VIDEO: Afghans discouraged from inter-marrying

VIDEO: Afghans discouraged from inter-marrying

VIDEO: Afghans discouraged from inter-marrying

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Afghan authorities want to discourage the practice of inter-family marriages as the children of such couplings can sometimes have serious health issues.

VIDEO: Afghans discouraged from inter-marrying

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Afghan authorities want to discourage the practice of inter-family marriages as the children of such couplings can sometimes have serious health issues.

Algeria's Bouteflika convalescing in France

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered by his doctors to rest.

Nigeria to free Boko Haram members

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Military says it will release a number of Boko Haram members, including all women, in what it calls a peace bid.

Gay marriage opponent kills himself in Paris' Notre Dame

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:21 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - An 78-year-old French far-right activist committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday by shooting himself in the mouth, three days after a law legalizing same-sex marriage came into effect.

Man kills himself in front of tourists at Notre Dame Cathedral

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:23 PM PDT

A right-wing historian and author killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday in front of horrified tourists, police said.

Rios Montt trial: Fight goes on

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Fights goes on in Guatemala as genocide verdict overturned

Car bomb near Sunni mosque in west of Baghdad kills 11: police

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in the west of Baghdad killing 11 people on Tuesday, police and medics said.

Pope criticizes 'savage capitalism' on visit to food kitchen

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis criticized what he called "savage capitalism" on a visit to a food kitchen on Tuesday, in an address in which he called for the values of generosity and charity to be revived.

Italy Considers Job 'Handoffs' to Young

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Italy is considering allowing older workers to reduce their work hours while mentoring younger employees as a way to bring down youth unemployment.

The Lede: Former President of Iran Disqualified From Race to Succeed Ahmadinejad, State TV Says

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Iran's state television announced Tuesday that Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a two-term former president who called for greater freedom during protests in 2009 protests, has been barred from running in next month's election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
    

Bike Share in New York, Built From Ideas Around World

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:29 AM PDT

When Citi Bike is introduced in New York next week, it will resemble a sort of cycling stew — a system that borrows pieces of similar programs in other cities.
    

C.E.O Denies That Apple Is Avoiding Taxes

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Rather than taking unfair advantage of what Congressional investigators say are a host of tax code loopholes, Timothy D. Cook said his company was actually a victim of an outdated tax system.
    

India Ink: Image of the Day: May 21

Posted: 21 May 2013 10:56 AM PDT

A snake show in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, on the eve of International Day for Biological Diversity.
    

Myanmar jails Muslims over religious violence

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Seven defendants found guilty of Buddhist monk's murder, which sparked widespread sectarian violence in central region.

Riot police return to Tehran's streets

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:38 AM PDT

After Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election, protesters and riot police filled Tehran, shutting it down for days in a series of demonstrations some called the "green revolution." This time around, with another presidential vote scheduled for June, the Iranian authorities appear to be taking a more proactive approach.

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Iranian presidential candidates announced; Rafsanjani disqualified

Posted: 21 May 2013 12:20 PM PDT

TEHRAN — A former president supported by Iran's moderates and considered a founding member of the Islamic Republic was disqualified Tuesday from running in an upcoming election, generating surprise and tension.

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State Dept. official: Iranian soldiers are fighting for Assad in Syria

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:03 AM PDT

MUSCAT, Oman — Iran has sent soldiers to Syria to fight alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

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Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:37 AM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamist suspects, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the north.

Britain asks EU to put Hezbollah armed wing on terror list

Posted: 21 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it had asked the European Union to put Hezbollah's military arm on its list of terrorist organizations, urging Europe to respond robustly to evidence of the Islamist group's involvement in an attack that killed five Israelis.

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