Venezuela sets post-Chavez poll date

Venezuela sets post-Chavez poll date

Venezuela sets post-Chavez poll date

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PST

A presidential election to replace late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will be held on 14 April, the country's electoral commission says.

Susan Rice as national security adviser? U.N. ambassador said to be front-runner.

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:03 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS —Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who lost out in a bruising bid for the job of secretary of state, may have the last laugh.

Rice has emerged as far and away the front-runner to succeed Thomas E. Donilon as President Obama's national security adviser later this year, according to an administration official familiar with the president's thinking. The job would place her at the nexus of foreign-policy decision making and allow her to rival the influence of Secretary of State John F. Kerry in shaping the president's foreign policy.

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Head of Greek Privatization Agency Resigns

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:08 PM PST

The head of Greece's privatization agency and a senior finance ministry official resigned Saturday, after they were charged with dereliction of duty during their former tenures as board members of the country's state-owned power company.

John Sexton Is Tested by N.Y.U. Faculty

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:01 PM PST

The faculty of New York University is conducting a no-confidence vote on John Sexton, the university's president, whom some consider a hero and others an autocrat.

Saudi Court Convicts Activist

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:43 AM PST

A court in Saudi Arabia convicted a prominent rights activist of "electronic crimes," and sentenced him to 10 years over his criticism of the government.

Malaysian Authorities Say They Have Trapped Intruders

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 05:35 AM PST

Police and military authorities said Saturday they have trapped followers of a self-proclaimed head of the sultanate of Sulu between two coastal villages in Sabah state while blocking their exit to the sea.

Photos of the Week: March 2-9

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 07:11 AM PST

In this week's pictures, a boy and his monkey stroll along the waterfront in Mumbai, girls celebrate a snowstorm as their father shovels in Indiana, dogs eye a snack at a dog show in England, and more.

Dragging case taxi driver is buried

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PST

A taxi driver who was filmed being dragged behind a police van in South Africa before being found dead is buried in his native Mozambique.

Man City 5-0 Barnsley

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:53 AM PST

Carlos Tevez shrugs off his recent arrest to score a hat-trick as Manchester City beat Barnsley to reach FA Cup semis.

Jordan's King Abdullah reappoints Ensour as PM

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah reappointed Abdullah Ensour as prime minister on Saturday after canvassing members of a new parliament elected in January, officials said.

Jordan's parliament chooses PM for first time

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:51 AM PST

Move marks first time in country's history that head of government is decided by legislature rather than the king.

Nigerian forces say they have killed 52 Islamists, arrested 70

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:29 PM PST

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces said on Saturday they had killed 52 Islamist militants over 10 days of fighting in the northeasterly Borno state, at a cost of only two of their own men, with no civilian deaths.

China Says It Will Not Abandon North Korea

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 09:18 AM PST

The careful remarks by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi masked the unparalleled plain-spoken discussions among China's officials and analysts about the value of supporting North Korea even as it continues to develop nuclear weapons.

Saudi Arabia jails two prominent activists

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PST

Founding members of the banned Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association are sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Slovenians take to streets against corruption

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:57 AM PST

Thousands march in the capital, demanding a snap election after the conservative government of Janez Jansa was ousted.

Malaysia Detains 79 in Fight Against Filipinos

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:12 PM PST

Followers of a sultan seeking to re-establish a historic claim over part of Borneo Island have been under attack by Malaysian forces.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. Citizen, in America’s Cross Hairs

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:51 AM PST

An account of how the United States came to use a drone strike to kill the terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico. The account highlights the perils of a war conducted behind a classified veil.

Kenya poll a 'triumph of democracy'

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:23 AM PST

Uhuru Kenyatta promises to serve all Kenyans "without fear or favour" after being declared winner of the presidential election by the smallest of margins.

British minister floats quitting European rights convention

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights because it interferes with the government's ability to fight crime and control immigration, Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said on Saturday.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. Citizen, in America’s Cross Hairs

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:51 AM PST

An account of how the United States came to use a drone strike to kill the terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico. The account highlights the perils of a war conducted behind a classified veil.

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