Syria chemical arms 'a game changer'

Syria chemical arms 'a game changer'

Syria chemical arms 'a game changer'

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama vows a "vigorous investigation" into reports Syria has used chemical arms, warning they will be a "game changer" if proven true.

VIDEO: Royals visit Warner Brothers studio

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:53 AM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have visited the movie home of Harry Potter, in a trip to the Warner Brothers Studio complex near Watford.

VIDEO: China boosts South African tourism

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

China is South Africa's fastest growing tourism market, helping visitor numbers reach a record 9.2 million last year.

VIDEO: Churchill to feature on new banknote

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

Sir Winston Churchill will feature on the new design of a banknote which will enter circulation in 2016, the Bank of England has announced.

Rosenberg Family’s Quest to Regain Art Stolen by Nazis

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Faring better than most victims of art looting by the Nazis, three generations of the family of the art dealer Paul Rosenberg have regained hundreds of artworks, among them Picassos, Renoirs and Cézannes.
    

Israeli army breaks up Palestinian march

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Troops use tear gas and rubber bullets to prevent about 500 Palestinians marching towards an illegal West Bank outpost.

In pictures: Royals take studio tour

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 09:17 AM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry swap Buckingham Palace for the wizard home of Hogwarts during Harry Potter studio tour.

White House in No Rush on Syria Action

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

The White House said it would seek further information about the use of chemical weapons in Syria before deciding whether President Obama's "red line" had been crossed.
    

US country musician George Jones dies

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Career of 81-year-old spanned more than six decades and included string of number one hits, including "Window Up Above."

Obama: Chemical weapons use in Syria would be "game changer"

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad on Friday that any use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would be a "game changer" but cautioned that intelligence assessments that such weapons had been deployed were still preliminary.

Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT

ALMATY (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a "dialogue partner" of a security bloc dominated by China and Russia, and declared that its destiny is in Asia.

China-India Border Tensions Rise

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Tensions are mounting between India and China over their disputed Himalayan border and shared water resources ahead of a visit to New Delhi next month by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Media Decoder: ‘Technical’ Problem Resolved, ‘Django’ to Open in China in May

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT

The film was pulled from theaters in April, but is now set to debut on May 12. Sony Pictures officials declined to say if the movie had been edited.
    

Bangladesh’s economic outlook darkens after factory collapse

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:42 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — Even before Bangladesh's Rana Plaza building collapsed this week, killing at least 300 garment workers, the country's $19 billion clothing-export industry was feeling the pressure of a worsening confrontation between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her political enemies.

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Video: This is what Bollywood musicals sound like -- with no music

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:13 AM PDT

There's something unique and special about Bollywood, the celebrated and typically musical movies that have made India's film market one of the world's largest. Maybe it's all the color and movement; maybe it's the sense of whimsy that you don't often see in American films; or maybe it's just the music, which has an ancient and storied history in India.

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Rare nickel coin auctioned for $3m

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:50 AM PDT

A century-old US five-cent coin - illegally cast, found in a car crash, deemed a fake and abandoned for decades - is sold for $3.1m at auction.

New York’s Storm Recovery Plan Gets Federal Approval

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:36 AM PDT

The $1.7 billion plan includes $171 million to buy homes in low-lying areas, part of an effort to reshape coastal land in the face of more frequent extreme weather.
    

Man 'raped Occupy London protester'

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:36 AM PDT

A man raped a fellow protester twice while living at the Occupy London camp set up outside St Paul's Cathedral, a court is told.

Dengue Fever on the Rise in Singapore

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Singapore's health ministry has recorded more dengue cases than the 4,632 reported in the whole of 2012, an outbreak that is threatening to bring the city-state to the cusp of its worst-ever tropical disease outbreak.

Islamist says Egypt should press on with judge reforms

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms that have sparked a revolt by judges, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm argued on Friday.

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