VIDEO: Colombia rebels in hostage pledge

VIDEO: Colombia rebels in hostage pledge


VIDEO: Colombia rebels in hostage pledge

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:35 PM PST

Colombia's left-wing Farc rebel group says it will free 10 members of the security forces it holds hostage and abandon kidnappings for ransom.


VIDEO: Mobile giants unveil latest designs

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:42 PM PST

Rory Cellan-Jones previews the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona and asks if there is any difference between the raft of new phones being announced.


Plot to assassinate Putin foiled: Russian TV

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 11:06 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian security groups have foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after Russia's March 4 presidential election, Russia's pro-government Channel One television said on Monday.


Putin warns West over Syria, Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

AP - Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and its Western allies of supporting the Arab Spring revolts in its own interests and strongly warned against a military intervention in Syria.


World Bank says China needs sweeping reforms (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

AP - China needs to reduce the dominant role of state companies in its economy and promote free markets to keep growth steady and avoid potential crises, the World Bank and Chinese researchers said Monday.


VIDEO: Highlights from the Oscars ceremony

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:13 PM PST

Silent movie The Artist has won best picture, best director for Michel Hazanavicius and best actor for Jean Dujardin at the Oscars.


VIDEO: Australia's Gillard survives challenge

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:21 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defeated Kevin Rudd in the Labor Party leadership ballot.


Silent film makes big splash at Oscars

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:21 PM PST

"The Artist" bags five top honours while nominees from Iran and Pakistan win Academy Awards for the first time.


Sweden's PM Hits The Road in Search of Jobs Boost

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:29 PM PST

During his time in office, Fredrik Reinfeldt has visited dozens of looking for the secrets for raising employment


Iran state TV says Oscar win victory over Israel (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:08 PM PST

AP - Iran's state TV has described the country's foreign film Oscar win as a victory over Israel.


Osama bin Laden's Pakistan home is no more (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:16 PM PST

A girl walks past the building where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces last May while demolition work is carried out in Abbottabad February 26, 2012.  Pakistani forces began demolishing the house in an unexplained move carried out in the dark of night.  REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood   (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men.



VIDEO: Australia's Gillard survives challenge

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:21 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defeated Kevin Rudd in the Labor Party leadership ballot.


TV: Russia, Ukraine agents foil anti-Putin plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:11 PM PST

AP - Russian and Ukrainian special services have arrested a group of suspects accused of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia's state television said Monday.


Two arrested over 'plot to kill Putin'

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:51 PM PST

Russian state TV says would-be assassins planned to kill current prime minister after March 4 presidential vote.


Missing Son in Iraq: Family Learns Fate

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:16 PM PST

Years of uncertainty for the family of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ahmed Altaie, who was snatched by militants from a Baghdad street in 2006 and was the last American soldier in the war listed as missing or captured, came to an end on Sunday.


Syria counts vote of controversial referendum

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:37 PM PST

Charter meant to end decades of one-party rule dismissed as meaningless by opposition amid government crackdown.


Pakistan school strives to beat the Taliban trap (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

AP - - The boy was 2 when his mother dumped him on the streets, 4 when he spent his first night in a tiny prison cell, being sexually assaulted by an older inmate. Prostitution for money and shelter followed, then hashish, and glue-sniffing.


Roth IRA Conversion 2012: A Roth Conversion Calculator

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:06 PM PST

Nearly everyone is an excellent candidate for executing a Roth conversion this year. At the end of 2012, tax rates are going up across the board. With political gridlock and a debt-strapped national government, tax rates are unlikely to be this low again in the near future. We recommend enlisting the professional assistance of a ...


Oscars 2012 - The Real Winners and Losers

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST

'The Artist' wins big. Billy Crystal ... not so much.


'The Artist' takes top Oscar honors

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:27 PM PST

The silent, black-and-white film "The Artist" took top honors at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, garnering five Oscars for best picture, best directing, best costume design, best original music score and best actor.