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As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election set for mid-April

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:35 PM PST

A woman places a replica figurine of the Virgen de Lujan during a rally honouring late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's Embassy in Buenos AiresCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will hold a presidential election on April 14, officials said on Saturday, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for his late mentor, Hugo Chavez, and win his own term in office. Maduro, a physically imposing former union leader who served as foreign minister and vice president under Chavez, has vowed to keep Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution alive. He will likely face off against Henrique Capriles, 40, the centrist governor of Miranda state. ...


Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 03:35 PM PST

Al-Ahly fans shout slogans after hearing the final verdict of the 2012 Port Said massacre in CairoPORT SAID, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security. The ruling enraged residents of Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, by confirming the death sentences imposed on 21 local soccer fans for their role in the riot last year, when more than 70 people were killed. ...


China unveils government restructuring plans

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:47 PM PST

China's Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping pauses as China's National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo delivers a work report at the Great Hall of the PeopleBEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled details of a government restructuring plan on Sunday, which will see the number of cabinet-level entities reduced by two, including the dissolving of the powerful Railways Ministry. The government will also merge the Family Planning Commission with the Health Ministry, and strengthen the powers of the food and drug regulators, it said in a statement released during the on-going annual meeting of parliament. ...


Nigerian forces say they have killed 52 Islamists, arrested 70

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:29 PM PST

Nigeria's President Jonathan attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in DavosKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces said on Saturday they had killed 52 Islamist militants over 10 days of fighting in the northeasterly Borno state, at a cost of only two of their own men, with no civilian deaths. The announcement came a day after President Goodluck Jonathan paid a visit to the state in which he rejected the idea of an amnesty for the Islamist sect Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds in gun and bomb attacks in the past two years. ...


Freed U.N. peacekeepers cross into Jordan from Syria

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 09:35 AM PST

United Nations peacekeepers put on protective gear before driving through the Kuneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli occupied Golan HeightsAMMAN (Reuters) - Twenty-one United Nations peacekeepers held by rebels for three days in southern Syria crossed into Jordan on Saturday, after an ordeal which highlighted how Syria's civil war is ratcheting up tensions on its volatile borders. The Filipino peacekeepers - part of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) that has been monitoring a ceasefire line between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights since 1974 - were seized by the Martyrs of Yarmouk rebel brigade on Wednesday. ...


British minister floats quitting European rights convention

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PST

Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May leaves Downing Street in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain should consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights because it interferes with the government's ability to fight crime and control immigration, Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said on Saturday. May's Conservative Party has long criticized the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which enforces the convention, as an encroachment on British sovereignty. But supporters of the convention say it is an important safeguard of human rights in Britain, which does not have a written constitution enshrining fundamental rights. ...


Jordan's King Abdullah reappoints Ensour as PM

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PST

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station in Al SaltAMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah reappointed Abdullah Ensour as prime minister on Saturday after canvassing members of a new parliament elected in January, officials said. The monarch's consultations with the new parliament follow constitutional changes that devolved some his powers to the assembly - a response to calls for reform prompted by recent uprisings across the Arab world. King Abdullah previously hand-picked his prime ministers without consulting parliament. ...


Italy court rules hospitalized Berlusconi can attend tax trial

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:33 AM PST

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi casts his vote at a polling station in MilanMILAN (Reuters) - Court doctors ruled on Saturday that Silvio Berlusconi was able to attend a tax fraud appeal, rejecting the Italian ex-prime minister's complaint that an eye ailment prevented him leaving hospital and sparking furious protests from his allies. The 76-year-old center-right leader and media mogul faces a spate of trials this month as he fights for his political future following an inconclusive national election in February. On Friday, a hearing in a trial where he is accused of having sex with an under-age prostitute was postponed after he entered hospital with an eye problem. ...


Abu Qatada detained in Britain for breaching bail terms

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PST

File photograph shows Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - A British judge sent radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada back to jail on Saturday for breaching his bail terms, two days before the government begins an appeal against a court decision blocking his deportation to Jordan. Accused by the British authorities of posing a security risk and providing spiritual inspiration for one of the 9/11 hijackers, Qatada is wanted in his native Jordan to face terrorism charges. Successive British governments have tried for years to get rid of the cleric, who has been in and out of jail since first being arrested in 2001. ...


Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 03:36 PM PST

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an online message purportedly from the group.

Venezuela sets presidential election for April 14

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 03:52 PM PST

A woman wipes photos of late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift altar set in his honor at the main square of Sabaneta, western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5, 2013 was born in Sabaneta. His former home has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly strident political rhetoric begins to roil this polarized country.


Rebels free 21 UN captives in southern Syria

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:56 PM PST

A U.N. peacekeeper from the Philippines UNDOF force works at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Saturday, March, 9, 2013. Syrian rebels freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, ending a sudden entanglement with the world body that earned fighters trying to oust President Bashar Assad a flood of negative publicity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels in southern Syria freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, driving them to the border with Jordan after accusations from Western officials that the little-known group had tarnished the image of those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.


Egyptian Soccer fans rampage over court verdicts

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 12:48 PM PST

The sun sets during clashes between Egyptian protesters and riot police in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Security officials say a protester has died during clashes between police and hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators in central Cairo. The officials say the protester died Saturday on a Nile-side road where clashes have been taking place daily between anti-government protesters and police near two luxury hotels and the U.S. and British embassies. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soccer fans rampaged through the heart of Cairo on Saturday, furious about the acquittal of seven police officers while death sentences against 21 alleged rioters were confirmed in a trial over a stadium melee that left 74 people dead.


Jordan's parliament chooses PM for 1st time

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 02:26 PM PST

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's parliament voted Saturday for the monarchy's caretaker prime minister to form a new Cabinet, the first time in the country's history that the legislature rather than the king has decided who will be head of government.

Maduro leans on Chavez's charisma for popularity

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:11 AM PST

Nicolas Maduro raises his fist as he dons the presidential sash after he was sworn in as Venezuela's president at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, against the objections of the political opposition who said the move violated the country's constitution. Late President Hugo Chavez designated Vice President Maduro as his successor before he died Tuesday of cancer. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro so far has led by imitation, seeking to fill the shoes of a president whose uncanny vigor, mischievous humor and political wiles sowed a revolution and transformed a nation.


Hagel: Optimistic on reaching commando agreement

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:04 PM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to members of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Airborne Division during his visit to Jalalabad Airfield in eastern Afghanistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. It is Hagel's first official trip since being sworn-in as President Barack Obama's defense secretary. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he believes U.S. officials will be able to work things out with Afghan leaders who have ordered special operations forces out of Wardak province, even as commandos face a Monday deadline to leave.


Kenya vote winner gets 50.07 pct; loser challenges

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 03:52 PM PST

Kenya's President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta waves to supporters after leaving the National Election Center where final election results were announced declaring he would be the country's next president, in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding father, was named the winner of the country's presidential election on Saturday with 50.07 percent of the vote, but his opponent refused to concede, alleging multiple failures in the election's integrity that he said has put Kenyan democracy on trial.


South Africa: Mandela in hospital for tests

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PST

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa's presidency says Mandela was admitted to a hospital for a scheduled medical check-up, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up and doctors say there is no cause for "alarm," the president's office said.


Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized in Italy

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:30 AM PST

Doctor Francesco Bandello speaks during a news conference at the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized with an eye inflammation that kept him from both his sex-for-hire trial and tax fraud appeals. San Raffaele hospital's chief ophthalmologist, Francesco Bandello, said Saturday that Berlusconi's condition had only moderately improved overnight. The 76-year-old Berlusconi has bilateral uveitis and was expected to remain hospitalized at least until Sunday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi remained hospitalized Saturday with an eye inflammation, but court-appointed doctors said the condition was not severe enough to prevent him from attending a hearing in his tax fraud appeal.


In Kenya, dancing, doubt, and sighs of relief as Kenyatta wins presidency

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:08 AM PST

Uhuru Kenyatta is poised to become the country's next leader, in an election that has raised concerns about vote-rigging and whose results are being challenged by opponent Raila Odinga.

Can Nicaragua protect the waters it won?

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 07:00 AM PST

On a gusty afternoon, dozens of moored fishing boats rock in the surf as their captains play dominoes in the shade of palms.

International Women's day: 3 challenges women face around the world

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 04:07 PM PST

It's not always used as a platform to spread awareness about gender equality – Kazakhstan is known to have beauty pageants on International Women's Day, while Russian women get flowers that may be poor compensation for inequalities they habitually face. But International Women's Day, March 8, is generally a moment to celebrate the kaleidoscope of roles that half the world's population takes on every day. Much of the news is good: Women continue to push into the higher echelons of the working world and get stronger legal protections, such as the just-renewed US Violence Against Women Act. ...

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