The Fifth Down: N.F.C. Championship Live Analysis: Falcons 17, 49ers 7

The Fifth Down: N.F.C. Championship Live Analysis: Falcons 17, 49ers 7

The Fifth Down: N.F.C. Championship Live Analysis: Falcons 17, 49ers 7

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 01:04 PM PST

Commentary and live analysis from Sunday's N.F.C. championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons.

Amour bags Critic awards hat-trick

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

Oscar and Bafta-nominated film Amour bags a hat-trick of London Critics' Circle Film Awards, including best film and screenplay for writer and director Michael Haneke.

Ghana 2-2 DR Congo

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:55 AM PST

DR Congo come back from 2-0 down to deny Ghana victory in the first game of Group B at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Small protests have big impact in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

The gathering was small, but activists say its impact is potentially huge.

Q. and A.: From Farm Girl to College President

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

Rebecca Chopp is the president of Swarthmore College. The institution outside Philadelphia was ranked the third-best liberal arts college in the United States by U.S. News and World Report.

A Casualty on the Battlefield of Amazon’s Partisan Book Reviews

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:45 AM PST

Fans of Michael Jackson bombarded Amazon with dozens of negative reviews of a new biography, got several favorable notices erased and even took credit for Amazon's briefly removing the book from sale.

Israeli Vote Greeted by a ‘Yawning’ Electorate

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:41 AM PST

A few days before the national elections on Tuesday, voters say issues that have long been staples of Israeli politics have been largely invisible, and pocketbook concerns have been front and center.

Italy's Monti calls for "radical reforms" in campaign launch

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti launched his campaign for a second term on Sunday with a speech calling for deep-rooted reforms to kick start economic growth, four weeks ahead of a parliamentary election.

Israel considers ban for far-right candidate over mosque gaffe

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:32 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far-right party from running in a January 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam's holiest shrines in Jerusalem "blown up."

Ghana held by DR Congo

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:12 AM PST

Leopards stage a second-half comeback to draw 2-2 with favourites Black Stars as Africa Cup of Nations comes to life.

U.N. report finds torture of Afghan detainees, secret sites

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:09 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Almost a third of all detainees recently transferred to Afghan control have been tortured and Afghanistan's spy agency is operating secret facilities to avoid international scrutiny, a United Nations report released on Sunday said.

India's enigmatic Gandhi embraces politics in emotive speech

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:58 AM PST

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Rahul Gandhi embraced his role as a leading contender for India's next prime minister in a speech on Sunday that spoke of his family's tragic history but yielded few clues about his views on politics and the economy.

'Quadruple helix' DNA in humans

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:19 AM PST

Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time and wonder if it might provide a target for the development of novel anti-cancer treatments.

Media Decoder Blog: Katie Couric to Interview Manti Te'o

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:48 AM PST

Ms. Couric has landed the first television interview with the Notre Dame football star, who said he was tricked into believing first that he had a girlfriend and then that the girlfriend had died.

Study Pinpoints What Activates Disease-Causing Genes

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST

With rheumatoid arthritis patients, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Karolinska Institute evaluated the chemical tags that tell genes to be active or not.

Les Miserables tops UK album chart

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

The soundtrack to Tom Hooper's Oscar-nominated Les Miserables becomes the first casting recording to top the UK and Ireland album chart in 16 years..

Syrian opposition seeks Qatar backing for transition government

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:26 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The head of Syria's opposition coalition has flown to Qatar to secure promises of financial aid for a transitional government in rebel-held areas, sources at negotiations in Istanbul said on Sunday.

Hugo Chavez is 'gaining strength'

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST

Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chavez is "gaining strength" and progressing with his cancer treatment, says Vice-President Nicolas Maduro.

Terror threat to last 'decades' - PM

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:41 AM PST

David Cameron warns of a 'decades-long' battle against Islamist terrorism in north Africa, after at least three Britons are killed in a four-day siege.

In pictures: Behind Kachin rebel lines

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

Behind the frontline with Kachin rebel fighters in Burma

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