Uranium concern at North Korea test

Uranium concern at North Korea test

Uranium concern at North Korea test

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:43 AM PST

What might North Korea's nuclear test reveal about its nuclear aims?

Obama to Make His Case for Government Action

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST

President Obama will ask a divided Congress to embrace new government investments, gun limits, a revamped immigration system and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Uranium concern at North Korea test

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:43 AM PST

What might North Korea's nuclear test reveal about its nuclear aims?

UN warns of reprisal attacks in Mali

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

UN Human Rights Chief says revenge attacks risk driving Mali into a catastrophic spiral of violence.

Politics in Bangladesh Jolted by Huge Protests

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:16 PM PST

Thousands demonstrated again on Tuesday in Dhaka, fueled by anger over a recent ruling by the country's special war crimes tribunal that they say was too lenient.

Ferguson prepared for 'acid test'

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:52 AM PST

Sir Alex Ferguson is disappointed Manchester United and Real Madrid cannot meet in the Champions League final.

British police mount raid as horsemeat scandal widens

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:13 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British police and regulators raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processor on Tuesday suspected of selling horsemeat as beef, expanding a Europe-wide scandal that has shocked consumers and exposed flawed food safety controls.

Hagel Facing Tense Vote by Senate Panel on Defense Post

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:03 PM PST

Democrats said they intended to push Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary to the Senate floor, but the threat of a filibuster attempt by Republicans loomed.

The Lede: Australian Report on Israel's 'Prisoner X' Suggests Melbourne Man Was Mossad Agent

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that a man referred to in Israel as "Prisoner X," who was jailed and died under mysterious circumstances in 2010, might have been an Australian-born Israeli who worked for Israel's secret service, the Mossad.

The Lede: Australian Report on Israel's 'Prisoner X' Suggests Melbourne Man Was Mossad Agent

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:01 PM PST

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that a man referred to in Israel as "Prisoner X," who was jailed and died under mysterious circumstances in 2010, might have been an Australian-born Israeli who worked for Israel's secret service, the Mossad.

WORLD: Outrage at a North Korean Nuclear Test

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:39 AM PST

Richard Haass on the diplomatic fallout. | William Broad on what it means for their nuclear program.

French Assembly Passes Gay Marriage, Adoption Bill

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:13 AM PST

France's lower house of parliament approved a sweeping bill on Tuesday to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, handing a major legislative victory to President Francois Hollande's Socialists on a divisive social issue.

Berlusconi ally in trouble before Italy vote

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:57 AM PST

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors accused the former governor of Lombardy, a once-powerful ally of Silvio Berlusconi, of criminal conspiracy after they completed a corruption investigation on Tuesday, less than two weeks before a national election.

French assembly passes gay marriage bill

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:42 AM PST

The 320-299 vote follows months of debate and controversy that provoked mass rallies across France both for and against.

Obama to give State of Union speech

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST

President Obama will lay out his second-term agenda in his State of the Union speech later, with the US economy expected to dominate the address.

Singapore in spotlight over soccer match-fixing

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:02 AM PST

SINGAPORE—At a Singapore Pools betting booth in Geylang, an area of Singapore known for its rows of 19th century "shophouses" and red light district, gamblers line up patiently to place bets on the lottery and the weekend's football games.

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Russia set to ban smoking in public places

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:51 AM PST

MOSCOW—Russia's lower house of parliament Tuesday passed a bill prohibiting smoking in public places, an extraordinary measure in a country where about 60 percent of adult men smoke cigarettes.

The bill was proposed by the Ministry of Health and energetically endorsed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an effort to limit the harm caused by smoking. The measure is expected to be easily approved by the upper house of parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin within two weeks.

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France’s lower house sends same-sex marriage, gay adoption bill to Senate

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST

PARIS—After months of philosophical debate and massive street demonstrations for and against, the French National Assembly on Tuesday authorized same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples, despite France's long history as a homeland for Roman Catholic tradition.

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Official: Obama wants to cut troop level in Afghanistan in half by next year

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:25 AM PST

President Obama intends to announce in his State of the Union address Tuesday night that he is ordering the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be reduced by more than half over the next 12 months, according to a senior Obama administration official.

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Azerbaijan turns on one of its own

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:11 AM PST

MOSCOW – Azerbaijan's troubled efforts to portray itself as a progressive and Western-oriented country took a beating this week with the announcement by a pro-government political party that it will pay $12,700 to anyone who cuts off the ear of a 75-year-old novelist.

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