| Anti-American fury sweeps Middle East over film Posted: 14 Sep 2012 03:50 PM PDT  KHARTOUM/TUNIS (Reuters) - Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East after weekly prayers on Friday with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning American flags as the Pentagon rushed to bolster security at its missions. At least seven people were killed as local police struggled to repel assaults after weekly Muslim prayers in Tunisia and Sudan, while there was new violence in Egypt and Yemen and across the Muslim world, driven by emotions ranging from piety to anger at Western power to frustrations with local leaders and poverty. ...
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| Taliban Afghan attack kills two U.S. troops, Prince Harry unhurt Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:48 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Two U.S. Marines were killed and other Americans were wounded on Friday during a Taliban attack on a base in southern Afghanistan where Britain's Prince Harry is stationed, U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. A spokesman for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said Harry was on the base at the time of the attack but was unharmed. "Prince Harry was never in any danger," spokesman Martyn Crighton said, adding that the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) would investigate whether his presence on the base had motivated the attack. ... |
| U.S. officials offer differing explanations of Libyan attack Posted: 14 Sep 2012 03:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spokesman for President Barack Obama said on Friday officials had no evidence the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya was pre-planned, an assertion which added to confusion over the incident. Immediately after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday night, U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, were quoted widely in the media saying they believed the attack was well-planned and organized. On Friday, however, President Barack Obama's press secretary, Jay Carney, offered a different version of events. ...
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| U.S.: Syria must end nuclear go-slow, conflict no excuse Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT  VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States accused Syria on Friday of using the "brutal repression" of its people waging an uprising as an excuse not to address U.N. nuclear watchdog concerns about suspected past illicit nuclear activity in the Arab state. For its part, Syria insisted at a debate of the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency that it had agreed last year with the IAEA on how to handle the issue. This was denied on Monday by the IAEA chief in a speech to the board. The IAEA has long sought access to a site in Syria's desert Deir al-Zor region that U.S. ...
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| U.S. renews waivers of Iran sanctions for Japan, EU nations Posted: 14 Sep 2012 03:55 PM PDT  SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has renewed waivers on Iran sanctions for Japan and 10 European countries because they cut their purchases of the OPEC nation's crude oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. The renewal means banks in the 11 countries have been given a second 180 day reprieve from the threat of being cut off from the U.S. financial system under the sanctions designed to choke funding to Iran's nuclear program. The West suspects Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Tehran insists the program is for civilian purposes. ...
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| Striking South African miners reject Lonmin pay offer Posted: 14 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT  MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Wildcat strikers at Lonmin's Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on Friday, dimming prospects of ending five weeks of industrial action that has swept through South Africa's platinum sector and laid bare the power struggle in the ruling ANC. Workers on a rocky outcrop at the mine where police shot dead 34 protesters last month dismissed the offer as way below the 12,500 rand ($1,500) a month sought by members of the militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). ...
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| Syria's displaced fear homelessness as school year starts Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:10 AM PDT  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Syrians who moved into schools after air strikes and fighting drove them from their homes will be on the move again on Sunday when the government plans to start the school year despite unrelenting violence. Panic has spread through displaced communities in roughly 800 schools around the country, each housing hundreds of men, women and children with nowhere to go. ...
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| Venezuela's Capriles goes on offensive after graft accusations Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition challenger Henrique Capriles sought to deflect attention from a corruption row by throwing the accusation back at President Hugo Chavez on Friday in an escalating political brawl ahead of the October 7 vote. Already in an uphill fight to end Chavez's 14-year socialist rule of the South American OPEC member, Capriles' camp suffered a setback on Thursday when government lawmakers released a video of an aide taking cash in dubious circumstances. ...
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| Mexico's Pena Nieto eyes trade, security ties in Latin America Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:08 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's incoming President Enrique Pena Nieto will tour Latin America next week seeking to pave the way for deeper cooperation in the fight against drug gangs and stronger trade ties. In his first major trip since Mexico's electoral tribunal confirmed him as president elect, Pena Nieto is to hold talks with leaders in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Chile after beginning his week's travels in neighboring Guatemala. ...
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| Berlusconi keeps Italy guessing over political comeback Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:43 AM PDT  ROME (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday dashed supporters' hopes that he would at last announce his candidacy for coming elections and remove one element in Italy's chronic political uncertainty. Berlusconi failed to turn up for his annual appointment at a major youth rally near the ancient Colosseum in Rome where his supporters had wanted him to finally launch the political comeback that top aides have predicted for weeks. ...
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| Violence erupts at protests of anti-Muslim film Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:21 PM PDT  Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai despite an appeal for calm from Egypt's Islamist president.
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| 2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT Heavily-armed insurgents attacked a British air base in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding several other troops, U.S. officials said. |
| Egypt's Christians anxious, anticipate troubles Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:48 PM PDT  Christians gathered Friday in front of a Cairo cathedral holding signs denouncing a film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad amid fears that Muslims will take out their anger on Egypt's minority community.
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| 2 dead, 40 injured at US Embassy protest in Tunis Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT  Violent protests outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunis against an anti-Muslim film were met with tear gas and gunshots Friday, leaving two people dead, around 40 others injured and plumes of black smoke wafting over the city.
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| Topless tempest: Kate photos spark palace fury Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT  Paparazzi, French media and a British royal: The publication of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate has reunited the same players whose clash ended with the untimely death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Parisian car crash.
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| Brazil: Cemetery of African slaves honored Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT  Wearing full-skirted white dresses and turbans, the religious leaders chanted blessings and sprinkled water on the concrete floor of a modest house near this city's port. Beneath their feet were the remains of tens of thousands of African slaves who had died shortly after arriving from their horrific sea voyage.
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| 2 arrested in Colombia after swallowing dollars Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT Colombian police on Friday said they had arrested two men at an airport in Medellin after discovering they were smuggling $80,000 in cash hidden in their stomachs. |
| Critics say Argentina leader wants another term Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT  President Cristina Fernandez is being coy about whether she wants to stay in power after her constitutional term ends.
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| Pope calls for peace as violence hits Lebanon Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:39 AM PDT  Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace and reconciliation among religions Friday as violence over an anti-Islam movie spilled over into Lebanon within hours of his arrival in the tumultuous region.
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| Israel leader says US may not act against Iran Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insinuated in an interview published Friday that Israel cannot entirely rely on the U.S. to act against Iran's suspect nuclear program, a sign that the Israeli leader is not backing down from the sharp rhetoric that strained relations this week with the Obama administration.
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