Burkina Faso government dismissed

Burkina Faso government dismissed

Burkina Faso government dismissed

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Burkina Faso's president dissolves his government after members of his presidential guard went on an overnight rampage in the capital Ouagadougou.


House Passes G.O.P. Budget Plan With No Democratic Votes

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:15 PM PDT

House Republicans forced through a partisan budget blueprint on Friday that would pare spending by an estimated $5.8 trillion over the next decade.

William Lipscomb, Nobel Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 91

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Dr. Lipscomb, a longtime Harvard professor and protégé of Linus Pauling, did not mind mixing music and humor into his repertory that focused on molecular structure and chemical bonding.

Syria protests reach capital, Yemen leader seeks talks

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

SANAA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Mass protests spread to the capital of Syria for the first time on Friday and looked closer than ever to driving out the leader of Yemen, nearly four months since unrest erupted across the Arab world.

Algerian president pledges economic reforms

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Abdelaziz Bouteflika says his government will move to boost democracy, tackle unemployment and help the poor.


Yemen's Saleh calls for talks as protests escalate

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:33 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Opponents of Yemen's president stepped up a campaign on Friday to force him out, but Ali Abdullah Saleh was defiant as he addressed thousands of supporters and urged the opposition to join peace talks.

Syria protests sweep into capital, defying Assad

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swept into the capital, Damascus, on Friday for the first time since a growing wave of pro-democracy unrest began to put pressure on his 11-year rule.

Saudi Shi'ites rally for second day to call for rights

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:14 AM PDT

RIYADH (Reuters) - Hundreds of Saudi Shi'ites protested in the oil-producing east for a second day on Friday, calling for the release of prisoners held without trial and political and religious rights, activists said.

Somalia pirates release Panama-flagged bitumen cargo ship

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:26 AM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a Panamanian-flagged bitumen carrier ship after receiving a ransom, but detained some of its crew, pirates and a maritime official said on Friday.

Calls grow for Japan PM to quit in wake of quake

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled on Thursday as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's natural calamities and a nuclear crisis.

Obama says Libya in stalemate, but "Gaddafi will go"

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:12 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama acknowledged on Friday there was a "stalemate" on the ground in Libya, but said he still expected the three-week-old air campaign to succeed in ousting Muammar Gaddafi eventually.

Ivory Coast youth leader's whereabouts unknown

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The government of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara retracted a statement Friday that an influential youth leader and staunch supporter of former leader Laurent Gbagbo had been arrested.

Syria protests reach capital, Yemen leader seeks talks

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

SANAA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Mass protests spread to the capital of Syria for the first time on Friday and looked closer than ever to driving out the leader of Yemen, nearly four months since unrest erupted across the Arab world.

al Qaeda sympathizers kill abducted Italian activist

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas found the body on Friday of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist who was killed by al Qaeda sympathizers in the Gaza Strip, raising questions about the Islamist group's control over the beleaguered enclave.

Mubarak to be moved to Egypt army hospital in days

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a military hospital until he is well enough to face interrogation in a corruption investigation, the prosecutor said on Friday, as the army rulers seek to show they are serious about putting him on trial.

Firm fined after boy loses hand

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT

A Belfast company is fined £12,000 after a 16-year-old employee lost his hand in an industrial accident.


Canada delays Libya jet decision

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Canada will not decide whether to boost its role in the Nato-led military campaign in Libya until after the upcoming election, PM Stephen Harper says.


China's Progress on Data Has Limits

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:04 PM PDT

China's publication of a new kind of GDP data brings it closer in line with the way other major economies report growth, but also exposes continuing problems with the quality of the nation's statistics, analysts said.


2 Korean Search Engines File Antitrust Complaint Against Google

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:33 PM PDT

NHN and Daum asked South Korea's trade commission to investigate whether Google had improperly maneuvered to have Android pre-installed on most smartphones sold in the country.

Syria protests reach capital, Yemen leader seeks talks

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:41 AM PDT

SANAA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Mass protests spread to the capital of Syria for the first time on Friday and looked closer than ever to driving out the leader of Yemen, nearly four months since unrest erupted across the Arab world.

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