Ex-Mexican mayor arrested on suspicion of helping kidnappers

Ex-Mexican mayor arrested on suspicion of helping kidnappers
Hagel warns of deep, new cuts to defense budget
Violence reignites along Israel-Gaza border after Palestinian prisoner’s death
Hunt for Joseph Kony, elusive African warlord, is halted
Stunning before-and-after satellite photos show sectarian devastation in Burma
State of the Art: T-Mobile Breaks Free of Cellphone Contracts and Penalties
Data Mismatch Clouds China's Export Report
Fire Engulfs Luxury Tower in Chechnya
Big Investors Rethink Rosy Outlook on Euro-Zone Debt
Portuguese Government Survives No-Confidence Vote
Spanish king's daughter charged in corruption inquiry
Fallon succeeds Leno at Tonight Show
Serbia has days to decide on Kosovo: minister
Capriles mocks "skin-deep" revolutionaries ahead of Venezuela vote
Libya investigating Zueitina oil pipeline blast
US to deploy missile system to Guam
US to deploy missile system to Guam
VIDEO: The Korean crisis - in 90 seconds
U.S. sends missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat
New Rebel Gains Reported in Southern Syria

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A former mayor in Mexico has been arrested on suspicion of helping a criminal gang kill two men when he ran the western town of Villa Corona last year, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Hagel warns of deep, new cuts to defense budget

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the Pentagon Monday to brace for further possible cuts in defense spending and said the military needs to make fundamental changes in the way it operates to cope with new fiscal realities.

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Violence reignites along Israel-Gaza border after Palestinian prisoner’s death

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

JERUSALEM — The death of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody triggered a flare-up of violence across the Israel-Gaza border early Wednesday, but calm later returned to the area as both sides appeared to be stepping back from further confrontation.

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Hunt for Joseph Kony, elusive African warlord, is halted

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:47 AM PDT

NAIROBI — The Ugandan military has suspended its hunt for war crimes suspect Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army, delivering a major setback to capturing a notorious warlord accused in the abductions of tens of thousands of children over the past three decades.

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Stunning before-and-after satellite photos show sectarian devastation in Burma

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:43 AM PDT

In late March, as tension between Burma's Buddhists and its Muslim minority escalated, a street vendor and a customer in the city of Meiktila began quarreling over a piece of gold. Somehow, the Buddhist customer received a head injury, possibly from the Muslim vendor. Before long, Buddhist mobs were attacking Muslim-run gold stalls. A group of Muslims then stabbed a Buddhist monk to death, apparently in revenge. And then it was chaos.

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State of the Art: T-Mobile Breaks Free of Cellphone Contracts and Penalties

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:15 AM PDT

T-Mobile, the smallest of the Big Four cellphone carriers, steps away from the two-year, unbreakable contract that Sprint, Verizon and AT&T live by.

Data Mismatch Clouds China's Export Report

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

A discrepancy between China's export data and Hong Kong import numbers has raised doubts about what appeared to be booming overseas demand for Chinese goods, amid uncertainty about the strength of the recovery in the world's second largest economy.

Fire Engulfs Luxury Tower in Chechnya

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:16 PM PDT

A luxury high-rise building in Chechnya's capital where French actor Gerard Depardieu was given a five-room apartment caught fire Wednesday sending smoke billowing over much of the city.

Big Investors Rethink Rosy Outlook on Euro-Zone Debt

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Several large institutional investors are starting to question the European Central Bank's ability to stay true to its pledge last July to "do whatever it takes" to support the euro zone.

Portuguese Government Survives No-Confidence Vote

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Portugal's government survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, giving it breathing room before facing another serious hurdle—an anticipated high-court ruling that could derail the country's €78 billion ($100 billion) international bailout program.

Spanish king's daughter charged in corruption inquiry

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:32 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, was charged on Wednesday with being an accomplice in an embezzlement case against her husband, the latest high-level graft investigation to anger Spaniards suffering a severe recession.

Fallon succeeds Leno at Tonight Show

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Late-night television show host Jay Leno will be replaced by presenter Jimmy Fallon on NBC's The Tonight Show, the US network says.

Serbia has days to decide on Kosovo: minister

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:25 PM PDT

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia has days to decide whether to accept a "catastrophic" plan to end the ethnic partition of its former Kosovo province or risk losing out on talks on joining the European Union, the country's powerful deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.

Capriles mocks "skin-deep" revolutionaries ahead of Venezuela vote

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate tore into government leaders on Wednesday as false revolutionaries lining their pockets while professing faith to the late Hugo Chavez's radical socialism.

Libya investigating Zueitina oil pipeline blast

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:04 PM PDT

NEAR ADJABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libya is investigating the cause of an explosion late on Tuesday on oil and condensate pipelines to the eastern port of Zueitina, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.

US to deploy missile system to Guam

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

The US will move an advanced missile system to the Pacific island of Guam as a precaution following threats by North Korea, the Pentagon says.

US to deploy missile system to Guam

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

The US will move an advanced missile system to the Pacific island of Guam as a precaution following threats by North Korea, the Pentagon says.

VIDEO: The Korean crisis - in 90 seconds

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:08 AM PDT

North and South Korea have technically been at war since the 1950s. Should we really be worried about the current round of sabre-rattling?

U.S. sends missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was sending an advanced ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks, as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cited a "real and clear" danger from North Korea.