Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:32 PM PST

Nigerian army says three killed, including bomber, when improvised explosive device went off in town of Maiduguri.

Kenya's judiciary 'threatened ahead of vote'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

Several judges receive threats warning them against disqualifying two presidential candidates, chief justice says.

Peru's dynamic first lady has presidential aura

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST

LIMA (Reuters) - Humble crowds adore her populist gestures. Fans and critics alike call her the co-president. Her husband, a rebellious army officer turned moderate leader, says people who think his wife is too influential are sexist.

VIDEO: Parisian talking clock marks 80 years

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST

Talking phone service has been going for eight decades, and with no signs of stopping.

Media Decoder Blog: New York Times Company Plans to Sell The Boston Globe

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:09 PM PST

The Times Company announced Wednesday that it had retained Evercore Partners to manage the sale of the New England Media Group, anchored by The Boston Globe, Boston.com, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette and GlobeDirect, a direct mail marketing company.

South Sudan holds opposition figures without charge: Amnesty

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government has detained scores of opposition figures without issuing arrest warrants or giving them access to lawyers since unrest broke out in a northwestern town in December, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

US university breaks funding record

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST

Stanford University becomes the first US college to raise more than $1bn (£650m) in a year, leaving rivals Harvard and Yale trailing.

Girl 'became sex slave aged 11'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:58 PM PST

A girl tells the Old Bailey how she was seduced and turned into a sex slave by an older man at the age of 11.

Italy's "next prime minister" woos left in swing region Sicily

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:02 PM PST

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - A live rock band and a charismatic warm-up act set the stage on Wednesday for the man introduced to Sicilians - whose votes matter more than most in an election in a few days' time - as "Italy's next prime minister".

Bomb kills three in Nigerian Islamist stronghold

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:05 PM PST

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Three people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in Nigeria's northeastern town of Maiduguri, the army said, the latest attack in the stronghold of Islamist sect Boko Haram.

FBI probes 'insider trading' over Heinz deal

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:37 PM PST

Bureau looking into possible insider trading over $23bn deal for Warren Buffett and 3G Capital to buy US ketchup maker.

Wilders warns Australia of 'dangerous' Islam

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:15 PM PST

Police break up a protest in Melbourne against the visit of controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

In Mexico, a ‘crisis of enforced disappearances,’ rights group says

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

Describing what it called "the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades," the U.S. organization Human Rights Watch issued a new report Wednesday with grim implications for the thousands of Mexican civilians who have gone missing in the country's shadowy drug fight.

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Wilders warns Australia of 'dangerous' Islam

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:15 PM PST

Police break up a protest in Melbourne against the visit of controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Monti says Merkel doesn't want left to win Italy election

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not want the center-left Democratic Party (PD) to win Italy's national election, outgoing Italian Prime Minister and centrist leader Mario Monti said on Wednesday.

'Vulcan' leads Pluto moon name vote

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

Star Trek fans have something to rejoice in: "Vulcan" is leading a vote to name two of Pluto's recently discovered moons.

Spain PM says country's 'head out of water'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:52 PM PST

In his annual state of the nation address, embattled Mariano Rajoy says country's finances are on the road to recovery.

Grenada opposition sweeps into power

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:51 AM PST

The opposition New National Party in Grenada has won all 15 constituencies in Tuesday's general election, preliminary results suggest.

FiveThirtyEight: Can Republicans Win the Senate in 2014?

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

Twenty-one of the 35 Senate seats up for election in 2014 are now held by Democrats, and most of those 35 states are Republican leaning. But that is not necessarily enough to make Republicans the favorite to win control.

Major powers to make "substantial and serious offer" to Iran

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:44 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Major powers are ready to make "a substantial and serious offer" to Iran during talks next week in return for concessions on its nuclear program, a Western diplomat said on Wednesday.

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