'De-baptism' in Belgium in wake of child abuse scandal (AFP)

'De-baptism' in Belgium in wake of child abuse scandal (AFP)

'De-baptism' in Belgium in wake of child abuse scandal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:39 PM PST

Belgian Damien Spleeters (left) is one of the people who seek AFP - The child abuse scandals rocking Belgium's powerful Catholic Church are also shaking the faith of followers, with more and more people asking to be struck off baptism registers -- a global movement known as "de-baptism".

Police nab suspect in China Carrefour bomb threat (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:56 PM PST

A woman unloads her shopping outside French supermarket chain Carrefour in Beijing. Police in southwest China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to bomb an outlet of the French retail giant in an extortion attempt, state media said Sunday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Police in southwest China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to bomb an outlet of French retail giant Carrefour in an extortion attempt, state media said Sunday.

'Dramatic' rain warning for flood-soaked Australia (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:41 PM PST

An Australian army helicopter carries the country's Prime Minister Julia Gillard over the flooded Fitzroy River in Rockhampton. Heavy rains falling on Australia's flooded north-east could have a AFP - Heavy rains falling on Australia's flooded north-east could have a "dramatic" impact, officials warned Sunday, stretching already swollen rivers and creeks to their limit.

Yemen separatists kill soldiers

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:47 PM PST

Southern secessionists in Lahaj kill at least three in an attack on army checkpoint, the latest in a wave of violence.


Japan PM must reshuffle cabinet this month: party official

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:10 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will have to reshuffle his cabinet before the legislature opens this month, a ruling party official said on Sunday, in the clearest signal yet of a shake-up aimed at improving the government's approval ratings.

India and Pakistan foreign secretaries may meet in February (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:30 PM PST

Reuters - Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to meet her Pakistani counterpart in Bhutan's capital next month, India's foreign office said on Sunday, as the two nuclear-armed neighbours try to take forward a stalled peace process.


One man killed in Tunisia clash: hospital source (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 05:32 PM PST

Reuters - At least one man has been killed in clashes with police in a Tunisian provincial town, a hospital source and witnesses told Reuters, in the latest in a series of riots across the north African country.


Hague defends disputed EU referendum plans (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:58 PM PST

European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and Foreign Secretary William Hague chat ahead of a meeting in Brussels. Hague on Sunday defended plans to hold referendums on any EU treaty changes in a bid to stave off a showdown in parliament.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague on Sunday defended plans to hold referendums on any EU treaty changes in a bid to stave off a showdown in parliament.

Fears over readiness of India World Cup venues (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:59 PM PST

This picture taken on January 5 shows Indian construction workers removing debris at the Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata. Just six weeks before the cricket World Cup, several venues including India's most famous stadium are chaotic scenes of cranes and rubble, raising fears they will not be ready in time.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Just six weeks before the cricket World Cup, several venues including India's most famous stadium are chaotic scenes of cranes and rubble, raising fears they will not be ready in time.

Canadian Natural oil sands output cut, oil price up (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:59 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's shares tumbled and oil prices jumped on Friday after a fire halted production at the company's main oil sands project in northern Alberta.


Australia town becomes latest to be hit by floods (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:57 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, flies in an Army helicopter with Col. Luke Foster to view the flooded Fitzroy River in northeast Queensland state, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Ten people have died and some 200,000 people have been affected by the floods spawned by torrential rains falling on and off since late November in the huge Outback state. (AP Photo/Murray Ware, Pool)AP - A swollen river submerged bridges and inundated homes and stores Sunday in another town in Australia's sodden Queensland state, where more heavy rain meant little respite from the country's worst flooding in decades.

Governor orders flags flown at half staff

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer expressed her heartbreak over the shooting which wounded her colleague Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.


'Miraculous' that Giffords is alive

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 08:20 PM PST

Colleagues of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have expressed outrage at her shooting


The Renault Affair: How Common is Corporate Espionage? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

Time.com - The French carmaker has announced that it suspects three of its own executives of spying -- and experts say the practice is more widespread than you'd think


Belgium's shoddy political record poses financial threat (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:15 PM PST

Belgium royal mediator, Johan Vande Lanotte, arrives for a press conference at the Senate, in Brussels. Without a government for nearly seven months, Belgium now holds a dubious record in Europe and with no end in sight to the political crisis, fears are growing of a backlash from watchful markets.(AFP/Belga/File/Nicolas Maeterlinck)AFP - Without a government for nearly seven months, Belgium now holds a dubious record in Europe and with no end in sight to the political crisis, fears are growing of a backlash from watchful markets.

27 deaths, including 14 decapitated, rock Acapulco (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:54 PM PST

Soldiers stand near the bodies of two men lying on the sidewalk after they were killed by gunmen in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Several separate violent incidents overnight in this Pacific resort city have left more than 25 dead, including one where bodies of 15 dead men, 14 of them decapitated, were found in front of a shopping plaza. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)AP - The image of this beach mecca has taken a new hit from Mexico's drug violence, with 27 people killed in less than a day, including 14 men whose bodies were found with their heads chopped off at a shopping center.

S.Sudan, in song, dance, begins independence vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:52 PM PST

A tall Sudanese man walks past the John Garang mausoleum where a polling station is being set up in Juba, Southern Sudan, Saturday Jan. 8, 2011. Southern Sudan begins voting in a weeklong independence referendum Sunday that is likely to see Africa's largest country split in two. In order for the referendum to pass, a simple majority must vote for independence and 60 percent of the 3.9 million registered voters must cast ballots. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Women broke out in song and men wrapped themselves in flags as voters in Southern Sudan began casting ballots Sunday in a weeklong independence referendum likely to split Africa's largest nation in two about five years after the end of a brutal civil war.

Filipinos swarm to raucous religious procession (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:18 PM PST

Barefoot Filipino Catholic devotees struggle to touch the image of the Black Nazarene and the cross in a raucous procession for an annual festival Sunday Jan. 9, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. Devotees troop to Manila's Quiapo district to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene whom police estimated to be more than four million. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics joined a raucous religious procession in Manila on Sunday to honor a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ that they believe possesses mystical powers.

India and Pakistan foreign secretaries may meet in February

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:30 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to meet her Pakistani counterpart in Bhutan's capital next month, India's foreign office said on Sunday, as the two nuclear-armed neighbours try to take forward a stalled peace process.

Play about Afghan conflicts gets encore performance with Pentagon blessing

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:24 PM PST

It's not every day that the artistic director of a theater company is invited to a high-level meeting at the Pentagon. On this occasion, though, the objectives of a small British troupe and the world's mightiest war machine were remarkably in sync: Both wanted members of the U.S. armed forces to ...


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