Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

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• Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
• Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
• Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
• Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
• Asia stocks slide as China factory output slips
• Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
• Deadly blast targets Pakistan security force
• Shania Twain's Hometown Blues as Center Nears Demolition
• Why Success Can Ruin Your Team: The Case Of Guns N' Roses
• Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran
• Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran
• Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
• Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
• Review: 'Epic' Has Generic Story But Dazzling Visuals
• Pakistan Under Legal Pressure to Halt U.S. Drone Strikes
• Spanish Premier Pressed by Ex-Leader
• Bangladesh Amputees Face New Test
• U.S. Man's Family Quits Singapore Inquest
• Photos of the Day: May 22
• Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl

Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability Posted: 22 May 2013 10:15 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability Posted: 22 May 2013 10:15 PM PDT By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities. The rupture between the Ennahda party, the Tunisian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood which governs in coalition with secular parties, and the Ansar al-Sharia movement could have ramifications across north Africa, potentially fuelling armed insurrection in Tunisia and neighboring Algeria. ...

Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown Posted: 22 May 2013 10:12 PM PDT By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian, originally from Armenia and the owner of import firm Tri-Star Caribbean, was expected to last two days. An associate of Yacoubian, Lebanese citizen Krikor Bayassalian, is a co-defendant. ...

Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan Posted: 22 May 2013 10:00 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian.

Asia stocks slide as China factory output slips Posted: 22 May 2013 09:49 PM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.

Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown Posted: 22 May 2013 10:13 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption.

Deadly blast targets Pakistan security force Posted: 22 May 2013 10:22 PM PDT Several killed in explosion targeting paramilitary personnel on the outskirts of Quetta in Balochistan.

Shania Twain's Hometown Blues as Center Nears Demolition Posted: 22 May 2013 08:27 PM PDT A complex dedicated to country music star Shania Twain has a date with the wrecking ball next month.

Why Success Can Ruin Your Team: The Case Of Guns N' Roses Posted: 22 May 2013 09:20 PM PDT Starting a new collaboration can be exciting. You look forward to getting to know the new person and explore the possibility of doing great work together. But there are many risks to navigate. Will the two of you get along? Are you bringing complementary skills to the table? Do you see eye-to-eye on the important issues? Will you build on each other to come up with better ideas together than you would have apart? Once these questions are answered in the affirmative and a collaborative relationship is underway, then the question becomes: how do you sustain the relationship? The question of sustaining the right team, as opposed to forming the right team, is important because by keeping the team in place you save on the start up costs and risks associated with putting a new one together. And you can capitalize on the trust and certainty that you build over time.

Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran Posted: 22 May 2013 08:53 PM PDT SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, he thought he was taking part in a righteous war to free Asia from the yoke of Western imperialism.

Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran Posted: 22 May 2013 08:52 PM PDT By Linda Sieg and Ruairidh Villar SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, he thought he was taking part in a righteous war to free Asia from the yoke of Western imperialism. Seven decades later, the 91-year-old retired Christian pastor says it's his mission to speak out about the injustice of the war and the sufferings of women, mostly Asian and many Korean, forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels. "I feel like a war criminal. ...

Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster Posted: 22 May 2013 10:18 PM PDT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday.

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest Posted: 22 May 2013 09:49 PM PDT KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.

Review: 'Epic' Has Generic Story But Dazzling Visuals Posted: 22 May 2013 08:49 PM PDT It is a testament to how spoiled we have become by mainstream animated features that a film as visually arresting as Epic would be considered remotely run-of-the-mill. Chris Wedge's well-paced adventure saga is filled with lush imagery and rich colors throughout, with the kind of animation that one has, fairly or not, come to expect from a big-budget animated vehicle.  It is well acted and often exciting, marred only by a painfully generic narrative and somewhat conventional character types.

Pakistan Under Legal Pressure to Halt U.S. Drone Strikes Posted: 22 May 2013 07:54 PM PDT The incoming prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, pledged on the campaign trail to end U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan—and will be under legal pressure to do so as soon as he takes office, in what will be an early test of relations with Washington.

Spanish Premier Pressed by Ex-Leader Posted: 22 May 2013 08:03 PM PDT Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, already coping with a deep recession and a corruption scandal, now must contend with a challenge from former prime minister José María Aznar.

Bangladesh Amputees Face New Test Posted: 22 May 2013 09:57 PM PDT Nearly a month after one of the world's worst industrial accidents—which killed more than 1,100 people, most of them female garment workers—survivors with debilitating injuries are facing an uncertain future.

U.S. Man's Family Quits Singapore Inquest Posted: 22 May 2013 09:02 PM PDT The family of an American engineer found hanged in Singapore last year has quit the city-state's inquiry into the cause of death, saying they have lost "confidence" in the process.

Photos of the Day: May 22 Posted: 22 May 2013 08:47 PM PDT In today's pictures, a house stands on a rock in a river in Serbia, a mother reads to her daughter in Oklahoma, a car burns during rioting in Sweden, and more.

Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl Posted: 22 May 2013 08:59 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

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