Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Tsarnaev friend released on bail

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT

A judge in the US agrees to release pending trial a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who is accused of lying to FBI investigators.

UK and Kenyan torture victims hold talks

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Kenyans tortured during Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s negotiating for compensation with British government.

Portugal to Sell 10-Year Debt for First Time Since Bailout

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Portugal is preparing to sell longer-term debt for the first time since it requested a bailout in 2011, marking another step toward normalcy for the troubled euro zone.

DealBook: Bank of America and MBIA Said to Agree to $1.7 Billion Settlement

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Under a tentative agreement reached over the weekend, Bank of America has reached a deal with MBIA over disputes stemming from insurance coverage of mortgage-backed securities.
    

Armless artist 'denied entry' to UK

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK because he could give no fingerprints.

Syrian hackers seize The Onion's Twitter account, aren't very funny

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Hackers with the Syrian Electronic Army, which wages cyber attacks in support of President Bashar al-Assad, have claimed an attack on the Twitter feed of The Onion, a satirical news site with almost five million followers.

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Workers Claim Racial Bias in Farms’ Hiring of Immigrants

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Americans, mostly black, who live near large-scale farms say they are illegally discouraged from applying for work and treated badly by employers who prefer foreigners' malleability.
    

Armless artist 'denied entry' to UK

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK because he could give no fingerprints.

New York to sue banks over mortgages

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT

New York's attorney general says he plans to sue major lenders Bank of America and Wells Fargo for violating a $25bn (£16bn) mortgage settlement.

Neighbors' stake in Syria

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Israel's alleged airstrikes, if confirmed, show how the Syrian conflict has mutated into a regional war by proxy, analyst Fawaz A. Gerges says.

Germany arrests alleged Nazi death-camp guard

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Hans Lipschis, 93, has acknowledged being assigned to SS unit at Auschwitz but denies involvement in war crimes.

Italians ask if Americans can get away with murder

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

It doesn't take a social anthropologist to see that Italians truly love a lot about American culture. It is evident everywhere, from the popularity of Coca-Cola and Levi's to the prevalence of American music and movies.

Colombia's Santos opts for diplomacy in Uribe, Maduro spat

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday refused to be drawn into a war of words between his predecessor - and harshest critic - and Venezuela's new president, Nicholas Maduro.

Syria rebel sarin claim downplayed

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

A UN inquiry seeks to distance itself from comments made by a member that there is evidence of the nerve gas sarin being used by Syrian rebels.

VIDEO: Singing for Somalia from the diaspora

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Aar Maanta is a singer and songwriter who fled Somalia's civil war in the 1980s and has spent much of his life in the United Kingdom. He spoke to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye.

Venezuela Starts Election Audit

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

Authorities on Monday began an expanded audit of the disputed April 14 presidential election even though the opposition candidate who called for the review has since withdrawn his support and instead filed a legal challenge of the results.

France Looks for New Stimulus

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT

President François Hollande marked his first year in office with measures aimed at shoring up the anemic economy, amid a sharp decline in his popularity.

Neo-Nazi murder trial highlights German 'blind spot' for far right

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Wearing an elegant trouser-suit and an air of defiance, the suspected surviving member of a German neo-Nazi cell strode into a Munich court on Monday to stand trial for a series of racist murders that scandalized Germany and led to intense soul-searching about the lack of vigilance towards the far right.

German police arrest alleged former Auschwitz guard Lipschis

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT

STUTTGART (Reuters) - German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis.

Espionage fuels China's fast-paced military buildup: Pentagon

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:15 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is using state-sponsored industrial espionage to acquire the technology it needs to forge ahead with a fast-paced military modernization program and cut its reliance on foreign arms makers, the Pentagon said in a new report on Monday.
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Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi - source

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi - source

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi - source

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:22 AM PDT

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi suspected by the United States of trafficking heroin and cocaine to Europe through the Balkans, a senior police source said on Monday.
    

Israel to Assad: air strikes did not aim to help Syria rebels

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:06 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that its recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion.
    

Premeditation key in trial of U.S. soldier who killed fellow servicemen

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:02 AM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military counselling centre in Iraq is set to face court-martial on Monday, where a judge's sentence will hinge greatly upon his finding of premeditation.
    

Head of polling centre, policeman injured following attack while delivering ballot box

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:33 AM PDT

The head of a polling centre and a policeman sustained light injuries after they were attacked by more than 20 supporters of a political party while sending a ballot box to the Vote Tallying Centre at the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Tumpat, last night.

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Najib to be sworn in as PM at Istana Negara this afternoon

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:15 AM PDT

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak takes his oath of office as the prime minister at Istana Negara at 4pm Monday.

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More than a diary app, Step is a "personal data aggregator"

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:57 PM PDT

For people who want a comprehensive record of their personal life over time and in one place, a new app bills itself not only as a smart journaling app but as a "personal data aggregator."

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Clash resumes in contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:34 PM PDT

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A new bout of fighting erupted on Monday in a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the latest indication of a sharp deterioration in relations between the important U.S. allies.
    

Cold War bunker in Bosnia revived by modern art

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:54 PM PDT

Obsolete and lifeless for years, a secret anti-nuclear shelter built inside a remote Bosnian mountain during the Cold War for Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito has opened its doors as a modern art space.

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Supreme Court allows protest-hit Indian nuclear plant

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:50 PM PDT

India's Supreme Court gave the green light on Monday to the commissioning of a nuclear power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu that has been the target of widespread protests.

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Would-be robber thwarted by chilli

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:49 PM PDT

A quick-thinking worker at a takeaway food store in Sydney has stopped an attempted robbery by throwing a bucket of chilli at a would-be thief, leaving him with minor burns, Australian police said Monday.

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Opposition to fight 'stolen' Malaysia polls: Anwar

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim said Monday his Malaysian opposition planned to contest the results of a bitter weekend election battle and that the 56-year-old ruling bloc, which retained its grip on power, had "lost its legitimacy".

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The strong wind of anti-ruling in Chinese community

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:47 PM PDT

Voters have made their choices and what the BN should do now is to analyse the reasons.

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Indonesia summons UK ambassador over separatist office

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT

Indonesia on Monday summoned the British ambassador in Jakarta to protest after a group supporting the independence of the restive Papua region set up its headquarters in England, the envoy said.

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Apple to stop supporting original iPhone this year

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:24 PM PDT

A leaked internal memo shows that the 2007 breakthrough device will be reclassified as obsolete this summer meaning that owners outside the US will no longer be able to get their devices serviced.

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VIDEO: Would you eat bugs instead of meat?

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:08 PM PDT

Researchers in the Netherlands are looking at ways to persuade people to get their protein from bugs instead of meat.

Germany riveted at start of neo-Nazi murder trial

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:45 PM PDT

MUNICH, Germany, May 6 — The surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell blamed for a series of racist murders that scandalised Germany and shamed its authorities goes on trial today in one of the most anticipated court cases in recent German history. The chance discovery of the gang, the National Socialist Underground (NSU), which had gone undetected for ...
    

Vietnam seizes 7kg of rhino horn: state media

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:56 PM PDT

More than seven kilos of rhino horn have been seized by customs officials in Vietnam, state-run media said Monday, amid pressure on the communist country to stem demand stoking a poaching boom.

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Clash resumes on contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:32 PM PDT

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and Pakistan troops exchanged fire on Monday at a contested border area in eastern Afghanistan days after an Afghan border policeman was killed, Afghan officials said.
    

VIDEO: Seven dead in Dhaka Islamist protest

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:43 PM PDT

Police in Bangladesh have used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse a huge demonstration by Islamist protesters in the capital Dhaka.

VIDEO: Neo-Nazi trial begins in Germany

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:28 PM PDT

One of the biggest trials since the war in Germany is due to start in Munich.
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