International Women's Day: Your stories

International Women's Day: Your stories

International Women's Day: Your stories

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:18 PM PST

Tell us your stories of the women who inspire you

In Mexico's "Alcatraz" High, students, parents dream of overhaul

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:58 PM PST

NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico (Reuters) - "Alcatraz jail" is scrawled in graffiti by the compound's entrance. Inside, tales abound of drug abuse, bribes and beatings doled out by mini-mafias who charge for access to the toilets.

France to Begin Mali Pullout in April

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:44 PM PST

France will start drawing down some of the 4,000 troops it has engaged in Mali next month after a final phase of chasing Islamist militants in the African country's vast desert, President François Hollande said.

Insight: Iran's Khamenei seen tightening his grip in vote to replace Ahmadinejad

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:48 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The presidential campaign season in Iran this year started with a warning. During a visit to the holy city of Qom in mid-January, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a packed crowd that both internal and external enemies may try to undermine the vote.

Cable suggests 'more borrowing'

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PST

The government may need to borrow more to fund capital spending if the UK's economy is to recover, Business Secretary Vince Cable suggests.

Steenkamp uncle ready to forgive

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:43 PM PST

Reeva Steenkamp's family breaks their silence in an exclusive interview on Anderson Cooper 360 Wednesday night.

Syria rebels abduct 20 U.N. observers

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:20 PM PST

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels abducted around 20 U.N. observers from the Golan Heights on Wednesday and threatened to hold them until the Syrian government withdraws its troops from the area, marking the most serious escalation of the conflict yet along Syria's southern border with Israel.

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Hugo Chavez’s death brings mixed reactions

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:56 AM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died March 5 in Caracas of complications from an unspecified cancer in his pelvic area. Juan Forero reported:

He was 58 and had been president since 1999, longer than any other democratically elected leader in the Americas. Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced the death.

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Hugo Chavez's legacy, in six charts

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:47 AM PST

Depending on whom you ask, Hugo Chavez was either a brutal dictator or an inspiring revolutionary. But his legacy comes into sharper contrast when you consider how public opinion changed over the course of his 14-year presidency.

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Kerry finds old friends and new restrictions in his first trip as secretary of state

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:10 AM PST

DOHA, Qatar — Secretary of State John F. Kerry called his first foreign trip as the nation's top diplomat a listening tour, but anyone familiar with his 28 years in the Senate or his 2004 presidential run will not be surprised to learn that Kerry did a lot of talking, too.

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Jordan close to commissioning two nuclear reactors, declines to sign accord with U.S.

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:08 AM PST

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Jordan is close to commissioning two nuclear reactors, to be built about 100 kilometers south of the Syrian border, as atomic energy spreads through the Arab world, even as uprisings convulse the region.

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Arkansas Adopts Restrictive Abortion Law

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:09 PM PST

Legal experts said a ban on abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, adopted on Wednesday, so sharply contradicts existing constitutional doctrine that it would quickly be voided.

Jobs to Fill, Employers Wait for Perfection

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:04 AM PST

Job openings are staying unfilled much longer than they used to, despite well-qualified candidates, in part because companies are reluctant to commit to new hires.

US Iraq rebuilding 'achieved little'

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:17 PM PST

The US rebuilding effort in Iraq achieved little despite $60bn (£40bn) spent since the 2003 invasion and at least $8bn wasted, a US auditor says.

Pistorius news didn't shock everyone

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PST

Oscar Pistorius first gained international fame amid a raging debate over whether his prosthetic legs would give him a competitive advantage in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Not everyone surprised by Pistorius murder charge

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PST

Oscar Pistorius first gained international fame amid a raging debate over whether his prosthetic legs would give him a competitive advantage in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Costa Concordia reveals its darkest secrets

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:00 AM PST

The shock of seeing the forlorn hulk of the Costa Concordia hasn't been dimmed by time. I'm here once again on the pristine little Italian island of Giglio, made famous not for its beauty, but for the tragedy on its shores.

Obama dines with Republican senators

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 01:04 PM PST

US President Barack Obama invites a group of Republican senators for dinner to advance stalled budget negotiations, the White House says.

Suspect in Fatal Hit and Run to Surrender Today, Friend Tells Police

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:29 AM PST

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the friend said he was acting as a liaison for Julio Acevedo, who he said would turn himself in with a lawyer.

State of the Art: 2 Ways to Subscribe to Microsoft’s Office, Eternally

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:02 AM PST

This year with Microsoft Office, it's not what the features are, but how you pay for them. There are two ways to subscribe.

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