Japan coast guard says detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa

Japan coast guard says detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa

Japan coast guard says detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:52 AM PST

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Japan's coast guard detained a Chinese fishing boat near the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Saturday and arrested the captain for collecting coral illegally, a coast guard official said.

French president visits Mali to support French troops

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:45 AM PST

TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande arrived in Mali on Saturday on a one-day visit to support French troops fighting a campaign against Islamist rebels in the Sahel nation.

Water, wine to lubricate Russian talks with war foe Georgia

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:46 PM PST

BORJOMI, Georgia (Reuters) - If there's a way to dilute the bitterness in relations between Russia and Georgia after a 2008 war, it may lie in a lush valley south of the Caucasus Mountain border between the feuding former Soviet republics.

Japan coast guard detains Chinese fishing boat near Okinawa - Xinhua

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 11:32 PM PST

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Japan's coast guard has detained a Chinese fishing boat for "alleged unauthorized coral fishing" near Okinawa, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, quoting the Chinese Consulate General in the city of Fukuoka.

Thirty-one killed as militants attack Pakistan checkpoint

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 10:20 PM PST

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants attacked an isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest on Saturday, with at least 31 people killed in the initial assault, subsequent crossfire and a rocket attack on a house, officials said.

More than two-thirds of Facebook users consult the network by mobile

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 10:12 PM PST

Facebook counted 1.06 billion active users in December 2012, which represents a 25 percent year-on-year rise, with 680 million users consulting the site from a mobile device, according to the Q4 2012 results released Thursday.

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Teary Australia PM's election campaign off to rocky start

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:25 PM PST

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government was rocked by the surprise resignation of two of her most senior cabinet ministers on Saturday, just four days after she stunned voters by calling a national election in eight months' time.

Mexico probes if blast was attack or accident, 33 dead

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 06:30 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government vowed on Friday to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the headquarters of its state-run oil monopoly Pemex was a deliberate attack or yet another stain on the company's poor safety record.

Iran escalating efforts to destabilize region - Panetta

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 06:23 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta accused Iran of an intensified campaign to destabilize the Middle East by smuggling anti-aircraft weapons to militant allies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Boeing 787 investigation making progress - U.S. NTSB

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:09 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Friday said they are making progress in their investigation of a battery fire on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner in Boston this month, as the grounding of Boeing's entire fleet Of 787s stretched into a third week.

Envoy makes "last appeal" for Syria as officials meet

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:32 PM PST

AMMAN/MUNICH (Reuters) - Senior U.S., Russian and U.N. officials, along with the leader of the Syrian opposition, were all expected at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, providing a rare opportunity for talks to revive efforts to end the civil war in Syria.

Sudan riot police clash with students at Khartoum university

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:23 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese riot police fired teargas at students on Friday as government supporters stormed the main university in the capital Khartoum, activists and witnesses said, in a second day of unrest on the campus.

One dead, dozens hurt as police clash with Egypt protesters

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 02:50 PM PST

CAIRO/PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - At least one protester was shot dead and dozens wounded on Friday when riot police clashed with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi.

Mexico blast kills at least 33, flagging Pemex safety woes

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Rescue workers pulled out more bodies from debris at the headquarters of Mexican state oil giant Pemex on Friday after a powerful explosion killed at least 33 people and threw a spotlight onto the state-run company's poor safety record.

Collapsible bike helmet can fit inside your bag

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:10 PM PST

If you opt out of wearing a bike helmet because you don't like toting the thing around all day, a new French-designed collapsible helmet -- small enough to fit into a bag -- could save both your head and your sense of style.

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Panetta: Iran escalating efforts to destabilise region

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:16 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — Outgoing US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta accused Iran of an intensified campaign to destabilize the Middle East by smuggling anti-aircraft weapons to militant allies, The Wall Street Journal reported today.  "There is no question when you start passing MANPADS around, that becomes a threat, not just to military aircraft but ...

Mexico probes if blast was attack or accident, 33 dead

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:06 PM PST

MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 — Mexico's government vowed last night to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the headquarters of its state-run oil monopoly Pemex was a deliberate attack or yet another stain on the company's poor safety record.  Rescue workers continued to pull bodies from the debris last night and officials said the search ...

Obama tapped Kerry for Secretary of State before Rice quit

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 06:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — US President Barack Obama offered Senator John Kerry the job of secretary of state a week before Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, withdrew her name from contention, the Boston Globe reported today.  "He called me, actually a week before Susan got out of the thing," Kerry told the newspaper, offering a ...

US military veteran suicides rise, one dies every 65 minutes

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:16 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — The most extensive study yet by the US government on suicide among military veterans shows more veterans are killing themselves than previously thought, with 22 deaths a day — or one every 65 minutes, on average.  The study released today by the Department of Veterans Affairs covered suicides from 1999 to 2010 and compared with ...

Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 05:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 — The Obama administration today sought to settle a dispute with religious leaders over whether employees at faith-affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions should have access to health insurance coverage for contraceptives.  The new set of proposals would instead guarantee that employees at religious non-profits ...

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