photo, a Palestinian tunnel digger, wearing a mask to conceal his identity, removes sand in a bucket from a tunnel underground in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt. Rafah's biggest business is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring the conduit for consumer goods and weapons so crucial to Hamas rule. The 12-kilometer, or eight-mile, slice of land at the Gaza Strip's southern tip is humming around the clock with workers carting in cement, bricks, gravel and scaffolding material. The quick rebound has raised questions about how much damage Israel inflicted on the tunnels during last months eight-day operation. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring the illicit conduit for consumer goods and weapons so crucial to Hamas rule.

Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will withhold tax revenues from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's administration until March at least in response to his statehood campaign at the United Nations, Israel's foreign minister said.

Thomas Heatherwick on design

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:33 PM PST

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VIDEO: Deadly shooting at Oregon mall

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:07 PM PST

A gunman has opened fire at a shopping mall near the city of Portland, Oregon, killing at least two people.

VIDEO: Deadly shooting at Oregon mall

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:07 PM PST

A gunman has opened fire at a shopping mall near the city of Portland, Oregon, killing at least two people.

Turkish ex-leader's body shows poison, death cause unclear: media

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:09 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The exhumed body of Turkey's late President Turgut Ozal, who led the country out of military rule in the 1980s, contained poison but the cause of death was unclear, local media reported an autopsy as showing on Wednesday. There have long been rumors that Ozal, who died of heart failure in 1993 aged 65, was murdered by militants of the "deep state" - a shadowy group within the Turkish establishment of the day. Ozal had angered some with his efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency and survived an assassination bid in 1988. ...

Turkish ex-leader's body shows poison, death cause unclear: media

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:09 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The exhumed body of Turkey's late President Turgut Ozal, who led the country out of military rule in the 1980s, contained poison but the cause of death was unclear, local media reported an autopsy as showing on Wednesday.

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar laughs as he speaks during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.

Syrian opposition poised for full recognition

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:21 PM PST

Friends of Syria conference in Morocco expected to recognise group as 'legitimate representative' of country.

Deadly shootings in Oregon shopping mall

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:11 PM PST

Gunman opens fire killing two people before taking his own life in Clacakmas Town Centre in Portland.

US expert says NKorea rocket launches satellite

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:53 PM PST

An American space expert said North Korea has succeeded in launching a satellite into space.

Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 11:17 PM PST

Renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar dies in a hospital in San Diego at the age of 92.

Court dismisses sex harassment case against Australian lawmaker

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:07 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power was strengthened on Wednesday when a court threw out a sexual harassment case against parliament's former speaker after months of damaging attacks by the opposition. The court finding means that Peter Slipper, who sits as an independent, is likely to serve out his full term in parliament, shoring up the stability of the minority Labor government and reducing the chance of an election before the second half of 2013. ...

NKorea defies warnings, launches long-range rocket

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 10:14 PM PST

South Korean man uses his smartphone to take a television screen reporting a news about North Korea's rocket launch at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea fired a long-range rocket Wednesday in its second launch under its new leader, South Korean officials said, defying warnings from the U.N. and Washington only days before South Korean presidential elections. The letters on the screen read " North Korea's rocket launch seems to be successful." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a giant step forward in its quest to develop the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead.

Indian sitar virtuouso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:42 PM PST

Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.

Court dismisses sex harassment case against Australian lawmaker

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:07 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power was strengthened on Wednesday when a court threw out a sexual harassment case against parliament's former speaker after months of damaging attacks by the opposition.

Uruguay's lower house approves gay marriage law

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:30 PM PST

An activist wearing gay pride colors stands outside Parliament where lawmakers are debating a same sex marriage law in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Taboo-breaking Uruguay is poised to legalize gay marriage, with lawmakers debating Tuesday whether to create a single law governing marriage for heterosexuals and homosexuals. The new proposal would make Uruguay the second nation in Latin America and the 12th in the world to legalize gay marriage, after The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina and Denmark. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)Lawmakers in taboo-breaking Uruguay voted to legalize gay marriage late Tuesday night, approving a single law governing marriage for heterosexuals and homosexuals.

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