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Simpler inauguration planned for a more modest pope

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:03 PM PDT

Chairs are in place in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, one day before Pope Francis' inaugural massBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural Mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to cram St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets for the Mass on Tuesday to formally install Francis as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Six sovereigns, U.S. ...


Syrian opposition elects Hitto as provisional premier

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 04:43 PM PDT

Syrian Opposition Coalition members and Syrian National Coalition members attend a meeting in IstanbulISTANBUL (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Coalition chose Western-educated former businessman Ghasssan Hitto as provisional prime minister in a vote on Tuesday at a meeting in Istanbul. Hitto, who according to a Reuters witness received 35 votes of around 50 cast by coalition members, will be in charge of forming a government to fill a power vacuum in Syria arising from a two-year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Michael Roddy)


Many questions, few answers await Obama on Mideast visit

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Employee arranges an Israeli national flag at the residence of Israel's President in Jerusalem, ahead of U.S. President Obama's visitBy Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is due to make his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week, looking to improve ties after sometimes rocky relations with both sides during his first term in office. Obama is not expected to come with any new Palestinian peace initiative and will spend most of his time in Israel, the closest U.S. ally in the Middle East, where he will make a keynote speech to hundreds of students. ...


Congo ICC war suspect surrenders at U.S. Embassy in Rwanda

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Goma Democratic Republic of CongoBy Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - Fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda walked into the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Monday and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he faces war crimes charges racked up during years of rebellion. By surrendering in Kigali, where an embassy official said staff were "shocked" by his sudden arrival, Ntaganda ended a career that saw him fight as a rebel and government soldier on both sides of the Rwanda-Congo border during nearly 20 years of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region. ...


Six powers flesh out nuclear proposals in Iran talks

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 04:35 PM PDT

A security official stands in front of the Bushehr nuclear reactorBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six major powers gave Iran more details of their proposals to end a standoff over Tehran's nuclear program in talks in Istanbul on Monday, the European Union (EU) said. The EU's short statement on the expert-level talks between the six powers and Iran offered no clue how the proposals were received by the Iranian experts or whether any progress had been made. ...


U.S. confirms Syrian aircraft fired rockets into Lebanon

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department confirmed on Monday that Syrian government aircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon and it described the incident as "a significant escalation." "We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable. ...

Lawmakers push to restructure Egypt aid

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:06 PM PDT

U.S. Senator Rubio questions Senator Kerry during Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers have seized upon a domestic spending bill as a chance to tighten controls on how Egypt's Islamist government can use well over $1 billion in military and other aid that Washington sends to Cairo each year. Five senators - four Republicans and one Democrat - offered separate amendments related to the aid to a fast-track spending measure that seeks to avert a government shutdown on March 27. Lawmakers have expressed concern about Egypt's stability. ...


Obama tells Iranians now is the time to settle nuclear dispute

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on energy at the Argonne National Lab near ChicagoBy Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that "now is the time" for Iran to take meaningful steps to resolve its nuclear standoff with the West as he issued a direct appeal to the Iranian people on the eve of his first official trip to Israel. Obama used the occasion of Iran's new year celebration, as he has in the past, to try to ratchet up pressure on Tehran. But this time he focused squarely on its disputed nuclear program, which is expected to be high on the agenda when he visits Israel, Iran's arch-foe. ...


Top general urges caution on Syria options, rebels

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 01:31 PM PDT

General Martin Dempsey testifies in Washington on the Defense Department's response to the attacks on US facilities in BenghaziBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has a less clear understanding of Syria's opposition than it did last year, the top U.S. military officer said on Monday, in comments likely to disappoint rebels hoping that America might be inching toward a decision to arm them. "About six months ago, we had a very opaque understanding of the opposition and now I would say it's even more opaque," said General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...


Backers of Israeli settlers stake claim in cabinet

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Israel's President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu stand up after posing for a group photo together with the ministers of the new Israeli parliament, in JerusalemBy Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new governing coalition took office after a parliamentary vote on Monday with powerful roles reserved for supporters of settlers in occupied territory. While the new line-up includes more moderates than in the outgoing government, the predominance of legislators who are either settlers or among their staunchest supporters could hamper any efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. ...


Pair accused of plotting to kill singer Joss Stone

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:48 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday two men accused of plotting to rob and kill soul singer Joss Stone planned to decapitate her, then dump her body in a river.

Pope Francis to get simple coat of arms, ring

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:27 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Argentine President Cristina Fernandez at the Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2013. Pope Francis' diplomatic skills were put to the test Monday as he met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, with whom he has clashed over her socially liberal policies and what he has called the government's totalitarianism. Fernandez called on the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires Monday at his temporary home, the Vatican hotel on the edge of the Vatican gardens, and the two later lunched together, a day before she and other world leaders attend his installation Mass in St. Peter's Square that some estimates say could bring 1 million people to Rome. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is mixing his Argentine past with his Roman present to create his new papal coat of arms, while harking back to a pope associated with the Second Vatican Council for the simple ring that he will receive during Tuesday's installation Mass.


Politicians strike deal over UK press regulation

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:16 PM PDT

FILE This is a Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 file photo of British author J.K. Rowling as she poses for the photographers during photo call to unveil her new book, entitled: 'The Casual Vacancy', at the Southbank Centre in London. Celebrities including author J.K. Rowling and actor Hugh Grant are accusing the government of letting down victims of media intrusion. They are urging lawmakers to back new measures to rein in Britain's unruly press. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)LONDON (AP) — British politicians struck a last-minute deal on press regulation Monday, unveiling new rules that aim to curb the worst abuses of the country's scandal-ridden media.


Orthodox patriarch to Rome for pope's installation

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of his papacy. He also spoke only in Italian, beginning with "buon giorno" (Good day) and ending with "buon pranzo" (Have a good lunch), instead of greeting the faithful in several languages as his last few predecessors had done. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, will attend Pope Francis' installation Mass — the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church has attended a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago.


2 inmates escape from Quebec prison in helicopter

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:00 PM PDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison outside Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged gunfire at a rural cabin before they were finally recaptured, authorities said Monday.

Savings account seizure plan draws fury in Cyprus

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:47 PM PDT

Protesters hold up their hands as they protest outside the parliament in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 18, 2013. A vote on a bailout package for Cyprus that includes an immediate tax on all savings accounts has been postponed until Tuesday evening. Yiannakis Omirou, the speaker of Parliament, said the delay was needed to give the government time to amend the deal reached over the weekend that prompted an outcry from those who thought their money was safe. In order to get euro 10 billion ($13 billion) in bailout loans from international creditors, Cyprus agreed to take a percentage of all deposits — including ordinary citizens' savings — an unprecedented step in Europe's 3 ½-year debt crisis. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A plan to seize up to 10 percent of savings accounts in Cyprus to help pay for a €15.8 billion ($20.4 billion) financial bailout was met with fury Monday, and the government shut down banks until later this week while lawmakers wrangled over how to keep the island nation from bankruptcy.


Pope Francis lauded for interfaith dialogue

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:47 PM PDT

In this Dec. 12, 2012 picture provided by the NCI-Emanue El, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, lights the Janukia during Hanukkah celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, At left is Rabbi Sergio Bergman, and at right is Rabbi Alejandro Avruj, of the NCI-Emanu El congregation. The Jewish community in Argentina, the largest in Latin America, is thrilled with the new pope Francis, known for his excellent relationship with the Jewish community. Experts believe that Bergoglio, who took the name Francis as pope, will be an example of inter-religious relations. (AP Photo/NCI-Emanu El)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The election of Pope Francis has thrilled Jewish leaders in Argentina, who predict that their friend will continue to foster warm relations and open dialogue between Catholicism and other faiths during his pontificate.


Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) leaves the courtroom after his pre-trial hearing in Guatemala City. With his trial set to start Tuesday, March 19, 2013, prosecutors hope to painstakingly prove through a detailed recreation of the military chain of command that Rios Montt must have had knowledge of the massacres of Mayan Indians and others in the Guatemalan highlands. Because he held absolute power over the U.S.-backed military government, his failure to stop the slaughter is proof of his guilt, prosecutors and lawyers for victims say. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one of the bloodiest phases of the country's long civil war.


US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:07 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday while denying reports trickling out from prisoners through lawyers that there is a more widespread protest and lives are in danger.

Pope installation draws world, religious leaders

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Argentine President Cristina Fernandez at the Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2013. Pope Francis' diplomatic skills were put to the test Monday as he met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, with whom he has clashed over her socially liberal policies and what he has called the government's totalitarianism. Fernandez called on the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires Monday at his temporary home, the Vatican hotel on the edge of the Vatican gardens, and the two later lunched together, a day before she and other world leaders attend his installation Mass in St. Peter's Square that some estimates say could bring 1 million people to Rome. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' diplomatic skills will be put to the test on Tuesday as he hosts political leaders from 130 nations and religious representatives from a variety of faiths who are descending on Rome for his installation Mass, with Latin America strongly represented to celebrate the first pope from the New World.


All sides claim victory with new UK press regulator - except the press

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:41 PM PDT

One of the most turbulent eras of British newspaper history ended in a backroom political deal today with all three main parties claiming victory over new regulation.

How German fears of underwriting Russian oligarchs pushed Cyprus to crisis

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:10 PM PDT

Could the tiny economy of Mediterranean Cyprus, in urgent need of a bailout package, pull the whole eurozone back into crisis?

Making nice? Argentina's Kirchner and Pope Francis meet in Rome

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 02:06 PM PDT

After lunch and a short meeting today in Vatican City, newly-elected Pope Francis exchanged gifts with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Can Latin America ride out the global economic storm?

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:41 AM PDT

While most developed nations struggle to weather financial storms, Latin America has been riding out the choppy economic waters thanks in large part to a wave of high commodity prices and active monetary policies.

Bad reason to invade Iraq No. 2: weapons of mass destruction

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 11:30 AM PDT

I covered the Iraq war from the summer of 2003 until 2008, and saw at first hand the consequences of the decision to invade. Skeptical of the wisdom of the war before the invasion, living and working in Iraq solidified that into certainty. I'll be putting out some of my thoughts on the war in a series of posts in the next few days.

Bad reason to invade Iraq No. 1: Saddam was 'evil'

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 10:23 AM PDT

(I covered the Iraq war from the summer of 2003 until 2008, and saw first hand the consequences of the decision to invade. Skeptical of the wisdom of the war before the invasion, living and working in Iraq solidified that into certainty. I'll be putting out some of my thoughts on the war into a series of posts in the next few days.)

Pakistan's education crisis: What ever happened to Malala's friends?

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:24 AM PDT

When 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot point-blank on her school bus in October for her vocal support of girls' education in Pakistan, it provoked an outcry in Pakistan and around the globe, but it also changed the lives of the two girls sitting next to her on that bus.

In Senegal, a new president confronts an ancient tradition: child beggars

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 09:45 AM PDT

Slowing to a stop at an intersection in the developing world, it's not uncommon to look out the car window and see children – often clad in tattered clothes or without shoes – buzz into traffic to solicit donations.

US drops Europe missile defense plan – but Moscow is unimpressed

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Russia is officially unimpressed by a unilateral US decision to cancel the final phase of European missile defense – a program that Moscow has gone so far in the past as to almost threaten World War III over.

The new face of Chinese diplomacy: Who is Wang Yi?

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:50 AM PDT

Wang Yi, China's newly-named foreign minister, has a reputation as a brilliant and urbane diplomat. He is also a wily negotiator with some tricks up his sleeve.

The latest hot language among Palestinians in Gaza? Hebrew

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:20 AM PDT

For the first time in nearly 20 years, government-run schools in Gaza are teaching Hebrew, and demand is outstripping the supply of qualified teachers. The driving force behind this pilot program? Hamas.

China warns US missile defense plan will antagonize North Korea

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 06:07 AM PDT

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More an immigrant holiday, St. Patrick's Day has come home to Ireland

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 10:57 AM PDT

Half a million people will parade in Dublin today to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but since when did Irish people celebrate this holiday?

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