Attackers blow up main oil pipeline in Yemen: officials

Attackers blow up main oil pipeline in Yemen: officials


Attackers blow up main oil pipeline in Yemen: officials

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:19 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers blew up Yemen's main oil pipeline, forcing the country to shut down one of its most lucrative sources of income, government and tribal sources said on Saturday.

Iraqi extremists try to harness opposition rage

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:39 PM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 photo, masked men parade during a protest against Iraq's Shiite-led government in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government's efforts to stamp out a resurgent al-Qaida and other extremists. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government's efforts to stamp out a resurgent al-Qaida and other insurgent groups.


Planets Outside Of Our Solar System

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

NASA Joins ESA Hunt For Dark Energy And Matter

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

NASA and the European Space Agency announced this week that the two organizations have partnered on the ESA's Euclid mission. This mission, a space telescope that launches in 2020, is designed to further astronomers' understanding of the roles dark matter and dark energy played in the evolution of the universe.

Morsi sends army to Suez after deadly clashes

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:49 PM PST

Egyptian president says security forces will 'chase the criminals' responsible for violence that has left seven dead.

Venezuela's Chavez in "best moment" since surgery: VP Maduro

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to state TV after arriving from Cuba in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his "best moment" since undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba 45 days ago, the vice president said on Saturday, adding Chavez has made important economic decisions to strengthen exports. "He's got a smile that's filled with light, his thoughts are illuminated," said Nicolas Maduro in televised comments just after midnight after returning from a visit with Chavez. The normally garrulous president has not been heard from since a complex operation on December 11. ...


Europe's emigrants face red tape in Latin America

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:45 PM PST

Maria Moreira, who immigrated to Chile from Spain, poses for a portrait in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Migration from European Union countries to Latin America and the Caribbean has grown since 2010, when economic indicators in several Latin American nations began to improve. Most come from Spain and Portugal, mainly because of the language, and their main destinations are Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Chile. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Geologist David Rodriguez and actress Cristina Pascual, two of the nearly six million Spaniards left jobless in the European recession, fled to Latin America last year, figuring their futures would be brighter in the booming economies on this side of the Atlantic.


Troops seize another town in northern Mali

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:05 PM PST

French and African troops take control of Hombori as they advance towards rebel stronghold of Gao.

Gay rights protesters arrested in Russia

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:18 PM PST

Group stages a "kiss-in" outside lower house of parliament to protest new bill banning "homosexual propaganda."

Venezuela's Chavez in "best moment" since surgery: VP Maduro

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:10 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his "best moment" since undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba 45 days ago, the vice president said on Saturday, adding Chavez has made important economic decisions to strengthen exports.

VIDEO: Inside Homs with the UN

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:45 PM PST

The UN has been visiting displaced residents in the Syrian city of Homs, which has been at the centre of the conflict in the country

There He Goes Again: Egypt's Morsi Stuns U.S. Senators In Meeting With 'Jews-Control-Media' Slur

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:47 PM PST

One would think that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi would have learned his lesson two weeks ago: Try not to bite the hand that you need to help feed your country. After all, Forbes called him out on Jan 11th for urging a boycott of America and labeling Jews "apes and pigs" on an Egyptian TV video in 2010.

Entrepreneurs Who Master Storytelling Win More

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:20 PM PST

The entrepreneur's challenge is to effectively communicate their value proposition, not only to customers, but also to vendors, partners, investors, and their own team. Especially for technical founders, this is normally all about presenting impressive facts. But in reality facts only go so far. Stories often work better, because humans don't always make rational decisions.

Syrian troops and militia push to take Sunni Homs areas

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:06 PM PST

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his rifle during heavy fighting in Mleha suburb of DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army has stepped up an offensive on opposition Sunni Muslim strongholds in the central city of Homs, bringing in ground forces and loyalist militia to try to secure a major road junction, opposition sources said on Friday. Around 15,000 Sunni civilians are trapped on the southern and western edge of the city near the intersection of Syria's main north-south and east-west arteries, crucial to let the army travel between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast, opposition campaigners in Homs said. ...


Venezuela prison riot kills dozens: report

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:06 PM PST

Soldiers prepare to evacuate unidentified injured victims during an uprising at Centro Occidental (Uribana) prison in BarquisimetoCARACAS (Reuters) - A jail riot in southwestern Venezuela killed dozens of people on Friday, local media reported, the latest incident in the ongoing crisis in the South American nation's crowded prisons. Violence broke out after news of an inspection to confiscate weapons at the Centro Occidental jail, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said in a statement, without providing a death toll. Local media reports say between 26 and 54 people were killed and dozens wounded. ...


Syrian troops and militia push to take Sunni Homs areas

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:00 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army has stepped up an offensive on opposition Sunni Muslim strongholds in the central city of Homs, bringing in ground forces and loyalist militia to try to secure a major road junction, opposition sources said on Friday.

Venezuela prison riot kills dozens: report

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:06 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - A jail riot in southwestern Venezuela killed dozens of people on Friday, local media reported, the latest incident in the ongoing crisis in the South American nation's crowded prisons.

Inside Dallas' $135 Million Mansion

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

$135 Million Dallas Palace Is America's New Most Expensive Home For Sale

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

While rumors swirled Friday about the alleged sale of a $117 million home in Woodside, Calif., another abode far from the center of the tech universe quietly began attracting attention as the new most expensive home for sale in the United States.

U.N. chief to recommend intervention troops for Congo: official

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 07:26 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will recommend to the U.N. Security Council that a peace enforcement unit be deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to take on the M23 rebels and other armed groups, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.

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