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• Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina
• Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS
• Syrian rebels pierce Assad's siege lines in Homs: opposition
• Afghanistan's Karzai blasts U.S., marring Hagel visit
• Small bomb explodes at Greek courier firm in Athens
• Twenty bodies turn up in Aleppo's "river of martyrs"
• Italy and Greece confirm hostages killed in Nigeria
• Khmer Rouge genocide: justice delayed may be justice denied
• Grillo's party to tell Italy president it can lead government
• Study: Even ancient mummies had clogged arteries
• Security risks, frayed relations dog US, Afghans
• Before the conclave, horse-trading has begun
• Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria
• Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan
• Captured Syrian city a test for rebel forces
• Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies
• Cardinals say Mass, seek prayers ahead of conclave
• Kenyan church moves past painful election history
• Relief in South Africa as Mandela leaves hospital
• With Chávez gone, what do his young opponents want now? (+video)
• Malvinas curriculum helps Argentina revive Falklands claim
• Two prominent Saudi human rights activists receive 10 years in jail
• Pakistan arrests members of anti-Christian mob, but convictions rare
• Indicted abroad for crimes, Kenya's new leaders pose diplomatic dilemma
• Exporting Grandma? Some German elderly head abroad for nursing care

Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina Posted: 10 Mar 2013 03:00 PM PDT STANLEY, Falkland Islands (Reuters) - Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory. Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after more than three decades since they went to war over the South Atlantic archipelago, and that has unsettled some of the roughly 2,500 islanders. ...

Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:19 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off Papua New Guinea's north coast city of Lae, the United States Geological Survey said on Monday. The quake, about 150 km (95 miles) east of Lae, was initially recorded at a depth of about 20 km, although that figure was later revised to 87 km. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no Pacific-wide tsunami threat. (Editing by Paul Tait)

Syrian rebels pierce Assad's siege lines in Homs: opposition Posted: 10 Mar 2013 03:49 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels broke through government lines to ease a siege of their positions in the strategic central city of Homs on Sunday despite coming under fierce aerial bombardment, opposition campaigners said. The communally mixed city of Sunni Muslims and Alawites, the minority sect that has dominated Syria since the 1960s, has emerged as a major battleground in the two-year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodshed has claimed about 70,000 lives so far, according to the United Nations. ...

Afghanistan's Karzai blasts U.S., marring Hagel visit Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:41 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai ratcheted up his criticism of the United States on Sunday, marring a debut visit by the new U.S. defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, and highlighting tensions that could undermine Washington's strategy to wind down the unpopular war. A day after two Taliban bombings killed 17 people, Karzai accused the United States and the Taliban of colluding to convince Afghans that foreign forces were needed beyond 2014, when NATO is set to wrap up its combat mission and most troops withdraw. ...

Small bomb explodes at Greek courier firm in Athens Posted: 10 Mar 2013 02:41 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - A small makeshift bomb exploded at a Greek courier company in Athens on Sunday, smashing windows but causing no injuries, a Reuters witness and police officials said. The explosion damaged some vehicles parked outside the local firm and caused minor damage to several neighboring buildings. Police officials said the bomb consisted of at least five gas canisters and some explosive material. Gas canister attacks against businesses and police are frequent in Greece. ...

Twenty bodies turn up in Aleppo's "river of martyrs" Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:26 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition campaigners said at least 20 bodies of young men shot by security forces were found on Sunday in a small waterway running through the contested city of Aleppo. It was the largest number of bodies lifted in a single day from what became known as "the river of martyrs", after 65 bodies turned up in late January. An average of several bodies a day have been appearing in the river since, several activists in the northern city, which is near Turkey, told Reuters. ...

Italy and Greece confirm hostages killed in Nigeria Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:14 PM PDT ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) - Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction company compound have been killed, the Italian and Greek foreign ministries said on Sunday. The al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansaru announced on Saturday that it had killed the hostages seized on February 7 in the northern state of Bauchi because of attempts by Nigerian and British forces to free them. It published grainy photos purporting to show the bodies of a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese workers snatched from the Lebanese firm Setraco's premises. ...

Khmer Rouge genocide: justice delayed may be justice denied Posted: 10 Mar 2013 03:03 PM PDT PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Under Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge, Meas Mut and Sou Met, now two-star generals in their 80s, are said to have hauled prisoners to S-21, a torture center that symbolized the horrors of a regime that wiped out nearly a quarter of the population. Another soldier, Im Chaem, now a Buddhist nun in her 60s, is suspected of running a forced labor camp where fellow Khmer Rouge cadres Ta An and Ta Tith oversaw massacres in the "Killing Fields" revolution of 1975-79. ...

Grillo's party to tell Italy president it can lead government Posted: 10 Mar 2013 02:29 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Sunday it wanted to lead Italy's next government following last month's inconclusive election and reiterated that it would not agree to an alliance with any other party. The movement's newly elected parliamentary leaders told reporters it would make this position clear to President Giorgio Napolitano when he begins consultations later this month on the formation of a government. "Our proposal will be a 5-Star government," the movement's Senate leader Vito Crimi said after a meeting of its lawmakers in a Rome hotel. ...

Study: Even ancient mummies had clogged arteries Posted: 10 Mar 2013 05:16 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Even without modern-day temptations like fast food or cigarettes, people had clogged arteries some 4,000 years ago, according to the biggest-ever hunt for the condition in mummies.

Security risks, frayed relations dog US, Afghans Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:42 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of security problems and fractured relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban are working in concert to show that violence in the country will worsen if most coalition troops leave.

Before the conclave, horse-trading has begun Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:27 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way.

Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria Posted: 10 Mar 2013 02:21 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks.

Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:55 AM PDT LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Captured Syrian city a test for rebel forces Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Since rebels seized the capital of Raqqa province in northern Syria from the government last week, they have posted guards at state buildings, returned bread prices to pre-war levels and opened a hotline that residents can phone to report security issues, anti-regime activists said Sunday.

Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:28 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.

Cardinals say Mass, seek prayers ahead of conclave Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:57 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals took a break from maneuvering ahead of this week's papal conclave to fan out across Rome and celebrate Sunday Mass at local parishes.

Kenyan church moves past painful election history Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:01 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Rev. Joshua Kimuyu pointed where his church floor is broken and black, a scar from an attack five years old. More than 200 young men armed with crude weapons stormed the Africa Inland Church in Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum and set a generator on fire.

Relief in South Africa as Mandela leaves hospital Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:50 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The building that houses South Africa's highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his country would become, a haven of tolerance wiser for the nation's past anguish.

With Chávez gone, what do his young opponents want now? (+video) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT Weeks before Hugo Chávez died, while he was holed up in a Cuban hospital with details of his condition unknown to the public, youth protesters chained themselves together in front of Cuba's embassy here, demanding answers.

Malvinas curriculum helps Argentina revive Falklands claim Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:04 PM PDT In a sunny classroom in rural Argentina, a teacher stands in front of a group of primary school students in white coats.

Two prominent Saudi human rights activists receive 10 years in jail Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:59 AM PDT On Saturday, Mohammed Fahd al-Qahtani and Abdullah Hamad, two political and human rights activists, were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison by a Saudi Arabian court.

Pakistan arrests members of anti-Christian mob, but convictions rare Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:30 AM PDT Christians and civil society activists across Pakistan took to the roads on Sunday demanding government protection for the rising persecution of religious minority communities which make up less than five percent of the country.

Indicted abroad for crimes, Kenya's new leaders pose diplomatic dilemma Posted: 10 Mar 2013 07:31 AM PDT The election of Uhuru Kenyatta to be Kenya's fourth president has thrown the country's global allies into a diplomatic dilemma because of his indictments at the International Criminal Court.

Exporting Grandma? Some German elderly head abroad for nursing care Posted: 10 Mar 2013 06:00 AM PDT From Germany, the pull of Senior Palace's webpage is hard to resist. "Looking for a senior home to bring the autumn of your life comfortably... where your savings are going to stay intact?"

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