VIDEO: Why are Swedish women so healthy?

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• VIDEO: Why are Swedish women so healthy?
• Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China
• With successful launch, Kim and allies cement rule in North Korea
• Progress seen in Iran-IAEA talks, new meeting in January: source
• Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey: reports
• Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China
• NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler
• Gas shortage exposes Pakistan's energy crisis
• Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey: reports
• VIDEO: 'I feel too old for tech'
• VIDEO: Couple marry at Abbey's high altar
• New Burden of Disease study shows world’s people living longer but with more disability
• With successful launch, Kim and allies cement rule in North Korea
• North Koreans celebrate rocket launch
• ECB Gets Power to Police Banks
• New parties pop up in Japan, confusing voters
• Many See 'Couch Party' Holding Sway in Egypt
• Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army
• Korean American tourist detained in North Korea
• Korean American tourist detained in North Korea

VIDEO: Why are Swedish women so healthy? Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:58 PM PST Breakfast's Sally Nugent heads to Sweden to find out why women there are four times more likely to be physically active than their British counterparts.

Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.

With successful launch, Kim and allies cement rule in North Korea Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:45 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - When North Korea's Kim Jong-un commemorates a year of his rule next week, he will be able to declare he has fulfilled the country's long-held dream of becoming a "space power". Sharing the limelight with the 29-year old will be three civilians who have grown stronger in the past year and have helped Kim exert control over the country's powerful military, which may be an advantage in edging the country closer to an attempt to reopen dialogue with the United States. ...

Progress seen in Iran-IAEA talks, new meeting in January: source Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:04 PM PST VIENNA (Reuters) - Some progress is believed to have been made in Thursday's talks between the U.N. nuclear agency and Iran in Tehran, a diplomatic source said on Friday. The source, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the discussions, said a new meeting between Iran and the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was expected to take place in mid-January. The source gave no further details. There was no indication that the IAEA had gained access to the Parchin military site as requested. ...

Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey: reports Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:20 PM PST (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed orders to send Patriot missiles and 400 military personnel to Turkey to defend against rocket attacks from Syria, news media reported early Friday. A total of six Patriot missile batteries will be sent to Turkey -- two from the United States, two from Germany and two from the Netherlands, the New York Times reported. All six batteries will be under NATO's command, the newspaper said, and all six are scheduled to be operational by the end of January. ...

Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:44 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country. The man attacked the children at the gate of a school in Chenpeng village in Henan province, the Xinhua news agency reported. Police arrested a 36-year-old man, identified as villager Min Yingjun, Xinhua said. It did not give further details of the extent of the injuries. ...

NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:53 PM PST Only eight months after a very public rocket launch failure and less than a year on the job, North Korea's young leader took a very big gamble this week.

Gas shortage exposes Pakistan's energy crisis Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:30 PM PST It has become a familiar sight across Pakistan in recent weeks: Long lines of cars and minibuses snaking for hundreds of yards as their frustrated drivers wait to fill up their tanks with natural gas.

Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey: reports Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:20 PM PST (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed orders to send Patriot missiles and 400 military personnel to Turkey to defend against rocket attacks from Syria, news media reported early Friday.

VIDEO: 'I feel too old for tech' Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:05 PM PST BBC News visits the lab at Cambridge University where they test how accessible modern gadgets are for elderly people.

VIDEO: Couple marry at Abbey's high altar Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:32 PM PST In the first marriage to take place at Westminster Abbey's high altar since the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Minor Canon, the Reverend Dr James Hawkey and his fiancée, Carol Ripley, tied the knot in September 2012.

New Burden of Disease study shows world’s people living longer but with more disability Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:56 AM PST The health of most of the planet's population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by disability. Read full article >>

With successful launch, Kim and allies cement rule in North Korea Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:46 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - When North Korea's Kim Jong-un commemorates a year of his rule next week, he will be able to declare he has fulfilled the country's long-held dream of becoming a "space power".

North Koreans celebrate rocket launch Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:12 PM PST Hours after Kim Jong-un ordered launch, hundreds of thousands in Pyongyang join well-orchestrated celebrations.

ECB Gets Power to Police Banks Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:28 PM PST The euro zone equipped the European Central Bank with the power to police many of the continent's biggest and most-vulnerable lenders.

New parties pop up in Japan, confusing voters Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:39 PM PST The buzz over Japan's parliamentary elections this Sunday has been all about "the third force" — a clear sign of the prevailing disenchantment over both the party that ruled for decades after World War II and the rival party that took over in 2009.

Many See 'Couch Party' Holding Sway in Egypt Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:28 PM PST After a chaotic battle in the weeks ahead of Egypt's constitutional referendum, many say the country's fate will rely on the country's unaligned silent majority.

Protesters shot at by South Sudanese army Posted: 13 Dec 2012 07:48 PM PST Al Jazeera has obtained amateur footage of what appears to be soldiers firing on crowd of unarmed demonstrators in Wau.

Korean American tourist detained in North Korea Posted: 13 Dec 2012 06:35 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A Korean-American tourist who visited North Korea last month for what was to have been a five-day trip has been detained by police in the reclusive state, associates of his family and activists in Seoul said. Kenneth Bae, 44, was in a group of five tourists who visited the northeast city of Rajin, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, citing a report by the Kookmin Ilbo newspaper. Bae entered North Korea on November 3 for a five-day visit. ...

Korean American tourist detained in North Korea Posted: 13 Dec 2012 06:35 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A Korean-American tourist who visited North Korea last month for what was to have been a five-day trip has been detained by police in the reclusive state, associates of his family and activists in Seoul said.

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Rice Drops Bid for Secretary of State, Citing Opposition

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• Rice Drops Bid for Secretary of State, Citing Opposition
• Taliban claim bombing that killed American, Afghans
• Q&A: Afghanistan after 2014
• 'Doomsday tourism' thrives in Mexico
• Susan Rice withdraws as candidate for secretary of state
• Rice ends bid to succeed Clinton
• Iran hails nuclear talks progress
• Lawyer Suggests Russia Orchestrated Agent's Death
• Assad Losing Syria, Say Russia and NATO
• Israel Indicts Foreign Minister
• Susan Rice withdraws name to replace Clinton
• Pakistan army denies 'abuses' in tribal areas
• Hamas stages rare West Bank rally
• Egypt outlaws 'romantic' songs on state TV, fearing turmoil as constitution vote looms
• Bats: Angels Add Hamilton to Powerhouse Lineup
• North Korean Media Say Kim Jong-un Supervised Rocket Launching
• More politicians in death threats
• Italy's Monti faces pressure to run in election
• U.N. launches review of Congo force with battered reputation
• Tropical Cyclone Evan hits Samoa

Rice Drops Bid for Secretary of State, Citing Opposition Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, faced relentless Republican criticism over her statements about the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Taliban claim bombing that killed American, Afghans Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:44 AM PST At least three people died when a suicide bomb exploded near Afghanistan's Kandahar airfield Thursday, hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had left the city.

Q&A: Afghanistan after 2014 Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:03 PM PST CNN's Erin Burnett talks about her conversations with U.S. officials and Afghan civilians about their hopes for Afghanistan.

'Doomsday tourism' thrives in Mexico Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:14 PM PST CNN's Nick Parker explores the "doomsday tourism" business that is thriving in Yucatan, Mexico as 2012 draws to a close.

Susan Rice withdraws as candidate for secretary of state Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:07 PM PST U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from the list of candidates for secretary of state Thursday afternoon, ending a weeks-long fight with Republicans over statements she made on television talk shows shortly after the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. Read full article >>

Rice ends bid to succeed Clinton Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST UN Ambassador Susan Rice withdraws her name for consideration from the race to succeed Hillary Clinton as US secretary of state, the White House says.

Iran hails nuclear talks progress Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST Iran hails progress at talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in Tehran, but the IAEA has made no comment yet on the first meeting since August.

Lawyer Suggests Russia Orchestrated Agent's Death Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST A preliminary review of confidential British government documents shows the Russian state was culpable for the fatal 2006 poisoning of security operative Alexander Litvinenko.

Assad Losing Syria, Say Russia and NATO Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST A top Russian diplomat said President Bashar al-Assad could lose control of Syria, the first public admission from Moscow that the his days may be numbered.

Israel Indicts Foreign Minister Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST Israel's attorney general has indicted Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on two corruption charges, sparking calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top political ally just weeks before Israelis go to the polls in a general election.

Susan Rice withdraws name to replace Clinton Posted: 13 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST US ambassador to UN withdraws name for consideration as US secretary of state, citing "lengthy and disruptive" process.

Pakistan army denies 'abuses' in tribal areas Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST Military says report by human rights group detailing widespread abuses amid conflict with Taliban is "a pack of lies".

Hamas stages rare West Bank rally Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:40 PM PST Thousands of Palestinians take part in the first mass rally organised by Islamist militant group Hamas in the West Bank since 2007.

Egypt outlaws 'romantic' songs on state TV, fearing turmoil as constitution vote looms Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:39 PM PST The standoff between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and his opponents on the eve of the vote on whether to adopt a constitution threatens to derail Egypt's transition to democracy. Egypt's opposition has called for its supporters to vote "no" on the country's draft constitution on Saturday, saying that the document was flawed because its drafters did not seek input from all of Egypt's religious and ethnic groups. Read full article >>

Bats: Angels Add Hamilton to Powerhouse Lineup Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST The signing of Josh Hamilton to a five-year, $125 million deal comes a year after the Angels snared Albert Pujols.

North Korean Media Say Kim Jong-un Supervised Rocket Launching Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:05 PM PST Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, also ordered his government to launch more rockets despite criticism from the United Nations Security Council, the Korean Central News Agency reported.

More politicians in death threats Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:03 AM PST The SDLP's Conal McDevitt and a DUP councillor in Belfast, Guy Spence, are the latest to receive death threats amid ongoing protests over flags.

Italy's Monti faces pressure to run in election Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti faced increasing pressure on Thursday to stand as a candidate in next year's election after Silvio Berlusconi's surprise offer to drop his bid for a fifth term as premier.

U.N. launches review of Congo force with battered reputation Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:57 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it had launched a comprehensive review of its Congo peacekeeping mission, which suffered a severe blow to its image last month after it stood aside and let rebels seize control of a major eastern city.

Tropical Cyclone Evan hits Samoa Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:44 AM PST The first named storm of the South Pacific cyclone season triggers flooding and structural damage

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