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Assad "peace plan" greeted with scorn by foes

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 02:04 PM PST

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad waves to his supporters after speaking at the Opera House in DamascusBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected peace talks with his enemies on Sunday in a defiant speech that his opponents described as a renewed declaration of war. Although the speech was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan, Assad offered no concessions and even appeared to harden many of his positions. He rallied Syrians for "a war to defend the nation" and disparaged the prospect of negotiations. "We do not reject political dialogue ... ...


Activists wary as India rushes to justice after gang rape

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:09 PM PST

File photo of demonstrators shouting slogans as they are surrounded by the police during a protest rally in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's no surprise the Indian street wants faster, harsher justice for sexual crimes after a horrific gang rape that rocked the nation, but some activists worry the government will trample fundamental rights in its rush to be in tune with popular rage. Last month's rape of a physiotherapy student on a moving bus and her death on December 28 in hospital triggered a national debate about how to better protect women in India, where official data shows one rape is reported on average every 20 minutes. ...


Richardson, Schmidt fly to North Korea Monday: reports

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:24 PM PST

Richardson fields question during University of Southern California's Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy inaugural Symposium in Los AngelesSEOUL (Reuters) - Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will start their controversial private mission to North Korea on Monday that may include an effort to secure the release of an imprisoned American, South Korean media reported. The trip comes after North Korea carried out a long range rocket test last month and as the reclusive state continues work on its nuclear testing facilities according to satellite imagery, potentially paving the way for a third nuclear bomb test. ...


Northern Irish militants seen hijacking flag protests

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 03:39 PM PST

A burnt out car blocks Dee Street in east BelfastBELFAST (Reuters) - Pro-British militant groups are instigating riots that have rocked the Northern Irish capital Belfast in the past month, a police officers' representative said on Sunday as officers came under attack again. The violence stems from protests over the removal of the British flag over Belfast City Hall. It has been among the province's worst since a 1998 peace accord ended 30 years of conflict in which Catholic nationalists seeking union with Ireland fought British forces and mainly Protestant loyalists. ...


Analysis: Air assaults raise doubts about Myanmar's reformist rulers

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 01:04 PM PST

Still image from video showing evacuees reacting after they were received by Kachin's soldiers in Kachin stateBANGKOK (Reuters) - Unprecedented aerial attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels by Myanmar's military have raised doubts about whether the retired generals in a government hailed for its reforms have really changed their harsh old ways. Assurances by the quasi-civilian government that it wants a peace deal with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and that the military is exercising "maximum restraint" are starting to ring hollow as jets and helicopter gunships take to the air. The 18-month conflict is back under the spotlight, with U.N. ...


Britain's coalition leaders seek to regain voters' trust

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:02 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg listen to the opposition after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered the autumn budget in parliament in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - The leaders of Britain's fractious coalition pledged on Monday to cap the cost of long-term care for the elderly and to improve state pensions in an effort to re-engage with electors midway into their five-year government. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat deputy, Nick Clegg, have seen popular support fall away as voters suffer squeezed incomes and the economy fails to stage a stable recovery from the 2008/2009 financial crisis. ...


Russia kills militants suspected of Christmas attack plan

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 02:28 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security forces in a restive North Caucasus province on Sunday killed three militants suspected of planning attacks on church services during the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, authorities said. Security forces tried to stop a van in the Kabardino-Balkaria province on Sunday but its occupants opened fire and were killed in the ensuing battle, during which the vehicle caught fire, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement. ...

Kuwaiti forces disperse protesters with stun grenades

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 11:51 AM PST

Kuwait Police Special Forces arrest illegal demonstrator during protest in Kuwait CityKUWAIT (Reuters) - Security forces used stun grenades to disperse hundreds of opposition activists trying to stage a march in Kuwait on Sunday, part of a series of protests against what they see as a rubber-stamp parliament, and made several arrests. Protest marches have grown more frequent in the U.S.-allied oil producer since the opposition boycotted a parliamentary election on December 1 over changes to voting laws that they saw as an attempt to favor pro-government candidates. ...


Egypt strengthens Islamist role in cabinet, eyes IMF deal

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 09:04 AM PST

The opening bell is seen as traders work at Egyptian stock exchange in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's president added fellow Islamists to a reshuffled government on Sunday and the new finance minister pledged to finish talks on an IMF loan to stave off a currency crisis that risks provoking more popular unrest. A senior IMF official is due in Cairo on Monday to meet Egyptian leaders over the $4.8 billion loan deal, which was postponed last month to give Egypt more time to tackle political tensions before introducing unpopular austerity measures. ...


Infighting mars rally for Merkel's FDP partners before state vote

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 10:14 AM PST

Leader of Germany's FDP Roesler adjusts his glasses as he stands between faction leader Bruederle and Vice Chairman Homburger during traditional FDP epiphany meeting in StuttgartSTUTTGART (Reuters) - Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) struggled to show a united front on Sunday just two weeks before a crucial state election, which could see their leader booted out if they fail to win enough support to gain Lower Saxony assembly seats. The junior partner in Merkel's center-right government is also in danger of missing the threshold for representation in the national parliament in September's federal election, which would leave the Chancellor having to form a coalition with either the opposition Social Democrats or the Greens. ...


Defiant Assad pledges to continue fighting

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels first. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad rallied a chanting and cheering crowd Sunday to fight the uprising against his authoritarian rule, dismissing any chance of dialogue with "murderous criminals" that he blames for nearly two years of violence that has left 60,000 dead.


Venezuela looks for missing plane with Missoni CEO

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 01:08 PM PST

In this photo taken on Feb. 23, 2010, Vittorio Missoni poses for photographers in Milan, Italy. The search resumed Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 for a small plane that has disappeared off the Venezuelan coast with six people aboard, including Vittorio Missoni, a top executive in Italy's Missoni fashion house, officials said. Vittorio Missoni, 58, is the director general of the iconic brand and the eldest son of the company's founder. Flying with him on Friday's flight from Venezuela's Los Roques resort archipelago to Caracas, was Missoni's wife, Maurizia Castiglioni, two Italian friends of the couple, and a crew of two Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Gian Mattia d'Alberto, Lapresse)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The search for a missing plane carrying Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni and five other people has entered its third straight day on Sunday with no signs of the aircraft.


US family builds Haiti orphanage for daughter

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 11:33 AM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An American family who lost their daughter in a massive earthquake in Haiti three years ago has finished building an orphanage in her memory.

Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:54 AM PST

FILE - In this July 17, 2006 file photo, Border Security Force soldiers patrol the India-Pakistan border at Kanachak, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) west of Jammu, India. Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian troops of a cross-border raid that killed one of its soldiers and India charging that Pakistani shelling destroyed a home on its side. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian troops of a cross-border raid that killed one of its soldiers and India charging that Pakistani shelling destroyed a home on its side.


Philippine army, police kill 13 suspects in clash

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:32 PM PST

Passengers look at the bullet-riddled vehicle of suspected criminals along a road in the town of Atimonan in Quezon province, about 140 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines late Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a gunbattle Sunday in the latest violence to erupt in the country in the past week. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) — Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gunbattle in a northeastern province in the latest recent violence in the country.


Indonesian anti-terror squad criticized for deaths

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:37 PM PST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's U.S.-funded police anti-terror squad has killed seven suspected militants recently, reviving allegations that the force is not trying to take suspects alive — a trend that appears to be fueling the very extremism the predominantly Muslim country is trying to counter.

Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 03:19 AM PST

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said.

AP Interview: Palestinian PM warns of cash crisis

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Fayyad is blaming Arab countries that haven't delivered promised financial aid for an escalating financial crisis in the Palestinian territories. In an interview Sunday Fayyad said that the cash crunch is pushing an additional 25 percent of the Palestinian population, or 1 million people, into poverty. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said Sunday.


S. Africa sends troops to Central African Republic

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 08:07 AM PST

Government security forces in a pickup truck drive past a demonstration held by several hundred merchants calling for peace as negotiators prepare for talks with rebels from the north, in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. The U.N. Security Council urged rebels in the Central African Republic on Friday to halt their military offensive, withdraw from cities they have seized, and take part in negotiations to find a political solution to the impoverished country's longstanding problems. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African presidency announced Sunday that is sending 400 army troops to Central African Republic to help the country's army as it faces a threat from a coalition of rebel groups.


Egypt Copts mark Christmas with fear of future

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:14 PM PST

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads a midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Sunday Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue has an Islamist slant.


Turkey sees promise in pivoting north

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 06:17 AM PST

Its protracted bid to join the European Union remains stalled and its "zero problems" policy in the Middle East is cracking over support for Syria's opposition. But one foreign policy front retains promise for Turkey: the Black Sea.

Takeaway from Assad's speech? There will be no meaningful dialogue.

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 06:01 AM PST

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's special envoy to Syria, surely listened to President Bashar al-Assad's speech to the Syrian people today with a growing feeling of dread.

Got water? Hard to know in Mexico City.

Posted: 06 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST

The usually leaky faucet had stopped its perpetual drip. So it didn't come as a surprise when, instead of a stream of fresh water, I opened the faucet to a gurgling, gagging sound.

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