UK deputy PM pressured in vote, anti-EU party surges

UK deputy PM pressured in vote, anti-EU party surges
Haringey Journal : Give Us Our Banksy Mural Back, Londoners Say
U.S. to Urge Justices to End California Gay Marriage Ban
Exclusive: China plans bond overhaul to fund $6 trillion urbanization - sources
Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies
Argentina Approves Deal With Iran
Lithuanian Leader Affirms Euro's Appeal
S Africa police hit by 'dragging video'
Somalia's president wants partial amnesty for boy pirates
Poll: Only half of Americans believe U.S. is world's top military power
Death blaze covert recordings played
Fujitsu makes 'smart walking stick'
Hydrogen's energy promise improves
With Iowa Swabian Hall, a Farmer’s Quest for Perfect Pig
Haringey Journal : Give Us Our Bansky Mural Back, Londoners Say
Dow Nears Record as Investors Find Reasons to Buy
Call to lift ban on rhino horn trade
Cyprus president says committed to stability, swift bailout
The Caucus: For Michelle Obama, a Second-Term Agenda Focused on Children
Army Private Admits Giving Military Files to WikiLeaks

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 01:15 PM PST

EASTLEIGH, England (Reuters) - Residents of an English town that hardly anyone outside Britain has heard of cast their votes on Thursday in an election that could help determine the political fate of the country's deputy prime minister and, ultimately, its government.

Haringey Journal : Give Us Our Banksy Mural Back, Londoners Say

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 01:07 PM PST

A work by the graffiti artist Banksy that appeared on a wall in Haringey, a borough of London, was ripped out, appearing next in an art auction in Miami.

U.S. to Urge Justices to End California Gay Marriage Ban

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:59 PM PST

The Obama administration had been thought likely to stay out of a Supreme Court challenge to a voter-passed amendment blocking gays from marriage, but it has chosen to support a broad claim on their right to wed.

Exclusive: China plans bond overhaul to fund $6 trillion urbanization - sources

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans major bond market reform to raise the money the ruling Communist Party needs for a 40 trillion yuan ($6.4 trillion) urbanization program to buoy economic growth and close a chasm between the country's urban rich and rural poor.

Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 01:09 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister accused his Turkish counterpart on Thursday of making "dark and false" statements by calling Zionism a crime against humanity - comments likely to hit efforts to repair ties between the two former allies.

Argentina Approves Deal With Iran

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:18 AM PST

Argentina's Congress passed controversial legislation that will create a "Truth Commission" with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.

Lithuanian Leader Affirms Euro's Appeal

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST

The newly installed prime minister, Algirdas Butkevicius, said the euro hasn't lost its appeal for the small Baltic nation despite the economic woes besetting Europe's common currency bloc, and he hoped his country would adopt it by the start of 2015.

S Africa police hit by 'dragging video'

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:48 PM PST

President Zuma calls treatment of Mozambican taxi driver, found found dead in detention, "horrific and disturbing".

Somalia's president wants partial amnesty for boy pirates

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST

Somalia's president intends to offer partial amnesty to boys involved with pirate groups, a move designed to curb attacks on shipping off the Horn of Africa, his office says.

Poll: Only half of Americans believe U.S. is world's top military power

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

Nearly half of all Americans don't believe the U.S. is the world's leading military power, the most that have felt that way since 1999, according to a new Gallup poll.

The poll asked 1,015 adults whether they believed the U.S. was the world's military leader, or one of several. Only 50 percent said it was number one.

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Death blaze covert recordings played

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST

Covert hotel recordings of three people accused of killing six children in a house fire have been played to a court.

Fujitsu makes 'smart walking stick'

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

A walking stick designed for old people - with built in GPS and a heart monitor - is demonstrated at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Hydrogen's energy promise improves

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

A new process for extracting hydrogen from a liquid fuel could sweep aside one obstacle to a "hydrogen economy".

With Iowa Swabian Hall, a Farmer’s Quest for Perfect Pig

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:12 AM PST

Carl Edgar Blake II is trying to breed the perfect pig — fatty, meaty and flavorful — in hopes of transforming an industry. The early reviews have been promising.

Haringey Journal : Give Us Our Bansky Mural Back, Londoners Say

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

A work by the graffiti artist Banksy that appeared on a wall in Haringey, a borough of London, was ripped out, appearing next in an art auction in Miami.

Dow Nears Record as Investors Find Reasons to Buy

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST

Stocks traded higher on Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average inching toward a record high.

Call to lift ban on rhino horn trade

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:44 AM PST

Humanely shaving the horns of live rhinos and legalising the trade could save the species say scientists.

Cyprus president says committed to stability, swift bailout

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:44 AM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's new President Nicos Anastasiades vowed on Thursday to work for a swift conclusion of a bailout for the cash-starved island, ruling out debt or deposit "haircuts" for the Mediterranean nation threatened with a financial meltdown.