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Assad forces take Aleppo village, reopening supply line

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:37 PM PST

Boys are pictured through a broken windshield as they stand on a street in AleppoBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces seized a village southeast of the city of Aleppo on Friday, reopening a supply line to the country's biggest city where they have been battling rebels for eight months, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the capture of Tel Shghaib marked the last step to creating a land supply route north into Aleppo from Hama province, crucial for Assad's forces who have lost control of part of the main north-south highway. Rebels say they hold most of the city itself and nearly all the rural hinterland. ...


Turkish PM's Zionism comments "objectionable": Kerry

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:14 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Turkey's Foreign Minister Davutoglu attend a joint news conference in AnkaraANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday criticized a comment by Turkey's prime minister likening Zionism to crimes against humanity in a disagreement that cast a shadow over talks between the NATO allies. Kerry, on his first trip to a Muslim nation since taking office, met Turkish leaders for talks meant to focus on the civil war in neighboring Syria and bilateral interests from energy security and Iran's nuclear program to counter-terrorism. But the comment by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at a U.N. ...


Ex-pope relaxes as cardinals prepare for vote

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:57 AM PST

A man walks past posters supporting Cardinal Turkson on boards in RomeVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A relaxed and rested Pope Emeritus Benedict read messages from well-wishers and strolled in his retirement palace gardens on Friday as cardinals due to elect his successor planned pre-vote meetings for next week. The 85-year-old former pope watched televised reports of his departure from the Vatican on Thursday evening, then slept soundly in the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo, where he will stay for about two months, a Vatican spokesman said. "He slept very well. ...


Netanyahu seeks time to build new Israeli coalition

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:51 AM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Deadlocked talks with potential coalition partners have forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek more time to build a new government and avert a possible snap election, officials said on Friday. They said Netanyahu would meet President Shimon Peres on Saturday to ask for a two-week extension after his right-wing party, the narrow victor in Israel's January 22 ballot, exhausted the standard four weeks allotted to build a coalition. Peres is expected to accept Netanyahu's request. ...


Venezuela rejects "absurd" rumors over Chavez death

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:05 PM PST

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a mask depicting him during a rally in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez countered on Friday a crescendo of rumors that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life. "There he is, continuing his fight, his battle, and we are sure of victory!" his older brother Adan Chavez, the governor of Barinas state, told cheering supporters. Speculation about Chavez, 58, hit fever pitch this week, fed in part by assertions from Panama's former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Guillermo Cochez, that the Venezuelan leader had died. ...


Syria risks "dissolution", U.N. chief says

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:37 AM PST

U.N. Secretary General Ban during the signing ceremony of the peace deal to end eastern Democratic Republic Congo conflict, in Addis AbabaGENEVA (Reuters) - Syria will fall apart if its government and rebels keep fighting instead of seeking a negotiated peace, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. He said the situation in Syria was deteriorating by the day after almost two years of conflict in which 70,000 people have died, but there was now a slim chance for peace talks. "This is a very small window of opportunity which we strongly support and encourage them to use that. The opportunity may soon close," Ban said at a news conference in Geneva. ...


Former basketball star Rodman calls North Korean leader "awesome kid"

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:58 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch an exhibition basketball game in PyongyangBEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman emerged from four days in North Korea on Friday, calling the leader of the reclusive country "an awesome kid". Rodman, known for his tattoos, body piercings and flamboyance, was in North Korea to film a sports documentary, and watched a basketball game alongside the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. ...


Argentine president rejects constitution reform, backs judicial changes

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:43 PM PST

Argentina's President Fernandez de Kirchner looks on after arriving for the opening session of the 131st legislative term of Congress in Buenos AiresBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez told Congress on Friday she will not push for a constitutional overhaul that would let her run for a third consecutive term but will go ahead with a broad judicial reform proposal. Fernandez, who has been in power for six years, will now have to step down after the next presidential election in 2015. Some of her supporters had sought a constitutional change allowing her to stand again. ...


Ethnic clashes flare in Guinea, president asks for calm

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:55 PM PST

Men stand and watch as a fire rages in the background during clashes between rival gangs in Marche Madina, in ConakryCONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean President Alpha Conde appealed for calm on Friday after rival ethnic gangs fought with knives and truncheons in the capital in a third day of violence over an upcoming election in the volatile West African nation. Security forces in full anti-riot gear took to the streets of the crumbling seaside capital Conakry to try to stem violence in which at least 65 people were injured, according to a statement from the presidency. "All sides must avoid provocation, personal vengeance and taking justice into their own hands," Conde said in a televised address to the nation. ...


South African policemen arrested, to face murder charges

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:04 AM PST

Protesters gesture as a police car drives past outside the Daveyton Police station east of JohannesburgPRETORIA (Reuters) - Eight South African policemen have been arrested on suspicion of murder after dragging a man tied to the back of a police truck through a busy Johannesburg street in an incident broadcast around the world, a government watchdog said on Friday. The video-recorded treatment of the Mozambican taxi driver has further damaged the reputation of the police force in South Africa where more than 1,200 people a year die in police custody. ...


Chad's president: Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:22 PM PST

FILE - This image taken from video and provided by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group Thursday Sept. 30, 2010 shows a foreign hostage who was among seven seized in Niger by an al-Qaida offshoot, according to a group that monitors terrorism. In October 2010 French media reported that an earlier hostage of the group had identified the captor at left in the image as Abu Zeid, a senior leader of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. Chadian authorities on Friday March 1 2013 announced their forces had killed Abu Zeid in fighting in northern Mali. (AP Photo/SITE) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the group's leading commanders, Abou Zeid.


Venezuela in the Chavez era: a reporter's view

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PST

In this June 10, 2007 photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks with AP reporter Ian James in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela. During more than eight years covering Venezuela, James says he has gained more street smarts, become a tougher, more resourceful reporter and developed a deep affection for Venezuela, a country where events often collide in unpredictable and dramatic ways and where a wide gap frequently separates the reality on the street from the socialist-inspired dreams that Chavez has instilled in his followers. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Pushing our infant son in a stroller, my wife and I stepped out of the terminal at Simon Bolivar International Airport and were approached by several taxi drivers offering to take us to Caracas. One of them, a soft-spoken young man in his 20s, offered the lowest fare by far, and I handed him one of our bags.


UK's 'naked rambler' arrested for nudity, again

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:17 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — A British man who has spent most of the past decade naked — and in jail — was back behind bars Friday after defying an order to cover up.

Syrian rebel chief: Fighters desperate for weapons

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:02 PM PST

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, March. 1, 2013. Syrian government forces fought fierce clashes with rebels attacking a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, while the bodies of 10 men most of them shot in the head were found dumped along the side of a road outside Damascus, activists said. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Syria's rebels said Friday that the food and medical supplies the United States plans to give his fighters for the first time won't bring them any closer to defeating President Bashar Assad's forces in the country's civil war.


Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Iran, set June meeting

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:38 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, welcoming Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions. The White House says the two men also discussed the ongoing violence in Syria, a topic that still divides Washington and Moscow.

Pistorius bought, collected guns in Olympic year

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:54 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb 26, 2012, participants take part in target practice at a shooting range in Krugersdorp, South Africa. In the light of the bail hearing for athlete Oscar Pistorius last week it came to light how police stumbled and fumbled through investigations. Police investigator Hilton Botha possibly contaminated the crime scene and faced attempted murder charges himself, placing even more strain on the credibility of the police. In recruiting personal the police have in a large way neglected the the quality of the personal recruited. It is in this lack of trust that guns thrive. (AP Photo/Cobus Bodenstein)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by its manufacturer as "the most powerful production revolver in the world" and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.


Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:17 AM PST

Faithful watch a giant screen showing Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The 85-year-old German Pope Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next.


Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims 'great leaders'

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:08 PM PST

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman speaks to the media at the Pyongyang Airport in Pyongyang, before he leaves North Korea Friday, March 1, 2013. Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders." (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" — an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government.


With Kerry on the way, Egypt liberals angry at US

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:26 PM PST

Egyptian pro-military supporters carry Yousef Mohammed, 7, as he wears a representation of a military uniform during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 1, 2013. Hundreds of pro-military supporters gathered to reject the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohammed Morsi's rule calling for the military to return to power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — As John Kerry heads to Egypt on Saturday for his first visit as secretary of state, he faces a barrage of accusations from liberal and secular Egyptians who say Washington is siding with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the country's sharp political divisions.


China executes 4 foreigners over Mekong murders

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:06 AM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham, center, and three of his accomplices, unseen, are taken to the execution chambers where they will receive lethal injection in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, March 1, 2013. China executed Naw Kham and the three accomplices Friday for the killing of 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River that spotlighted drug smuggling and extortion rackets along the vital waterway and led to a major expansion of Chinese police powers in a region that is coming under increasing domination by Beijing. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Shen) NO SALESBEIJING (AP) — China executed four foreigners on Friday for killing 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast showing them being led to their deaths that harkened back to the mass public execution rallies of past years.


'Baby Doc' shows up to court: A score for Haiti's justice system?

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PST

Haiti's former dictator, Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, surprised critics yesterday when he showed up in court to answer questions to determine whether he could be prosecuted for human rights abuses dating back to his 1971- 1986 regime.

Better than expected, but still not enough: Can Hadi hold Yemen together?

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PST

It was far from the anniversary that Yemeni President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi had hoped for. A year after the referendum-like election that solidified the former vice president's rise to the presidency, lingering tensions erupted in the southern city of Aden; at the end of the day, five secessionist demonstrators were killed.

Test the teacher? Educators balk at Mexico's reforms

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:30 AM PST

Imagine a school where a teacher who doesn't show up for class, or doesn't hold a degree, or fails or refuses a mandatory evaluation can't be fired. Imagine a school that routinely hires and promotes teachers on the basis of favors rather than merit.

North Korea's special guests: First a Google executive, then Dennis Rodman

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:09 AM PST

As former NBA star Dennis Rodman wrapped up his week-long trip to North Korea today, the latest high profile visit of a Westerner to North Korea, observers are asking if the visit suggests that North Korea is becoming a bit more open to the outside world.

Famously corporate-friendly Switzerland set to get tough on CEO pay

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:50 AM PST

Switzerland has a reputation as one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. But huge salaries and bonuses for top managers of Switzerland's listed companies could soon be a thing of the past if voters back a national initiative on Sunday.

Moscow says US aid for Syria helps 'extremists'

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:44 AM PST

Russia accelerated the war of words over Syria today, accusing the US of undermining recent efforts to move toward a negotiated settlement between the Bashar al-Assad regime and its opponents by "encouraging extremists" at this week's Friends of Syria meeting in Rome. The US announced at the meeting that it was stepping up material aid to rebels in a bid to "change the balance of power" in the two-year civil war that's already killed more than 70,000 people.

Lebanon erects string of watchtowers on Syrian border

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 08:36 AM PST

A series of fortified watchtowers manned by Lebanese troops will soon stud a line of hills along Lebanon's northern border where Syrian artillery regularly trades fire with opposition rebels.

Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:10 AM PST

Britain awoke Friday to the sound of political knives being sharpened for the prime minister, David Cameron, after a win for his Liberal Democrat coalition partners in a bellwether parliamentary by-election that consigned Mr. Cameron's Conservative Party to third place.

Winners in Israel's game-changing election unlikely to lead charge for peace

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:30 AM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still without a coalition more than a month after winning parliamentary elections, but amid the political horsetrading the next government's agenda is coming into view.

Can France's 'so-called workers' still compete on the world stage?

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:23 AM PST

After Maurice M. Taylor Jr. of tire manufacturer Titan International gave up on trying to buy a Goodyear factory in northern France, he wrote a letter to France's industrial renewal minister that painted the French labor force in no uncertain terms.

Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:38 AM PST

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Indira Johnson places intriguing sculptures to create dialogues on peace

Posted: 01 Mar 2013 05:00 AM PST

They appear when you least expect it: 300-pound sculpted heads of the Buddha, emerging from sidewalks, under the L tracks, and amid parks and gardens in some of Chicago's most densely populated and violence-plagued neighborhoods.

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