Australia bushfires rage out of control

Australia bushfires rage out of control

Australia bushfires rage out of control

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST

More than 100 fires burn in the country's most populous state as intense heat and winds make conditions "catastrophic".

Opinion: Karzai's U.S. visit a time for tough talk on security

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:02 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting this week with President Obama in Washington amid increasing ambivalence in the United States about what to do about the war in Afghanistan.

Tunisia frees man held in Benghazi attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:03 PM PST

A man held by Tunisian authorities in connection with the deadly September attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya has been released by a judge, Tunisia's state news agency reported Tuesday.

U.S. does not rule out leaving no troops in Afghanistan after 2014

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration does not rule out the possibility that no U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014, the White House said on Monday, just days before President Barack Obama is due to meet Afghan president Hamid Karzai.

Mali says army repelled Islamist attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:49 PM PST

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army repelled an attack on its advance positions on Monday by heavily armed Islamist groups who control the country's north, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

African Union head seeks global coalition to intervene on Mali

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The head of the African Union, Benin President Boni Yayi, called on Tuesday for a global coalition to intervene against Islamist rebels in northern Mali, but Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he had no plans to join the U.N.-sanctioned force.

New arrest over organist murder

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST

Police arrest a 21-year-old man over the murder of a church organist on Christmas Eve in Sheffield.

On Football: Alabama Taps a Talent Pool as Deep as the South

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 12:04 PM PST

Alabama's championship football team is a study in homegrown success, with roughly half of its roster from in-state and the rest overwhelmingly from the Deep South.

Australia is so hot they had to add new colors to the weather map

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

As scorching temperatures persist across Australia, the country's Bureau of Meteorology added a new color to its weather forecasting map, extending the range to 54 C, or 129 F, from the previous cap of 50 C, or 122 F.

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Fresh safety scare for Dreamliner

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:51 AM PST

A fuel leak cancels takeoff for a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Boston's Logan airport, the second incident in as many days involving the new jet.

Aid Groups Report New Level of Misery Among Displaced Syrians

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:47 AM PST

Up to two and a half million Syrians are not getting enough to eat, the United Nations said, and violence broke out in a refugee camp in Jordan after a winter storm.

Find of Roman statues 'important'

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:20 AM PST

Archaeologists in Italy say they have discovered what they've called a "very important" series of statues dating back to the Roman era, linked to the celebrated poet Ovid.

India says Pakistani troops entered its territory in Kashmir, killed 2 soldiers

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:12 AM PST

NEW DELHI — Indian military officials on Tuesday accused Pakistani troops of killing two of their soldiers and mutilating the body of at least one of them after crossing into Indian territory in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a development that could impede a tenuous peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.

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French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac faces tax evasion allegations

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:03 AM PST

PARIS—French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation Tuesday into accusations that Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac earlier in his career had a secret Swiss bank account to avoid France's high taxes.

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James Holmes Set Trap to Divert Police, Agent Says

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:45 AM PST

James E. Holms booby trapped his apartment, hoping law enforcement officers would be distracted from the theater, according to an F.B.I. agent.

MPs back 1% cap on benefit rises

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:06 PM PST

The government wins a crucial vote in Parliament on plans for a 1% limit on annual increases in working-age benefits for the next three years.

Pro-Assad Palestinians call for Yarmouk truce

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

Pro-regime factions in Damascus refugee camp seek local ceasefire, as UN says one million Syrians lack food.

In Clashes in Kashmir, Indians Claim 2 Soldiers Were Killed

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:07 AM PST

The sudden surge in violence between Indians and Pakistanis is a troubling development in Kashmir, where a cease-fire has been in place for almost 10 years.

In Clashes in Kashmir, Indians Claim 2 Soldiers Were Killed

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:07 AM PST

The sudden surge in violence between Indians and Pakistanis is a troubling development in Kashmir, where a cease-fire has been in place for almost 10 years.

Boeing 787 at Boston Airport Returns to Gate After Fuel Leak

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:31 AM PST

A fuel leak forced a Boeing Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines to cancel its takeoff and return to the gate, the second incident in two days involving a Dreamliner.

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