North Korea May Have Nuclear Missile Capability, U.S. Agency Says

North Korea May Have Nuclear Missile Capability, U.S. Agency Says

North Korea May Have Nuclear Missile Capability, U.S. Agency Says

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:38 PM PDT

The Pentagon's intelligence arm concluded for the first time that North Korea may have learned how to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be delivered by a ballistic missile.
    

DealBook: Former Partner at KPMG Charged With Insider Trading

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:38 PM PDT

Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Scott London, a former senior partner at the accounting giant, laying bare a brazen two-year insider trading scheme.
    

World Briefing | Asia: Bangladesh Police Arrest Acting Editor of Pro-Opposition Paper

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

The editor, Mahmudur Rahman, was charged with sedition at a time when strikes by opposition forces have frozen travel and are crippling the country's economy.
    

Woods makes steady Masters start

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT

Pre-tournament favourite Tiger Woods is in the chasing pack after finishing his first round on two under at the Masters.

Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff to make rare state visit to U.S.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff will make the first formal state visit by a Brazilian leader to the United States in nearly two decades, a diplomatic breakthrough for an emerging power that has clashed with Washington but is hungry for closer ties and recognition of its growing prestige.

Chief Rabbi in France Resigns Under Cloud

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:44 PM PDT

Gilles Bernheim stepped down days after admitting he didn't hold a claimed philosophy degree and wasn't the author of some of his writings, including an essay praised by Pope Benedict XVI last year.

Council of Europe calls Russia's treatment of NGOs "chilling"

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is hampering the work of non-governmental organizations with new restrictive laws and a wave of spot inspections, the Council of Europe's human rights envoy said on Thursday.

Palestinian president under pressure to back Fayyad

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced pressure from Western allies on Thursday not to let Prime Minister Salam Fayyad quit at a time when Washington is seeking to resurrect Middle East peace talks.

Turkish Police Say U.S. Embassy Was Target of Bomb Plot

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Twelve were arrested in an alleged Al-Qaeda-linked plot to attack the embassy in Ankara, a synagogue in Istanbul and other targets.
    

DealBook: Online Currency Draws Big Investors

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT

The Winklevoss twins, known as nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg, have what seems to be one of the largest portfolios of the bitcoin.
    

What time machine? Iranian news agency quietly deletes a report that Iran had built one.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Iran's semiofficial Fars News Agency seems to have retreated from its earlier, mind-boggling story saying that an Iranian scientist had invented the world's first time machine.

Yes, you read that correctly: the world's first time machine. Fars initially reported that the device could fit into a computer case and predict a person's marriage age, education, occupation and number of children just by their touch. The device's alleged inventor, 27-year-old Ali Razeghi, also said it could forecast wars and epidemics with 98 percent accuracy, and that the United States had invested several billion dollars in research on a similar machine.

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Electoral analysis predicts Egyptian support for Islamists likely to slide

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:36 AM PDT

A new report on Egyptian electoral trends, released by Rand, finds that Islamist political parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood are likely to see their political majority decline over time. Still, the report predicts, Islamists will probably remain the primary political faction in Egypt, though challenged by increasingly powerful non-Islamist parties.

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DNA pioneer's Nobel Prize auctioned

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:54 AM PDT

The Nobel Prize won by British scientist Francis Crick for his discovery of DNA - the "secret of life" - sells for $2.27m at a New York auction.

Russia Skips Hybrids in Push for Natural Gas Cars

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Russia, the world's second-largest producer of natural gas, is making a bet that methane-powered cars are an alluring market for future growth.
    

Ex-KPMG partner on insider charges

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

US authorities file criminal and civil charges against a former senior partner at accountancy firm KPMG over alleged insider trading.

Donaldson fires Masters hole-in-one

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Jamie Donaldson hits a hole-in-one on the sixth hole at Augusta in his debut at the Masters.

U.S. Charges Ex-KPMG Auditor in Tips-for-Cash Scheme

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Authorities filed criminal and civil charges against a former KPMG senior auditor who is accused of passing non-public information about KPMG's corporate clients to a golfing buddy who traded on the tips.
    

Mali PM promises July election during northern visit

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

GAO, Mali (Reuters) - Mali's prime minister promised during a visit to the war-torn north on Thursday elections would go ahead in July despite fears his government is failing to reassert its control there after the ousting of Islamist rebels.

Venezuela candidates rally voters

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Chavez's chosen "son" Maduro and rival Capriles race to make last-ditch appeal at mass rallies before Sunday's election.

The unforgiving Marathon Des Sables

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:15 AM PDT

With temperatures pushing up to 50 Degrees Celsius, the race across the Sahara is one of sport's toughest challenges.

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