At U.N., Rwanda defiantly rejects claims of Congo rebel support

At U.N., Rwanda defiantly rejects claims of Congo rebel support

At U.N., Rwanda defiantly rejects claims of Congo rebel support

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda defiantly denied claims at the United Nations on Thursday that it was aiding rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo and rejected U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's summary of a meeting on the crisis, diplomats said.

The Caucus: Soros Gives $1 Million to Democratic ‘Super PAC’

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Mr. Soros will also give an additional $500,000 to two super PACs backing congressional Democrats.


Iceland's PM, its first female premier, says to quit politics

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:32 PM PDT

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's Social Democrat Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said on Thursday she would not seek re-election but retire from politics next year after serving out her term as the country's first female prime minister.

Clinton urges "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged China and Japan to let "cool heads" prevail in a festering dispute over a cluster of islands in the East China Sea that has soured ties between Asia's two largest economies.

Mets 6, Pirates 5: R.A. Dickey Wins 20th Game for the Mets

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT

The Mets' bullpen survived a two-run ninth inning and eventually saved R. A. Dickey's win, making him the first Mets pitcher since Frank Viola in 1990 to win 20 games.

Armed insurgents seize Iraq prison

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT

At least 100 inmates escape from a prison in Tikrit after clashes erupt between guards and gunmen, witnesses say.


Spanish town parties despite woes

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:46 AM PDT

How a Spanish town is determined to fiesta despite the recession


Turkish PM says talks with Kurdish militants possible

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's intelligence agency may hold talks with Kurdish militants if the time is right, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, as his government grapples with an upsurge in separatist violence in the country's southeast.

Canada's 'Marilyn Monroe' towers

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Southwest of Toronto, in a satellite city called Mississauga, Ma Yansong's vision of a flowing, organic architecture halts the tedium of a relentlessly box-shaped cityscape.

Mexico says it captured senior Zetas cartel leader "El Taliban"

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:52 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican navy says it has captured one of the leaders of the Zetas drug cartel, adding to signs that the notoriously brutal gang is rupturing, possibly because of an internal feud.

Iran Close to Making a Bomb, Netanyahu Says

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told the United Nations on Thursday that he believes Iran's ability to make an atomic weapon will be irreversible by next spring or summer.

UK and Ecuador fail to agree on Assange fate

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Officials fail to end deadlock over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that has lasted 100 days.


Mars images 'show old streambed'

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Nasa's Curiosity rover turns up its first clear evidence of past flowing water at its landing site in Mars' equatorial Gale Crater.


Canada 'cheese smugglers' busted

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

A Canadian police officer is among three people charged as the country's authorities announce they have busted a major cheese-smuggling ring.


Nicaragua convicts music promoter

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT

A Nicaraguan judge finds the music promoter injured in last year's attack that killed Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral guilty of drug trafficking.


Spain Unveils Sweeping Budget Cuts

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:07 PM PDT

The budget involves an average cut of almost 9 percent in the spending of each government ministry next year. Civil servants, meanwhile, will have their salaries frozen for a third consecutive year.

Netanyahu draws an actual red line ... on a bomb cartoon

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:53 AM PDT

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed to convince the audience that Iran will have enriched enough uranium for a nuclear bomb by next summer. To the entertainment of those watching, he chose a particularly cartoonish way — literally — to make his point:

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France open to considering new EU treaty: minister

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France is open to the idea of a new European Union treaty to deepen integration if it is deemed necessary to improve economic governance in the bloc, French Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve said on Thursday.

Kenyan minister suspended for hate speech

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Ferdinand Waititu has been charged with incitement and hatred for speech against Maasai tribe in residential area.


Terrorists killed U.S. ambassador to Libya: Panetta

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terrorists killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, but an ongoing investigation into the attack will have to determine which group was involved and whether it had links to al Qaeda, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday.

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