Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising

Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising


Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:32 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and led to the election of an Islamist president who is now the focus of protester rage.


Indian women given kitchen knives, chilli to fend off rapists

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:54 PM PST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's radical Hindu nationalist party governing Mumbai has handed out kitchen knives and chilli powder to women following a gang rape in the capital New Delhi that ignited a national debate on the best way to tackle sex crimes.


DNA shows ancestry of present-day Asians, Native Americans

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:59 AM PST

Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week.

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Something we must learn

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 12:49 AM PST

While Ibrahim is most definitely a sly fox, he is edging towards political bankruptcy. To someone like this, perhaps we should just watch how he is going to play up his show.

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China urges Japan to co-operate in resolving islands dispute

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping said on Friday that China's position on a series of islands disputed with Japan is clear and consistent and urged Japan to co-operate in resolving the issue.

VIDEO: US freezes as temperatures plunge

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:48 PM PST

Arctic temperatures in parts of the United States are creating some dramatic sights.

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:13 PM PST

ZUMBAHUA, Ecuador (Reuters) - Once a forgotten cluster of mud houses amid windswept peaks, the Ecuadorean village of Zumbahua today boasts a state-of-the-art schoolhouse with large projection touch screens, Internet access in every classroom and lessons in three languages.


Ahmad Zahidi files defamation suit against Rafizi

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:21 PM PST

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi filed a defamation suit at the High Court registrar here today, against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) strategy advisor Mohd Rafizi Ramli in relation to an article in his blog.

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World's biggest nuke plant may shut: Japan report

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:12 PM PST

The largest nuclear power plant in the world may be forced to shut down under tightened rules proposed by Japan's new nuclear watchdog aimed at safeguarding against earthquakes, a report said Friday.

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North Korea defiant in face of US, China pressure

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:08 PM PST

North Korea kicked out at rival South Korea on Friday, even as China and the United States sought to pressure the isolated state into backing away from a threatened nuclear test.

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Philippines typhoon victims need more help: UN

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:48 PM PST

The United Nations launched an appeal Friday for more international aid to help nearly a million people in the Philippines as they recover from last year's deadliest typhoon in the world.

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Arab world takes centre stage at Davos

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:37 PM PST

The Arab world takes centre stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday with Jordan's King Abdullah II set to address global political and business leaders.

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VIDEO: Economic concerns in Belgium

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:45 PM PST

While senior officials are confident that Europe is emerging from its economic crisis, in Belgium it's predicted that 2013 will be a year of stagnation.

Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:44 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police stormed a subway train depot in Athens early on Friday to disperse striking subway staff who defied a government order to return to work for a ninth consecutive day, a police official said.


Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:30 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's disgraced former senior politician, Bo Xilai, will go on trial next week, a Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the final act of a drama that has shaken the ruling Communist Party.


Experts cite causes of Jakarta's perennial floods

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:56 PM PST

Rini Huang, a resident in this capital city, has succeeded in freeing herself after being trapped for three days in her house which was flooded by neck-high waters last week.

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Quit smoking before 40 reduces death risk: study

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:30 PM PST

A study published Thursday found smokers who quit when they are young adults can significantly reduce their risks of dying sooner.

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Mali Islamists split as French-led offensives build up pressure

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 08:47 PM PST

The alliance of Islamist militant groups showed signs of cracks Thursday as they were under increasing pressure exerted by a new spate of the French-led offensives.

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Septuagenarian Spaniard determined to stay in Mali home

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:31 PM PST

Seventy-seven-year-old Pedro Ros doesn't care that he may be the only white person left in a Malian city foreigners have fled amid escalating threats from Islamists. And he doesn't care that his embassy is urging him to pack his bags and leave.

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Japan envoy says territory dispute with China can be resolved

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 07:54 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Japanese envoy to Beijing said on Friday that he believed tensions with China over a group of uninhabited islands could be resolved, after meeting China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping.


Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5


Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:53 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

VIDEO: Economic concerns in Belgium

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:45 PM PST

While senior officials are confident that Europe is emerging from its economic crisis, in Belgium it's predicted that 2013 will be a year of stagnation.

Australia warns citizens to leave Benghazi

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:39 PM PST

Nation joins UK, Germany and Netherlands in warning citizens of "imminent threat" in Libyan city due to Mali conflict.

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:08 PM PST

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa addresses indigneous Indian supporters during a political rally in ZumbahuaZUMBAHUA, Ecuador (Reuters) - Once a forgotten cluster of mud houses amid windswept peaks, the Ecuadorean village of Zumbahua today boasts a state-of-the-art schoolhouse with large projection touch screens, Internet access in every classroom and lessons in three languages. Indigenous Kichwa Indians who once stuffed savings under their mattresses now have a bank in town and a free Internet cafe - all paid for by the state. The treacherous muddy road to the village is being widened and paved, and residents are particularly proud of their local school. "Education has improved dramatically ... ...


Murder in Pakistan sparks anger at country's elite

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, April 28, 2012, file photo,Pakistanis use a cart to carry the lifeless body of a civilian away from the site of fighting, during a crackdown operation by Pakistani police commandos against criminals in Karachi's town of Lyari, Pakistan. Over 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most upscale neighborhoods sparked an unusual outcry and highlighted a growing trend of citizens using social media to hold the country's rich and powerful to account. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — More than 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most upscale neighborhoods sparked an unusual outcry and highlighted a growing trend of citizens using social media to hold the country's rich and powerful to account.


Chile aims to focus summit on its brighter side

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:38 PM PST

People walk past high risers in the financial district of Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders gathering for this weekend's economic summit will likely see only one side of Chile _ the polished, upscale country where tourists and investors stay in five-star hotels in a sparklingly clean financial district nicknamed SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders gathering for this weekend's economic summit will likely see only one side of Chile — the polished, upscale country where tourists and investors stay in five-star hotels in a sparklingly clean financial district nicknamed "Sanhattan," well away from Santiago's slums.


Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, left, is greeted by her mother Charlotte after landing at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday, Jan.24, 2013. Cassez, who spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges returned to a heroes welcome in Paris on Thursday, declaring she had been cleared by the Mexican court that ordered her freed. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and sentenced for being part of a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France.


New Artisanal Rum - For Australia Day?

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST

When I think Australia and alcohol in the same sentence, I instantly think of wine.

Kirk Strawser, Head Of Wipro's Consulting Business, Dies

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:22 PM PST

Kirk Strawser, managing partner of Wipro Consulting Services, the business consulting arm of  Indian tech giant Wipro controlled by billionaire Azim Premji, has died in the US after a brief illness, the company confirmed Wednesday. He was 58.

State spending fuels Correa's re-election bid in Ecuador

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:30 PM PST

ZUMBAHUA, Ecuador (Reuters) - Once a forgotten cluster of mud houses amid windswept peaks, the Ecuadorean village of Zumbahua today boasts a state-of-the-art schoolhouse with large projection touch screens, Internet access in every classroom and lessons in three languages.

Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:44 PM PST

Striking workers stand outside a metro depot in AthensATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police stormed a subway train depot in Athens early on Friday to disperse striking subway staff who defied a government order to return to work for a ninth consecutive day, a police official said. Scuffles broke out when police forced their way through a metal gate shortly after 4 a.m. (0200 GMT) and detained at least 10 workers, the official said on condition of anonymity. One woman was taken to hospital with light injuries, he added. ...


Pharma's Digital Health Strategy: Four Options

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:15 PM PST

As pharma companies confront the digital health wave and contemplate their digital health strategy, I see four high-level options:

Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's disgraced former senior politician, Bo Xilai, will go on trial next week, a Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the final act of a drama that has shaken the ruling Communist Party.

Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:44 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police stormed a subway train depot in Athens early on Friday to disperse striking subway staff who defied a government order to return to work for a ninth consecutive day, a police official said.

Japan envoy says territory disputes with China can be resolved

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:16 PM PST

Yamaguchi, leader of Japan's New Komeito party, delivers a personal letter from Japan's Prime Minister Abe to China's president-in-waiting Xi during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - Japan believes tensions with China fanned by a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands can be resolved, a special envoy from Tokyo said on Friday after meeting China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping. Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of New Komeito, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, said Japan will take a broad view in dialogue with Beijing to resolve the dispute between the world's second- and third-largest economies, which has escalated in recent weeks. ...


Trial of China's Bo Xilai opens next week, says Beijing-backed paper

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:32 PM PST

File photo of Bo Xilai, then Governor of Liaoning Province, at the China Entrepreneur Annual Meeting 2003 in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - China's disgraced former senior politician, Bo Xilai, will go on trial next week, a Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the final act of a drama that has shaken the ruling Communist Party. Bo, once a contender for top leadership in the world's second-largest economy, was ousted in China's biggest political scandal in two decades last year following his wife's murder of a British businessman, Neil Heywood. ...


International adoptions by U.S. parents fall again in 2012

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 08:50 PM PST

(Reuters) - The number of children adopted internationally by American parents fell 7 percent last year, continuing a multi-year decline brought on in part by tightened adoption rules, a U.S. State Department report showed on Thursday. Some 8,668 children were adopted into U.S. families from abroad in the 2012 fiscal year, down from 9,320 the previous year, with more children coming from China than from any other country, the report said. "This is a continuation of a trend," said Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and the author of "Adoption Nation. ...

Greek police storm metro depot to end strike

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 10:09 PM PST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek riot police stormed the Athens subway train depot early Friday to enforce a government emergency order forcing striking metro workers back to work in an escalating standoff over new austerity measures.

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Posted: 25 Jan 2013 04:00 AM PST

Japan envoy says territory disputes with China can be resolved

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:03 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan believes tensions with China fanned by a dispute over a group of uninhabited islands can be resolved, a special envoy from Tokyo said on Friday after meeting China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping.