Somali judges need protecting from Islamist rebels - rights group

Somali judges need protecting from Islamist rebels - rights group


Somali judges need protecting from Islamist rebels - rights group

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 12:39 AM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's judges and lawyers at the vanguard of judicial reforms need protection from al Qaeda-linked militants, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday after deadly bomb attacks targeted law courts in Mogadishu at the weekend.
    


France finds most horsemeat in EU DNA tests - EU sources

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 12:21 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other EU country, early results of DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more than 1 in every 8 samples testing positive.
    


Chua Jui Meng's final chance

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 12:40 AM PDT

From a well respected federal minister to an ordinary man in the street. From a key leader in the ruling coalition to one in the opposition pact. From someone who told people not to act childish to one told likewise by others. From hiding away from public radar to open outpour of disgruntlement. From having no place to go to some place he can now stake his future on.

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VIDEO: EU horsemeat test results expected

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:55 PM PDT

Results of random tests for horse DNA in processed beef products are being published by the European Commission.

VIDEO: Blast left 'blood in the streets'

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Veteran Bruce Mendelson saw the explosions and gave first aid to the injured.

VIDEO: Boston blasts: 'Heightened law enforcement'

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 07:52 PM PDT

Governor Deval Patrick says Boston will be "open" on Tuesday but that there will be "a heightened law enforcement presence".

VIDEO: Maduro declared Venezuelan poll winner

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:24 PM PDT

Venezuela's election authority has formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Sunday's closely-fought presidential election.

North Korea issues new military threats on founder’s birthday

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:20 PM PDT

SEOUL, April 16 — North Korea yesterday made new threats of military action as the reclusive nation celebrated the anniversary of its founder's birth, stoking tension on the peninsula with a new "ultimatum" to South Korea in the stand-off over its nuclear programme. The latest statement from Pyongyang followed threats of nuclear attacks on the ...
    


Perak: Zambry,4 ministers retained in old seats

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:57 PM PDT

The Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) is fielding 60 per cent new faces for the 59 state seats in the state, with Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and four ministers retained in their respective state and parliament seats in the May 5 general election.

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US military helicopter crashes near N. Korea border

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:45 PM PDT

A US military helicopter taking part in a joint South Korea-US drill crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border with no apparent casualties, officials said.

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Married to politics

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:31 PM PDT

DAP Selangor chairman Teresa Kok's romance has always been of tremendous interest among the public.

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80% new faces in BN's Selangor line-up

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:58 PM PDT

The Barisan Nasional (BN) is to field 80 per cent new faces, among them professionals and credible individuals, in Selangor in the 13th General Election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today.

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North Korea issues new threats over protests in South

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:38 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea issued new threats against South Korea on Tuesday, vowing "sledge-hammer blows" of retaliation if South Korea did not apologise for anti-North Korean protests the previous day when the North was celebrating the birth of its founding leader.
    


New German anti-euro party on 3 percent may grow - pollster

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:38 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - A newly launched party that wants to take Germany out of the euro would not win enough votes to enter parliament, according to a survey published on Tuesday, but the pollster said it could gather more steam given German angst over costly bailouts.
    


Japan court rejects request to shut down Ohi nuclear reactors

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:27 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese court rejected a petition to close down the country's only two operating nuclear reactors, in the country's first legal ruling on atomic power since the Fukushima disaster a little over two years ago.
    


China poultry sector losses exceed $1.6 billion on bird flu scare

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:15 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's poultry sector has recorded losses of more than 10 billion yuan $1.6 billion (1.0 billion pounds) since reports emerged of a new strain of bird flu two weeks ago, an official at the country's National Poultry Industry Association told Reuters on Tuesday.
    


Investigators hunt for clues in Boston Marathon bombing

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:12 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - Investigators on Tuesday searched for the person or group responsible for planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in the worst bomb attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001.
    


Venezuelan rivals rally supporters after clashes over election results

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:03 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Both sides in Venezuela's political stand-off will hold rival demonstrations on Tuesday after authorities rejected opposition demands for a presidential election recount and protesters clashed with police in Caracas.
    


Iron Age warriors point to glories of Gaul

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:46 PM PDT

On a muddy field located between a motorway and a meander of the Seine southeast of Paris, French archaeologists have uncovered an Iron Age graveyard that they believe will shed light on the great yet enigmatic civilisation of Gaul.

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China points finger at U.S. over Asia-Pacific tensions

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defence ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence and alliances in the region, days after the top U.S. diplomat visited Beijing.
    


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