Mali rebels agree to respect 'national unity'

Mali rebels agree to respect 'national unity'

Mali rebels agree to respect 'national unity'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST

Ansar Dine and MNLA agree in talks with the government to respect territorial integrity and unity of country.

Israeli leaders gush over Hillary Clinton in tribute video

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST

Every year, D.C.-based think tank the Brookings Institution hosts, through its Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a conference of government officials and Mideast-focused thinkers. This year's featured a keynote speech by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was introduced by a polished, effusive, eight-minute video tribute. The video, embedded above, included interviews with a few American figures President Obama and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, among others and with several foreign leaders: one each from Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, the U.K. and the United Arab Emirates, plus four of Israel's most prominent politicians.

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Restaurant Review: Moti Mahal Delux in Manhattan

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Mughlai food, rich in spices and butter, can be lavish when attention is paid to the ingredients, as it is at Moti Mahal Delux.

EU fails to agree bank supervisor

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:25 PM PST

EU finance ministers fail to reach agreement on setting up a single supervisor for eurozone banks after a meeting in Brussels.

Gunman made phone call to friends

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:18 AM PST

Friends of a council leader recall how he telephoned them moments after shooting his wife dead and just before he shot himself.

Media Decoder Blog: Netflix Bests Starz in Bid for Disney Movies

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Walt Disney Studios said that it would show films from its Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm banners on Netflix, the first time that one of Hollywood's Big Six studios has chosen Web streaming over pay television.

Rio arrests 59 police in corruption crackdown

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Investigators in Rio de Janeiro arrested 59 police officers and 11 alleged drug traffickers on Tuesday after a year-long bribery probe and ongoing efforts to stamp out police corruption ahead of the World Cup in 2014 and Summer Olympics in 2016.

Amsterdam plans to relocate troublemakers to scum villages'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST

In a move that sounds straight out of Orwell, Amsterdam allocated 1 million euros last week to a plan that would relocate trouble-making neighbors to camps on the outskirts of the city, the BBC reports.

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Obama: 'Taxes may drop in 2013'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST

US President Barack Obama says taxes for the rich could go down in 2013 alongside broader reform, but must rise now as part of a "fiscal cliff" deal.

Government supporters attack Tunisia union

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST

Police in Tunis separate supporters of Ennahda party and trade union protesters as unrest reaches the capital.

Spain unemployment hits record levels

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST

Latest data shows that unemployment rate rose by 1.5 per cent in November, hitting 4.9 million.

Suspect in Fatal Subway Push Is in Custody

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:52 PM PST

After reviewing video footage, detectives found a man suspected of pushing a man into the path of a subway train in Midtown.

IOC suspends India from Olympics

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

India is suspended by the IOC ahead of upcoming elections in which officials accused of corruption were set to be appointed.

VIDEO: Sri Lanka judge in corruption case

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST

Sri Lanka's most senior judge, Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, has appeared before a parliamentary committee which is looking into corruption allegations against her.

Italy court says wiretaps of president inadmissible in mafia case

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:24 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's highest court on Tuesday ruled that a court in Palermo had wrongly dragged President Giorgio Napolitano into a probe on alleged negotiations between the mafia and the state following deadly gangland bombings two decades ago.

Merkel's conservatives show total unity before 2013 election

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) put on a show of total unity at a congress on Tuesday, re-electing Angela Merkel as party leader by a record margin as she prepares to fight for a third term as chancellor.

IOC suspends India from Olympics

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:07 PM PST

India is suspended by the IOC ahead of upcoming elections in which officials accused of corruption were set to be appointed.

Scenes from Egypt's protests, The Last Warning'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has fled the presidential palace in Heliopolis after it was surrounded by angry protesters. Tens of thousands of Egyptians are rallying in violent demonstrations across the country in the worst political crisis there since the ouster two years ago of then-President Hosni Mubarak, the Washington Post reports.

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Egyptians take anti-Morsi protests to presidential palace

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

CAIRO — Thousands of protesters massed outside the presidential palace and in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday, as Egyptians voiced their opposition to President Mohamed Morsi for a 12th straight day.

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Internet guru talks about life on the run

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:35 AM PST

The journey to interview Internet security guru John McAfee began with a secret phrase, a mysterious driver and a circuitous route full of left turns, right turns and U-turns.

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