| Video shows Libyans helping rescue U.S. ambassador after attack Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:45 PM PDT  BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - An amateur video appears to show Libyans trying to rescue U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens from a room filled with smoke at the U.S. mission where he was found unconscious after last week's attack by a mob protesting against a film that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad. The video, which appeared on the internet and a copy of which was obtained by Reuters in Benghazi, confirms reports that suggested the U.S. envoy died of asphyxiation after the building caught fire. ...
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| Muslim protesters rage at United States in Asia, Middle East Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT  KABUL (Reuters) - Protesters enraged by a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad battled with police in several Asian cities on Monday and vented their fury against the United States, blaming it for what they see as an attack on the Muslim religion. Police fired in the air to break up a crowd marching on the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi while in Afghanistan and Indonesia people burnt U.S. flags and chanted "Death to America". Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who massed outside the U.S. ...
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| Libya sacks Benghazi security chiefs after U.S. attacks Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya has sacked its security chiefs for Benghazi after a deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city last week, Interior Minister Fawzi Abdel A'al told Reuters. Colonel Salahadeen Doghman will replace the deputy interior minister for the east, Wanis Sharif, as well as the head of national security for Benghazi, Hassan Bou Hmida. "The decision to replace Mr. Sharif and the security chief was made last week," Abdel A'al said. "We will do what we think is right if there is a weakness within the security leadership that has affected the security work in the city. ...
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| Cuba says it proposed talks on jailed American, no U.S. response Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT  HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has proposed talks with the United States about resolving the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, but has received no response, indicating a lack of interest by Washington, a top Cuban diplomat said on Monday. Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal said at a press conference that Cuba had proposed discussions "as a first step for the development of a process ... toward finding a solution to the case of Mr. Alan Gross. ...
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| Amid unrest, Clinton to lobby lawmakers on Mideast aid Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lobby lawmakers this week on the need to keep billions of dollars in aid flowing to Egypt and other countries caught up in a spasm of violent anti-American protests across the Muslim world. The State Department said Clinton intended to meet with Congress later this week to discuss the protests, which saw U.S. diplomatic missions attacked and the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed amid fury over a film produced in the United States that many saw as an insult to Islam. ...
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| West's rebel worries leave Syria strategy struggling Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France may be considering arming Syria's rebels but the U.S. and other Western powers have yet to find opposition figures they genuinely trust as they worry over growing jihadi and sectarian forces. The attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya's Benghazi that killed its ambassador and anti-American demonstrations elsewhere this week over an obscure video that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad might have no Syria links but will make nervous governments even more cautious. ...
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| Venezuela's Capriles slams Chavez for blocking broadcast Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:20 PM PDT  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition candidate Henrique Capriles slammed President Hugo Chavez on Monday for blocking a live broadcast of an opposition rally, highlighting criticism the leftist leader abuses state resources to guarantee his re-election. Shortly after Capriles began speaking to thousands of supporters in a Caracas park, Chavez launched a "chain broadcast" across all public access television in which he celebrated his government's achievements and extolled the virtues of socialism. ...
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| Turkey must reach "mutual" truce to end Kurdish conflict: party Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main Kurdish party said on Monday that Turkey must agree a mutual ceasefire with Kurdish separatists to have any hope of ending their conflict, rather than making one-sided demands that they disarm. Turkey has seen a dramatic rise in violence over the past year with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents launching more and more brazen attacks, including suicide bombings and kidnappings, which have in turn drawn a harsh military response. ... |
| Putin watches war games, tells soldiers to boost Russian defense Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin oversaw Russian military exercises on Monday and warned soldiers that more conflicts around the world meant they had to "keep their powder dry" and improve Russia's defenses. Speaking to soldiers at maneuvers in the Caucasus Mountain region on the country's southern border, near where Russian troops invaded neighboring Georgia in a five-day 2008 war, Putin said the use of military force was rising worldwide. "You are all educated people, you see what is happening in the world. ...
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| Japan brandname firms shut China plants after protest violence Posted: 17 Sep 2012 06:03 AM PDT  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Some major Japanese brandname firms announced factory shutdowns in China on Monday and urged expatriates to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies. China's worst outbreak of anti-Japan sentiment in decades led to weekend demonstrations and violent attacks on well-known Japanese businesses such as car makers Toyota and Honda, forcing frightened Japanese into hiding and prompting Chinese state media to warn that trade relations could now be in jeopardy. ...
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| Syrian jets hit Lebanese territory near border Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT  Missiles fired by Syrian warplanes hit Lebanese territory Monday in one of the most serious cross-border violations since Syria's crisis began 18 months ago, security officials in Beirut and Lebanese state media said.
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| Hezbollah leads massive anti-US protest in Lebanon Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT  In a rare public appearance, the leader of the militant Hezbollah group exhorted hundreds of thousands of supporters Monday to keep up the campaign against an anti-Islam video that has unleashed deadly violence and anger at the United States across the Muslim world.
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| Troops pack up gear to ship out of Afghanistan Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT  It was nearly 2 a.m. when U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time.
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| Iran nuke chief harshly criticizes atomic agency Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:08 PM PDT  Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that "terrorists and saboteurs" might have infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency in an effort to derail his nation's atomic program. It was Tehran's harshest attack on the integrity of the U.N. organization and its investigation of allegations that Iran is striving to make nuclear arms.
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| Video shows Libyans trying to rescue US ambassador Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:50 PM PDT  Libyans tried to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to a hospital after they discovered him still clinging to life inside the U.S. Consulate, according to witnesses and a new video that emerged Monday from last week's attack in the city of Benghazi.
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| French court to rule Tuesday on UK royal photos Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT  Lawyers for Prince William and wife Kate asked a French court on Monday to block further publication of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, saying the two were sharing a deeply intimate moment caught by the snap of an intruding photographer — images that ended up last week in a popular French gossip magazine, then in publications in two other countries.
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| NATO scales back Afghan partnering after attacks Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT  NATO said Monday that it has scaled back operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen to lower the risk of insider attacks and reduce local tensions over an anti-Islam video that prompted protests in Afghanistan.
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| Villages slowly vanish as Hispaniola lakes grow Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:57 AM PDT  No one thought much about it when the largest lake in the Caribbean began rising in a year of heavy rains. But then it never stopped.
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| Secret hearing for police chief in China scandal Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:46 AM PDT  China opened the trial for an ex-police chief at the center of the country's worst political scandal in decades, unexpectedly staging a closed-door hearing Monday, a day earlier than publicly announced.
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi begins landmark US visit Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:37 AM PDT  Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, renowned for her peaceful struggle against military rule, began a marathon tour of the U.S. Monday, the latest milestone in her remarkable journey from political prisoner to globe-trotting stateswoman.
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