Quanitta Underwood: A Contender for Olympic Gold and a Survivor

Quanitta Underwood: A Contender for Olympic Gold and a Survivor

Quanitta Underwood: A Contender for Olympic Gold and a Survivor

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:27 PM PST

Quanitta Underwood, perhaps America's best hope for a medal in women's boxing at the Olympics, lived through a horrific ordeal as a child.

Clashes in Bahrain, king mocks opponents' "bad manners"

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:39 PM PST

MAMAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini riot police engaged in pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated ahead of the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad mocked the opposition for its "bad manners."

German mayor forced out over Love Parade disaster

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:33 PM PST

DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) - The conservative mayor of the German town of Duisburg was voted out of office on Sunday after he had rejected calls to step down over the 2010 Love Parade festival in which 21 people were killed and 500 hurt in a stampede at an entrance gate.

Egypt inquiry blames fans, police for stadium deaths

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian parliamentary inquiry into the deaths of 74 people in a soccer stadium disaster has found both fans and lax security to blame for the worst incident of its kind in the country's history, the legislator leading it said on Sunday.

The Caucus: Santorum on the Defensive Over Gender Remarks

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:47 AM PST

Rick Santorum says he is unfamiliar with writings in a book that he wrote.

China Risks a Bumpy Transition

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:10 AM PST

The transfer of power to a new Communist Party leadership under Xi Jinping might not go as smoothly as Beijing would prefer, a recent political drama at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu revealed.


Congo Presidential Adviser Dies in Crash

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST

A senior presidential adviser was among two killed after a private jet crashed while landing in Congo's eastern city of Bukavu, a transport minister said Sunday.


Spanish Unions to Protest Labor Decree

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST

Spain's biggest unions called for mass protests on Feb. 19 in response to labor-market changes the government implemented in an effort to lower the country's unemployment rate and spur economic growth.


Gunmen Kill Judge in Afghanistan

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST

Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said.


VIDEO: A look back Whitney Houston's life

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST

Whitney Houston sold 170 million albums, singles and videos, and won six Grammy awards during her 30 year career.


Venezuela picks Chavez challenger

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:48 AM PST

Venezuela's opposition holds its first-ever primary to select a unity candidate to challenge President Hugo Chavez in October's election.


Commonwealth questions leadership change in Maldives

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:40 AM PST

MALE (Reuters) - The Commonwealth is sending a team to the Maldives to investigate why the first democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean nation has suddenly been replaced, the 54-nation group said on Sunday.

Venezuela votes in opposition primary

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:06 PM PST

Henrique Capriles likely to become the first candidate to challenge Hugo Chavez in presidential poll.


Fuel pumping starts from capsized cruise liner

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:24 AM PST

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Salvagers started to pump fuel away from the half-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Sunday, a month after it capsized and foundered off the Italian coast.

Brit film Bafta for Tinker Tailor

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:27 PM PST

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is named outstanding British film at the 65th Baftas with The Artist favourite to win best film.


Iran summons Azeri envoy over scientist killing

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:10 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Azeri ambassador on Sunday, accusing Azerbaijan of assisting Israeli intelligence in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist blown up last month, Iran's Fars news agency reported.

Arab League Wants U.N. Force in Syria

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:02 PM PST

The Arab League will call for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month-old crisis. Syria is unlikely to accept such a force, however


VIDEO: Greek MPs debate austerity bill

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST

There have been fierce clashes in Athens between police and demonstrators opposed to new austerity measures being debated by the Greek parliament.


Live - Africa Cup of Nations final

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:59 AM PST

Zambia take on Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations final in Libreville, Gabon.


Arab League Requests U.N. Peacekeepers for Syria

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST

At a meeting of the League's foreign ministers on Sunday, the group called on Arab nations to sever diplomatic relations with Syria in an effort to pressure it to end the violence there.

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