Mali sets date for presidential election

Mali sets date for presidential election
'World's oldest Torah' scroll found
Press warned over transgender death
Passengers missing after Borneo boat accident
Family of London murder suspect says ashamed by soldier's slaying
Pakistan PM to take on foreign, defense portfolios himself: sources
China to Seek More Equal Footing With U.S. in Talks
More Chefs Are Enthusiastic About Wood-Fired Grilling
EU repeal of Syria arms embargo criticised
Tel Aviv bids to become the next Silicon Valley
2 U.S. officials shot in Venezuela nightclub, hospital says
Russian punk band member taken to hospital after hunger strike
China 'hacks' US weapon system plans
Seoul shuts power plants over fake documents
VIDEO: 'I killed a bear with my own hands'
Thirteen dead in fresh Iraq violence
Iran's presidential candidates clash over nuclear approach
The U.S. weapons systems that experts say were hacked by the Chinese
88 percent of Chinese say the economy is doing well
Man acquitted over Chinese art theft

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Government says first poll in war-torn country since 2012 coup will be held on July 28.

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:16 PM PDT

The University of Bologna in Italy finds what it says may be the oldest complete scroll of Judaism's most important text, the Torah, in its library.

Press warned over transgender death

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:02 PM PDT

A coroner criticises the media over the "character assassination" of a transgender teacher in Lancashire who later took her own life.

Passengers missing after Borneo boat accident

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT

At least 23 people left unaccounted for as officials suspend search for survivors after Malaysian boat capsized.

Family of London murder suspect says ashamed by soldier's slaying

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:01 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - The family of a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death on a London street condemned the attack as senseless on Tuesday, distancing itself from the murder which has provoked an anti-Muslim backlash.

Pakistan PM to take on foreign, defense portfolios himself: sources

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif will oversee the sensitive foreign and defense portfolios as he seeks to forge a working partnership with the all-powerful military in the early days of his tenure, sources close to him said on Tuesday.

China to Seek More Equal Footing With U.S. in Talks

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

President Xi Jinping told President Obama's national security adviser that he will seek a new "great power relationship" at a summit meeting next week.

More Chefs Are Enthusiastic About Wood-Fired Grilling

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Despite the expense and hassle, more chefs are resorting to the oldest of cooking styles, wood-fired grilling.

EU repeal of Syria arms embargo criticised

Posted: 28 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Canada and Russia slam EU for ending ban on arming rebels, as Syrian regime calls move "obstruction" to peace efforts.

Tel Aviv bids to become the next Silicon Valley

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:41 AM PDT

TEL AVIVI -- President Obama once called Tel Aviv the home of the "future world economy," and with good reason. It's already trying to become the first city of its size with free WiFi, and there are also efforts underway to bring a "start-up visa" to Israel. Now the city is making a push to promote its start-up culture.

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2 U.S. officials shot in Venezuela nightclub, hospital says

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Two U.S. officials who work at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, were wounded in a shooting at a nightclub early Tuesday, a hospital official said.

Russian punk band member taken to hospital after hunger strike

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:25 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who went on hunger strike in jail last week after being barred from a parole hearing was hospitalized on Tuesday, the husband of another band member said.

China 'hacks' US weapon system plans

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:16 AM PDT

Chinese hackers have gained access to designs for more than two dozen US weapons systems, a US newspaper reports.

Seoul shuts power plants over fake documents

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:08 AM PDT

South Korea suspends operations in two nuclear reactors to replace parts supplied using forged warranties.

VIDEO: 'I killed a bear with my own hands'

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:33 AM PDT

A farmer in Bosnia has survived a bear attack after killing the animal with his own hands.

Thirteen dead in fresh Iraq violence

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:33 AM PDT

At least 13 people are killed in Iraq in bombings and in clashes between police and gunmen, as a recent upsurge in violence continues.

Iran's presidential candidates clash over nuclear approach

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:43 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A former Iranian nuclear negotiator running for president used his first television appearance of the campaign to reject accusations he had been too soft in talks with world powers.

The U.S. weapons systems that experts say were hacked by the Chinese

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:09 AM PDT

Chinese cyberspies are believed to have compromised the designs for more than two dozen major weapons systems, as the Washington Post's Ellen Nakashima laid out in a must-read story that cited a report prepared for the Pentagon.

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88 percent of Chinese say the economy is doing well

Posted: 28 May 2013 09:12 AM PDT

Analysts have braced for an unprecedented slowdown in China's economy, warning that the country could see its slowest growth rate in more than 20 years. But if ordinary Chinese are worried, they aren't showing it: The Pew Center's latest survey of economic sentiment found that 88 percent of Chinese feel good about the economy -- the highest percentage in any of the 39 countries surveyed.

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