Ivory Coast fighting spreads to southern Abidjan

Ivory Coast fighting spreads to southern Abidjan

Ivory Coast fighting spreads to southern Abidjan

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:08 PM PST

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Explosions rocked a southern Abidjan suburb overnight and on Wednesday, as fighting between insurgents seeking to oust Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo and security forces spread to new areas of the main city.

Tunisians Struggle With Their New Freedoms

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PST

Daily protests and counter-protests in this Mediterranean port city highlight the dangerous popular divisions in the North African country six weeks after the ouster of its despotic leader.


Arab Turmoil Hits Region's Markets, Spurs Job Fears

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PST

Political unrest has sent stock markets tumbling across the Middle East and is threatening economic growth and the employment prospects of populations already hungry for change.


Ohio Senate Approves Union Bill

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:58 PM PST

State Senators took the first set toward full legislative approval of a bill critics say would roll back collective bargaining rights a generation.

Fed Notes ‘Modest to Moderate’ Growth

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:58 PM PST

Retail sales and manufacturing grew in most regions, the report said, while the labor markets improved modestly.

ArtsBeat: Levine to Leave Boston Symphony

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PST

James Levine, dogged by a relentless series of health problems, said on Wednesday he would resign as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, concluding that he could no longer handle the job along with his duties in the same post at the Metropolitan Opera.

Pope book says Jews not guilty of Jesus Christ's death

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:48 PM PST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in a new book, has personally exonerated Jews of allegations they were responsible for Jesus Christ's death, repudiating the concept of collective guilt that has haunted Christian-Jewish relations for centuries.

Petraeus Apologizes for Afghan Deaths

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PST

U.S. Gen. Petraeus, the coalition's commander in Afghanistan, responded to an angry protest from President Karzai and issued a rare apology for a helicopter strike that killed nine children.


U.S., Mexico Meet in Strained Times

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:06 PM PST

President Felipe Calderón will meet in Washington on Thursday with President Barack Obama in an attempt to repair relations at a time when spiraling violence in Mexico's drug war has frayed ties between the two allies.


Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's Minorities Minister, assassinated by gunmen

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PST

As many as four men ambushed Shahbaz Bhatti, 42, yesterday as he left home without a security escort, Geo television reported, citing a police official, Bin Yamin. Bhatti was dead when brought to the city's Al-Shifa Hospital, the institution's spokesman, Azmatullah Quraishi, said by telephone.


VIDEO: What's new about Apple's iPad 2 tablet?

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:12 PM PST

iPad 2 tablet launched by Apple: We try it out


U.N. Apologizes to Belarus

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PST

The U.N. peacekeeping chief said the U.N. mistakenly accused Belarus of delivering three attack helicopters to military forces supporting Ivory Coast's ruler who refuses to cede power.


Three charged in connection with Moscow bomb: lawyer

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:56 AM PST

NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - The brother and sister of the suicide bomber who killed 37 people at Russia's busiest airport have been charged, along with a third alleged accomplice, a defense lawyer said on Wednesday.

Arabs may impose Libya no fly zone

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PST

International concern grows over violence in Libya with Arab state ministers saying they could impose a "no-fly" zone.


Libya refugee crisis worsens

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PST

UN urges rapid action to help thousands of refugees before the exodus turns into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.


Economy the Focus as Chinese Legislatures Convene

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:10 AM PST

The meeting marks the unveiling of a plan that calls for a shift away from an economy based on exports and massive public works to one powered by consumer spending.

At War: 2 Views on Afghan Night Raids

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PST

Perspectives on 'Karzai's Twelve' and the restrictions on night searches in Afghanistan.

Jobs Takes the Stage to Pitch Apple’s New iPad

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:25 PM PST

Apple's chief executive interrupts a medical leave to introduce the much-anticipated new iPad, a thinner, faster and lighter version of its tablet.

VIDEO: Gaddafi blames 'foreign conspiracy'

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:45 AM PST

Col Muammar Gaddafi has said he would "fight until the last man and woman" and warned that thousands of Libyans would die if Western forces intervened. Jeremy Bowen reports from Tripoli.


Economy the Focus as Chinese Legislatures Convene

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:10 AM PST

The meeting marks the unveiling of a plan that calls for a shift away from an economy based on exports and massive public works to one powered by consumer spending.

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