Sat nav gives lorries cyclist alerts

Sat nav gives lorries cyclist alerts

Sat nav gives lorries cyclist alerts

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:42 PM PDT

A new sat nav system targeted at lorry owners warns drivers when they are approaching an area where they are at greatest risk of hitting a cyclist.

Venezuela Court Rejects Appeal for Vote Recount

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:34 PM PDT

Venezuela's Supreme Court rejected opposition calls for a recount of the country's disputed presidential vote, even as the opposition prepared to submit reports of thousands of alleged election irregularities and the U.S. government reiterated its call for a new tally of ballots.

Russian Court Postpones Activist's Trial

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:38 PM PDT

The high-profile criminal trial of Russia's best-known opposition activist opened in the Russian city of Kirov on Wednesday and quickly adjourned until April 24.

Photos of the Day: April 17

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT

In today's pictures, laborers move vegetables in a market in India, a woman in Brazil paints masks to look like Pope Francis, a police man stands guard at a baseball game in Atlanta, and more.

Hundreds of toads cross village road

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Villagers in Monyash call for a "toad crossing" to protect the mass migration heading to the mere to breed.

Kuwaiti police teargas opposition protest

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti police fired teargas late on Wednesday to disperse thousands of people protesting against the conviction of a prominent opposition politician for insulting the country's ruler, witnesses said.

Succession at Huawei Offers Glimpse Into Secretive Firm

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

One of China's biggest international enterprises is undergoing an unusual, American-style search for a successor to its founder.
    

India Ink: Image of the Day: April 17

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

A procession organized by eunuchs in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
    

Russian foreign minister tells West "don't isolate Assad"

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In an implicit warning to international supporters of Syrian opposition forces, Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that efforts to isolate one side in the conflict would wreck the chances of a negotiated solution and help militant Islamists.

Pots or fireworks? The symbols of Venezuela's political divide

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:43 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Split down the middle over an acrimonious election, Venezuelans are squaring off en masse every night at 8 p.m. on the dot in a cacophony of noise from rival factions.

Defiant Assad vows to defeat Syrian rebels

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Syrian president tells pro-regime TV there will be no "surrender' and that rebels' victory would spell end of Syria.

Beckhams are 'posher', study finds

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 03:37 AM PDT

David and Victoria Beckham have changed their speech to "sound less working class", researchers at the University of Manchester conclude.

Pine marten survey suggests recovery

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:24 AM PDT

One of Scotland's rarest carnivores is showing signs of recovery after years of declining populations, a new report suggests.

Manual recount not possible in Venezuela, chief justice says

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:21 PM PDT

A manual recount of votes isn't possible in Venezuela, the head of the country's Supreme Court said Wednesday, suggesting there is no legal basis for the opposition's push for a ballot-by-ballot audit of the narrow presidential election results.

World Briefing | Asia : Tibetan Woman Kills Herself by Self-Immolation

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT

The 20-year-old woman, who is survived by her husband and a 3-year-old child, set fire to herself to protest Chinese rule, according to Western news organizations.
    

French Slows Austerity, Fearing Recession

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:02 PM PDT

The French government presented its plan to avoid austerity and let its debt keep rising an extra year as the economy struggles to grow.

The Funeral of the 'Iron Lady'

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:52 AM PDT

Mourners, dignitaries and protestors turned up en-masse to witness the ceremonial funeral procession of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday.

Sudan army says retakes two Darfur towns from rebels

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army said on Wednesday it had retaken two rebel-held towns in an eastern part of the Darfur region where thousands of civilians have been displaced this month by renewed fighting.

In Shell win, ruling limits jurisdiction in foreign rights cases

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a closely watched ruling that left questions unanswered, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear lawsuits against foreign corporations accused of aiding in human rights abuses abroad.

Son of Senegal's ex-president charged with corruption

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged Karim Wade, the son of the West African nation's former president, with corruption and ordered him to be detained without bail, his lawyer told Reuters.

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