VIDEO: Nigeria hostages death claim probed

VIDEO: Nigeria hostages death claim probed

VIDEO: Nigeria hostages death claim probed

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:41 PM PST

Diplomats are investigating claims that seven foreign hostages seized last month in Nigeria have been killed.

VIDEO: Freed UN hostages arrive in Jordon

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:44 PM PST

A group of 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers captured by rebels in Syria have arrived in Jordan after being released.

'I'm fat' shifts to 'I'm old' as women age

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:58 PM PST

A new study finds that as a woman ages, she doesn't necessarily go any easier on herself. Rather, aging women tend to replace negative thinking about large thighs or muffin tops with concerns over looking old and wrinkled.

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Afghan Taliban, U.S. revive reconciliation talks in Qatar - Karzai

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:33 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban and the United States have been holding talks in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.

U.S., allies use U.N. rights panel to pressure defiant North Korea

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are applying a new form of pressure on North Korea, already facing a tightening ring of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests: tougher U.N. censure of Pyongyang's human rights record.

China unveils restructuring to boost efficiency, fight corruption

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:24 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled a government restructuring plan on Sunday, cutting cabinet-level entities by two and dissolving its powerful Railways Ministry, as the country's new leaders look to boost efficiency and combat corruption.

Venezuela election race starts, opposition at disadvantage

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:22 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has fired the starting gun in a highly charged election race likely to pit Hugo Chavez's preferred successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, against centrist opposition leader Henrique Capriles.

Analysis: Bellicose North Korea forces China to shift stance on old friend

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 09:27 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Six months ago China's state media was lauding North Korea as a great place to invest as both countries tried to promote a cross-border economic zone.

In China, public anger over secrecy on environment

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 07:43 PM PST

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment.

Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 07:10 PM PST

STANLEY, Falkland Islands (Reuters) - Residents of the Falkland Islands vote on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum aimed at countering Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory.

Incidents make Jews wary, 75 years after Hitler annexed Austria

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:28 PM PST

VIENNA (Reuters) - Marina Plistiev, a Kyrgyzstan-born Jew, has lived in Vienna for 34 years but still doesn't like to take public transport.

Reopened

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:48 PM PST

The Carrasco Hotel, which reopens as Casino-Spa Sofitel Carrasco after being closed for 16 years, in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Vienna Philharmonic lifts lid on Nazi history

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:26 PM PST

VIENNA (Reuters) - The world-famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra will publish details of its history during the Nazi era on Sunday, responding to years of accusations of a cover-up.

Tubman park to be on land she worked as a slave

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:18 PM PST

CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts),  MARCH 10 — Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered yesterday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honour. An escaped slave herself, Tubman toiled in bondage on the land that will soon be the 17-acre Harriet Tubman ...

Heavy snow blankets Colorado, prompts flight cancellations

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 05:46 PM PST

DENVER, March 10 — A powerful Pacific storm dumped heavy snow across Colorado yesterday, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights at Denver International Airport and the postponement of a Major League Soccer game. No part of Colorado was spared from the fast-moving storm, which triggered blizzard conditions on the state's eastern plains, ...

Court rules hospitalised Berlusconi can attend tax trial

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:51 PM PST

ROME, March 10 — Court doctors ruled yesterday that Silvio Berlusconi was able to attend a tax fraud appeal, rejecting the Italian ex-prime minister's complaint that an eye ailment prevented him leaving hospital and sparking furious protests from his allies. The 76-year-old centre-right leader and media mogul faces a spate of trials this month as ...

Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:22 PM PST

CAIRO, March 10 — Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security. The ruling enraged residents of Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, by confirming the death ...

Abu Qatada detained in Britain for breaching bail terms

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 03:31 PM PST

LONDON, March 10 — A British judge sent radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada back to jail yesterday for breaching his bail terms, two days before the government begins an appeal against a court decision blocking his deportation to Jordan. Accused by the British authorities of posing a security risk and providing spiritual inspiration for one of the ...

As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election set for mid-April

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 02:40 PM PST

CARACAS, March 10 — Venezuela will hold a presidential election on April 14, officials said yesterday, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and win his own term in office. Maduro, a physically imposing former union leader who served as foreign minister and vice president ...

Kenya’s Odinga says to challenge election result in court

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 06:58 AM PST

NAIROBI, March 9 — Kenya's defeated presidential contender Raila Odinga rejected the election outcome on Saturday and said he would challenge it in court, but called on his supporters to avoid violence. His rival Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for crimes against humanity, was declared winner of the election with a tiny margin, just enough to avoid a ...

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