VIDEO: Zuma: 'Nelson Mandela is a fighter'

VIDEO: Zuma: 'Nelson Mandela is a fighter'


VIDEO: Zuma: 'Nelson Mandela is a fighter'

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT

The South African president, Jacob Zuma, has met the team of doctors treating Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection.

Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:41 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon's Hezbollah militia entered Syria's civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed.

Pakistan tries anew to end insurgency in resource-rich Baluchistan

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:33 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has pledged to rein in human rights abuses by security forces in the huge, resource-rich province of Baluchistan as a first step towards starting talks to end a long-running insurgency waged by guerrillas seeking an independent homeland.

Mandela still in 'serious but stable' condition in hospital

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:30 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African former president Nelson Mandela was still in "serious but stable" condition in hospital, a government spokesman told local radio on Wednesday morning.

World's oldest man dies at 116

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:16 PM PDT

Former postman and farmer, born in 1897, put his longevity down to getting out in the sun.

Secret program leaker Snowden missing since Monday

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:58 PM PDT

HONG KONG (AP) — The whereabouts of a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs remain unknown two days after he checked out of a Hong Kong hotel.

Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:06 PM PDT

Muhamad Anwar Ismail Hajiteh's wife Romuelah Saeyeh, and Muhamad Anwar's family pose for picture outside Pattani Central PrisonBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous. An insurgency by shadowy Muslim fighters in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's three southernmost provinces has claimed 5,700 lives since 2004. ...


Seatbelts could have prevented 3 Boston U deaths

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:57 PM PDT

ROTORUA, New Zealand (AP) — Three Boston University students who were killed last year in New Zealand when their minivan rolled might have survived if they were wearing seatbelts, police said Wednesday.

Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:06 PM PDT

PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous.

Preview: Iran election offers choice, but little change

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:00 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Friday's presidential election in Iran is unlikely to bring significant change to the Islamic republic, whose supreme leader has ensured hardline candidates dominate the field. But the sole moderate could yet upset the race.

Expat IRS Tax Filing Deadline Is June 17

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:10 PM PDT

You may be used to thinking of April 15 as tax return filing day. For many, it is. But there's an automatic two month extension for some. It applies to U.S. citizens and resident aliens living overseas, or serving in the military outside the U.S. on the regular due date of their tax return.

10 Myths About Social Networking For Business

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:41 PM PDT

Can Waze Jumpstart Google's Social Networking Drive?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:41 PM PDT

Most people seem to believe that Google's $1 billion-plus acquisition Tuesday of the human-powered traffic mapping app Waze is strictly defensive. And there is something to that argument: Waze would beef up its already leading Maps service and keep rivals such as Facebook and Apple from gaining on it.

U.S. sanctions four Lebanese men, accuses them of aiding Hezbollah

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for Hezbollah in West Africa, as Washington seeks to cut off sources of cash for the Lebanese militant group. The U.S. Treasury Department said Ali Ibrahim al-Watfa, Abbas Loutfe Fawaz, Ali Ahmad Chehade, and Hicham Nmer Khanafer were sanctioned for acting as "ambassadors" for Hezbollah, which the U.S. government considers a terrorist group. The men were acting in Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and the Gambia, it said. ...

U.S. sanctions four Lebanese men, accuses them of aiding Hezbollah

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for Hezbollah in West Africa, as Washington seeks to cut off sources of cash for the Lebanese militant group.

The Check's Not In The Mail: Post Office Loses Tax Bills For Entire Town

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:49 PM PDT

Every now and again, the Post Office loses a piece of mail. Or 2,000.

World's oldest person dies in Japan at 116

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:01 PM PDT

ADDS AGE - FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 15, 2012 and released by Kyotango City, Jiroemon Kimura, center, poses with Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday, right, and Guinness World Records Asia-Pacific Representative Frank Foley after Kimura was presented with the certificate of the world's oldest living man at his home in the city, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Japanese media report that Kimura died of natural causes at a hospital in Kyotango early Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the age of 116. (AP Photo/Kyotango City, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYTOKYO (AP) — Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 116.


Belief: What I Learned, As A CEO, From The Day I Was Fired

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:37 PM PDT

Although I've mentioned him in my book, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning, I haven't yet shared with Forbes' readership that Dr. Stephen R. Covey, who passed away last year, has had a special significance in my life. He was a mentor, a friend, and, at one time, my boss. This is why his teachings are woven into my DNA.

Asian markets down on concern about Japan, US

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:09 PM PDT

A man looks up by the day's chart of Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, that soared 636.67 points, or 4.94 percent, to 13,514.20 in front of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, June 10, 2013. Asian markets rose Monday after U.S. jobs data helped allay concern the Fed might wind down its stimulus and Japan's prime minister promised new tax cuts. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell Wednesday amid concern about a lack of new Japanese moves to calm bond markets and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy.


World Digest: June 11, 2013

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:12 PM PDT

Greece will temporarily close all its state-run TV and radio stations with a loss of about 2,500 jobs as part of the cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out nation's international creditors, officials said Tuesday.

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Pakistan Says Indian Planes Violated Airspace

Pakistan Says Indian Planes Violated Airspace


Pakistan Says Indian Planes Violated Airspace

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:23 AM PDT

Pakistan's air force said two Indian aircraft violated Pakistan's airspace, and that it scrambled two fighter jets to "challenge the intruders."

Russia's Putin says U.S. supports opposition protesters

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused U.S. diplomats of interfering in Russian politics by supporting opposition demonstrators, a day before a planned protest march in Moscow.

World Bank Chief Reflects Concerns on Tighter Money

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

The World Bank is concerned about the economic impact when central banks around the world start to rein in their accommodative monetary policy, the organization's president said.

Analysis: Hezbollah tips Syria power balance, polarizes Lebanon

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese have long viewed the Hezbollah guerrilla army as a state-within-a-state. But having watched it launch a military adventure in Syria and brutality on the streets of Beirut, they feel ever more hostage to the Islamist group's regional agenda.

Sir Henry: quirky, quick and beloved

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:08 AM PDT

A portrait of the late Sir Henry Cecil

A.C.L.U. Files Suit Over Phone Surveillance Program

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:25 PM PDT

The lawsuit contends that the program, whose existence became public last week, is illegal and asks a judge to both stop it and order the records purged.
    


Thousands protest over Bosnia baby ID row

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Failure of MPs to agree new law on citizen ID numbers leaves newborns without access to medical care and passports.

Bomb found under Italian diplomatic car in Tripoli

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:25 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A bomb planted under an Italian diplomatic car in the Libyan capital Tripoli was discovered and exploded as police had cordoned off the area, diplomatic and security sources said.

Greece Pulls Plug on State Broadcaster

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Greece is pulling the plug on its bloated public broadcaster and laying off all 2,700 employees, at least temporarily, as part of cost savings demanded by international creditors

Khatami, reformists back Rohani in Iran presidential vote

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:06 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian reformists led by former President Mohammad Khatami have endorsed Hassan Rohani, the lone moderate contesting Friday's election for the presidency, held by hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the past eight years.

Sluggish Brazil economy erodes Rousseff's popularity

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:53 AM PDT

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Growing pessimism over Brazil's sluggish economic performance and rising inflation are starting to eat into President Dilma Rousseff's still-high popularity ratings, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, the second in a week to show that trend.

Algerian president gets rehabilitation after stroke: state media

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:52 AM PDT

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is recovering with the help of physical rehabilitation in France more than a month after he was rushed to hospital there suffering from a stroke, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Google Wants to Release Details on Classified Requests

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:30 AM PDT

The technology company on Tuesday asked the government for permission to reveal details about the classified requests it gets for the personal information of foreign users.
    


Germans so outraged at U.S. over spying that Merkel will raise the issue directly with Obama

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Revelations over U.S. Internet spying programs have raised such outrage in Germany that Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says she will raise the issue with President Obama when he visits Berlin next week for a trip that was supposed to celebrate 50 years of U.S.-German friendship since John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.

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Euro-Zone's Woes Stretch to Finland

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:27 AM PDT

The prime minister warned more budget cuts may be needed to halt an inexorable rise in the debt level because of the stagnant economy.

Across China, Strong Itch to Spend

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT

As leaders in Beijing remain cautious about stimulating China's economy out of a slowdown, local governments are taking no chances, pushing ambitious spending projects.

Photos of the Day: June 11

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:56 PM PDT

In today's photos, a mannequin floats in a car dealership in Germany, a boy works on a wooden wheel in Pakistan, police and protesters clash in Turkey, and more.

Movie Review: ‘This Is the End,’ With Seth Rogen and James Franco

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:01 AM PDT

In "This Is the End," celebrity buddies find their relationships tested as biblical devastation arrives.
    


Libyan army chief urges rebels to join the army

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:15 AM PDT

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - The new head of Libya's military on Tuesday called on armed groups to put themselves under the command of the national army, after clashes in which 31 people were killed, adding that patience was running out with the independent militias.

Kenyans rally against MPs pay hike

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Demonstrators douse themselves in animal blood after parliamentarians decide to increase their own wages.