Singapore police testify in US death inquiry

Singapore police testify in US death inquiry

Singapore police testify in US death inquiry

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Officers say there were no signs of struggle in the apartment of Shane Todd, a US scientist found hanged last year.

In Paris’s Banlieues, New Recipe for Success Is Local

Posted: 14 May 2013 09:14 AM PDT

A new generation in the mainly Muslim suburbs that ring Paris is finding business success by relying on personal initiative rather than government programs.
    

Singapore police testify in US death inquiry

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Officers say there were no signs of struggle in the apartment of Shane Todd, a US scientist found hanged last year.

Europe Raids Oil Companies in Price Manipulation Inquiry

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Investigators are looking into whether BP, Shell and Platts may have "colluded" in an effort to manipulate the prices of oil products.
    

2013 Deficit Outlook Improves for U.S.

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:39 PM PDT

The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, according to a government study released Tuesday.
    

Media Decoder: Snooping and the News Media: It’s a 2-Way Street

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Lines are being crossed in all directions, with the government seizing journalists' phone records, and Bloomberg reporters monitoring the actions of their clients.
    

VIDEO: Meet Colombia's female bodyguards

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Women are now being recruited to Colombia's National Protection Unit as bodyguards - a role traditionally filled by men.

VIDEO: Ono: 'The world is getting to be one'

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Yoko Ono says that making dance music is something which makes her feel both healthy and happy.

Italy's Berlusconi questioned in prostitution probe

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi was questioned by Rome prosecutors for three hours on Tuesday over allegations the former prime minister paid 750,000 euros to buy the silence of people aware that he used prostitutes.

Cyclone kills 7 in Sri Lanka; thousands displaced

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:26 PM PDT

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A cyclone caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal killed at least seven people in Sri Lanka, government officials said on Tuesday.

Gunmen attack Baghdad liquor stores, 12 killed

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:25 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen using silenced weapons attacked at least nine liquor stores in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 12 people, police and medical sources said.

Exclusive-Cuba readies corruption trials of Western businessmen

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:21 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been charged after more than a year in custody and are expected to go on trial soon, sources close to the cases told Reuters.

Exclusive-Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:18 PM PDT

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered her government to stop confiscating farmland to create new Indian reservations, government officials say, a policy reversal with major implications for one of the world's top agricultural producers.

ICC inquiry into Israel flotilla raid

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:56 AM PDT

The International Criminal Court launches a preliminary inquiry into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in May 2010.

At Michael Jackson Trial, Question of A.E.G.’s Negligence

Posted: 14 May 2013 10:41 AM PDT

The civil trial over Michael Jackson's death might hinge on whether reasonable care was exercised in the hiring of his doctor.
    

New threats in Colombia highlight risk for journalists, analysts

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:57 AM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Tuesday warned of a plot by an organized crime group to kill several high-profile journalists, just weeks after an assassination attempt on an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.

Nigeria declares emergency in areas hit by Islamists

Posted: 14 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on Tuesday, ordering in more troops to try to stem an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency.

Kenya's deputy president promises to cooperate with Hague

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, promised the International Criminal Court on Tuesday he and the president would cooperate despite calling their charges over election violence the result of a "conspiracy of lies".

International Court examines Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla

Posted: 14 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Tuesday she would open a preliminary examination into events surrounding the 2010 Israeli raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for the Gaza strip, in which nine Turkish activists were killed.

Nigeria president declares emergency

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militants.

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