| One dead, many wounded in Cairo cathedral clashes Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:14 PM PDT  By Asmaa Waguih and Ulf Laessing CAIRO (Reuters) - One person was killed and more than 80 wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media said. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hard line Islamists repressed under his autocratic rule. ...
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| China rebukes North Korea, says no state should sow chaos Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:15 PM PDT  By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep. The weekend comments were the strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on the United States and to wage war with Seoul. ...
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| Lebanon's new premier says election delay likely Posted: 07 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT  By Dominic Evans and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria. Salam, a moderate who won broad political support to become premier, said he would try to bring all of Lebanon's rival factions into a government whose main priority was paving the way for the parliamentary election. ...
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| Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:32 PM PDT  By Diego Ore and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election. "Today the streets of Caracas are full of happiness and hope, confirming what will happen next Sunday," Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state, told the crowd. ...
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| Powers and Iran fail to end nuclear deadlock in Almaty Posted: 07 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT  By Justyna Pawlak and Yeganeh Torbati ALMATY (Reuters) - World powers and Iran failed again to end the deadlock in a decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear program in talks that ended in Kazakhstan on Saturday, prolonging a standoff that could yet spiral into a new Middle East war. No new talks were scheduled but big power negotiators, who earlier this year were insisting that time was running out, were at pains to say the diplomatic process would continue. Iran's critics accuse it of covertly seeking the means to produce nuclear bombs. ...
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| Britain's Cameron to meet EU leaders to push reform plan Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:17 PM PDT  By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron hopes to overcome opposition to his plan to claw back power from Brussels when he meets the leaders of Germany, France and Spain this week for talks on Britain's future in the European Union. Cameron infuriated European allies in January when he said he would try to renegotiate terms of Britain's EU membership and ask voters in a referendum if they wanted to stay in the bloc. France and Germany accused him of treating the EU like an "a la carte menu" from which he could pick powers. ...
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| Perenco helicopter crashes in Peru, 13 dead: source Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:22 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - A helicopter chartered by French oil company Perenco has crashed in a remote northern part of Peru, killing all 13 Peruvians aboard, including one Perenco employee and representatives of three contractors, a company source told Reuters. Perenco confirmed the accident, adding "at this stage, no survivors have been found." A Peruvian official usually has to confirm a death toll in an accident before a company can publicly confirm the casualties. The helicopter went down in the sparsely populated region of Loreto, Peru, near the border with Ecuador. ... |
| Both sides claim victory in Montenegro president vote Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:45 PM PDT  By Petar Komnenic PODGORICA, Montenegro (Reuters) - Both sides claimed victory in a presidential election in Montenegro on Sunday, raising the prospect of a dispute over the largely ceremonial post in the tiny Adriatic country as it bids to join the European Union. With no independent exit poll or official word from the state electoral commission, both incumbent Filip Vujanovic and opposition challenger Miodrag Lekic took to the airwaves to announce they had won. Lekic compared his rival's claim to a "coup d'etat". ...
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| Kerry, Abbas discuss reviving peace talks but offer no details Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:05 PM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday discussed reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but neither side offered details on how, when and whether that might happen. Kerry, who spoke one-on-one with Abbas for about an hour after a 20-minute group meeting, is on his third trip to the region in three weeks, having accompanied President Barack Obama on his March 20-22 visit and returned alone a day later. A senior U.S. ...
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| Seven die in Modelo brewery accident in Mexico City Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:14 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An accident at a Mexico City brewery killed seven people early Sunday, Corona beermaker Grupo Modelo said. The accident happened in a tank that was undergoing maintenance and cleaning, a spokeswoman for the company said in a statement. No details were provided. Grupo Modelo said it has informed authorities and has begun investigating the accident. "Modelo is deeply sorry for this incident and will support the affected families permanently," the statement said. The spokeswoman did not say whether the accident would affect production. ... |
| Afghan government says airstrike kills 11 children Posted: 07 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday.
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| SKorea: NKorea may be preparing to test missile Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:04 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul.
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| Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave 1 dead Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:03 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Christians angered by the killing of four Christians in weekend sectarian violence clashed Sunday with a mob throwing rocks and firebombs, killing one and turning Cairo's main Coptic cathedral into a battleground.
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| US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:36 PM PDT  BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S. military officer said Sunday.
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| Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that reclaimed a northern village on a strategically important route.
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| US preparing for possible further NKorea actions Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:33 PM PDT  BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action.
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| Kerry struggles to get Turkey to mend Israel ties Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:24 AM PDT  ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East.
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| Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges Posted: 07 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.
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| Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:30 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them and shaving their heads, two of those targeted and a rights group said Sunday.
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| Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:21 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people.
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| Holocaust Day: New film tells story of survival in Ukranian caves Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:10 AM PDT Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, one has to dig pretty deep to find a unique Holocaust story for the big screen. |
| Deep rifts exposed in latest round of Iran nuclear talks Posted: 07 Apr 2013 06:43 AM PDT Two days of Iran nuclear talks in Kazakhstan have exposed the depth of division and scale of mismatched expectations between Iran and six world powers, as they spar over ways to limit Iran's most sensitive nuclear work. |
