Far right stumbles again in Austrian state election

Far right stumbles again in Austrian state election

Far right stumbles again in Austrian state election

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party lost ground on Sunday at a third consecutive state election, further clouding its prospects for joining a national coalition after parliamentary elections due by September.

Key Egyptian negotiator with IMF quits

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.

Crash victims face 'long recovery'

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

A relative of two women hurt when a hen party's minibus crashed said it could take years for some of the victims to recover.

Dhaka building collapse: Shattered lives

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Victims' families in Bangladesh speak of their loss

Dhaka building collapse: Shattered lives

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Victims' families in Bangladesh speak of their loss

William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ at His Work

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:18 AM PDT

William Zinsser, the 90-year-old author of "On Writing Well," can no longer see. So now he coaches writers by listening to their prose.
    

Indian film festival screens censored scenes, sparking talk on depiction of women

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:55 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent as a montage of movie scenes showed women dancing in skimpy clothing or being verbally abused, slapped, leered at, pawed, tied and raped.

The scenes had been cut out of movies, deemed inappropriate by government censors. But they were screened for the first time this weekend in New Delhi during a three-day workshop called "Cut-Uncut," which was part of a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema, the world's largest film industry with more than 1,100 movies produced every year.

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In North Korea, the news agency is the weapon of choice

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:53 AM PDT

SEOUL — North Korea has kept this region on edge in recent weeks primarily by using its weapon of choice in times of war-mongering: its state-run news agency.

The massive wire service, known as the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), serves as the primary mouthpiece for the authoritarian nation, lauding upticks in factory production, documenting the arrival of floral baskets for the ruling Kims, and occasionally warning about nuclear strikes on neighbors.

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In St. Petersburg, spaces to explore the relationship of the individual to the power of the state

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:21 AM PDT

One of the most striking objects on display at a new museum exhibit here is an ordinary, old, yellow roll of film.

On it is an illegally photographed copy of "The Gulag Archipelago" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, ready for the underground distribution of literature known in Soviet days as samizdat. The film was shot by Oleg Moskvin in 1976. When he was betrayed to the police, he was certified as insane and packed off to a psychiatric hospital, where he stayed until 1984.

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Italy prosecutors aim to hasten Finmeccanica graft trial: source

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:32 AM PDT

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors investigating allegations of corruption by Finmeccanica in the sale of 12 helicopters to India believe their evidence is strong enough to warrant an urgent trial without preliminary proceedings, a legal source with direct knowledge of the situation said.

Deadly explosion hits French housing complex

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT

At least two dead and 10 injured after possible gas explosion rips off side of five-storey building in city of Reims.

The Caucus: Lawmakers Call for Stronger U.S. Action in Syria

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Lawmakers in both parties urged President Obama to step up American involvement in the Syrian civil war.
    

Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:16 AM PDT

The wealth gap might still be growing, experts said, further dimming the prospects for economic advancement for current and future generations of nonwhite Americans.
    

Man in the News | Enrico Letta: Italian Prime Minister’s Political Acrobatics

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:15 AM PDT

Prime Minister Enrico Letta relies on what are widely acknowledged as his consummate skills: an ability to negotiate and a gift for building bridges.
    

Fire breaks out at Bangladesh disaster site

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Some rescue missions stopped at building wreckage due to blaze, with hundreds of people still trapped under the rubble.

Fire in wrecked Bangladesh building

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:27 AM PDT

A fire breaks out in a collapsed factory in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, hampering efforts to reach survivors of a disaster that has killed hundreds.

Fire in wrecked Bangladesh building

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:27 AM PDT

A fire breaks out in a collapsed factory in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, hampering efforts to reach survivors of a disaster that has killed hundreds.

Profits Slow in China for Industrials

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:32 AM PDT

Growth in China's industrial profits decelerated sharply in March, raising concern that sputtering expansion of the world's second-largest economy could slow further.

German finance minister calls anti-euro party's policy "insane"

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:03 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - A core policy of a new anti-euro party was criticized as "economically insane" by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in an interview published on Sunday.

Saracens 12-24 Toulon

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT

Jonny Wilkinson kicks all 24 points to guide Toulon past Saracens and set up a Heineken Cup final with Clermont.

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