Brazil prosecutor targets oil giants

Brazil prosecutor targets oil giants

Brazil prosecutor targets oil giants

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT

Chevron and Transocean reject latest $10.9bn lawsuit as "arbitrary" and "without merit".


Sting, Trudie Styler Raise Millions for the Rainforest with Bill Clinton, Stars

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:31 PM PDT

What a night for the 20 plus year Rainforest Foundation: Trudie Styler produced her biennial all-star fundraiser at Carnegie Hall, probably the best ever with Sting, , , Jennifer Hudson, Roseanne Cash, Esperanza Spaulding, Vince Gill, Bruno , opera great Bryn Terfel, Rita Wilson, , and Channing Tatum with his gorgeous dancer wife Jenna, and ...


India army units' unusual movements spooked government: paper

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Indian army units that moved towards New Delhi on a January night without notifying the government raised an alarm in the capital, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing several unidentified sources.

VIDEO: Russians fight to engage in politics

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT

Russia's anti-government street protests may have petered out since President Putin's re-election, but Muscovites' renewed interest in politics has far from waned.


Former Turkish president on trial for 1980 coup

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:58 PM PDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Retired General Kenan Evren, symbol of an era when the military dominated Turkish politics, goes on trial on Wednesday for his role leading a 1980 coup that shaped the country for three decades until reforms cut back the power of the "Pashas".

Deadly blast in Pakistan's Khyber district

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:11 PM PDT

Explosion rips through passenger van in northwestern tribal region, killing six people and seriously injuring others.


Analysis: Success of Annan peace plan for Syria hinges on Russia

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT

U.N.-Arab League envoy Annan looks on during his meeting with Russian President Medvedev in MoscowUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The success or failure of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria will depend largely on how willing Russia is to keep sustained pressure on a government that Moscow is determined to protect from Western calls for "regime change." Even if, as expected, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fails to comply fully with an April 10 deadline to halt military operations and pull its army out of population centers, U.N. diplomats say Annan will keep pushing Russia and China to help him pressure Damascus to end the year-long conflict. The former U.N. ...

French police launch new swoops on suspected Islamists

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:47 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Elite French police arrested 10 suspected Islamists in early morning raids on Wednesday in several cities, including Marseille, a police source said. The DCRI domestic intelligence service, supported by elite RAID and GIPN commandos, also carried out arrests in the southern cities of Pau and Valence, and the northeastern town of Roubaix, the source said. ...


Addicts embody cocaine boom in Brazil's "cracklands"

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:02 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When night falls, street crack marketplaces open for business. The gritty transactions of the drug trade take over in city neighborhoods that hum with legitimate commerce by day. Throngs of stupefied buyers crowd around dealers before skulking away behind the telltale glow of cigarette lighters. These are not the images that Brazil wants to project. ...


Iraq says Iran proposes Baghdad as nuclear talks venue

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has proposed holding the next round of talks with six world powers over its disputed nuclear program next week in Iraq instead of Turkey, Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the April 13-14 negotiations with Iran would be held in Istanbul, the first such meeting since January 2011 when the two sides failed even to agree on an agenda. ...


VIDEO: Russians fight to engage in politics

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT

Russia's anti-government street protests may have petered out since President Putin's re-election, but Muscovites' renewed interest in politics has far from waned.


VIDEO: Mammoth carcass found in Siberia

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:16 PM PDT

The discovery of a well-preserved juvenile mammoth suggests that ancient humans "stole" mammoths from hunting lions, scientists say.


French police launch new swoops on suspected Islamists

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:48 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Elite French police arrested 10 suspected Islamists in early morning raids on Wednesday in several cities, including Marseille, a police source said.

Spanish-Speaking U.S. Residents Eschew 'Hispanic' Label

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:57 PM PDT

The majority of U.S. residents who trace their origins to Spanish-speaking countries don't embrace the Hispanic or Latino labels, according to a national survey.


Analysis: Success of Annan peace plan for Syria hinges on Russia

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The success or failure of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria will depend largely on how willing Russia is to keep sustained pressure on a government that Moscow is determined to protect from Western calls for "regime change."

Analysis: Success of Annan peace plan for Syria hinges on Russia

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:09 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The success or failure of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria will depend largely on how willing Russia is to keep sustained pressure on a government that Moscow is determined to protect from Western calls for "regime change."

Addicts embody cocaine boom in Brazil's "cracklands"

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:16 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When night falls, street crack marketplaces open for business.

VIDEO: Mammoth carcass found in Siberia

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:16 PM PDT

The discovery of a well-preserved juvenile mammoth suggests that ancient humans "stole" mammoths from hunting lions, scientists say.


Beyond Girls Around Me: Artist Ai Weiwei Turns the Creepy Surveillance on Himself

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:39 PM PDT

While Americans debate the limits of internet privacy spurred by the creepy pick-up app, Girls Around Me, on the other side of the world,??dissident??artist Ai Weiwei is turning the tools of state surveillance on himself. Since being arrested on trumped up tax evasion charges a year??ago, WeiWei has been the subject of intense scrutiny in ...


First Marines in Australia as U.S. ramps up Asia-Pacific focus

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:52 PM PDT

US Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment complete Australian Customs paperwork as they arrive at a Royal Australian Air Force Base in Darwin(Reuters) - About 200 U.S. Marines began a six month deployment in Australia on Wednesday, in the first wave of a buildup of 2,500 troops due eventually to rotate through a de facto base in Darwin, as the U.S. deepens its military presence in the Asia-Pacific. The deployment of Marines to northern Australia has sparked concern in China, where officials have questioned whether it is part of a larger U.S. strategy aimed at encircling it and thwarting the country's rise as a global power. ...
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