Colombia Coffee Farmers End Strike

Colombia Coffee Farmers End Strike

Colombia Coffee Farmers End Strike

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:23 PM PST

Colombia's government signed a deal with coffee farmers upset over falling bean prices, ending a two-week strike that has included violent protests and highway blockades.

US state to arm school teachers

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:26 PM PST

The US state of South Dakota enacts a law allowing school districts to arm teachers, with backers saying it will prevent mass shootings in schools.

Kenya to announce election result on Saturday, says official

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:19 PM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's election commission said it expected to announce a final result in a tightly fought presidential election at 11 a.m. (03:00 a.m. EST) on Saturday, extending an already delayed count after earlier saying it would issue a final tally on Friday.

Some Chinese Seek a Divorce to Avoid Real Estate Tax

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:47 PM PST

Divorce filings spiked in big cities across China after rumors that one way to avoid a 20 percent tax on profits from housing sales was to separate from a spouse, at least on paper.

Sniffing Out a More-Efficient Mine Sweeper

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:55 PM PST

Genetic researchers are exploring a safe way to deal with the millions of buried land mines left behind from conflicts around the world: build a better mouse.

Analysis: New sanctions on North Korea may be tougher, but impact in doubt

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:33 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - New U.N. steps against North Korea over its nuclear arms program were designed to bring its sanctions regime more in line with the tough restrictions Iran is facing, but fears remain that the measures will have little impact on Pyongyang's defiant leaders.

In India, Syrian regime courts BRIC countries

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:05 PM PST

The bloc of the five emerging economies called BRICS may have lost some of its sheen recently, but it is being wooed as an important lobbying group by the besieged Syrian government.

During her three-day visit to India, senior Syrian minister Bouthaina Shaaban asked New Delhi to take the lead in drafting a strong statement in support of Syria, when the five nations -- comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- meet at a conference later this month.

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Marches in Egypt's Port Said as verdict looms

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:35 PM PST

Security tightened in Suez Canal city and Cairo as protests intensify ahead of Saturday's verdict in football riot case.

China Signals Reform of Rail System

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:12 PM PST

China signaled it is on the verge of shaking up its massive railway system, long plagued by corruption allegations and heavy debt and since a deadly 2011 train crash also under a cloud of safety concerns.

Photos of the Day: March 8

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:33 PM PST

In today's pictures, camels wait to be exported in Somalia, a maintenance worker checks a Predator drone in Arizona, speed skaters go around a track in Hungary, and more.

Myanmar must face up to junta crimes, U.N. envoy says

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:18 PM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar must pursue crimes committed by the former junta but neither the quasi-civilian government nor opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi have any appetite to do so for now, a United Nations investigator said on Friday.

On Religion: Focus on the Family Transforms Its Message

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 07:33 AM PST

Under the leadership of Jim Daly, the evangelical group has tried to be less divisive and invite civil dialogue with its religious and ideological foes.

Protestors, police clash at Guinea opposition march

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PST

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with Guinean police on Friday at a march by thousands of opposition supporters in the coastal capital Conakry, the latest in more than a week of violence stemming from a dispute over legislative elections.

Funeral for US Civil War sailors

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:04 PM PST

The remains of two sailors who perished aboard US Civil War gunboat USS Monitor are to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full honours.

Malala's story inspires film

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:07 PM PST

The Afghan girl who was shot by Taliban gunmen has inspired a global movement and a documentary titled "Girl Rising."

Sudan, South Sudan to withdraw forces from buffer zone

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:35 PM PST

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Friday to order their forces out of a demilitarized border zone within a week, a mediator said, possibly opening the way to the resumption of oil exports from the south.

Five sheet-wrapped bodies found in Mexico; gang murder suspected

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:35 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five corpses wrapped head to toe in white sheets were found early Friday on a highway in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo, victims of suspected gang-related slaying.

Singing woman kicked off Miami train

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:17 AM PST

A Florida mayor apologises to an elderly woman whom a private security guard forcibly removed from a commuter train for singing.

The Lede: A Bin Laden Son-in-Law’s Video Messages

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:35 AM PST

Weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, praised the attacks in a video message broadcast on Al Jazeera.

Clegg says Lib Dems let people down

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:27 PM PST

The Liberal Democrats "let people down" by not dealing with claims made against the party's ex-chief executive, Nick Clegg tells party delegates.

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