Qatar says no more aid to Egypt for now

Qatar says no more aid to Egypt for now


Qatar says no more aid to Egypt for now

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:21 AM PDT

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar does not expect to give further financial aid to Egypt in the immediate term, Qatari Finance Minister Youssef Kamal said on Monday.

VIDEO: Volcano erupts in Ecuador

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 12:48 AM PDT

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano continues to spew lava for a second day.

VIDEO: How do cardinals select new pope ?

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:48 PM PDT

The BBC's Philippa Thomas explains how cardinals will choose a new Pope - from inside a special "virtual Sistine Chapel".

Japan honours victims of 2011 quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 01:03 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan honours the victims of its worst disaster since World War Two on Monday: the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that killed almost 19,000 people and stranded 315,000 evacuees, including refugees who fled radiation from the devastated Fukushima atomic plant.


Accused in India gang rape hangs himself, said to be ringleader

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:39 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in New Delhi's Tihar jail on Monday, officials said, a dramatic twist in a case that has provoked outrage across India.

VIDEO: 'A teacher with a gun could have stopped him'

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:44 PM PDT

Panorama's Hilary Andersson speaks to teachers in Texas, who have decided to improve their shooting skills in case they have to protect their classes against a crazed gunman.

Myanmar government and Kachin rebels renew talks

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:17 PM PDT

Myanmar's government met Kachin rebels for renewed peace talks in China on Monday, an analyst said, as the rivals seek to resolve a festering ethnic conflict that has undermined reforms.

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Delhi gang-rape accused's death was 'murder': lawyer

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:15 PM PDT

An Indian bus driver who was found dead Monday while on trial over a fatal gang-rape could not have killed himself and his death should be treated as a murder, his parents and lawyer said.

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Where are the Sulu gunmen?

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:14 PM PDT

I am curious about where the Sulu gunmen have gone, too. By using simple subtraction, after deducting 50 from 200, there should be 150 left.

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Japan govt offers 2014 academic year scholarships for Malaysians

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:37 PM PDT

The Japanese Government is inviting applications from Malaysians for scholarships to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Japan for the academic year 2014.

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Malaysia's total trade in January expands 9.2 pct to RM110.72 bln

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:37 PM PDT

Malaysia's total trade in January rose 9.2 per cent to RM110.72 billion from the RM101.39 billion registered in the same month of last year, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said.

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Schools in Lahad Datu and Semporna reopen

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:36 PM PDT

Fifty-four schools -- five in Lahad Datu and 49 in Semporna -- resume lessons today after police deemed the situation in the area to be safe and under control.

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Indian tribe puts women in control

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:24 PM PDT

India's remote northeast is home to an ancient tribe whose high regard for women makes it a striking anomaly in a male-dominated country.

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Plague of pigs in Shanghai river

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:12 PM PDT

More than 1,000 dead pigs have been found floating in Shanghai's main waterway, the Chinese city's government said Monday, as residents expressed fears over possible drinking water contamination.

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Britain's 'atheist church' set to go global

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:11 PM PDT

Echoing with joyful song and with a congregation bent on leading better lives, this London church is like any other -- except there's no mention of God.

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Bus driver on trial for Delhi gang rape hangs himself

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:06 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago hanged himself in New Delhi's Tihar jail on Monday, police said.


Venezuela's Capriles joins race, tussles with Chavez heir

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:28 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition leader vowed on Sunday to fight late Hugo Chavez's preferred successor for the presidency next month and the pair quickly locked horns in an angry war of words.


Bus driver accused in Delhi gag rape hangs himself in cell

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:04 PM PDT

NEW DELHI, March 11 — The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and murdered three months ago hanged himself in New Delhi's Tihar jail today, his lawyer and TV news reports said. Ram Singh was the main accused of five men and a juvenile put on trial for the attack on the 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist in the Indian ...


Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:56 PM PDT

STANLEY, Falkland Islands, March 11 — Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting yesterday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory. Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after more than three decades since they went to war over the ...


No enemy tunnels found by security forces - police

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:20 PM PDT

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib has denied the claim by residents of Kampung Tanduo that the intruders from southern Philippine had entered the village through a tunnel built since November last year.

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