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U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels skeptical

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:42 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov take part in a joint news conference after their meeting in MoscowBy Arshad Mohammed and Erika Solomon MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were skeptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let President Bashar al-Assad hang on to power. Mindful the conflict may be far from over, Britain has urged fellow European Union states to lift an arms embargo, arguing it would strengthen those rebel groups favored by Western powers. ...


Bangladesh braces for unrest as judges prepare war crime verdict

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:41 AM PDT

A student activist puts black scarves on the eyes of Shoparjito Shadhinota sculpture in the campus of University of DhakaBy Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal is due to pronounce judgment on a top Islamist politician on Thursday, raising fears a guilty verdict could ignite a fresh round of clashes between members of his party and security forces. Bangladesh, reeling from a factory collapse that killed more than 700 people two weeks ago, is navigating one of its most turbulent periods since independence as a series of political conflicts converge ahead of elections due early next year. ...


Hamas looks to root out Israel's spy networks

Posted: 08 May 2013 07:35 AM PDT

An alleged Palestinian collaborator with Israel covers his face as he poses for the camera inside a Hamas-run prison in Gaza CityBy Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The alleged spy buried his face in his hands inside a Gaza jail as he admitted passing intelligence to Israel during its battles with armed Palestinian groups. "My handlers in Israel called me and told me that collaborators in Gaza don't know one another and that each worked alone, so hide and stay as you are," the man told visiting reporters, under the watchful eye of a plainclothed Hamas security officer. "I should have turned myself in. This is my problem now. Maybe if I had, you wouldn't find me here," he said. ...


Kurdish rebels begin withdrawal from Turkey

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:10 AM PDT

By Ayla Jean Yackley SEMDINLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants began to withdraw from Turkey on Wednesday, pursuing a peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency that has killed 40,000 people, ravaged the region's economy and tarnished the country's image abroad. Turkish security forces manned checkpoints along the mountainous border with Iraq, keeping watch as the agreed pullout started by the first small groups of up to 2,000 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters. ...

Egypt NGO law could betray revolt's ideals: U.N. rights chief

Posted: 08 May 2013 11:03 AM PDT

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks to Reuters at her hotel in MadridBy Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.N.'s human rights chief said on Wednesday Egypt risked betraying the ideals behind the 2011 revolution and slipping into authoritarianism with a new civil society law. The Arab country was at a "critical moment" more than two years after the uprising that ousted autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said, citing a range of social and political rights concerns. ...


Suicide bombers target Iraqi Kurds in disputed areas

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:16 PM PDT

Iraqi members of the Civil Defense and residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers attacked Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in a disputed oil-rich area of northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said. The attacks took place in a band of territory over which both the central government in Baghdad and the Kurds, who run their own administration in the north and are selling oil in defiance of Baghdad, claim jurisdiction. At the heart of the dispute is the ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. ...


Cleveland kidnapping: police hint at what three women's lives were like

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:27 PM PDT

Cleveland prosecutors charged Ariel Castro with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape Wednesday while clearing his brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro, of any involvement in holding captive three women and one young girl for years.

Times Square: How safe is New York's 'Crossroads of the World'?

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:32 PM PDT

As he stands in Times Square, tourists streaming past, Sgt. Ed Mullins of the New York Police Department points to vendors selling drinks and T-shirts out of plastic bins.

Defense secretary worries sexual assault in military nearing a tipping point

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:01 PM PDT

Calls to change how the US military justice system prosecutes those accused of sexual assault grew increasingly robust as lawmakers vowed to create a minimum punishment for US troops convicted of the crime.

20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:46 PM PDT

Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:

7 dead, 2 missing after ship crashes in Genoa

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Rescue personnel stand on rubble next to a tilted staircase, part of a control tower which collapsed after a cargo ship slammed into it during a shift change Tuesday night in the port of Genoa, northern Italy, killing at least three people, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Four others were hospitalized and a half-dozen people remained unaccounted for, including some feared trapped inside the submerged elevator of the control tower, officials said. By Wednesday morning, all that was left of the control tower was the mangled exterior staircase, tilted to its side. The tower itself, which was located on the very edge of a dock jutting out into the harbor, was either in the water or in a heap of wreckage on the dock. (AP Photo/Francesco Pecoraro)ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into the dock at Genoa's busy port and toppled the control tower into the harbor, killing at least seven people.


Syria blames Internet outage on technical problem

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, speaks at a joint news conference as his Jordanian counterpart, Naser Judeh, listens in Amman, Jordan. Salehi wrote in an opinion piece in the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar Wednesday, May 8, that it is up to the Syrian people to choose their political system and president, suggesting Tehran is not wedded to Assad's continued rule. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)BEIRUT (AP) — A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said Wednesday.


Stephen Hawking backs boycott of Israeli academics

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Saturday, June 16, 2012 file photo of Physicist and best-selling author Stephen Hawking appears in Seattle. Hawking was taking part in the Seattle Science Festival Luminaries Series. Physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major conference in Israel in June, prompting criticism Wednesday May 8, 2013 from Israeli officials who believe he has joined a boycott organized to protest Israel's treatment of the Palestinians (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)LONDON (AP) — British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics.


Former US official describes Libya attack

Posted: 08 May 2013 01:42 PM PDT

Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's hearing on the deadly assault of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Hicks described a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the middle of the assault, amid confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and fears about the safety of additional American personnel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.


Bangladesh garment disaster death toll crosses 800

Posted: 08 May 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Bangladeshi garment workers employed at Rana Plaza, the garment factory building that collapsed, stand in a queue to receive wages in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday May 8, 2013. Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from the building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from a collapsed garment factory building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800.


Attack kills at least 20 Nigeria police officers

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:49 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An ethnic militia killed at least 20 police officers who launched a raid to try and arrest them in central Nigeria, a police commissioner said Wednesday.

Police arrest 17 over $50 million Brussels diamond heist

Posted: 08 May 2013 11:30 AM PDT

By Ben Deighton BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Police have detained 17 people over the heist of $50 million in diamonds in February - one of the biggest jewelry robberies in history - after coordinated raids in Belgium, France and Switzerland, Belgian prosecutors said on Wednesday. More than 300 police were involved in the Belgian operations near Brussels which led to 10 people being detained, a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor said. One suspect was held in France and the rest in Switzerland. ...

Puerto Rico Catholics support archbishop

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:29 PM PDT

People attend a Mass in honor of Puerto Rico's Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves at a church in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around the archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds. Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves has not confirmed that he is being asked to step down as leader of the Catholic Church in the U.S. island territory. However, he has asked parishioners to pray for him. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds.


Analysis: Race politics may stunt reforms after Malaysia election

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin share a light moment after winning the elections at his party headquarters in Kuala LumpurBy Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's racially divisive election result has sparked a battle within the country's ruling party that is likely to slow Prime Minister Najib Razak's drive to reform the economy and roll back policies favoring majority ethnic Malays. Najib's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained power in Sunday's election in the multi-ethnic Southeast Asian nation. But the coalition lost the popular vote and turned in its worst-ever electoral performance as it was heavily abandoned by the minority Chinese and rejected by many voters of all races in urban areas. ...


Obama, Cameron to meet at White House Monday on economy, Syria

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet at the White House on Monday to discuss Syria, the global economy, trade and the upcoming meeting in Northern Ireland of the Group of Eight major world economies. "The visit will highlight the fundamental importance of the U.S.-UK relationship - a relationship through which together we address a broad range of shared global and regional security concerns," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Bolivia's challenge: Making coca palatable

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:04 PM PDT

In this April 12, 2013 photo, Paneton pastries made by Ebococa sit in the factory in Villa Tunari, Bolivia. Urged on by President Evo Morales, Bolivians had been trying to turn coca leaf, the base ingredient of cocaine, into popular treats ranging from candies to pastries. Yet as coca processing factories were built and products were marketed, a stubborn problem kept getting in the way of Morales' grand plan: Most people, including many Bolivians, just don't like eating coca food. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)VILLA TUNARI, Bolivia (AP) — Since taking office seven years ago, President Evo Morales has tried to persuade the world that he has no tolerance for cocaine and that Bolivia's thousands of acres of coca plants can be dedicated to such traditional uses as fighting fatigue as well as whipping up wholesome treats like sweet breads and coca puffed snacks.


Tensions high as Amplats to unveil S.Africa job cuts plan

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Goats graze outside Anglo Platinum's Khomanani shaft 1 mine in RustenburgBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo American's platinum arm, under pressure from South Africa's government, could announce a restructuring plan as early as Thursday that will sharply scale back job losses as it tries to balance out cost cuts and the threat of labor unrest. Anglo American Platinum had planned to slash 14,000 jobs and mothball two mines to pull back to profit but industry sources have told Reuters that the final plan would be pared back, with as few as 5,000 jobs cut. ...


Malta party defeated in March poll elects new leader

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:18 PM PDT

Outgoing Nationalist Party leader Gonzi delivers his final speech as party leader during the party general council at the party's headquarters in PietaVALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's opposition Nationalist Party elected lawyer Simon Busuttil as its leader on Wednesday to succeed Lawrence Gonzi, who resigned after a heavy loss in a March 9 general election. Gonzi, who had been party leader and prime minister for nine years, had led the party to a narrow victory in 2008. Busuttil, 44, a member of the European Parliament until March when he resigned upon being elected to the Maltese parliament, has never held a government post. He was elected to the party leadership after defeating three other candidates, including two former ministers. ...


British director Bryan Forbes dies at age 86

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:55 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — British film director Bryan Forbes, whose work includes the original 1970s horror classic "The Stepford Wives," has died at age 86 after a long illness, a family spokesman said Wednesday.

Mexico push for easier foreclosures, cheaper loans

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:54 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government proposed a sweeping overhaul of the banking sector Wednesday to make credit cheaper and more available, a move desperately needed in a country where bank loans represent less than 20 percent of GDP — one-tenth the level seen in the United States.

Guinean opposition suspends protest for U.N.-led talks

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:53 PM PDT

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea opposition leaders have suspended protests planned for Thursday to allow United Nations-mediated talks intended to end a violent impasse over the organization of delayed legislative elections. At least 20 people have been killed, several by gunshots, and more than 300 others wounded in clashes since March between opposition supporters, security forces and President Alpha Conde's backers in the world's top bauxite producer. ...

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:47 PM PDT

CORRECTS CHANGED NAME TO NAIDA CHRISTIAN NOVA, NOT NADIA CHRISTIAN NOVA - Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is shown in this undated U.S. Army photo provided by Sgt. Nova. With her family name emblazoned on her uniform, the sergeant says she was routinely the target of derogatory remarks from other soldiers who mistakenly assumed she is a Muslim. So before deploying for her second war tour, the life-long Catholic legally changed her name to Naida Christian Nova. The 82nd Airborne, who in a federal lawsuit she claims branded her a RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to.


Lawyers: Haiti cholera lawsuit threatened at UN

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:47 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch a major effort to improve sanitation.

Italy court upholds Berlusconi tax fraud verdict

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:24 PM PDT

MILAN (AP) — Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction and four-year prison sentence were upheld on the first appeal Wednesday in a case that could see him barred from public office for five years.

Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 2, 2007 file photo, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi holds a copy of the Green Book during a debate on the sidelines of celebrations marking the 30-year anniversary of the declaration of the "jamahiriya," or "rule of the masses", in Sabha, Libya. A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil that has plagued the country since the civil war that ousted the erratic leader. Passed by lawmakers essentially at gunpoint, it bans not just those who held office but even clerics who glorified the dictator and researchers who worked on his notorious political tract, the Green Book. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country since the 2011 civil war that ousted the erratic leader.


South Korea's Park urges North Korea to choose new path

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:21 PM PDT

South Korean President Park delivers remarks before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in WashingtonBy Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on North Korea on Wednesday to end a "vicious circle" in which it raises and reduces tensions to win diplomatic rewards and buy time to build up its nuclear arms program. In an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Park said she wanted to break the pattern in which North Korea "provokes a crisis" that draws sanctions from the international community, which later tries concessions to calm things down. ...


Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-ruled Gaza

Posted: 08 May 2013 02:05 PM PDT

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi paid a high-profile visit to Gaza on Thursday, giving a boost to the Islamist group Hamas that runs the enclave, but also laying bare Palestinian rivalries. Qaradawi, chairman of the International Federation of Muslim Clerics, is based in Qatar and has been a vociferous supporter of the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world in the last two years, bringing new governments to Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. ...

Egyptian president OKs law allowing Islamic bonds

Posted: 08 May 2013 01:44 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has signed a new law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds — an effort to help ease an expanding budget deficit.

Obama, Netanyahu discuss regional security, Mideast peace in call

Posted: 08 May 2013 01:32 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama participates in a farewell ceremony with Israeli PM Netanyahu at Tel Aviv International AirportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed regional security and Middle East peace in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the White House said. It is the first conversation between the two leaders the White House has made public since Israeli jets attacked Syrian targets twice in recent days. The two leaders agreed to continue close cooperation on a range of security issues, the White House said but did not provide further details. (Reporting By Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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