Mubarak's PM says can lead Egypt, draws protests

Mubarak's PM says can lead Egypt, draws protests
High-speed trains bump in Rome, six hurt
Tibetan quake victims fight China government land grab
Google Antitrust Inquiry Advances as F.T.C. Hires Lawyer
Bin Laden wives 'being deported'
Author: U.S. averting gaze from Syria slaughter
Deadly bombings strike Iraq's Diyala province
Bin Laden wives 'being deported'
Aging Japanese Town Bets on a Young Mayor
DealBook: Federal Prosecutors Examining Goldman Banker
Bin Laden's family en route from Pakistan to Saudi
Jordanian prime minister resigns
Bin Laden family 'to be sent to Saudi Arabia'
Gulf States Keep Oil Dollars Home
IMF Says Hungary Must Fix Central Bank Issues
Fuel drivers urged to reject deal
U.S. drafts U.N. council resolution on Sudan, South Sudan conflict
UK says businessman slain in China was not a spy
Cambodian police shoot anti-logging activist
Sri Lanka cluster bombs 'found'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:31 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ahmed Shafiq says he has the military and political experience needed to lead Egypt into a new democratic era, yet Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister has divided voters and drawn angry protests with his bid to become president.

High-speed trains bump in Rome, six hurt

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:20 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Two high-speed trains collided just outside Rome's central station on Thursday, slightly injuring six people, Italian railway authorities said.

Tibetan quake victims fight China government land grab

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:24 PM PDT

GYEGU, China (Reuters) - For two years after a cataclysmic earthquake struck a remote and wild part of China's northwestern Qinghai province, Baobao and 29 other homeless ethnic Tibetan residents occupied the area outside several government buildings to denounce a land grab.

Google Antitrust Inquiry Advances as F.T.C. Hires Lawyer

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

The Federal Trade Commission said it hired an outside litigator to lead an antitrust investigation of Google, a sign that the agency has moved beyond the preliminary stage.

Bin Laden wives 'being deported'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT

The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden have left their Islamabad villa as they reportedly begin a journey to Saudi Arabia.

Author: U.S. averting gaze from Syria slaughter

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT

For 13 months, violence has raged in Syria between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and the opposition in a lopsided battle that has seen thousands killed amid a number of international attempts to broker a peace deal.

Deadly bombings strike Iraq's Diyala province

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Cafe in town of Baquba hit by two explosions, killing 10 people and wounding at least 18.

Bin Laden wives 'being deported'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:00 PM PDT

The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden have left their Islamabad villa as they reportedly begin a journey to Saudi Arabia.

Aging Japanese Town Bets on a Young Mayor

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Yubari is hoping that 31-year-old Naomichi Suzuki can turn around its deep debt and troubling demographics.

DealBook: Federal Prosecutors Examining Goldman Banker

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:27 AM PDT

An investigation of an unnamed Goldman Sachs executive emerged last week during a pretrial hearing in the case of Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman director.

Bin Laden's family en route from Pakistan to Saudi

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:04 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, killed almost a year ago by American special forces in a military town in northwest Pakistan, were being deported to Saudi Arabia early on Friday morning, the family lawyer told Reuters.

Jordanian prime minister resigns

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:50 AM PDT

Jordan's prime minister resigns after failing to deliver on promises of economic and political reform, after only six months in the job.

Bin Laden family 'to be sent to Saudi Arabia'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Local media reports that authorities in Pakistan are to deport former al-Qaeda chief's widows and children.

Gulf States Keep Oil Dollars Home

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Rather than flooding world financial markets with petrodollars, Gulf states after the Arab Spring are choosing to spend more of their wealth at home.

IMF Says Hungary Must Fix Central Bank Issues

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:59 AM PDT

The IMF said it can only restart talks for an emergency loan for the country after Budapest resolves concerns about central bank independence.

Fuel drivers urged to reject deal

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Tanker drivers involved in a dispute with fuel distribution companies are urged to reject proposals aimed at resolving their differences.

U.S. drafts U.N. council resolution on Sudan, South Sudan conflict

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 01:05 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at making legally binding an African Union demand that Sudan and South Sudan stop border clashes, resume talks and resolve their many disputes.

UK says businessman slain in China was not a spy

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:50 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A businessman whose murder sparked political upheaval in China was not a British spy, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday, trying to quell speculation that has swirled around the man's mysterious death.