Syrian Forces Kill 13 Protesters

Syrian Forces Kill 13 Protesters

Syrian Forces Kill 13 Protesters

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Security forces fired at thousands of protesters who poured into the streets throughout the country Friday, killing at least 13 people one day after the U.S. and its European allies demanded that President Bashar al-Assad step down.


U.K. Court to Force Disclosure in Hack Case

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT

A U.K. court is forcing the private investigator at the center of the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal to disclose who told him to intercept voicemails.


Belarus Scraps U.S. Nuclear Deal

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Belarus said it would suspend an agreement with the U.S. to get rid of its highly enriched uranium stockpile after Washington imposed new economic sanctions on the former Soviet republic.


Japan Official: Yen Shouldn't Be Safe Haven

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT

A Japanese finance minister said there are no plans for a sustained yen intervention, but said global investors shouldn't treat the yen as a "flight-to-safety" currency.


China's Xi Offers Reassurances

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:19 AM PDT

China's economy will not suffer from a "hard landing," Vice President Xi Jinping said in meetings with Joe Biden, whose trip to China is aimed in large part at reassuring China the U.S. fiscal situation is sound.


Thaksin Visa Raises Questions in Thailand

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra's rush back onto the international stage is raising awkward questions for his sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, about who really runs the country.


Belgian Festival Canceled After Deadly Incident

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Officials canceled the last two days of the three-day Pukkelpop music festival after a stage collapse during a powerful storm killed five people and injured 140, some of them seriously.


Spain Cuts Tax on Home Purchases

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Spain will temporarily lower the rate of value-added tax levied on purchases of newly built housing as it looks to boost its moribund property market.


Pope says education must lead to faith, not just work

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT

EL ESCORIAL, Spain (Reuters) - Pope Benedict warned on Friday that education was more than training for work and said it ought to also lead the young to "love, reason and faith."

Turkish jets on third night of sorties: Reuters witness

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:06 PM PDT

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Ten warplanes took off from an airbase in southeastern Turkey on Friday on what appeared to herald a third night of strikes against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq, a Reuters witness said.

VIDEO: Two NI women murdered in Turkey

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Two women from County Down in Northern Ireland, named as Kathy Dinsmore and Marion Graham, have been murdered in Turkey.


'Slave maid' in Lebanon

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:28 AM PDT

Madagascar woman finds freedom after 15 years hard labour


China and US make up after basketball brawl

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:40 AM PDT

The Chinese basketball team that got into a brawl with US university players in an exhibition game visits Beijing airport to make amends.


Israel continues air strikes on Gaza

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:36 AM PDT

At least nine people have been killed in Gaza by Isreali air strikes since deadly attacks in Israel the day before.


Spurs close in on Diarra signing

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Tottenham are close to completing a deal to sign France midfielder Lassana Diarra from Real Madrid.


Bell and Pietersen punish India

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:14 AM PDT

Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell hit a record 350-run partnership against India as England end day two on 457-3.


Dozens die in South Sudan raids

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 08:59 AM PDT

At least 40 people are killed in fighting between ethnic groups, said to be over cattle raids, in Jonglei state of South Sudan.


VIDEO: Twelve dead after Kabul gun attack

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Gunmen have stormed the British Council offices in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 12 people.


South of Tripoli, town celebrates rebel arrival

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:12 AM PDT

GARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Standing in the main square of the Libyan town of Garyan where his brother was killed by a sniper days before rebels arrived, Muammar al-Sharif vows he will not let Muammar Gaddafi's forces take the town back.

Husband Is Charged in Wife’s Killing in New Jersey

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Prosecutors say the victim, Nazish Noorani, had recently texted her brother about her husband, Kashif Parvaiz: "Someday U will find me dead, but it's cuz of Kashi."

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