Official: Pakistan to free more Afghan detainees

Official: Pakistan to free more Afghan detainees


Official: Pakistan to free more Afghan detainees

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:48 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani official says the country will release more Afghan militant detainees to boost the peace process in Afghanistan.

Mali refugees recount 'horrific abuses'

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:28 PM PST

Witnesses describe executions, amputations and use of child soldiers, as UN warns of up to 700,000 more refugees.

State Dept. issues Mali travel warning

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 10:01 PM PST

Malian soldiers are seen on their way to Niono, Mali, some 270 kms (180 miles) north of Bamako, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. French troops encircled a key Malian town on Friday to stop radical Islamists from striking closer to the capital, a French official said. The move to surround Diabaly came as French and Malian authorities said they had retaken Konna, the central city whose capture prompted the French military intervention last week. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is telling dependents of its employees working in the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali, to leave.


Myanmar aims to improve lives, modernize with new reforms

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 09:08 PM PST

A man works at a brick kiln near Hlawga villageNAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's government will unveil a slew of new reforms to donor countries and international organizations this weekend, aiming to consolidate achievements since the end of military rule in 2011 but also quickly improve the lives of its citizens. In opening remarks to donors on Saturday, President Thein Sein said the government wanted "a modern, industrialized country" but also stressed the need to develop the agricultural sector and narrow development gaps between the regions. ...


Federal Judge Shoots Down IRS Attempt To Regulate All Paid Tax Preparers

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 08:56 PM PST

Should the Internal Revenue Service regulate Elmer Kilian, a retired Korean War Vet who hangs an "Eagle Tax Services" sign on his home in Eagle, Wisc. every tax season and prepares 80 to 100 income tax returns on his dining room table?  It never did.  Then, in 2010, after years of listening to complaints about the problems created by incompetent and dishonest  unlicensed tax pros, the IRS decided to require all paid preparers to register with it and those who weren't otherwise subject to national standards to pass a minimum competency test. Registration began in 2011 and preparers were supposed to pass the test by the end of this year.

Emotional Armstrong 'ashamed' about doping

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 07:50 PM PST

US cyclist Lance Armstrong said he decided to confess to drugs when he saw his son defending him against allegations.

VIDEO: Bucket falls out of military aircraft

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 07:22 PM PST

An object accidentally fell from a military aircraft in US city of San Diego, causing damage to a business and embarrassing the US Marine Corps.

VIDEO: Russian ritual of jumping in ice water

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:50 PM PST

The ancient ritual, which commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ, involves worshippers jumping into barrels of water that are first blessed by priests.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko named as murder suspect

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 07:21 PM PST

Ex-prime minister, already serving seven-year sentence, accused of conspiring in $2.8m "hit" on powerful businessman.

9 Great Tidbits Of 'Dear Abby' Wisdom

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 07:02 PM PST

Although I have unbounded admiration for each of them, I am not King Solomon, the American Medical Association or the U.S. Supreme Court. I am not Portia, Cassandra, or the Delphic Oracle even. I have, in brief, no delusions about myself or about my work. Although I do put forward the mild claim to some pride in both.

Myanmar aims to improve lives, modernize with new reforms

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 09:08 PM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's government will unveil a slew of new reforms to donor countries and international organizations this weekend, aiming to consolidate achievements since the end of military rule in 2011 but also quickly improve the lives of its citizens.

Many hostages remain in Algeria crisis

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 09:13 PM PST

At least 30 workers, including foreigners, still unaccounted for as siege at remote gas plant enters third day.

Algerian hostage crisis throws spotlight on spillover of Libyan war

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:48 PM PST

CAIRO — The hostage standoff at an Algerian gas field has thrown a fresh spotlight on the spillover unleashed by the 2011 war that toppled Moammar Gaddafi in Libya.

Experts say the vast quantities of weapons and fighters that streamed out of Gaddafi's arsenals may have served as a catalyst for the region's expanding crisis.

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Algerian stance spoils U.S. strategy for region

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:10 PM PST

LONDON — The hostage crisis in Algeria has upended the Obama administration's strategy for coordinating an international military campaign against al-Qaeda fighters in North Africa, leaving U.S., European and African leaders even more at odds over how to tackle the problem.

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Algerian reticence spoils U.S. strategy for region

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:10 PM PST

LONDON — The hostage crisis in Algeria has upended the Obama administration's strategy for coordinating an international military campaign against al-Qaeda fighters in North Africa, leaving U.S., European and African leaders even more at odds over how to tackle the problem.

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U.S. sends trainers for Mali-bound force

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:58 PM PST

The United States has dispatched about 100 military trainers to six nations that will contribute troops to a pan-African force being prepared for deployment to Mali, the State Department said Friday.

The initial U.S. trainers will "discuss training and equipping and deployment needs of those countries in the interest of getting them ready to go into Mali," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

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Holder urges mayors to press for background checks for gun buyers

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:50 PM PST

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. urged the nation's mayors Friday to support President Obama's plan to require a background check for everyone who buys a firearm in the United States.

In his most extensive remarks about gun control, Holder called on mayors to push for "immediate congressional action" that would force gun-show and private gun sellers to fully check the backgrounds of all their customers.

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Can A New Org Structure Help Drug Developers Make Better Early Decisions?

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 06:09 PM PST

A week ago, I discussed the role of bad decision making in pharma's woes.  I agreed with a senior management consultant that human factors impact both forecasting and drug development decisions, but I wasn't sure that (at least in early stage projects) forecasting or drug development decisions would be significantly improved by "objective" or "optimal" processes, however you define that.

Mali army retakes town, Islamists flee French air raids

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:33 PM PST

Nigerian soldiers patrol at the Mali air force base near BamakoBAMAKO/MARKALA, Mali (Reuters) - Islamist rebels in Mali abandoned the central town of Diabaly on Friday after fleeing a French air strike, military sources said, while West African troops arrived in Bamako to take on the insurgents in Mali's north. France, warning that Islamist control over Mali's vast deserts and rugged mountains threatened the security of Africa and the West, had targeted Diabaly in an eighth day of air strikes to dislodge hardened al Qaeda-linked fighters there. "They (the Islamists) fled the town, dressed as civilians, early this morning. ...


US indicts former New Orleans mayor for fraud

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:57 PM PST

Ray Nagin, mayor when Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans in 2005, faces five to 20 years if convicted of corruption.

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