VIDEO: UK dancer graduates from Bolshoi

VIDEO: UK dancer graduates from Bolshoi

VIDEO: UK dancer graduates from Bolshoi

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

A 20-year-old boy from Widnes has graduated from the world famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow

Leaks Rouse Fears at Japanese Nuclear Plant

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:15 AM PDT

The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant on Wednesday said it has to move tens of thousands of tons of radioactive water out of leaky underground reservoirs.

EU Targets China Subsidies

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:53 AM PDT

The European Union proposed to expand the bloc's powers to protect its companies against unfair competition from abroad, a sign of Europe's increasingly combative stance aimed mainly at China.

Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Honduras, no damage reported

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An earthquake shook the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on Wednesday, causing alarm, though there were no initial reports of damage in the Central American country.

The Caucus: Highlights From Obama’s Budget Proposal

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Times reporters analyze how the White House's budget request would affect federal agencies and programs.
    

U.S. offers to help Iran after deadly quake

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House, at odds with Iran over its nuclear program, offered on Wednesday to help Tehran grapple with a deadly earthquake in southern Iran.

Egypt's Mursi drops complaints against journalists

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has ordered the withdrawal of legal complaints filed by the presidency against journalists, in a move that appeared aimed at fending off accusations of a crackdown on dissent by the Islamist-led authorities.

Skeletons discovered in home of deposed Central African Republic president

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Francois Boziz spent 10 years as president of the Central African Republic before, last month, one of the country's rebel groups ousted him from power. Boziz 's rule was notoriously corrupt, so the world was not too sad to see him flee to neighboring Cameroon.

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Bin Laden raid member can be witness in Manning court-martial

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:04 PM PDT

A military judge Wednesday ruled that a member of the team that raided Osama bin Laden's compound would be allowed to testify at the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning as part of the prosecution's attempt to link the dead al-Qaeda leader to material leaked by the soldier.

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Yemen president removes key officer in army shakeup: TV

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a key political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control.

Kuwaitis rally against arrests, call for reform

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kuwaitis held an opposition rally outside the country's main court complex late on Wednesday, calling for the release of activists charged with insulting the Gulf Arab state's ruler and for steps towards political reform.

European Countries Move to Toughen Stance on Tax Evasion

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT

President François Hollande of France announced the creation of a special prosecutor of corruption and tax fraud and vowed to eradicate tax havens.
    

Postal Service Halts Push to Limit Saturday Service

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:47 AM PDT

The service's Board of Governors said it had come to the decision after Congress passed a measure in March requiring it to continue delivering mail six days a week.
    

Security situation in CAR 'highly volatile'

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Children most at risk as war, hunger and disease push central African nation towards humanitarian crisis, UN envoy says.

Britain's Cameron leads Thatcher tributes

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Oscar-winning actress among dissenting voices in parliament session to remember prime minister who transformed country.

Neo-Nazi network uncovered in German prisons

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:37 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities said on Wednesday they had uncovered a network of far-right activists in prisons communicating by secret code.

Thatcher’s life and death divide Britain

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:20 AM PDT

LONDON — When Ronald Reagan departed this life, Americans joined in an outpouring of bipartisan mourning that ranged from genuine grief to grudging respect for the memory of the Gipper. On this side of the Atlantic, the reaction to the death of his political soul mate, Margaret Thatcher, could not be more different.

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Spain politicians to be fenced off from evictions protesters

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:32 AM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police will erect barriers around politicians' residences to shield them from protests over the growing number of home evictions and to call for changes to mortgage laws.

Rockefeller Impostor Convicted of 1985 Murder

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

A notorious Rockefeller impostor was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried beneath the backyard of a suburban home.
    

Broad Outlines of Senate Immigration Agreement Emerge

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:21 AM PDT

The legislation would require tough border measures to be in place before illegal immigrants could take the first steps to become American citizens.
    

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