Azerbaijan police break up protest against violence in army

Azerbaijan police break up protest against violence in army
Two Men. One Sky. The Silent Realization of a Purer Form of Flight
News Analysis: America’s Productivity Climbs, but Wages Stagnate
Web activist Aaron Swartz dies
Explosives thrown at Cairo protesters, tents on fire
Rebels in Myanmar Claim They Shot Down Government Helicopter
'Dangerous' pollution levels choke Beijing
'Dangerous' pollution levels choke Beijing
Malaysia opposition holds mass election rally
Hugo Chavez not in coma: brother
Italian consul in Benghazi shot at in car but unhurt
Talks fail to quell Pakistan Shia protests
Slovenian coalition party asks premier to resign
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist, Dies at 26
Israel seeks to remove Palestinian tent outpost in West Bank
Turkey wants France to explain contacts with Kurd leader
Erdogan queries Hollande links with dead Kurd
Rio indigenous on eviction alert
Pakistan's latest political 'drone'

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 01:04 PM PST

BAKU (Reuters) - Police in Azerbaijan detained several young opposition activists on Saturday who protested in Baku against violence in the military, the first such demonstration in the oil-rich country.

Two Men. One Sky. The Silent Realization of a Purer Form of Flight

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:22 PM PST

Lofted nearly 8,000 feet by the hot air rising from the earth, two hang gliders raced in tight pursuit of the most prized feat in this high adrenaline niche sport: farthest ever flown.

News Analysis: America’s Productivity Climbs, but Wages Stagnate

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 09:06 AM PST

The debt-ceiling debate is unlikely to alter one major factor contributing to income inequality: stagnant wages.

Web activist Aaron Swartz dies

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:54 PM PST

Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, hangs himself at the age of 26.

Explosives thrown at Cairo protesters, tents on fire

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:58 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Unknown attackers threw petrol bombs at tents housing protesters outside the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo on Saturday, witnesses said.

Rebels in Myanmar Claim They Shot Down Government Helicopter

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:10 PM PST

Ethnic Kachin rebels battling Myanmar's army said they shot down a government helicopter, but the army denied the claim, saying on Saturday that engine failure caused the crash.

'Dangerous' pollution levels choke Beijing

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:41 PM PST

Pollution reading shown on website of US embassy in Chinese capital shows level of poor air quality off the index.

'Dangerous' pollution levels choke Beijing

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:41 PM PST

Pollution reading shown on website of US embassy in Chinese capital shows level of poor air quality off the index.

Malaysia opposition holds mass election rally

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:40 AM PST

Anwar Ibrahim's three-party alliance taps into anti-government sentiment ahead of key general elections in March.

Hugo Chavez not in coma: brother

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:46 AM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez is recovering in Cuba and is not in a coma as some have rumored a month after surgery, his brother, Adan Chavez, said after a visit to Havana.

Italian consul in Benghazi shot at in car but unhurt

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:48 AM PST

TRIPOLI/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian consul came under fire in his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday but was unhurt, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.

Talks fail to quell Pakistan Shia protests

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:39 AM PST

Demonstrators to continue protests over lack of security as talks between officials and Shia leaders end inconclusively.

Slovenian coalition party asks premier to resign

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A junior coalition party threatened on Saturday to quit the conservative government of financially troubled Slovenia unless Prime Minister Janez Jansa resigned over corruption allegations.

City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

With the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.

Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist, Dies at 26

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:55 AM PST

As a precocious teenager Mr. Swartz helped create RSS, a now ubiquitous format, and later became known for his efforts to make many Internet files available free online.

Israel seeks to remove Palestinian tent outpost in West Bank

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

E1, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he was seeking court approval to remove an outpost of Palestinian tents pitched in an area of the occupied West Bank that Israel has earmarked for a new settlement.

Turkey wants France to explain contacts with Kurd leader

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Saturday that French President Francois Hollande explain why he had met one of three Kurdish militants shot dead in Paris this week.