Slovenia police clash with anti-graft protesters

Slovenia police clash with anti-graft protesters


Slovenia police clash with anti-graft protesters

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST

LJUBLJANA/MARIBOR, Slovenia (Reuters) - At least 12 people were injured when police clashed with protesters in Slovenia's second city Maribor on Monday, in the latest of a series of rallies against budget cuts and graft in the financially-troubled Alpine state.

UK summons Argentine envoy over Falklands "intimidation"

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain summoned Argentina's ambassador to London on Monday after masked men ransacked the offices of a shipping company in Buenos Aires, a move the Foreign Office alleged was aimed at deterring ships from visiting the disputed Falkland Islands.

At War Blog: Vietnam Veterans, Discharged Under Cloud, File Suit Saying Trauma Was Cause

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:37 PM PST

Vietnam War veterans claiming PTSD sue the armed forces for better discharges.

Storms Topple New England Trees, and Raise Fears

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST

After a period of violent weather, the region's sugar maples, birches and oaks are as much a source of terror as they are of pride.

Dutch linesman dies after attack

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:37 PM PST

A Dutch man has died after being kicked and punched by three teenage football players for whom he acted as linesman during their Sunday league match.

Trouble erupts after flag vote

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:56 PM PST

Protesters try to storm Belfast City Hall as the council votes to change its policy of flying the Union flag outside the building all year round.

International pressure mounts on Israel to cancel West Bank building

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

JERUSALEM – Israel came under mounting international pressure Monday to rescind a decision to build 3,000 homes in West Bank settlements and East Jerusalem and advance plans for construction seen as critically damaging prospects for a viable Palestinian state.

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Civil war in Syria puts Turkey on edge

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:32 PM PST

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The intensifying violence in Syria raised alarm on the country's northern border Monday, as Turkey scrambled military jets after Syrian planes bombed rebels fighting on the frontier's edge while panicked civilians crawled across a barbed wire fence separating the two countries.

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Russia, China urge North Korea to drop rocket launch plan

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) - Russia and China urged North Korea on Monday not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, with Moscow saying any such move would violate restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council.

Boehner Counters Obama’s Proposal on Deficit Cuts

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:40 PM PST

The Republican plan would cut the deficit by $2.2 trillion over the next decade by raising $800 billion in revenue and cutting $1.2 trillion in spending.

Internet guru on his life on the run

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:26 PM 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.

Government defeated on legal aid

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST

The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over plans to restrict legal aid in welfare cases.

Violent mass protest continue in Slovenia

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

LJUBLJANA/MARIBOR, Slovenia (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police in Slovenia's second largest city Maribor on Monday in a demonstration against budget cuts in the financially troubled Alpine state.

VIDEO: Russia's giant jam 'getting bigger'

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

A traffic jam which trapped thousands of Russian motorists amid bad weather is reported to be "getting bigger again".

VIDEO: Obamas congratulate Kate and William

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 11:25 AM PST

President Obama and his wife Michelle have extended their congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge upon news that the couple is expecting their first child

VIDEO: Deadly legacy of Halabja gas attacks

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:40 AM PST

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a chemical weapons specialist, explains how traces of chemicals are still being found in Halabja almost 25 years after a chemical attack on the town.

VIDEO: @pontifex: Pope gets Twitter account

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 07:28 AM PST

The Pope is to begin sending Twitter messages using the handle @pontifex as his personal account, the Vatican said.

Why people are so upset about Kim Kardashian's odd visit to Bahrain

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

About a month before Kim Kardashian flew to the Middle Eastern island nation of Bahrain this weekend, 28 of the country's medics and doctors were assembled before a courtroom. They had been charged after treating some of the protesters who have been rallying now for over a year, calling for democracy and for improved human rights. An ear, nose, and throat specialist named Nabeel Tammam, one of the defendants, raised his hand. The judge had just dismissed a defense attorney's claim that his clients had been tortured, and Tammam had something to say. "My name is Nabeel Tammam," he said when the judge acknowledged him, apparently mistaking him for a lawyer. "I am one of the medics, and I was tortured." The judge closed the hearing.

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US sharpens warning on Syria chemical weapons

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST

The warning comes as UN and EU scale back staff and activities from Syria due to the worsening security situation.

Elizabeth Price wins Turner Prize

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST

Video artist Elizabeth Price wins the Turner Prize, one of the art world's most prestigious and controversial awards.

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