Analysis: Japan's mission impossible: to spend $100 billion in 15 months

Analysis: Japan's mission impossible: to spend $100 billion in 15 months

Analysis: Japan's mission impossible: to spend $100 billion in 15 months

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:05 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - What do you buy the nation that already seems to have everything?

Israel sentences hunger-striking Palestinian

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST

Samer Issawi to serve at least one more month in jail, but fate remains unclear as additional case is pending.

UN rejects Haiti cholera damages claim

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:42 PM PST

Global body not to pay damages for epidemic blamed on UN peacekeepers, as ex-leader "Baby Doc" spurns court hearing.

3 girls found dead in well

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 10:58 AM PST

The mother of three girls who were found dead at the bottom of a well in western India after they were allegedly raped has called for those responsible to be caught and publicly hanged.

Gang targets people stuck in traffic

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 10:59 AM PST

Police have caught a group of alleged thieves accused of stealing more than $46,000 since mid-January from commuters stuck in traffic in Peru's capital city, Lima.

Land claims in Kenya fuel risk of strife surrounding presidential election

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

BANITA, Kenya — The first time Francis Mwangi's Kikuyu family tried to bury him beneath the green grasses of Kenya's Rift Valley, they were ambushed by Kalenjin men who claimed the land as theirs. Fighting broke out and the body was kept in the police station overnight. In the end, it took dozens of policemen and a grave filled with cement to secure Mwangi's final resting place last year near the village of Banita.

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From a rebel to a radical in a year

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:24 PM PST

When CNN's Ivan Watson met Ibrahim, he was an idealistic teen with the Syrian rebels. A year later, Ibrahim is a member of an infamous extremist Islamist group -- another sign, many says, of the increased radicalization of the revolution.

From a rebel to a radical in a year

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

A year ago, Ibrahim Qobani was an idealistic 19-year-old revolutionary who sang about freedom.

Three convicted of plotting terror attack 'bigger than 7/7'

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:26 PM PST

Three men were found guilty of plotting a terror attack they hoped would be bigger than the July 7, 2005, bombings that rocked London, UK prosecutors said Thursday.

Report: Mexican security forces responsible for disappearances

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:26 PM PST

Members of Mexico's security forces were involved in the forced disappearances of more than 140 people during the country's offensive against drug cartels, a human rights group says.

Switzerland's only wild bear is killed as a danger to humans

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:27 PM PST

M13 was the only bear known to have been living wild in Switzerland, according to the Swiss national broadcaster.

Egypt election to begin April 28: adviser

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will call a parliamentary election starting April 28, a presidential legal adviser told Reuters on Thursday, saying the vote would be held in four stages.

Ecuador's Correa plans no sweeping reforms, wants investment

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

QUITO (Reuters) - Beaming after his re-election last weekend, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Thursday he is not planning sweeping reforms and instead hopes to attract investors and diversify the economy from its dependence on oil exports.

VIDEO: A home for elderly transgender people

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:42 AM PST

'Mami Yuli', as she is known, is helping others like her in a country that is changing the way it sees transgender people.

NATO Weighs Financing Larger Afghan Security Force

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:13 AM PST

A proposal to expand NATO support of Afghanistan's forces would allow the country to sustain 352,000 troops through 2018, much more than earlier expected, alliance officials said.

Suicide bombers kill three police in Iraq's Mosul city

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:52 AM PST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers targeted checkpoints in Iraq's northern city of Mosul late on Thursday, killing three policemen, police sources said.

Pakistan wants Taliban commander handed over

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:28 AM PST

Maulvi Faqir, former deputy of the Pakistani Taliban, was captured by Afghan forces while trying to cross the border.

Deadly vehicle shooting hits Las Vegas Strip

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:26 AM PST

Shooting erupts in Nevada's tourist corridor after crash at traffic junction surrounded by area's famous casinos.

VIDEO: Robotic helpers for Fukushima clean-up

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 11:15 AM PST

Japanese scientists have unveiled some of the latest advancements in robotic technologies which they hope will help clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Of course China is building a full-size, working replica of the Titanic

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 10:49 AM PST

What could possibly go wrong? China's ambitions plan to build the Titanic II, a functioning one-to-one scale replica of the ship synonymous with spectacular tragedy, is proceeding apace. The builders are accepting $1 million offers for the maiden voyage, which is scheduled for 2016.

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