Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad freed from prison: official agency

Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad freed from prison: official agency

Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad freed from prison: official agency

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:48 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A once-feared Iranian prosecutor at the center of a confrontation between two of the Islamic Republic's most powerful figures was freed on Wednesday, state news agency IRNA said, two days after he was arrested without explanation.

China pledges to narrow income gap

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:58 PM PST

Beijing promises to spend on health, education and job training, but gave few details on how it will enforce changes.

VIDEO: Argentina 'will control Falklands'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST

The Falkland Islands will be back under Argentine control within "20 years", the country's foreign minister Hector Timerman has said.

GREE Talks Mobile Gaming Strategy 2013

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:45 PM PST

  Japanese mobile gaming company GREE has been ramping up their U.S. presence.  GREE has been on a huge push with the acquisitions of OpenFeint, Funzio, Paprika Labs, and, most recently, App Ant Studios.  GREE increased staff from 12 in 2011, to over 700 at the end of 2012.  We had a chance to discuss what's coming for mobile gaming in 2013 with GREE Senior Vice President Anil Dharni. What platform?  Tablets are becoming increasingly more popular and provide the experience that users are looking for, offering more opportunities to provide art, animation, game quality and features.  What kinds of games are poised to have impact in 2013?

The Entrepreneur's Addiction

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

Some days I get really frustrated at the fact that there are a million things that need to get done, yet there are just not enough hours in the day to do them all. Trying to pick and choose which things to put first can be one of the most challenging parts of each day. It's even more difficult when all of the things you would like to do are really good things that all have the ability to make a difference in the world. I find myself wanting to be able to do every good thing all at once. Yet, I am constantly reminding myself that I am just one person and that would be impossible. Oh, if only we could clone ourselves and be in 50 places at once, accomplishing everything that we desire to accomplish in this life.

Best Dresses Of Spring Couture 2013

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:35 PM PST

Spring 2013 Couture Reveals Bevy Of Oscar-Worthy Gowns

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:35 PM PST

Paris, three days, the world's finest ateliers. The conditions were ripe for red carpet candidates at the Spring 2013 Couture shows. Runways filled with haute couture gowns largely embraced a garden motif, though interpreted it in different ways. Raf Simons, the newly-anointed creative savant behind Christian Dior, sent out a number of crisp, ballet-length dresses—perfect for unfussy, young starlets—down a set of groomed hedges.

VIDEO: Forces take last Mali rebel town

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:23 PM PST

Soldiers from France and Chad have entered the town of Kidal in northern Mali, the last major town held by Islamist militants.

VIDEO: Bulgaria bus bomb 'Hezbollah attack'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:04 PM PST

A bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Bulgaria was most likely the work of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants, Bulgarian officials say.

VIDEO: Bangladesh sentence sparks protests

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST

A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has found a leader of the main Islamist party guilty of crimes against humanity during the war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.

VIDEO: Laundries 'product of harsh Ireland'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:51 AM PST

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has apologised for the stigma and conditions suffered by women who were inmates of the Magdalene laundries.

VIDEO: Cancer clue from crossword master

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:32 PM PST

Crossword master Araucaria left a series of clues in one of his puzzles to tell his fans that he had cancer.

VIDEO: Building a base in Antarctic extremes

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:08 PM PST

As the British Antarctic Survey celebrates its new base becoming fully operational, the BBC has been speaking to the architect behind the project to find out more about the Halley VI research station.

VIDEO: China turns against official extravagance

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:14 PM PST

The Chinese economy is booming, but a crackdown on the extravagant ways of high-spending government officials has hit the luxury hotel and hospitality industry hard.

Cisco Mobile Data Shows Surge in Smartphone Users, 4G Usage

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:29 PM PST

The number of users with mobile devices is expected to climb to 5.2 billion in 2017 from 4.3 billion in 2012 and traffic across high-speed 4G networks will grow 40-fold during that time, according to a five-year forecast for mobile traffic data compiled by Cisco Systems and released today.

Twitter Confirms Bluefin Labs Acquisition For Social TV

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:03 PM PST

Twitter has confirmed that it has acquired social TV startup Bluefin Labs.

Skylanders Swap Force Starter Pack Contents

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:02 PM PST

Skylanders Swap Force was announced today in New York. I took a close look at the potential Starter Pack figures. Of particular interest are the mix and match characters and the new portal.

North Korea dreams of an American city in flames

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:35 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - New York under missile attack is remote dream for impoverished North Korea, yet that is precisely what the latest propaganda video from the isolated state shows as it readies a third nuclear test. The video, posted on the semi-official Uriminzokkiri website (http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/) and fast becoming a viral Internet hit, shows a U.S. city in flames in scenes reminiscent of 9/11 -- part of a dream sequence in which a photographer circles the earth in a fictionalised North Korean space shuttle. ...

VIDEO: China turns against official extravagance

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:14 PM PST

The Chinese economy is booming, but a crackdown on the extravagant ways of high-spending government officials has hit the luxury hotel and hospitality industry hard.

VIDEO: Hostage taker 'dangerous, angry man'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:34 PM PST

The neighbour of the Alabama man who held a 5-year-old hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week has described him as a 'dangerous, angry man'.
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Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent

Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent

Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:02 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Behind a barbed wire-topped wall by a busy New Delhi highway a teenager sits alone in a locked room, accused of taking part in a gang rape that first sparked nationwide protests and now a debate over whether Indian law is too lenient on juveniles.

Obama plans visit to Middle East

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:53 PM PST

Barack Obama is planning his first trip to Israel as US president, in a spring trip that will include the West Bank and Jordan, says the White House.

Iran nuclear talks set for February 26; signals from Tehran mixed

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and world powers announced new talks on Tehran's nuclear program on February 26, but hopes of progress after Tuesday's announcement were tempered when an Iranian official said the West's goal in talking was to undermine the Islamic republic.

Tuareg rebels say they extend control in Mali's northeast

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:24 PM PST

KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Pro-autonomy Tuareg rebels in Mali said on Tuesday they had occupied the town of Menaka, extending their control of the remote northeast as they position for talks with the government after the retreat of al Qaeda-linked insurgents.

A staggering map of the 54 countries that reportedly participated in the CIA's rendition program

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

After Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA launched a program of "extraordinary rendition" to handle terrorism suspects. The agency's problem, as it saw it, was that it wanted to detain and interrogate foreign suspects without bringing them to the United States or charging them with any crimes. Their solution was to secretly move a suspect to another country. Sometimes that meant a secret CIA prison in places such as Thailand or Romania, where the CIA would interrogate him. Sometimes it meant handing him over to a sympathetic government, some of them quite nasty, to conduct its own "interrogation."

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Ahmadinejad makes first Cairo visit

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:20 PM PST

TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on Tuesday as Iran's first head of state to visit Egypt since the two nations ended diplomatic relations in 1980, another sign of the regional shifts triggered by the Arab Spring.

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No full state apology for Ireland’s Magdalene laundry inmates

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

DUBLIN — The inscription above the door claims it was a place of refuge. But for Margaret Bullen and thousands like her, the Magdalene laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin's city center was a prison and a workhouse.

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Brennan nomination opens Obama to criticism on secret targeted killings

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 AM PST

President Obama's plan to install his counterterrorism adviser as director of the CIA has opened the administration to new attack over secret targeted killing policies that it has fought to keep hidden from the public.

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The debate over King Richard III’s legacy continues

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:03 AM PST

A team of archaeologists confirmed Monday that ancient remains found under a parking lot belong to long-lost King Richard III, successfully ending a search that sparked a modern-day debate about the legacy of the reputed tyrant. Eliza Mackintosh reports:

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Teens' fingers lost in tug-of-war

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:10 PM PST

Two teenagers whose fingers were cut off in a tug-of-war accident at a California school are awake and alert after surgery, a medical official says.

Wounded Armenian candidate will not delay election

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:50 AM PST

YEREVAN (Reuters) - An Armenian presidential candidate who was shot last week will not seek a postponement to this month's election to avoid the risk of further instability in the former Soviet republic, his lawyer and other backers said on Tuesday.

Israel boosts defenses along Syria, Lebanon borders

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has deployed a third Iron Dome missile defense system near its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon, security sources said on Tuesday.

Argentine minister, UK lawmakers trade barbs in stormy meeting

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:43 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina accused Britain on Tuesday of promoting Israeli-type settlement on occupied land in the Falkland Islands, while British parliamentarians said Buenos Aires was using "megaphone diplomacy" to assert its claims to the islands.

Warm Weather Forces Changes Ahead of Iditarod Race

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:55 PM PST

Temperatures in the 30s and 40s mean several dog-sledding events before the Iditarod have been rerouted, postponed or canceled.

Singapore 'helping' match-fixing inquiry

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 AM PST

Full cooperation with enforcement agencies pledged after Europol probe shows city-state as centre of betting syndicate.

U.S. Voting Flaws Are Widespread, Study Shows

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:40 AM PST

Problems in the election system extend beyond isolated voting issues in a few locations, according to a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

House G.O.P. Looks at Immigration Path Short of Citizenship

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:26 AM PST

House Republicans staked out what they cast as a middle-ground option, pushing an approach that could include legalization but not a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Germany says two nationals seized by Colombian rebels are tourists

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:24 AM PST

BERLIN/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two German men kidnapped by Colombia's ELN rebels in a sparsely populated jungle area near the Venezuelan border are retirees travelling as tourists, Germany's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, after their captors suggested they were spies.

Obama to visit Israel in spring in possible Mideast peace push

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this spring, the White House said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a new U.S. push to restart long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace efforts.

VIDEO: Iconic buildings sculpted in snow

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:20 AM PST

The northern Japanese city of Sapporo is hosting the country's largest snow festival with giant sculptures of iconic Asian buildings on show.
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