Italian polling stations open in key vote for Euro zone

Italian polling stations open in key vote for Euro zone

Italian polling stations open in key vote for Euro zone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:18 PM PST

ROME, Feb 24 — Polling stations opened for the first day of voting today in an election to choose a successor to the technocrat government of Mario Monti, appointed just over a year ago to save Italy from financial crisis.  Voting began at 8 a.m. and will go on to 10 p.m. (2100 GMT)Polls will re-open tomorrow at 7 a.m. and remain open until 3 p.m. ...

To woo your partner, skip the roses and do the dishes: study

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:26 PM PST

When it comes to romantic gestures, doing the dishes or bringing your partner a cup of tea may trump a dozen red roses, researchers say.

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Bomber killed near Afghan capital's diplomatic zone - police

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:27 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces shot dead at least one would-be suicide bomber on Sunday in a high-security area of Kabul, home to government departments and diplomatic missions, police said.

Bomber killed near Afghan capital's diplomatic zone: police

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:16 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces shot dead at least one would-be suicide bomber on Sunday in a high-security area of Kabul, home to government departments and diplomatic missions, police said.

Italian polling stations open in key vote for euro zone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:01 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Polling stations opened for the first day of voting on Sunday in an election to choose a successor to the technocrat government of Mario Monti, appointed just over a year ago to save Italy from financial crisis.

Catholic activists petition LA cardinal not to join papal conclave

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:08 PM PST

LOS ANGELES, Feb 24 — Roman Catholic activists last night petitioned a US cardinal to recuse himself from taking part in selecting a new pope so as not to insult survivors of sexual abuse by priests committed while he was archbishop of Los Angeles.  The activists delivered a petition with nearly 10,000 signatures to the North Hollywood church ...

Kerry makes first foreign trip as top US diplomat

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 — John Kerry views his first trip as US secretary of state as a listening tour, but the leaders he meets will want to hear whether he has any new ideas on Syria, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Kerry leaves today for London, the first stop on a nine-nation, 11-day trip that will also take him to Berlin, Paris, Rome, ...

Horsemeat with banned drug entered French food chain

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:28 PM PST

PARIS, Feb 24 — Meat from three horse carcasses contaminated with a banned drug has entered the human food chain in France but there is no danger to the public, the French farm minister said today.  The meat, which came from a lot of six British carcasses exported to France, contained traces of phenylbutazone - known as bute - an anti-inflammatory ...

Belgian national killed in Mexican resort of Acapulco

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 07:53 PM PST

ACAPULCO (Reuters) - A Belgian man was shot dead in Mexico's Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Saturday, the latest episode of violence to strike one of the country's most important tourist destinations.

VIDEO: Gun activists stage 'day of resistance'

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 07:45 PM PST

Pro-gun campaigners in the United States have been holding what they describe as a "day of resistance", in protest at President Obama's plans to ban assault weapons.

VIDEO: Tightrope walkers' death-defying stunts

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:17 PM PST

Thousands of people have been celebrating the end of Chinese New Year by ushering in its annual lantern festival.

US governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 — Less than a week before billions of dollars of US spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama to find an alternative to the reductions and give states more say in bringing down the federal debt.  "I certainly join the chorus of voices that are ...

Iran says it has brought down a foreign spy drone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 07:55 PM PST

LONDON, Feb 24 — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said last night.  "We have managed to bring down a drone of the enemy. This has happened before in our country," the agency quoted war games spokesman General Hamid Sarkheli as saying in ...

Half-inch crack blamed for U.S. F-35 fighter jet grounding - sources

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 07:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The engine blade crack that prompted the U.S. military to ground all 51 F-35 fighter jets was over half an inch long, according to three sources familiar with the matter, but it remained unclear if the crack was caused by a manufacturing anomaly or some larger design issue.

Insight - Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan's sectarian divide

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 05:03 PM PST

KARACHI (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage.

VIDEO: Bus skids off icy road and hits lamp

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:02 PM PST

A large city bus has skidded off an icy road and crashed into a lamp post in Kansas City, Missouri.

Iran says it has brought down a foreign spy drone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:13 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said on Saturday.

Cyprus votes for president as clock ticks on bailout deal

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 04:05 PM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriots vote in a runoff on Sunday to elect a president who must clinch a bailout deal so the island nation can avoid a financial meltdown that would revive the euro zone crisis.

Italians head to polls in crucial vote for euro zone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italians began voting on Sunday in one of the most closely watched elections in years, with markets nervous about whether it will produce a strong government to pull Italy out of recession and help resolve the euro zone debt crisis.

Italy urges high turnout in key election for Euro zone

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:27 PM PST

ROME, Feb 24 — Italy pressed citizens to get out and vote in one of the most closely watched elections in years today and tomorrow, with markets on edge at the prospect of a political stalemate that could reignite the debt crisis.  A campaigning ban kicked in the day before the vote but centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi, on trial for a sex ...

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