Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda

Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda


Insight: Islamist inroads in Mali may undo French war on al Qaeda

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:09 PM PDT

TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Residents who slipped into a non-descript mud-brick house after Islamist fighters fled Mali's desert town of Timbuktu uncovered a trove of arms, ammunition and documents - the workings of the local al Qaeda recruitment office.

Indian police launch raids in probe into Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:41 PM PDT

A visitor walks past a stand for Italian defence group Finmeccanica during the IDEX at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition CentreNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian federal police investigating the AgustaWestland bribery case launched raids in the New Delhi area and city of Chandigarh on Wednesday after formally launching a probe into the helicopter company and a former top Indian air force officer. The Central Bureau of Investigation said it had registered a criminal case under India's anti-corruption laws and named Italian defense company Finmeccanica, and its Anglo-Italian subsidiary AgustaWestland as targets of its probe. ...


S Africa denies bail in taxi driver 'murder'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:47 PM PDT

Court refuses bail for nine police officers accused of dragging man behind a van and beating him to death in custody.

Dude, Can Marijuana Beat The Tax Man?

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:42 PM PDT

Aren't marijuana growers, dealers and dispensaries just trying to pay their taxes and make a profit like everybody else? In the staid world of tax law, it can seem downright strange to be worried whether someone has "trafficking" tax problems. Such is the odd symbiosis between conflicting federal and state laws.

Indian police launch raids in Finmeccanica defense deal probe

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 11:07 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police investigating the AgustaWestland bribery case raided homes and business premises in the New Delhi area and city of Chandigarh on Wednesday after formally launching a probe into the helicopter firm and a former air force chief.

Curiosity Finds That Ancient Mars May Have Been Habitable

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:56 PM PDT

After analysis of rock drilled from the Martian surface, scientists from NASA have announced that it shows that conditions from ancient Mars may have been suitable for life.

No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:44 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Russia's northern Kamchatka peninsula and weaker shocks could be felt in five inhabited areas, the federal Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties or damage. The ministry put the quake's epicenter at a depth of 14 km (nine miles) and some 840 km (522 miles) north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the provincial capital of the region, which is one of the most seismically active areas in the world. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Eric Beech)

NKorea criticizes SKorea prez's 'swish of skirt'

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:49 PM PDT

In this March 11, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third left, looks at South's western border island of Baengnyeong during his visit to the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, North Korea. North Korea's young leader urged front-line troops to be on "maximum alert" for a potential war as a state-run newspaper said Pyongyang had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The body that controls North Korea's military is dismissing South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, with a sexist comment about the "venomous swish" of her skirt.


India Slams Italy's Stand on Marines

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:35 PM PDT

India's government slammed Italy's refusal to send two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen to face trial in India.

No casualties in magnitude 5.6 quake in Russia's Kamchatka

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:44 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Russia's northern Kamchatka peninsula and weaker shocks could be felt in five inhabited areas, the federal Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties or damage.

How Virtual Health Assistants Can Reshape Healthcare

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:31 PM PDT

Guest post written by Thomas Morrow

As Anniversary of Dividend, Buyback Nears, Investors Want Apple To Show Them the Money

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:23 PM PDT

When Apple announced its $45 billion dividend and share repurchase plan on March 19, 2012, CEO Tim Cook promised investors that the board would "continually discuss" and review the plan.

Al Qaeda's Goofy Video Game Provokes Laughter, Not Terror

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT

If Osama Bin Laden hadn't been killed by Navy SEALs, he would have died of embarrassment at his group's latest exploit. Al Qaeda militants in the African nation of Mali are tired of being blasted by French jets. But instead of defeating the French in a real war, they've done the next best thing. They're wiping out the French Air Force in an online video game.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:58 PM PDT

Youth activist killed and eight others wounded in Hebron after Israeli troops use live fire on protesters.

Crimes Found Sapping Billions From Africa

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:09 PM PDT

Kickbacks, graft and tax evasion cost Africa an average of $62.5 billion a year in the decade through 2009, a new study shows.

How former Burmese political prisoner Win Tin survived 20 years in jail

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:19 PM PDT

How do you survive two decades in jail, most of it spent in solitary confinement, and still stay sane?

Somehow, former Burmese political prisoner Win Tin achieved just that. Now 83 years old, his body is frail and his heart is weak, but he seems to have lost none of the mental sharpness and wit that made him such a formidable foe of Burma's military junta for decades. During a two-hour meeting last month, he spoke engagingly and with humor about his experiences in prison and his views about the direction in which the country was headed.

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VIDEO: Argentina Dirty War crimes

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:52 PM PDT

A court in Buenos Aires has sentenced the former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone to life in jail for crimes against humanity committed when he was in power in the 1980s.

Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:57 PM PDT

Children remove trash blocking the drains in the Al Inzarat district in AleppoBy Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - A boy of 12 sees his best friend shot through the heart. Another of 15 is held in a cell with 150 other people, and taken out every day to be put in a giant wheel and burnt with cigarettes. Syria's children are perhaps the greatest victims of their country's conflict, suffering "layers and layers of emotional trauma", Save the Children's chief executive told Reuters. Syrian children have been shot at, tortured and raped during two years of unrest and civil war, the London-based international charity said in a report released on Wednesday. ...


Syria's children shot at, tortured, raped: charity report

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:57 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A boy of 12 sees his best friend shot through the heart. Another of 15 is held in a cell with 150 other people, and taken out every day to be put in a giant wheel and burnt with cigarettes.

Executive Coaching From Prince Hal

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 07:36 PM PDT

By Nigel Roberts, London Correspondent, INSEAD Knowledge

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