Ecuador's Correa: re-election bid up to party, family

Ecuador's Correa: re-election bid up to party, family

Ecuador's Correa: re-election bid up to party, family

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:13 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said a decision on whether to run for re-election in February 2013 depends on the ruling party and his family, but that his responsibility was to guarantee that his "Citizens' Revolution" continues.

Bahrain appeals court acquits protest leader of Twitter insult

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahrain appeals court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a rights activist over a tweet involving the prime minister, his lawyer said, but he remained in jail for other offences.

Clinton urges Egypt, Israel to talk on Sinai

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Egypt's foreign minister to keep lines of communication open with Israel amid tensions over an Egyptian push against militants in the neighboring Sinai desert, the State Department said on Thursday.

UN chief to visit Iran defying US and Israel

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Ban Ki-moon plans to attend summit in Tehran amid growing tension over Islamic republic's nuclear programme.


Flooding kills dozens in Pakistan, India

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Dozens of people have died in Pakistan and India's northern Rajasthan state amid flash floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains, officials said Thursday.

'Honor' victim: Husband issued death call

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

A woman tells CNN how she is living under the threat of death because she asked for a divorce.

The Caucus: Romney Unveils Plan for Energy Independence

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:22 PM PDT

"This is not some pie-in-the-sky kind of thing," Mitt Romney said of his plan to make North America energy independent by 2020. "This is a real, achievable objective."

Deeper Asian splits possible after South China Sea spat: Indonesia

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Deeper divisions could open up between Southeast Asian states and Beijing unless they do a better job of handling disputes such as a recent quarrel over the South China Sea, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Turkish troops kill 21 PKK militants in clashes

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers killed five Kurdish rebels who attacked state buildings in a town in southeast Turkey on Thursday evening, bringing to 21 the number of militants killed since they launched a deadly bomb attack on an army convoy a day earlier.

Ecuador's Correa see no end to Assange impasse with UK

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa doubts Britain and Sweden will change their tough stance on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, especially since they are negotiating with a small, poor country like his.

Bahrain appeals court acquits protest leader of Twitter insult

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:21 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahrain appeals court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a rights activist over a tweet involving the prime minister, his lawyer said, but he remained in jail for other offences.

Venus and Serena Against the World

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT

15 years after the sisters' first U.S. Open, theirs is still the most interesting story in sports.

AUDIO: Curry house 'shock' at Cruise visit

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:39 AM PDT

Hollywood star Tom Cruise surprised diners in St Albans when he popped into a local Indian restaurant for a curry.


VIDEO: UK papers avoid naked Harry pictures

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:24 AM PDT

St James's Palace has confirmed it contacted the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over the possible use of naked photos of Prince Harry.


Merkel and Hollande unite in tough message for Greece

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande presented a united front towards Greece on Thursday, telling Athens it should not expect leeway on its bailout agreement unless it sticks to tough reform targets.

Indo-European Languages Originated in Anatolia, Biologists Say

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Evolutionary biologists say the first speakers of what would become the Indo-European languages were probably farmers in what is now Turkey — a conclusion that differs by hundreds of miles and thousands of years from a long-standing linguistic theory.

Korean real-name net law 'axed'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:24 AM PDT

A South Korean court has struck down a law requiring users to register their real identities when posting comments to websites.


Russia to ask U.S. to hand over jailed arms dealer Viktor Bout

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:40 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is planning to ask the United States to hand over jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout so that he can serve out the remainder of his 25-year prison term on home soil, the Russian Justice Ministry said on Thursday.

Bid to free swimming pool hippo

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:26 AM PDT

A team of experts is to attempt to rescue a hippopotamus which has taken over a swimming pool at a game reserve lodge in South Africa.


Dutch Socialists sense victory is near

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:40 AM PDT

AMSTERDAM — "People used to call us dirty communists," says Filinta Karabulut, a 20-year-old member of the Socialist Party in Diemen, a working-class suburb of Amsterdam. "Now they come up to us and say we're doing good work."

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