Australia out of Champions Trophy

Australia out of Champions Trophy

Australia out of Champions Trophy

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Australia fail to qualify for the Champions Trophy semi-finals as Group A rivals Sri Lanka progress with victory at the Oval.

VIDEO: Well-wishers sing at Mandela's hospital

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:32 PM PDT

BBC's James Copnall has been outside the hospital where the former president is staying and well-wishers have gathered to sing songs of support.

Erdogan tested by further unrest

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 07:57 AM PDT

Could Prime Minister Erdogan's strength become his weakness?

Greek court suspends media closure

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:36 PM PDT

A Greek court suspends a government order to close state broadcaster ERT - a move that triggered mass protests - meaning transmission can resume.

Airbus wins orders battle at air show

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 07:50 AM PDT

Airbus secures almost £12bn of new orders on day one of the Paris air show, more than three times those of rival Boeing.

Murray Walker diagnosed with cancer

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Legendary Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker is diagnosed with lymphatic system cancer.

Czech Governing Party Moves to Form New Government

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:52 AM PDT

The jockeying began after Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned over a scandal involving a close aide.
    

Undaunted by 2012 Elections, Republicans Embrace Anti-Abortion Agenda

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:06 AM PDT

Instead of focusing on the economy, as an internal party document suggested, House Republicans are pushing for new restrictions on abortion.
    

Army chief: Embrace women or 'get out'

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:27 AM PDT

Faced with a sex scandal in his ranks, the chief of Australia's army delivered a blunt message to his troops: Treat your female comrades properly or "get out."

Bosnian Serb president rejects urgent border deal with Croatia

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:59 AM PDT

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Serbian part of Bosnia's presidency - which is shared between three ethnic groups - has rejected border regulations that are due to come into force when neighboring Croatia joins the EU next month.

Nigeria says 11 killed in Islamist sect school attack

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:53 AM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Seven students, two teachers and two insurgents were killed when suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram attacked a school in the northeastern town of Damaturu, the military said.

Turkish government could use armed forces against protesters, senior official warns

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:18 AM PDT

ISTANBUL – Turkey's leaders are prepared to use the armed forces against protesters if they consider it necessary, the deputy prime minister said Monday, raising the threat of military intervention for the first time during the current unrest, in a country that has only recently moved away from its long history of army coups.

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Chinese Activist at Center of Conflicting Accounts

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT

Chen Guangcheng is at the center of a struggle between conflicting interests, people close to him said after the blind dissident linked his departure from New York University to pressure from Chinese authorities on the school.

Photos of the Day: June 17

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:20 AM PDT

In today's pictures, a boy jumps into a public swimming pool in Germany, workers climb down scaffolding in China, a little boy wears a banner at a protest in Yemen calling for the release of Guantanamo detainees, and more.

Montreal's interim mayor arrested on fraud charges

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:58 AM PDT

Montreal's interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, was arrested and charged early Monday with 14 criminal counts including fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy.

On TV and the Lecture Circuit, Bill Nye Aims to Change the World

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 09:25 AM PDT

William Sanford Nye, better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, has gone from TV host to fierce defender of scientific issues that have been polemicized for religious, political and even economic reasons.
    

G8: Enniskillen protest march begins

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Protesters have gathered in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, where the G8 summit is currently taking place.

French Attack Sparks Tension With China

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:12 AM PDT

An attack on a group of Chinese students in Bordeaux has sparked a diplomatic outcry amid trade tensions that have threatened the budding wine commerce between the two countries.

Czechs begin horse-trading over choice for new PM

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:20 AM PDT

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation on Monday after a bribery and spying scandal that centred on an aide, but it will take at least a week of horse-trading before a replacement is put forward.

Insecurity in Congo copper province a "serious concern": U.N

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Security in Congo's copper-mining heartland of Katanga is a "very serious concern" that must be tackled politically and militarily, the outgoing head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Monday.

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