Bits Blog: Member of Anonymous Takes Credit for Go Daddy Attack

Bits Blog: Member of Anonymous Takes Credit for Go Daddy Attack
Analysis: Canada may have cut ties with Iran to avoid retaliation
Venezuela tribe denies Amazon massacre
Turkey court tries 44 pro-Kurd journalists in biggest media case
VIDEO: Syrians wed at refugee camp in Jordan
Straight Sets: Live Analysis: U.S. Open Men's Final
France 'helped Syrian defector escape'
Greece in 'difficult' talks with debt troika
Suicide bomber targets Afghan police
Bomber Kills 15 in Divided Afghan Province
Airport: Primate smuggled via pants
Media Decoder Blog: After Summer of Turmoil, Oxford American Appoints Roger Hodge Editor
Mexican police find 16 bodies dumped in vehicle
Hasan Sheikh Mahmoud elected Somali president
Lens Blog: An Empathetic Eye on the Paralympics
Mali Islamists chop hands, feet off five suspected robbers
Sudan's army clashes with rebels in border state
UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?
'Key al-Qaeda leader killed' in Yemen
Syria envoy Brahimi visits Cairo for talks

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT

A member of Anonymous, the loose hacking collective, claimed responsibility for an attack that apparently brought down Web sites hosted by Go Daddy. The company's site was down Monday afternoon, as were many of the Web sites hosted on its servers.

Analysis: Canada may have cut ties with Iran to avoid retaliation

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT

DUBAI/OTTAWA, Sept 10 - Canada's surprise decision to sever relations with Iran may well have been triggered by Ottawa's fear of retaliation for stepping up its denunciations of Tehran and a parallel move to list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Venezuela tribe denies Amazon massacre

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

SIERRA DE PARIMA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Indigenous Yanomami villagers at the center of an investigation into a possible massacre deep in the Amazon jungle have told visiting journalists and government officials that no killings took place.

Turkey court tries 44 pro-Kurd journalists in biggest media case

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Forty-four pro-Kurdish journalists went on trial in Turkey on Monday, charged with belonging to an armed rebellion in the country's largest media case, intensifying concerns about press and political freedoms.

VIDEO: Syrians wed at refugee camp in Jordan

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Life goes on in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan as a traditional wedding takes place over the weekend.

Straight Sets: Live Analysis: U.S. Open Men's Final

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic is seeking to repeat as U.S. Open champion, while Andy Murray is trying to win his first Grand Slam title.

France 'helped Syrian defector escape'

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

General Manaf Tlass has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in early July.

Greece in 'difficult' talks with debt troika

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Finance minister describes talks with international debt inspectors as "difficult" as they demand more budget cuts.

Suicide bomber targets Afghan police

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

At least 16 people killed in blast targeting policemen at crowded intersection in urban capital of Kunduz province.

Bomber Kills 15 in Divided Afghan Province

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

A suicide bomber killed 15 people and injured dozens more in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, officials said, escalating ethnic tensions after the recent outbreak of violence between Tajik militiamen and Pashtun villagers.

Airport: Primate smuggled via pants

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

He had a primate in his underpants.

Media Decoder Blog: After Summer of Turmoil, Oxford American Appoints Roger Hodge Editor

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Mr. Hodge, a veteran of the New York media world and former editor of Harper's magazine, replaces Marc Smirnoff, who founded the Oxford American in 1992 but was fired in July.

Mexican police find 16 bodies dumped in vehicle

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:29 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Police found the bodies of 16 people dumped in a vehicle on Monday in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, one of the areas worst hit by feuding between drug gangs.

Hasan Sheikh Mahmoud elected Somali president

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Country has a new leader, after MPs cast votes in a poll marred by allegations of bribery.

Lens Blog: An Empathetic Eye on the Paralympics

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:15 AM PDT

For Emilio Morenatti, who lost his foot in Afghanistan in 2009, photographing the Paralympics for The Associated Press was a special opportunity to work, honoring disabled athletes whose challenges resemble his own.

Mali Islamists chop hands, feet off five suspected robbers

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist fighters in northern Mali cut the hands and feet off five suspected robbers in the northern city of Gao in what they said was the application of sharia or Islamic law, residents and a hospital official said on Monday.

Sudan's army clashes with rebels in border state

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces attacked rebels near the capital of the oil-producing South Kordofan state on Monday, killing 18 people, a state-linked website said, in an escalation of recent fighting on several fronts in Sudan's borderlands.