Senate Gun Bill Will Exclude Assault Weapons Ban

Senate Gun Bill Will Exclude Assault Weapons Ban

Senate Gun Bill Will Exclude Assault Weapons Ban

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 01:21 PM PDT

The Senate next month will consider a bill to increase the penalties for people who buy and sell illegal guns, a measure greatly reduced in scope from what President Obama sought.

Seven killed in blast at US arms depot

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Mortar shell explodes unexpectedly during army training exercise in state of Nevada, leaving many others injured.

Dissident's visit warms Washington's Cuba Cold War

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visit to the Congress on Tuesday by Cuba's best-known dissident may have slightly narrowed one of Washington's long-standing political gaps - the angry dispute over the U.S. embargo against the Communist government in Havana.

U.K. Flies Cash to Cyprus For Its Troops

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:42 PM PDT

The British government has sent a plane to Cyprus with €1 million on board in case its military personnel stationed there is in need of an emergency loan during the country's bailout crisis, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

Banned Mutton Found in Horse Meat Probe

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:38 PM PDT

French authorities have discovered banned mutton at the French company at the heart of Europe's horse meat scandal, fueling concerns about food safety controls.

Italy Issues Public-Spending Review

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Italy's technocrat administration issued a long-awaited analytical report on how to cut public spending.

Photos of the Day: March 19

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:39 PM PDT

In today's pictures, a gecko sits in a zoo in Zurich, a woman feeds pigeons in Nepal, Pope Francis holds his inaugural Mass at the Vatican, and more.

In West Bank, faint hopes for Obama’s visit

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:26 PM PDT

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — President Obama, whose visit to Israel begins Wednesday, is scheduled to travel to this Palestinian city during his trip, but there is little anticipation and much skepticism in the air.

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Russian analyst: Moscow believes Washington is gripped by 'strategic insanity'

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:14 PM PDT

I'm skeptical that anyone outside of the Kremlin could diagnose its view of American foreign policy with real certainty, but Fyodor Lukyanov is probably about as close as an outside observer can get. He's the editor of a journal called Russia in Global Affairs, which is published in partnership with Foreign Affairs, and he sits on all sorts of foreign policy councils in Russia. So, while his estimation of Moscow's viewpoint is drawn in part from imperfect inference, it's probably still got some truth so it.

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High-tech hunt for pirates

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 09:49 AM PDT

On board the HDMS Iver Huitfeldt, the captain has just had them execute what on land would be considered a three point turn.

U.S. flies B-52s over South Korea

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 06:50 AM PDT

The U.S. Air Force is breaking out some of its heaviest hardware to send a message to North Korea.

Could 'Terminator' surrender bring peace to Congo?

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Is this choice why Congo's 'Terminator' finally surrendered?

VIDEO: Malala attends first day at school

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 10:58 AM PDT

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' rights to education, has attended her first day at school in the UK.

Saudi Arabia says arrests 18 in spying investigation

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that 18 people, including one Iranian, one Lebanese citizen and 16 Saudis, had been arrested for spying.

Saudi Arabia arrests 18 for spying

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Saudi Arabia arrests an Iranian, a Lebanese and 16 Saudis accused of being part of a "spying cell for a state", officials say.

Saudi Arabia arrests Iranian, Lebanese and 16 Saudis for spying

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 12:13 PM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that 18 people, including one Iranian and one Lebanese citizen, had been arrested for spying.

Owen one of the best, says Lineker

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:57 AM PDT

Gary Lineker says retiring striker Michael Owen would have broken Sir Bobby Charlton's England goalscoring record but for injury.

Cyprus Rejects Bank Deposit Tax, Scuttling Bailout Deal

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 01:20 PM PDT

President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus was set to return to the negotiating table with lenders after lawmakers rejected a package that had sought to tax depositors to help pay for a bailout.

Guatemalan trial of ex-dictator Rios Montt begins

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity opened on Tuesday, the first time a country has prosecuted an ex-head of state in a national court on such charges.

Witness in ICC case against Kenya's Ruto withdraws: defense

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 11:58 AM PDT

THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - A lawyer for Kenya's deputy president-elect William Ruto, who is charged with crimes against humanity, said a key prosecution witness had withdrawn, potentially complicating another case related to election violence five years ago.

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