VIDEO: Rice: 'Societies need women to prosper'

VIDEO: Rice: 'Societies need women to prosper'

VIDEO: Rice: 'Societies need women to prosper'

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:08 PM PST

To mark International Women's Day, former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers asks former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about her rise to the top.

VIDEO: New Pope's robes made in S, M and L

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:23 AM PST

It has yet to be decided who the new Pope will be, but the robes that the next leader of the Catholic Church will wear have already been designed and made in Italy.

VIDEO: Catholic church in LA awaits Rome discussion

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:23 PM PST

As cardinals in Rome discuss the future of the church, high on their list of priorities is tackling the ongoing fall out from the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

Race tightens in Kenya general elections

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:25 PM PST

Ballot counting continues as accusations of vote-rigging are ruled against by independent election commission.

Analysis: German reform angst sets in a decade after "Agenda 2010"

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:36 PM PST

German Chancellor Merkel holds a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software at the booth of Secusmart during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in HanoverBERLIN (Reuters) - With its record low unemployment, thriving "Mittelstand" companies and consensus-seeking unions, Germany has been held up as a model of economic management at a time when many of its European partners are mired in crisis. But as the 10th anniversary of the reforms credited with fuelling Germany's success approaches, a small but vocal group of politicians, businessmen and economists is sounding alarm bells over what they see as a dangerous policy complacency in Berlin that is putting the gains of past years at risk. ...

Hugo Chavez's body to be put on permanent display

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:11 PM PST

In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, a man helps a girl to look into the glass-topped casket containing the remains of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.(AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's great leftist revolutionaries by saying they will embalm his body for perpetual display.

VIDEO: Duetting with Gorbachev

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:54 PM PST

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg's interview with Mikhail Gorbachev ended with an impromptu sing song

VIDEO: Is football corruption over in China?

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:43 PM PST

Can China put football corruption behind it as the new season gets underway

Analysis: German reform angst sets in a decade after "Agenda 2010"

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:36 PM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - With its record low unemployment, thriving "Mittelstand" companies and consensus-seeking unions, Germany has been held up as a model of economic management at a time when many of its European partners are mired in crisis.

Analysis: After Grillo, Florence mayor was a big winner in Italy's vote

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:11 PM PST

Italian PD (Democratic Party) leader Bersani waves next to mayor of Florence Renzi during a political rally in FlorenceROME (Reuters) - The big winner in Italy's election was populist leader Beppe Grillo, but young Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is emerging as a less obvious beneficiary of a huge protest vote that threatens to destroy the old political system. Renzi, a telegenic, 38-year-old American-style politician who toured Italy in a camper van before Grillo did the same in his campaign, is the opposite of colorless centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani, the election's biggest loser. ...

Israel prepares for next war with Hezbollah

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:22 PM PST

Israeli soldiers run as they participate in a drill near Revivim southern Israel, Thursday, March 7, 2013. On a dusty field in Israel's southern desert, the military is gearing up for the next battle against a familiar foe: Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. As the Syrian civil war intensifies on Israel's northern doorstep, military planners are growing increasingly jittery that the fighting could spill over into Israel, potentially dragging Hezbollah into the fray. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)REVIVIM JUNCTION, Israel (AP) — On a dusty field in Israel's southern desert, the military is gearing up for the next battle against a familiar foe: Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

VIDEO: Is football corruption over in China?

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:43 PM PST

Can China put football corruption behind it as the new season gets underway

Analysis: After Grillo, Florence mayor was a big winner in Italy's vote

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:11 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - The big winner in Italy's election was populist leader Beppe Grillo, but young Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is emerging as a less obvious beneficiary of a huge protest vote that threatens to destroy the old political system.

Leading candidate in Kenya vote hovers at 50 pct

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:08 PM PST

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leading candidate in the race for Kenya's president is hovering around the 50 percent mark as ballots are counted on what officials say is the last day of the count.

Myanmar opposition holds first party congress

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:18 PM PST

Pedestrians walk under the National League for Democracy (NLD) flags flying outside the venue of the party's congress Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. In another sign of political reform and reconciliation in Myanmar, the country's biggest party led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hold its first-ever congress in the country's former capital from Friday. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Nearly 900 representatives from Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party gathered Friday in Myanmar's main city to elect their leadership for the first time in the group's 25-year history.

Getting Into An SXSW State Of Mind

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 09:20 PM PST

I've arrived in Austin once more for the two weeks that are known as SXSW, but what has surprised me were two moments in the trip over from Edinburgh to the Texan state capital. Two moments that typified why I travel to SXSW for the Interactive strand, and why it's an important date in the calendar for the tech community.

CIA Head Faces Squeeze Play

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 09:44 PM PST

The CIA is disputing a highly critical congressional report on its now-closed detention and interrogation program, putting its new director, John Brennan, on a collision course with Congress.

Vietnam Bus Crash Kills 11

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 08:55 PM PST

Two buses collided in central Vietnam, killing 11 people and leaving nine others seriously injured.

In Study, Past Decade Ranks Among Hottest

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:49 PM PST

New research suggests that average global temperatures were higher in the last decade than over most of the previous 11,300 years, a finding that offers a long-term context for assessing modern-day climate change.

China Exports Beat Expectations

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 11:18 PM PST

China posted a surprise trade surplus in February thanks to stronger-than-expected exports as the global economy recovered, and a drop in imports.
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India Ink: For International Students, College Checklists for March

India Ink: For International Students, College Checklists for March

India Ink: For International Students, College Checklists for March

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:21 PM PST

College counselors in the United States offer monthly advice for juniors and seniors who want to stay on track during the admissions process.

Art Review: ‘Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light’ at MoMA

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 02:36 PM PST

The British photographer Bill Brandt, whose work is on view at MoMA, took pictures whose balance of art and humanity is frequently called strange, mysterious and irresistible.

Revolution in the Resale of Digital Books and Music

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 02:11 PM PST

The prospect of online stores that sell used e-books and digital music has heartened consumer advocates, but publishers and artists are worried.

Nigeria Boko Haram amnesty dismissed

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:22 PM PST

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan rejects an amnesty for the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, despite a recent appeal by a Muslim leader.

VIDEO: London cabbie takes on Mumbai traffic

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:13 PM PST

A London cab driver has a go at driving a taxi around the streets of Mumbai, in the first part of a new BBC series.

North Korea threatens nuclear strike, U.N. expands sanctions

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:13 PM PST

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a preemptive nuclear strike, raising the level of rhetoric as the U.N. Security Council approved new sanctions against the reclusive country.

VIDEO: London cabbie takes on Mumbai traffic

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:13 PM PST

A London cab driver has a go at driving a taxi around the streets of Mumbai, in the first part of a new BBC series.

VIDEO: The room that 'sucks out' sound

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:04 PM PST

The BBC's Mike Williams goes into an anechoic chamber at the University College of London to try to hear what true silence sounds like.

Venezuela's Chavez to be embalmed for public view

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:02 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and put on display "for eternity" at a military museum after a state funeral and an extended period of lying in state, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.

Bin Laden son-in-law detained overseas, brought to New York

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New York.

Analysis: Behind North Korea bluster, a record of troubling actions

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's blood-curdling war threats are often dismissed as the kind of over-the-top rhetoric the world expects from the reclusive and eccentric leadership in Pyongyang, now in its third generation under Kim Jong-un.

Like Lenin, Mao, Chávez to Be Embalmed

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:23 PM PST

The remains of Venezuela President Hugo Chávez will be embalmed and placed in a glass casket on permanent display so "our people can have him forever," Vice President Nicolás Maduro said.

Photos of the Day: March 7

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 03:52 PM PST

In today's pictures, policemen protect themselves in Chile, young people swim at a beach in Mumbai, a man repairs power lines in China, and more.

Special Report: The Female Factor: A Fight to Save Baby Girls in India

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 03:37 PM PST

Valli Annamalai, the head of the Mother and Child Welfare Project in Tamil Nadu, has seen progress in her effort to end the area's reputation as one of the worst places for "gendercide" in India.

Tunisia poised to unveil government

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 03:31 PM PST

Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh says the line-up of a new government has been agreed and will be presented to the president on Friday.

Baby born on packed commuter train

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PST

A baby is born on a packed rush hour commuter train travelling from central London to Kent.

Lib Dems in critical state - Farron

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 02:15 PM PST

The Liberal Democrats are in a "critical state" and should not assume "survival is guaranteed", party president Tim Farron has said.

Iran Leader Lambasted for Tribute to Chávez

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 03:07 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's lionization of his Venezuelan friend Hugo Chávez caused a political firestorm in the Islamic Republic, as doubts arose over whether the two countries could carry on their tight alliance now that Mr. Chávez is dead.

Bin Laden's son-in-law faces charges in US

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:38 PM PST

Suleiman Abu Ghaith, accused of conspiring to kill US nationals, brought to New York City after his "arrest in Turkey".

Bats: Rivera Expected to Announce This Is His Last Season

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 02:08 PM PST

With 608 saves, the Yankees' Mariano Rivera may have had the greatest career ever for a closer.
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VIDEO: Locusts threaten Mid East crops

VIDEO: Locusts threaten Mid East crops

VIDEO: Locusts threaten Mid East crops

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 01:17 AM PST

Pesticides are being sprayed from the land and air in an effort to eradicate a huge swarm of locusts that is threatening crops in southern Israel and Gaza.

Wake-up call for the 'sultan'

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 01:01 AM PST

Seen from the TV screen, this old man couldn't have been more common looking.

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Exclusive: China wealth fund, Commerce Ministry to get new heads - sources

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 12:29 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will likely appoint savvy international dealmakers to run its giant sovereign wealth fund and Commerce Ministry in a soft power push to soothe fears over a planned spending spree to boost Beijing's ownership of strategic global assets.

Monte Paschi's spokesman was under pressure over bank probe - reports

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PST

MILAN (Reuters) - The spokesman of Monte Paschi di Siena found dead on Wednesday was under pressure over an investigation into alleged corruption and fraud that has rocked the world's oldest bank, reporters who knew him said.

Increase of essential supplies to Sabah: Ismail Sabri

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 12:34 AM PST

The government will increase the supply of food and daily necessities in Sabah, especially in Lahad Datu and Semporna following the Southern Philippines armed intruders crisis.

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Malaysian-born woman Australia's richest

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:54 PM PST

Malaysian-born Vicky Teoh, with an estimated wealth of A$390 milllion, tops Australia's Rich Women's List, published by the Business Review Weekly (BRW) today.

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Women business leaders still in minority in Malaysia

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:12 PM PST

Nine in 10 (91 per cent) of Malaysian employees believe that there should be a gender balance in workplace leadership teams, yet only half (51 per cent) say their companies have managed to achieve this goal.

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VIDEO: Lion kills woman at California park

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:35 PM PST

A lion has killed a volunteer intern at a private big cat park near Fresno, California, officials say.

Kenyan authorities urge patience as vote count drags on

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:21 PM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities said the outcome of a presidential election would not be compromised by the failure of electronic vote counting technology that has left the nation in the dark about the result three days after the poll.

Malaysia rejects Borneo ceasefire call (UPDATED)

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 12:04 AM PST

Malaysia's prime minister on Thursday rejected a ceasefire call by the self-proclaimed Philippine sultan whose Islamic fighters launched a deadly incursion into Malaysia.

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Myanmar shelter offers refuge for HIV patients

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:41 PM PST

At a small and peaceful clinic on the outskirts of Yangon, 20 volunteers tend to 300 HIV patients abandoned by a health care system allowed to crumble during decades of brutal military rule in Myanmar.

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Tech fair shows 11th century books, 21st century technology

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:33 PM PST

Precious mediaeval books, usually displayed in glass cases and touchable only with gloves, can now be read in glorious 3D, thanks to a system unveiled Tuesday at the world's top tech fair.

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Microsoft bringing hand gestures to Kinect

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:29 PM PST

Soon Kinect users will be able to pinch to zoom, scroll and pan simply by clenching their fists.

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Facebook changes led users to reveal more: study

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:24 PM PST

Facebook users began sharing more private data after the social network giant revamped its policies and interface, according to a study released Tuesday.

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Twitter abandons TweetDeck on mobiles

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:22 PM PST

Even though it bought the application in 2011, Twitter has announced that it is abandoning Tweetdeck on iOS and Android in favor of its own solution.

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3D printer wows world's top high-tech fair

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:20 PM PST

Of all the futuristic gadgets on show at CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, few drew bigger crowds Tuesday than a 3D printer creating solid objects in plastic from a computer display.

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Indonesian provincial vote suggests religion card weakening

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:15 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's most populous province has re-elected its conservative Muslim governor, but by such a narrow margin that it suggests the religious card may be losing its power to win votes in the world's largest Islamic society.

Insight - Beppe Grillo - Italian clown or political mastermind?

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 10:56 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Beppe Grillo stirs strong feelings. His supporters believe he can clean up Italian politics and give ordinary people more say in decision-making. His opponents see a dangerous populist who evokes memories of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

Insight - Palestinian street boils at plight of prisoners

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 10:52 PM PST

OFER PRISON, West Bank (Reuters) - In a sprawling Israeli prison, Palestinian activist Hassan Karajeh sat through a hurried court hearing in a language he didn't understand under the authority of a military occupation he and his people reject.

Randy pandas get privacy at Tokyo zoo

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 11:05 PM PST

A pair of pandas in the mood for mating were being given a bit of space Thursday with Japanese zookeepers hoping they would get it on if the public was kept away.

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