US says pressure on Assad 'increasing'

US says pressure on Assad 'increasing'

US says pressure on Assad 'increasing'

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:56 PM PST

After meeting Russian foreign minister in Dublin, secretary of state says "events on the ground are accelerating".

Rights group: Israeli strike on Gaza home unlawful

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

A leading human rights group is accusing Israel of violating the laws of war when it killed 12 civilians in an airstrike during its recent conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza.

Images: Snow may have slowed NKorea launch prep

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:04 PM PST

This Dec. 4, 2012 satellite image taken by GeoEye and annotated and distributed by North Korea Tech and 38 North shows the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. New satellite images show that heavy snowfall may have slowed North Korean rocket launch preparations but that Pyongyang could still be ready for liftoff starting Monday, Dec. 10. This image was shared with the AP by the 38 North and North Korea Tech websites, which collaborate on analysis of the satellite imagery. (AP Photo/GeoEye via North Korea Tech and 38 North) MANDATORY CREDITNew satellite images indicate that snow may have slowed North Korea's rocket launch preparations, but that Pyongyang could still be ready for liftoff starting Monday.

Ghanaians to vote in presidential polls

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:19 PM PST

Tight race expected as one of Africa's most stable democracies elects its next leader and parliament.

Philippines starts to bury dead as toll hits 418

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:42 PM PST

Handout provided by the Philippine Army 10th Infantry Division shows an aerial view of damaged houses caused by flash floods in Compostela Valley province, southern PhilippinesNEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Residents in the southern Philippines began to bury their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for possible survivors of Typhoon Bopha, the country's strongest storm this year, which killed 418 people and left nearly as many missing. Officials in Compostela Valley, one of the worst hit provinces on the resource-rich island of Mindanao, were considering mass graves for unclaimed bodies killed by the typhoon which hit two days ago. ...

Exclusive: U.S. likely to extend Iran sanction waivers - sources

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:42 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will likely give India, South Korea, Turkey and others another six-month reprieve on Friday from financial sanctions because they have reduced their purchases of crude oil from Iran, two U.S. government sources said on Thursday. Oil shipments by Iran, the country's main source of foreign exchange, have more than halved in 2012 due to U.S. and European Union sanctions aimed at reining in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, pressuring its rial currency and igniting inflation. ...

Chinese Nobel winner dodges call for laureate's freedom

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:52 PM PST

Mo Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, speaks during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in StockholmSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A flustered Mo Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, steered clear of human rights issues and refused on Thursday to back a petition by fellow laureates for jailed compatriot and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. A group of 134 Nobel laureates including the Dalai Lama, wrote to Chinese Communist Party chief and president-in-waiting Xi Jinping urging him to release Liu, who won the prize two years ago. They also want Xi to free Liu's wife. ...

Canada says reviewing F-35 report, denies plan to cancel

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:48 PM PST

File photo of the F-35 Lightning II planes arriving at Edwards Air Force Base in CaliforniaOTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it was reviewing an independent report on the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, but denied that it had decided to cancel its planned purchase of 65 of the Lockheed Martin Corp warplanes. The CTV network reported earlier that the cost of Canada's planned F-35 purchase was set to soar in cost and the government would start looking at alternative planes. ...

Chinese Nobel winner dodges call for laureate's freedom

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:56 PM PST

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A flustered Mo Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, steered clear of human rights issues and refused on Thursday to back a petition by fellow laureates for jailed compatriot and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

Canada says reviewing F-35 report, denies plan to cancel

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:48 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it was reviewing an independent report on the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, but denied that it had decided to cancel its planned purchase of 65 of the Lockheed Martin Corp warplanes.

Philippines buries dead, typhoon toll hits 418

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:53 PM PST

NEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Residents in the southern Philippines buried their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for survivors of Typhoon Bopha, the nation's strongest storm this year, which killed 418 people and left nearly as many missing.

Exclusive: U.S. likely to extend Iran sanction waivers - sources

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 10:58 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will likely give India, South Korea, Turkey and others another six-month reprieve on Friday from financial sanctions because they have reduced their purchases of crude oil from Iran, two U.S. government sources said on Thursday.

VIDEO: McAfee taken to hospital in Guatemala

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:46 PM PST

The former software industrialist John McAfee, wanted for questioning over the death of a neighbour in Belize, is taken to hospital in Guatemala.

Death toll rises after Philippines typhoon

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:51 PM PST

At least 420 people confirmed dead and 400 more missing three days after powerful storm hits the south of the country.

Russia, U.S. talk as Syria events "accelerate on the ground"

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:31 PM PST

BEIRUT/DUBLIN (Reuters) - The two superpowers divided by Syria's civil war met head to head on Thursday, with signs emerging that Russia might curb its support for President Bashar al-Assad and Washington saying events were gathering speed on the ground.

U.N. nuclear chief: Alleged weapons testing site was probably sanitized by Iran

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:50 PM PST

The United Nations' chief nuclear official urged Iran on Thursday to allow inspection of a military base where Iranian scientists are suspected of conducting secret nuclear-weapons research, although he acknowledged that any traces of illicit activity have probably been removed.

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VIDEO: Obamas light White House Christmas tree

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:11 PM PST

The Obama family have switched on the US National Christmas Tree, which sits on the Ellipse, behind the White House in Washington DC.

Deep divisions as UN climate talks near end

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:46 PM PST

Standoff between rich and developing countries remains as the COP18 talks in Qatar enter the final stretch.

AP Exclusive: China Nobel wife speaks on detention

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:29 PM PST

Liu Xia, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, reacts emotionally to an unexpected visit by journalists from The Associated Press at her home in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Liu trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how her confinement under house arrest has been absurd and emotionally draining in the two years since her jailed activist husband was named a Nobel Peace laureate. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been in the two years since her jailed activist husband, Liu Xiaobo, was named a Nobel Peace laureate.

Ex-Thai PM will face murder charges over crackdown

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:16 PM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva talks to reporters during a news conference on Thailand's dispute with Cambodia over an ancient temple at Government House in Bangkok. Thai law enforcement authorities announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, that they will file murder charges against Abhisit and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for their roles in a deadly 2010 crackdown on anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)Investigators say they plan to file murder charges against Thailand's former prime minister and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for their roles in a deadly 2010 crackdown on anti-government protests.

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