Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

Once the situation is more stable, France wants African troops to do most of the work to wrest the north of Mali from the Islamists, as called for under a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December.

Netanyahu says Israel needs strong ruling party

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support.

Shooting at Brazil samba school

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:23 PM PST

Gunmen on motorcycles open fire during a carnival rehearsal by a samba school in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing three youths.

CIA drone strikes will get pass in counterterrorism ‘playbook,’ officials say

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:57 AM PST

The Obama administration is nearing completion of a detailed counterterrorism manual that is designed to establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations but leaves open a major exemption for the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan, U.S. officials said.

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Maduro slams business leaders over Venezuela economy comments

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders on Saturday, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez fights to recover from surgery.

Cole agrees new Chelsea contract

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:57 AM PST

Ashley Cole reaches an agreement on a new contract at Chelsea, with the deal expected to be signed early next week.

Family of dead Pakistan officer seeks probe

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:50 AM PST

Kamran Faisal's family says he had torture marks on his body, rejecting postmortem report that termed death as suicide.

US firm to file Armstrong lawsuit

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:23 AM PST

Texas company SCA Promotions plans to file a lawsuit next week to recoup $12m from disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

The Lede Blog: Bulgarian Politician Faces Off With Gunman During Televised Conference

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:59 AM PST

A man attempted to fire a gas pistol at Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish political party, while he was giving a speech in Sofia.

Five Britons feared dead in Algeria

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:52 PM PST

Foreign Secretary William Hague says five Britons and one UK resident have been killed or are missing as a result of the hostage crisis in Algeria.

Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria's Homs

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:05 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on Thursday, and fierce fighting raged across the country.

Bolshoi’s Sergei Filin recovers from eye surgery as police pursue acid attack case

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:38 AM PST

MOSCOW — Police visited Sergei Filin in his Moscow hospital room Saturday as they investigated an acid attack that left the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director recovering from eye surgery and stunned dancers and fans around the world.

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W African leaders urge global support on Mali

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST

ECOWAS bloc holds meeting in Ivory Coast as France asks African nations to join fight against Ansar al-Dine-led rebels.

Merkel's CDU rides popularity wave in German state vote

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:42 AM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats in Lower Saxony on Saturday predicted victory in a close-run regional election that will gauge Merkel's chances of winning a third term.

Cease-Fire in Myanmar With Kachin Rebels Fails to Take Hold

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:55 AM PST

Ethnic Kachin rebels and at least one independent observer say that the fighting was less intense than in previous days and that the government's aerial bombardments stopped.

Washington Readies for Festive but Scaled-Down Version of Inauguration

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Officials expect 600,000 to 800,000 people to turn out on the National Mall to witness Monday's inauguration, typical for most inaugurations but far short of the 1.8 million who clogged the city in 2009.

Earl Weaver, a Volatile, Visionary Manager, Dies at 82

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:33 AM PST

Mr. Weaver was the Hall of Fame manager who brought pugnacity and pragmatism to the Baltimore Orioles dugout, tormenting a generation of umpires along the way.

India's ruling Congress party names Rahul Gandhi its No. 2

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:01 AM PST

NEW DELHI — The latest heir apparent to India's oldest and most powerful political dynasty was elevated Saturday to the ruling Congress party's second-highest post, a move that the party hopes will revive its fortunes ahead of national elections expected later this year.

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VIDEO: Boeing halts Dreamliner deliveries

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:49 PM PST

Boeing has said it will continue production of its 787 Dreamliner, but has suspended deliveries of any further aircraft until a battery problem is resolved.

VIDEO: Bulgarian leader fights off gunman

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST

Police in Bulgaria have arrested a man after he jumped on stage and put a gun to the head of the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, as he was making a speech in Sofia.

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