At Chavez's birthplace, Maduro vows to win Venezuela vote

At Chavez's birthplace, Maduro vows to win Venezuela vote
Brighton report homophobic abuse
Jon Stewart sparks Twitter fight between U.S. Embassy and Egyptian president's office
Senate Republican backs gay marriage
North Korea - a vexing problem for the US
India court ends travel ban on Italian envoy
Arkansas to probe Exxon Mobile spill
Pakistani youth 'favour Sharia law'
Islamists accuse U.S. of interference in Egyptian affairs
Brazil arrests third suspect in rape, kidnap of foreign student
NRA-commissioned study supports having armed guards in schools
Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody sparks protests
Outrage at Saudi paralysis sentence
Pakistani youth 'favour Sharia law'
Palestinian prisoners protest death
India Ink: Image of the Day: April 2
Confusion in Atlanta as Educators Are Set to Be Jailed
Most young Pakistanis pessimistic as economy struggles: survey
China Announces 4 New Flu Cases
Q. and A.: Matthew Weiner on Season 6 of ‘Mad Men’

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:15 PM PDT

SABANETA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro made a pilgrimage to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's birthplace on Tuesday and pledged to win the April 14 election in his honor.

Brighton report homophobic abuse

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:02 PM PDT

Brighton fans say they have been subjected to homophobic insults in over half of the club's matches this season.

Jon Stewart sparks Twitter fight between U.S. Embassy and Egyptian president's office

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:41 PM PDT

.@usembassycairo @thedailyshow @drbassemyoussef It's inappropriate for a diplomatic mission to engage in such negative political propaganda

— Egyptian Presidency (@EgyPresidency) April 2, 2013

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has earned a reputation for being awfully active on Twitter, where it often engages critics directly and, at times, even jabs at Egypt's most powerful people and institutions.

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Senate Republican backs gay marriage

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT

Mark Kirk becomes the second Republican senator to back gay marriage, as polls show a rapid rise in public support on the issue.

North Korea - a vexing problem for the US

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Can the US break North Korea's war rhetoric cycle?

India court ends travel ban on Italian envoy

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

Top court lifts order after Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen return to India to face trial.

Arkansas to probe Exxon Mobile spill

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

The US state of Arkansas launches an investigation into an Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured, spilling oil into a housing community last week.

Pakistani youth 'favour Sharia law'

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Pakistani youth believe that Sharia law is the best political system, a British Council survey suggests.

Islamists accuse U.S. of interference in Egyptian affairs

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies accused the United States on Tuesday of blatant interference in Egypt's affairs after Washington said Cairo was muzzling freedom of speech.

Brazil arrests third suspect in rape, kidnap of foreign student

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:32 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police in Rio de Janeiro have arrested a third suspect after the weekend rape and kidnapping of a foreign student that shocked residents and once again raised concerns about security in Brazil ahead of the World Cup, Olympics and other major international events in the coming years.

NRA-commissioned study supports having armed guards in schools

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

A 225-page study commissioned by the National Rifle Association has endorsed and amplified the gun rights group's immediate response to the mass killing in Newtown, Conn. — that all schools in the United States should have police or armed staff trained to confront a shooter.

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Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody sparks protests

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:01 PM PDT

JERUSALEM — Palestinian leaders accused Israel of medical negligence and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners protested in Israeli jails after a fellow inmate died Tuesday of cancer.

Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 63, died in an Israeli hospital in the southern city of Beersheba three days after he was taken there by prison authorities and two months after receiving a diagnosis of throat cancer.

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Outrage at Saudi paralysis sentence

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Amnesty denounces as "outrageous" the reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man.

Pakistani youth 'favour Sharia law'

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Pakistani youth believe that Sharia law is the best political system, a British Council survey suggests.

Palestinian prisoners protest death

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 07:05 AM PDT

Israeli prison guards use tear gas to stop protests by Palestinian prisoners after a Palestinian inmate died of cancer.

India Ink: Image of the Day: April 2

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

World Autism Awareness Day celebrated in India.

Confusion in Atlanta as Educators Are Set to Be Jailed

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

On a day when 35 educators were supposed to be jailed in the nation's largest school-cheating scandal, the judicial system was unprepared.

Most young Pakistanis pessimistic as economy struggles: survey

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 12:04 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nearly 100 percent of young Pakistanis are pessimistic about the future and believe their country is headed in the wrong direction, a survey released on Wednesday found.