London Marathon Is Completed Without Security Problems

London Marathon Is Completed Without Security Problems


London Marathon Is Completed Without Security Problems

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Six days after the Boston bombings, the London Marathon was held Sunday with no security scares and the minds of nearly all involved on the victims of last Monday's attack.
    


Sudanese police mutiny as security deteriorates in Darfur

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A group of Sudanese policemen have staged a mutiny in Darfur, according to state news agency SUNA on Sunday, in a fresh sign of the deteriorating security situation in the vast western region.

Kerry says US to double non-lethal Syria aid

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Top US diplomat says aid to opposition forces will increase to $250m, but stopped short of a pledge to supply weapons.

Comedy Central to Host Comedy Festival on Twitter

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Comedy Central will use Twitter to host a comedy festival. The partnership between the two companies represents the evolving relationship between television and social media.
    


Pakistani Taliban Violently Reshape the Ballot

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:43 AM PDT

An intense campaign of attacks in northwestern Pakistan has all but derailed the governing party and struck fear in its candidates.
    

Quake-hit Sichuan waits for help

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Quake-hit Sichuan still waiting for promised aid

Indians Hope to Raise Journalism Standards

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT

New schools face an uphill struggle in training professionals for an industry that is often less than perfectly ethical.
    


Quake-hit Sichuan waits for help

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Quake-hit Sichuan still waiting for promised aid

Mother grieves for son with measles

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT

The mother of a Swansea man who was suffering from measles when he died has spoken of the family's devastation.

Analysis: Bahrain's rulers evade F1 fiasco but crisis endures

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's rulers can breathe a sigh of relief after a prized Formula One race went off largely unhindered by unrest, but in villages beyond the well-protected Grand Prix bubble simmering communal tensions still pose a stubborn challenge to stability.

Somali reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:40 AM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali journalist working for the government broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the fourth reporter to be murdered in the country this year, the union of journalists said.

China Expands Crackdown on Anticorruption Activists

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Six more activists were detained after demanding that senior Communist Party officials disclose their personal wealth, another sign of the limits of the leadership's war on graft.
    


Pakistani Taliban Violently Reshape the Ballot

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:43 AM PDT

An intense campaign of attacks in northwestern Pakistan has all but derailed the governing party and struck fear in its candidates.
    


China Expands Crackdown on Anticorruption Activists

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Six more activists were detained after demanding that senior Communist Party officials disclose their personal wealth, another sign of the limits of the leadership's war on graft.
    


City Report Shows a Growing Number Are Near Poverty

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:49 AM PDT

An analysis by the Bloomberg administration says that almost half of New York City's population was poor or near-poor in 2011, raising concerns about any cutbacks in federal relief programs.
    


Push for Tsarnaev to Be Tried in Federal Court

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:40 AM PDT

By charging Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, as a civilian, prosecutors could seek the death penalty.
    


FiveThirtyEight: Small Majority Approved of Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:18 AM PDT

Surveys conducted when this debate was last in the news found that a small majority of Americans favored informing terrorism suspects of their Miranda rights.
    


Guinea detains official from Israeli miner in corruption probe

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Authorities in Guinea have detained a senior official with the local unit of Israeli mining firm BSG Resources (BSGR) and are questioning him over corruption allegations, an official familiar with the case said on Sunday.

'Dozens killed' in Syria army attack

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Syrian government troops seize a town near Damascus, killing at least 80 people, including women and children, opposition activists say.

Protests continue in India over rape of child

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Demonstrators clash with police for second day at protest against rape of five-year-old child now battling for her life.

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