VIDEO: Girls 'hit hardest by world recession'

VIDEO: Girls 'hit hardest by world recession'

VIDEO: Girls 'hit hardest by world recession'

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:40 PM PST

Women and girls were hit the hardest by the global recession, according to child rights and development organisations.

UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST

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EU carbon price hits all-time low

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:17 PM PST

The price of carbon under the EU Emissions Trading System hits a record low as Europe's economic weakness contributes to an over-supply of permits.

China Looks to Aerospace Industry in a Bid for Growth

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:49 PM PST

The industry represents the latest frontier for the country as Beijing's leaders try to find new ways to invest $3 trillion of foreign reserves.

China Looks to Aerospace Industry in a Bid for Growth

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:49 PM PST

The industry represents the latest frontier for the country as Beijing's leaders try to find new ways to invest $3 trillion of foreign reserves.

Television Review: ‘The Following,’ Starring Kevin Bacon, on Fox

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:29 PM PST

In Fox's series "The Following" Kevin Bacon plays a burned-out former F.B.I agent brought out of retirement to hunt followers of a serial killer.

Zambia 1-1 Ethiopia

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:05 AM PST

Champions Zambia are held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Ethiopia in an eventful Group C opener at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Bahrain king invites opposition to restart talks

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's king invited opposition parties to restart stalled talks, officials said on Monday, in the latest sign of efforts to break a political deadlock since a crackdown on a popular uprising in 2011.

Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 07:05 AM PST

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Turkish man charged in France PKK murders

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST

Preliminary murder and terrorism charges filed against ethnic Kurd who was driver of one of the victims.

Prince Harry returns from Afghan mission

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST

Britain's Prince Harry has acknowledged that he killed Taliban insurgents on his latest tour of duty in Afghanistan as a crew member of an Apache attack helicopter.

Prince Harry 'fired at' Afghan enemy

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

Prince Harry says he fired weapons at the Taliban during his time as an Army pilot in Afghanistan, in interviews broadcast as he ends a five-month deployment there.

Britain's Prince Harry says killed Afghan insurgents during tour

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:51 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties against the Taliban while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan where he was a gunner in Apache attack helicopters.

Climate Change Prominent in Obama’s Inaugural Address

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

Democrats said the president would launch an aggressive campaign to address the issue, using his executive powers to sidestep Congressional opposition.

Prince Harry 'fired at' Afghan enemy

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

Prince Harry says he fired weapons at the Taliban during his time as an Army pilot in Afghanistan, in interviews broadcast as he ends a five-month deployment there.

Japan, China struggle to curb tensions

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:15 AM PST

BEIJING — Judging by some of the commentary in the Chinese media, an outside observer might think war with Japan is imminent. "The Chinese military could win a war over the Diaoyu Islands in half an hour," Major General Zhang Zhaozhong, a Chinese military scholar, was quoted as saying last week.

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Kurd murder suspect placed under investigation in France

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:42 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - A suspect detained last week over the killing of three Kurdish rebel activists in Paris was placed under formal investigation for murder on Monday, the Paris prosecutor said.

VIDEO: 'Football party' moves to Nelspruit

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

The drama of the Africa Cup of Nations moved on Monday to the South African city of Nelspruit, located near the borders with Swaziland and Mozambique.

Warrant for Italy's top paparazzo

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:43 AM PST

A Europe-wide arrest warrant is issued for Italy's "King of the Paparazzi" Fabrizio Corona after he went on the run over a blackmail conviction.

Kachin rebels defiant on Burma's northern front line

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST

Joining the Kachin rebels on Burma's northern front line

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