Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

Evidence of revenge attacks in Mali after rebels flee

Up to 100,000 people flee fighting in Darfur: U.N.

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Fighting over a gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region has forced 100,000 people to flee and brought the closure of all public offices and schools in one town to accommodate the displaced, the United Nations said on Thursday.

VIDEO: PennMasala: A cappella from India

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

Students from the University of Pennsylvania in the US are combining their love of Bollywood and a cappella singing under the catchy name PennMasala

Syria’s Confirmation of Airstrike May Undercut Israel’s Strategy of Silence

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Experts said Israel's refusal to confirm its Wednesday attack was part of a strategy to give targets face-saving ways to avoid escalation. But Syria may have undercut that effort.

France deports Moroccan it says has radical Islam ties

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France deported a Moroccan man on Thursday suspected of links to the radical Islamist group Forsane Alizza, the Interior Ministry said, after the threat of domestic attack escalated following its intervention in Mali.

Two More Pakistani Polio Workers Killed

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

US warns Iran on nuclear upgrade

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Iran's reported plans to upgrade its uranium enrichment centrifuges would be a "further escalation" in the nuclear stand-off, the US warns.

Teen shot in head at US school

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST

A 14-year-old is shot in the head outside a school in the city of Atlanta, Georgia and a suspect is in custody, say police.

Hoaxer loved US sports star Te'o

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

The man who admitted creating and killing off a fake online girlfriend in a hoax targeting US football star Manti Te'o says he was in love with him.

Gunmen kill five north Nigeria police, ceasefire in doubt

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

KADUNA/KANO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five police in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Thursday, casting doubt on the ceasefire declared days earlier by a purported Islamist commander and highlighting how difficult it will be to end insecurity in the region.

2 Pakistani Polio Workers Killed in Blast

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

New York Developers and Unions Seek Eased Limits on Midtown Projects

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:01 AM PST

A new alliance wants zoning rules eased more than the city administration has proposed to encourage construction of towers around Grand Central Terminal.

Movie Review: ‘Koch,’ Neil Barsky’s Documentary on the Former Mayor

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

A documentary about Edward I. Koch, mayor of New York during troubled years, examines his city as well as his personality.

Three ways U.S. immigration reform might impact Mexico

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

Now that President Obama and the Senate have put together plans for comprehensive immigration reform, it seems like something might finally be done about this thorny issue. Of the 11 million estimated illegal immigrants in the United States, some 7 million are from Mexico, so any U.S. legislation would have huge impacts there.

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Hacking the Times: China's reach, and its rules, push beyond its borders

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST

The hackers would start digging into the New York Times' systems at about 8 a.m., Beijing time, and persist for about the length of a standard work day, according to the newspaper's account of its months-long battle with China-based cyber assaults. The attacks began Oct. 25, the day that the Times published an expose of the enormous wealth that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family had quietly accumulated, and were thought to be "consistent with other attacks believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military."

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Iran tells IAEA it plans to add machines to enrich uranium

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:18 AM PST

Iran has told U.N. nuclear officials that it plans to add potentially hundreds of next-generation centrifuge machines to its main uranium-enrichment plant, a move that could dramatically boost its ability to produce the fuel used in nuclear power plants and — potentially — in nuclear bombs.

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Freeing Kurdish activists would help Turkey peace moves: watchdog

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:17 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Freeing thousands of Kurdish activists from Turkish prisons could help a fledgling peace initiative to end a three-decade-old insurgency, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Jessops brand sold to Peter Jones

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:39 AM PST

Administrators PwC confirm that they have sold the brand of High Street photographic firm Jessops to entrepreneur Peter Jones.

DealBook: Ex-Peregrine Chief Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST

A prominent futures industry executive, Russell Wasendorf Sr., was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday for embezzling from his clients and defrauding banks over nearly two decades.

Could Egypt fall apart?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

The renewed bloodshed and defiant protests in Egypt prompts a provocative question: Could Egypt really collapse?

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