Kidnap gangs use leaked bank details to prey on Afghan tycoons

Kidnap gangs use leaked bank details to prey on Afghan tycoons

Kidnap gangs use leaked bank details to prey on Afghan tycoons

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:02 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan construction magnate Haji Asadullah Ghaznawi was dragged from his office with a gun to his head and locked up in a slaughterhouse for almost three weeks.

Iran chides EU for handing Sakharov Prize to dissidents

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran criticized the European Union on Sunday for giving its prize for human rights and freedom of thought to two Iranians, a lawyer and a filmmaker, who were cut off from the outside world for defying the country's leadership.

Hungary's Jews face down new extremism

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A week after a leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party called for lists of prominent Jews to be drawn up to protect national security, Janos Fonagy stepped forward.

Indonesia's clogged ports strain growth prospects

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At Jakarta's infrastructure monitoring nerve center, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter feed allows officials to respond in real time to any public complaints.

Syria VP says neither side can win war

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Farouq al-Sharaa says "historic settlement", involving formation of national unity government needed to end conflict.

Lanza Used a Popular AR-15 Style Rifle in Newtown

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:42 PM PST

Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle, a model of the popular AR-15 style guns that can fire multiple rounds rapidly and at high velocity and have appeared in other recent shooting rampages.

Palestinian PM Fayyad hits back at Israel with boycott call

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:40 PM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad urged his compatriots in the occupied West Bank on Sunday to boycott all Israeli products, upping the ante in a standoff with the Jewish state.

Son of Iran's Rafsanjani released from prison: IRNA

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The son of influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released from prison on Sunday night after spending more than two months in detention, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Syrian Airstrike Kills Palestinian Refugees

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST

An attack in Syria's capital reportedly drove dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect.

Syrian Airstrike Kills Palestinian Refugees

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:30 PM PST

Government forces killed at least eight people in the Yarmouk district of Damascus and reportedly drove dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect to the rebels.

Blasts rock Nairobi neighbourhood

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 01:16 PM PST

Several injured in series of explosions in Somali Eastleigh suburb in Kenyan capital.

VIDEO: Rethinking political loyalty in SA

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST

South Africa's governing African National Congress is meeting to decide who will lead it into the next general election.

Pro-Monti centre-right urges PM to run in election

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-right leaders increased pressure on Prime Minister Mario Monti on Sunday to run for a second term in an impending election as the leader of an alliance of "moderates".

Bloomberg Urges Obama to Take Action on Gun Control

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:09 PM PST

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, a leading voice for gun control, all but demanded Sunday that President Obama confront the prevalence of guns in the nation.

At Yarmouk refu­gee camp in Syria, fighting intensifies

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:03 AM PST

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Syrian jets dropped bombs on a decades-old Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus on Sunday after days of intense fighting in the crowded neighborhood between Syrian rebels and Palestinians who support the government, opposition activists said.

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Large Paris march to support gay marriage plan

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Supporters of same-sex marriage and adoption marched through Paris on Sunday to back the French government's planned reform and counter unexpectedly strong opposition from conservative and religious groups.

Wartime pigeon message 'cracked'

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST

A World War II coded message strapped to the remains of a pigeon has foiled Britain's top code breakers. But has a Canadian enthusiast done what the experts could not and found the key?

Tottenham 1-0 Swansea

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:19 AM PST

Jan Vertonghen scores the winner against Swansea to send Tottenham back into the Premier League's top four.

Fisherman swept out to sea dies

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:04 AM PST

A fisherman who was rescued after he was swept out to sea in County Durham has died, police confirm.

Fiscal Cliff Casts Big Shadow on Sunnier 2013 Economic Forecasts

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

Economists' opinions vary, and some envision slower growth, especially in the beginning of the year, even if Washington avoids a stalemate in the fiscal talks.

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