Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT

A judge in the US agrees to release pending trial a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who is accused of lying to FBI investigators.

UK and Kenyan torture victims hold talks

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Kenyans tortured during Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s negotiating for compensation with British government.

Portugal to Sell 10-Year Debt for First Time Since Bailout

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Portugal is preparing to sell longer-term debt for the first time since it requested a bailout in 2011, marking another step toward normalcy for the troubled euro zone.

DealBook: Bank of America and MBIA Said to Agree to $1.7 Billion Settlement

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Under a tentative agreement reached over the weekend, Bank of America has reached a deal with MBIA over disputes stemming from insurance coverage of mortgage-backed securities.
    

Armless artist 'denied entry' to UK

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK because he could give no fingerprints.

Syrian hackers seize The Onion's Twitter account, aren't very funny

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Hackers with the Syrian Electronic Army, which wages cyber attacks in support of President Bashar al-Assad, have claimed an attack on the Twitter feed of The Onion, a satirical news site with almost five million followers.

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Workers Claim Racial Bias in Farms’ Hiring of Immigrants

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Americans, mostly black, who live near large-scale farms say they are illegally discouraged from applying for work and treated badly by employers who prefer foreigners' malleability.
    

Armless artist 'denied entry' to UK

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK because he could give no fingerprints.

New York to sue banks over mortgages

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT

New York's attorney general says he plans to sue major lenders Bank of America and Wells Fargo for violating a $25bn (£16bn) mortgage settlement.

Neighbors' stake in Syria

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Israel's alleged airstrikes, if confirmed, show how the Syrian conflict has mutated into a regional war by proxy, analyst Fawaz A. Gerges says.

Germany arrests alleged Nazi death-camp guard

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Hans Lipschis, 93, has acknowledged being assigned to SS unit at Auschwitz but denies involvement in war crimes.

Italians ask if Americans can get away with murder

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

It doesn't take a social anthropologist to see that Italians truly love a lot about American culture. It is evident everywhere, from the popularity of Coca-Cola and Levi's to the prevalence of American music and movies.

Colombia's Santos opts for diplomacy in Uribe, Maduro spat

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday refused to be drawn into a war of words between his predecessor - and harshest critic - and Venezuela's new president, Nicholas Maduro.

Syria rebel sarin claim downplayed

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

A UN inquiry seeks to distance itself from comments made by a member that there is evidence of the nerve gas sarin being used by Syrian rebels.

VIDEO: Singing for Somalia from the diaspora

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Aar Maanta is a singer and songwriter who fled Somalia's civil war in the 1980s and has spent much of his life in the United Kingdom. He spoke to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye.

Venezuela Starts Election Audit

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

Authorities on Monday began an expanded audit of the disputed April 14 presidential election even though the opposition candidate who called for the review has since withdrawn his support and instead filed a legal challenge of the results.

France Looks for New Stimulus

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT

President François Hollande marked his first year in office with measures aimed at shoring up the anemic economy, amid a sharp decline in his popularity.

Neo-Nazi murder trial highlights German 'blind spot' for far right

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Wearing an elegant trouser-suit and an air of defiance, the suspected surviving member of a German neo-Nazi cell strode into a Munich court on Monday to stand trial for a series of racist murders that scandalized Germany and led to intense soul-searching about the lack of vigilance towards the far right.

German police arrest alleged former Auschwitz guard Lipschis

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT

STUTTGART (Reuters) - German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis.

Espionage fuels China's fast-paced military buildup: Pentagon

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:15 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is using state-sponsored industrial espionage to acquire the technology it needs to forge ahead with a fast-paced military modernization program and cut its reliance on foreign arms makers, the Pentagon said in a new report on Monday.

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