Turkey's deputy PM gives 'standing man' protest nod of approval 15 minutes agoANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey. More »Turkey's deputy PM gives 'standing man' protest nod of approval
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey.
Republican-led U.S. House passes bill restricting abortion 15 hours agoBy Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move … More »Republican-led U.S. House passes bill restricting abortion
By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party. The bill would ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization occurs, a time when a fetus begins to feel …
Karzai says no peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved and violence ends 39 minutes agoKABUL - Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting … More »Karzai says no peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved and violence ends
KABUL - Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.
Brazil protesters angry over poor services and high taxes keep up pressure at Sao Paulo march 13 hours agoSAO PAULO - About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt … More »Brazil protesters angry over poor services and high taxes keep up pressure at Sao Paulo march
SAO PAULO - About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class.
Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash 11 hours agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the … More »Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer said. A statement from the editor-in-chief of online news …
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - Canada has publicly been called on the carpet by the European Union for holding up free-trade talks.
- Rohani once approved of hiding Iran atomic work 8 hours ago
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them. ...
By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility said on Wednesday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in …
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the former graduate student charged with shooting 12 moviegoers to death in a Denver-area theater last summer have renewed their bid for access to a videotape of their client at the hospital where he was undergoing psychiatric treatment. In a motion filed on Tuesday in Arapahoe …
- FBI ends search for Jimmy Hoffa's body 44 minutes ago
By Joseph Lichterman OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - The FBI has called off a search for the remains of former Teamsters boss, Jimmy Hoffa, in a field near Detroit Wednesday, FBI official Robert Foley said, extending nearly 38 years of frustration to find the elusive corpse. The hunt was in its third day Wednesday …
By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will seek on Wednesday to paint star witness John "The Executioner" Martorano as a heartless killer whose testimony cannot be trusted in the trial of one of Boston's most feared men. Martorano, a former altar boy who has confessed …
- Prosecutors plan more charges against accused Cleveland kidnapper 1 hour 15 minutes ago
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Prosecutors want to bring additional charges as soon as possible against a former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home and torturing them for a decade, authorities said on Wednesday. Ariel Castro, 52, has pleaded not guilty to more than 300 charges …
- Canada to send peacekeeping troops to Haiti 18 hours ago
OTTAWA - A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti, under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar.
By Patricia Zengerle and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programmes had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying operations. In the first …
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BERLIN - Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to … More »
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BERLIN - Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to … More »
UK top court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
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