Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:12 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013 photo, supporters of former MP Musallam al-Barrack demonstrate near his house in Al Andalous, Kuwait. Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds. Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ordered to prison for insulting the emir of this tiny nation. (AP Photo/Nasser Waggi)KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ordered to prison for insulting the emir of this tiny nation.

VIDEO: Matt Damon fights for 'rural America'

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:39 PM PDT

Actor Matt Damon latest film Promised Land explores a farming community's decision of whether to sell their land for industrial fracking.

VIDEO: Female conductor in Proms milestone

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

The Last Night of The Proms is to be led by a female conductor for the first time in its 118 year history.

VIDEO: Venezuela election audit of votes

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT

Venezuela's electoral authority has announced it will carry out a full audit of electronic votes cast in Sunday's presidential elections.

China's Retail Rout: 1st-Qtr Profit Plunges 47% At Shanghai Fashion Chain Metersbonwe

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:02 PM PDT

Net profit in the first three month of 2013 at Shanghai-based fashion retailer Metersbowne plunged 47% from a year ago to 126 million, or $20 million, the company said in a statement yesterday evening.

VIDEO: Matt Damon fights for 'rural America'

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:39 PM PDT

Actor Matt Damon latest film Promised Land explores a farming community's decision of whether to sell their land for industrial fracking.

VIDEO: Putting the soul into Soweto

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:27 PM PDT

Meet The Soil, a platinum-selling South African a cappella group, in the first of a new series of African Beats.

VIDEO: Venezuela election audit of votes

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT

Venezuela's electoral authority has announced it will carry out a full audit of electronic votes cast in Sunday's presidential elections.

WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:44 PM PDT

This Monday, April 15, 2013 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the H7N9 virus which can take on a variety of shapes. Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with live fowl and the virus isn't supposed to pass from person to person. Understanding how the H7N9 bird flu virus is spreading is a goal of international and Chinese experts assembled by the World Health Organization as they begin a weeklong investigation Friday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/CDC, C.S. Goldsmith, T. Rowe)BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization says there's no evidence that a new strain of bird flu in China is spreading easily among humans even though a few people who were close to patients with the virus have fallen sick.

Home Health Medicare Co-Pay: A study in unintended consequences

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:23 PM PDT

By Robert A. Book and Doug Holtz-Eakin

Television Meets Crowdfunding: A+E Networks and RocketHub Launch 'Project Startup' for Entrepreneurs

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:07 PM PDT

The entrepreneurial spirit is rapidly spreading to broadcast, as witnessed by popular programs such as NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, ABC's Shark Tank and Undercover Boss. Now A&E Network is working to raise the bar on entrepreneurial programming still further with the launch of Project Startup (www.projectstartup.com), a multi-platform initiative to support the businesses of aspiring entrepreneurs.

Pakistan Ex-President Musharraf Arrested

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:19 PM PDT

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was arrested early Friday and presented in court, a day after a judge ordered his detention on a "terrorism" charge.

Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:56 PM PDT

In this Monday, April 15, 2013 photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives under tight security to address his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in the country's capital on Thursday after his bail was revoked in a case in which he is accused of treason. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained, officials said Friday.

Election council to audit vote in Venezuela

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:16 PM PDT

Opposition supporters bang pots against President-elect Nicolas Maduro as they protest the presidential election results in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Opposition protesters have been protesting the election results every night with pot banging since the Sunday election. Maduro is to be sworn in Friday in the National Assembly at a ceremony being boycotted by the opposition because its deputies are not being allowed to address the body unless they recognize his presidency as legitimate. The sign at left reads in Spanish "Maduro is not my president."(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's electoral council announced Thursday night that it would audit the 46 percent of the vote not scrutinized on election night in a concession to opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who said he believed the stolen votes that cost him the presidency are among the unaudited.

7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:15 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected.

VIDEO: Bars to barbed wire fencing in Seoul

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:41 PM PDT

Lucy Williamson is taking a journey from Seoul towards the border and the demilitarized zone.

Projected EPL Table With 5 Matches To Go

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:40 PM PDT

The matches lost to FA Cup quarterfinal games have now been replayed, and only three matches were lost last weekend to the FA Cup semifinals.  It's easier to round up and say there are only five match days left.  The results from the last week-and-a-half of EPL action have translated to a further tightening in the race for fourth, and the relegation race continues to heat up heading into the final month of play.  Here is how the latest action impacted the likelihood of each team's finish position.

Pakistan police arrest ex-president Musharraf

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:49 PM PDT

Former leader detained at his farmhouse after appearing before judicial magistrate ahead of general election.

Pakistan police arrest former president Musharraf

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:38 PM PDT

File photo shows former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf meeting journalists after attending the CLSA Investors Forum in Hong KongISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested former president Pervez Musharraf at his home on the outskirts of Islamabad on Friday and presented him in court in connection with allegations he committed treason while in office, media reports and his lawyers said. He was later allowed to return home. Television footage showed Musharraf being escorted by uniformed police officers to an Islamabad court. A judge issued an arrest order for the former army chief on Thursday. Qamar Afzal, Musharraf's lawyer, said Musharraf had voluntarily presented himself at the court. ...

Venezuela to audit remaining vote, not do recount

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:23 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's electoral council says it will audit the voting machines that were not audited election night in an apparent rejection of the opposition's demand for a full vote-by-vote recount.
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Rios Montt's lawyers walk out of Guatemala genocide trial

Rios Montt's lawyers walk out of Guatemala genocide trial

Rios Montt's lawyers walk out of Guatemala genocide trial

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:15 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A session in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt ended abruptly on Thursday, as his lawyers tried to suspend proceedings over a legal technicality and stormed out, leaving him sitting alone in court.

Baghdad cafe hit by deadly bombing

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.

Regional leaders recognize Central African Republic rebel chief

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Leaders of the Central Africa regional bloc recognized Michel Djotodia on Thursday as transitional head of the Central African Republic but stopped short of embracing him as president, conveying their concern about his taking of power by force.

Suicide bomber kills 23 in Baghdad cafe: officials

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 23 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a Baghdad cafe on Thursday, police and hospital officials said.

Paraguay's Colorado Party likely to win back presidency

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayans will likely vote to put the Colorado Party back into the presidency on Sunday, restoring the center-right party to power after leftist President Fernando Lugo broke its 60-year reign in 2008.

In Memoir, Amanda Knox Testifies in Public Court of Approval

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Amanda Knox, who was convicted and then acquitted of killing her roommate in Perugia, Italy, wrote a memoir after her release from prison in 2011.
    

Lagarde warns UK growth 'not good'

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT

The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, expresses renewed concern over the health of the UK economy.

Graphic designer Storm Thorgerson dies

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Storm Thorgerson, whose album cover artwork includes Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, has died, the band's management confirms.

South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.

US suspect denies mailing poison-laced letter

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Paul Kevin Curtis, charged with threatening the US president and others, says he is innocent.

Suspect Denies Mailing Poisoned Letter to Obama

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Paul Kevin Curtis, a Mississippi man charged with mailing letters believed to contain ricin to President Obama and two others, was surprised by his arrest, his lawyer said.
    

Syrian Kurds fear increasing attacks from Assad forces

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bombings of Kurdish areas in Syria suggest that Syrian Kurds, long detached from the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, are increasingly being targeted by his forces after they struck deals with rebels fighting to topple him, a Kurdish leader said.

Mauritania to send 1,800 troops to Mali: France

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Mauritania will send 1,800 troops to Mali as part of a planned U.N. force to keep the peace in the West African nation after a French-led offensive that has ousted Islamist rebels from the desert north, France's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Six killed in Kenya gun attack

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

At least six people are shot dead in an attack by a group of armed men in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa.

U.S. Probes Suspicions Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:48 AM PDT

American intelligence agencies are reviewing what some officials see as the first credible indications that Syrian forces used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent fighting, said senior U.S. and European officials.

Russia Opens New Case Against Activist

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Russian authorities filed another criminal case against opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday, the morning after proceedings in the first of many cases against the vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off in the city of Kirov.

Dubai Airport Sees Potential For U.S. Customs Post

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT

Dubai's airport authority said it would welcome any effort by the U.S. to set up a customs post for airline passengers heading to the country from the Gulf emirate.

Eight killed in gun attack in Kenyan town: Red Cross

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT

GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead eight people when they sprayed bullets into a restaurant in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Thursday, the Kenya Red Cross said.

U.S. accuses Bissau military chief in Colombia drugs, weapons plot

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:47 AM PDT

DAKAR (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Guinea-Bissau's top military official of plotting to traffic cocaine to the United States and sell weapons to Colombian rebels, according to court documents seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Analysis: Venezuela's Capriles faces tough battle to challenge election

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Henrique Capriles may have cemented his status as Venezuela's undisputed opposition leader, but he faces an uphill battle in his challenge to election results that narrowly handed the OPEC nation's presidency to Nicolas Maduro.
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