Iran steps up rate of public executions: Amnesty

Iran steps up rate of public executions: Amnesty

Iran steps up rate of public executions: Amnesty

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:24 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran has sharply stepped up its use of public executions, hanging 13 men this year, nearly as many as in all of 2010, in an attempt to intimidate its citizens, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Nevada sex probe senator replaced

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Republican Congressman Dean Heller is appointed to replace a Nevada senator who is resigning over an inquiry into his affair with an aide.


Hamas, Fatah reach deal for unity government

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT

The rival Palestinian movements of Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal that would establish a new parliament and a date for general elections, Hamas officials told CNN Wednesday.

Man's body found at house in city

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man whose body was found at a house in south Belfast.


Saudi Arabia detains bloggers over protest: activists

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained two Shi'ite bloggers this week for taking part in demonstrations in the country's oil-producing Eastern Province, a Shi'ite website and activists said on Wednesday.

William and Kate attend rehearsal

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Prince William and Kate Middleton attend a private rehearsal at Westminster Abbey ahead of their wedding ceremony on Friday.


Always Awkward, New Rights Talks With China Now May Be Hopeless

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:31 AM PDT

By many accounts, the two decades of on-again-off-again human rights talks have been tedious and unrewarding exercises in diplomatic theater.

Sony photographer prize announced

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Argentinian photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg is the Sony world photographer of the year, it is announced.


'Steal everything'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Is the PlayStation hack a sign of crime to come?


Searchers find part of Air France black box off Brazil

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:16 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Deep-sea searchers picking through wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed off Brazil in 2009 have found a part that held one of the flight's data recorders, but without the memory unit that could provide crucial clues to the crash.

Khodorkovsky appeal set for May 17: Russian court

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:24 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court will begin considering ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's appeal against his conviction on multi-billion-dollar theft and money laundering charges on May 17, a court official said on Wednesday.

Floyd Norris: Analysis: Bernanke’s News Conference

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT

The news was more in the fact that the Federal Reserve has started news conferences than in anything that was said.

French hostages plead for troop withdrawal in video

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:59 AM PDT

A video released by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb shows four French hostages apparently held by the group in Niger begging French President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan.

Turkish leader has ambitious plans to build canal

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT

Less than two months before voters are expected to go to the polls in national elections, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday announced ambitious plans to dig a new canal through Istanbul that would bypass the existing Bosphorus Strait.

Japan May Invite Foreign Expert

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Japan may invite a foreign expert to join a panel investigating the causes of its nuclear crisis as it tries to increase transparency and reassure the international community about doing business in Japan.


VIDEO: Live: Bernanke news conference

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke holds a news conference on US interest rates.


Protesters killed in Yemen shooting

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Deaths come as president's opponents launch campaign against a plan giving him one-month window to resign.


Neglected current may warm Europe

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Warm water from a little-studied but exotically-behaved African ocean current could compensate for any weakening of the Gulf Stream, scientists suggest.


Live - Wednesday football

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid faces Pep Guardiola's Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, the fourth El Clasico this season, while Fulham host Bolton in the Premier League.


Bernanke Defends Fed’s Role in Running Economy

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:06 PM PDT

The Fed chief argued that the central bank is doing all it can to increase employment without unduly risking higher inflation.

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