Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’

Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’

Obama Threatens to Veto Boehner’s Fiscal ‘Plan B’

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST

The president wants an extension of unemployment benefits and tax breaks for the working poor.

Hosni Mubarak treated in hospital

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:16 PM PST

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is treated in a military hospital after slipping and injuring his head, Egyptian state media say.

Clinton not responsible for Benghazi shortcomings: inquiry

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:27 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of an official inquiry into the fatal attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, did not find Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responsible for security lapses even as they outlined widespread failings within her department.

Sudan, South Sudan to discuss rebel support next month

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan will tackle the sensitive issue of support for rebel groups for the first time when they resume security talks next month, Sudan's defense minister said on Wednesday.

Georgia detains three former state officials for bribery

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:48 PM PST

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian prosecutors detained three former senior officials and the head of a power company on Wednesday, widening an investigation which the opposition says is a political witch-hunt by the new government.

Google captures 2012 zeitgeist

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:49 PM PST

The internet giant's analysis reveals that Whitney Houston topped the world's search term rankings.

Three State Dept. officials resign following Benghazi probe findings, news reports say

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST

The State Department's chief of security and two other officials have resigned from their positions, the Associated Press and CNN are reporting, following an independent investigation of the fatal attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya that found that "grossly" inadequate security and reliance on local militias left U.S. personnel vulnerable.

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Trial of Peru’s Comrade Artemio gets underway

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST

BOGOTA, Colombia — Florindo Eleuterio Flores, otherwise known as Comrade Artemio, spent 20 years at large in the eastern hills of the Peruvian Andes, carrying an AK-47 assault rifle.

Holding red flags with yellow hammers and sickles and sporting T-shirts with "Popular Guerrilla Army" emblazoned on the front, he continued to wage a revolutionary war against the state that most Peruvians only wanted to forget.

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Iran's supreme leader 'likes' Facebook despite ban

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST

Iran's supreme leader 'likes' Facebook despite ban

Yemeni president abolishes two major military units

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president abolished two major military units on Wednesday, state television reported, a move that appeared aimed at undermining a political rival and could deepen instability in the impoverished Arab state.

Rebels seize CAR town, push closer capital

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST

BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebels pushed closer to the capital of Central African Republic on Wednesday despite a military intervention by neighboring Chad meant to halt their rapid advance in the mineral-rich country.

U.N. chief pushes for regional deal to end Congo crisis

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Wednesday at the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and said he had discussed a plan to bring stability to the region with leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and other African states.

Israel pushes forward with new settlements

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

Approval of more settler homes accelerate Palestinian plans to appeal to International Criminal Court, official says.

Scarlett Johansson in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:56 AM PST

Scarlett Johansson, gravitating toward portraying flintier characters than those she portrayed earlier in her career, has returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Leading Off: A Sad Close to the Tebow Show

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:06 AM PST

Was the Jets' only goal in signing Tim Tebow to have a buzzy news conference? He may have to play elsewhere to resurrect his career.

VIDEO: Afghans face struggle for divorce

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:42 AM PST

Obtaining a divorce in Afghanistan is a difficult process when most couples chose to marry in the traditional way of giving their verbal consent rather than signing a legal document.

Italian president indicates February 24 election date

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 12:11 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president gave a strong indication on Wednesday that next year's election would be held in late February, as the country prepares to replace a technocrat government that has ruled for over a year.

Sri Lanka's chief justice appeals parliament report

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's chief justice appealed on Wednesday against a report by a parliamentary panel which said she was guilty of financial irregularities and failing to declare her assets, a case which has raised tensions between the government and the judiciary.

Park claims South Korea presidency

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:28 AM PST

Amid frigid temperatures, South Koreans headed to the polls to elect a new president in a nation increasingly anxious about its economy.

Park claims historic South Korea victory

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST

Amid frigid temperatures, South Koreans headed to the polls to elect a new president in a nation increasingly anxious about its economy.

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