India stampede kills 36 at world's largest religious festival

India stampede kills 36 at world's largest religious festival

India stampede kills 36 at world's largest religious festival

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 10:48 PM PST

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river.

VIDEO: Football racism fears in Israel

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 11:05 PM PST

When the Israeli football team Beitar Jerusalem signed two Chechen players it broke a long-established tradition of not signing Arabs or Muslims.

VIDEO: Mali troops battle rebels in Gao

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST

French and Malian troops have fought running battles with Islamist rebels in the centre of Gao, the main city in northern Mali.

Exclusive - U.N. monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 10:04 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As the United States pushes for an end to the U.N. arms embargo on Somalia, U.N. monitors are reporting that Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa nation are receiving arms from distribution networks linked to Yemen and Iran, diplomats told Reuters.

Four wounded, one critically, in New Orleans Mardi Gras shooting

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 09:27 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans police on Sunday were investigating a shooting that wounded four people outside a Bourbon Street nightclub in the French Quarter as crowds gathered for the city's annual Mardi Gras celebrations.

Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal in Qatar - QNA

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 09:21 PM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - The government of Sudan has signed a ceasefire deal in Qatar with a main Darfur rebel group in a fresh bid to end a decade-old conflict in western Sudan, Qatar's state news agency QNA reported late on Sunday.

VIDEO: Japan's incredible shrinking building

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 09:20 PM PST

A company in Japan has come up with a new way of demolishing high-rise buildings in densely built-up areas, as an alternative to using wrecking balls or explosives.

Carnival cruise ship adrift off Mexican coast after fire

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 08:20 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp under its Carnival Cruise Lines brand, was adrift 150 miles (241 kilometres) off southern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Sunday after a fire that caused no injuries, the company said in a statement.

Tornado tears through Mississippi, damages university

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 07:53 PM PST

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A tornado tore through three counties in south-central Mississippi on Sunday, injuring at least 10 people, ripping roofs off houses and damaging several buildings at the University of Southern Mississippi, authorities said.

U.S. Northeast digs out from blizzard, tornado strikes in South

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 07:18 PM PST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass./NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Northeast was digging out on Sunday after a blizzard dumped up to 40 inches (one meter) of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

Opposition ‘would talk to Assad in northern Syria’

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 07:28 PM PST

AMMAN, Feb 11 — Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib said yesterday he was willing to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad's representatives in rebel-held areas of northern Syria to try and end a conflict that has killed about 60,000 people. The aim of the talks would be to find a way for Assad to leave power with the "minimum of ...

US Northeast digs out from blizzard; new storm brews in Plains

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 05:40 PM PST

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb 11 — The US Northeast started digging out yesterday after a blizzard dumped up to 1 metre of snow with hurricane-force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. New York City trucks plowed through residential streets, piling snow even higher at the edges and leaving thousands ...

Gunbattle rocks Gao after rebels surprise French, Malians

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 04:33 PM PST

GAO, Mali, Feb 11 — Islamist insurgents launched a surprise raid in the heart of the Malian town of Gao yesterday, battling French and local troops in a blow to efforts to secure Mali's recaptured north. Local residents hid in their homes or crouched behind walls as the crackle of gunfire from running street battles resounded through the sandy ...

Tornado causes damage in Mississippi town of Hattiesburg

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 05:01 PM PST

(Reuters) - A tornado struck the south-central Mississippi town of Hattiesburg on Sunday, causing damage to the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, authorities said.

New group seeks to save near-lawless oceans from over-fishing

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 04:08 PM PST

OSLO (Reuters) - The high seas that cover almost half the Earth's surface are a treasure trove with little legal protection from growing threats such as over-fishing and climate change, according to a new international group of politicians.

U.S. trains for mass migration in Caribbean security drill

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 03:09 PM PST

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A simulated wave of Caribbean migrants sailed to the Guantanamo naval base this week for a training drill designed to prepare U.S. troops and security agencies who might someday have to handle the real thing.

Colombia, FARC say peace talks advancing

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 02:55 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist FARC rebels said on Sunday their talks aimed at ending half a century of conflict are picking up the pace and making progress toward an agreement on land reform, a key point in the peace process.

Opposition "would talk to Assad in northern Syria"

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 04:11 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib said on Sunday he was willing to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad's representatives in rebel-held areas of northern Syria to try to end a conflict that has killed about 60,000 people.

Quake shakes Chile's central region, no injuries

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A 5.7 magnitude quake shook Chile's central region on Sunday, causing buildings to sway in the capital of Santiago, but no injuries or major damage was reported.

Sudan detains dissidents and denies them medical care -UN expert

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 12:29 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's security services are holding opposition figures and other detainees without trial, denying medical care to some who need it urgently, a U.N. human rights expert said on Sunday after a visit.

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