UN urges security accord at Sudan summit

UN urges security accord at Sudan summit


UN urges security accord at Sudan summit

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:21 PM PDT

World bodies call for comprehensive peace deal as the leaders of the two rival Sudans prepare for summit in Ethiopia.


Iran detains centrist ex-president's daughter

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:30 PM PDT

Iran's official news agency says authorities have detained the daughter of influential ex-president and political centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.


"Ghetto Chavez" and the battle for Venezuela's youth vote

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:31 PM PDT

People hang a poster depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a rap singer during a boxing tournament at a slum in Los TequesCARACAS (Reuters) - In Venezuela's biggest slum, a graffiti artist stencils a painting of President Hugo Chavez dunking a basketball. Another has him rapping to hip-hop music, and another doing a wheelie on a motorcycle. "Chavez el mio" ("My Chavez") reads a slogan on one of the series of striking campaign images ahead of the October 7 election. It is a new look for the 58-year-old president, who is seeking another six-year term in a tight race despite undergoing cancer surgery three times since June 2011. ...



Belarus holds elections boycotted by opposition

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:08 PM PDT

Belarusian reads posters during an anti-election campaign picket in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Belarus will hold a parliamentary elections on Sunday, expected to elect what is essentially a rubber-stamp parliament, with most power remaining in the hands of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Belarus is holding parliamentary elections Sunday without the main opposition parties, which boycotted the vote because of complaints over the detention of political prisoners and opportunities for election fraud.



"Ghetto Chavez" and the battle for Venezuela's youth vote

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:31 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - In Venezuela's biggest slum, a graffiti artist stencils a painting of President Hugo Chavez dunking a basketball.


VIDEO: Drug gang violence in Marseilles

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:33 PM PDT

Police in the southern French city of Marseilles are investigating the 20th murder there in the past nine months.


VIDEO: Drug gang violence in Marseilles

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:33 PM PDT

Police in the southern French city of Marseilles are investigating the 20th murder there in the past nine months.


VIDEO: Georgia prison abuse: Hunger strike

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Members of Georgia's opposition party have gone on hunger strike as a row over the abuse of prisoners continues.


Pakistani bounty placed on anti-Islam filmmaker

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:37 PM PDT

A girl attends an anti-U.S. demonstration with religious students in the compound of the Red Mosque in IslamabadPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 on Saturday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world. "I announce today that this blasphemer, this sinner who has spoken nonsense about the holy Prophet, anyone who murders him, I will reward him with $100,000," Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour told a news conference, to applause. "I invite the Taliban brothers and the al Qaeda brothers to join me in this blessed mission. ...



Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:55 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Former CIA operative Edwin P. Wilson, who was found guilty in 1983 of selling arms to Libya but released from prison in 2004 after a judge threw out the conviction, has died at age 84, a funeral home director said on Saturday. When Wilson was sent to prison, his was the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history. Wilson died on September 10 of complications from heart valve replacement surgery, said Craig Emmick, director at Columbia Funeral Home and Crematory in Seattle. ...


Capcom's Reasons For Releasing 'Monster Hunter 4' As A 3DS Exclusive Don't Add Up

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Monster Hunter 4 was the star of the Tokyo Video Games Show, but it's a shame the title is only coming to 3DS.


Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Former CIA operative Edwin P. Wilson, who was found guilty in 1983 of selling arms to Libya but released from prison in 2004 after a judge threw out the conviction, has died at age 84, a funeral home director said on Saturday.


VIDEO: Georgia prison abuse: Hunger strike

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Members of Georgia's opposition party have gone on hunger strike as a row over the abuse of prisoners continues.


Wife asks Iran to find missing spouse

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:42 PM PDT

The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson can't help but count the days since he vanished during a business trip to Iran's Kish Island on March 8, 2007.


Hiker Josh Fattal: A year on since his days in an Iranian prison

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:40 PM PDT

Just about a year ago, Josh Fattal, one of three American hikers imprisoned in Iran on suspicion of espionage, tasted freedom.


Polls open in Belarus election amid boycott

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:17 PM PDT

Opposition, alleging fraud, says citizens should avoid voting to deny parliamentary polls claim to legitimacy.


Somali lawmaker killed in capital Mogadishu

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:55 PM PDT

Father-in-law of former president becomes first lawmaker assassinated since appointment of new parliament in August.


Egypt's Mursi says Iran is vital to ending Syria's crisis

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:56 PM PDT

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi answers reporters' questions after meeting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in BrusselsCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President said on Saturday that having a strong relationship with Iran is important for Egypt at this time to be able to work out a way to end the bloodshed in Syria. Speaking in a televised interview, his first to state TV since his election last June, President Mohamed Mursi described Iran as "a main player in the region that could have an active and supportive role in solving the Syrian problem. ...



Lori Greiner, Shark Tank Star And Queen Of QVC, On A Great Asset: A Partner In Her Spouse

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT

"Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hour weeks" – Tweeted by Lori  Several weeks ago, I wrote about the role of the entrepreneurial spouse in building a winning company. One of our readers boldly told me the article was incomplete: The three examples I [...]


Pakistani bounty placed on anti-Islam filmmaker

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:37 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 on Saturday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world.