Ex-PM: Japan's nuclear emergency laws flawed
Japan's leader felt fearful and helpless during last year's nuclear disaster and lacked experts capable of giving him guidance, he testified Monday in his first response to a public investigative inquiry on the crisis.Read More ...
Campaigns dig through online data to target voters
Voters who click on President Barack Obama's campaign website are likely to start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican presidential hopeful the next time they watch a video online.
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3 rescued from plane crash site in remote Idaho
Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers.Read More ...
As Edwards jury deliberates, how long is too long?
With the jury at the John Edwards trial set to begin deliberations for a seventh day on Tuesday, speculation grows that the 12 people charged with deciding the fate of the former presidential candidate may be deadlocked.
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Palestinian rivals begin unity government talks
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas began talks to form a unity government on Monday in a renewed bid to heal political rifts, paving the way for a general election. Hamas runs the Gaza Strip - cut off from the West Bank by Israeli territory - as a separate entity, ignoring policies set by Abbas's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The split has divided the Palestinians politically as well as geographically. ...
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Obama to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day
President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, the hallowed grounds of the nation's war dead.Read More ...
Greek stocks soar on pro-bailout party's poll gain
Greek stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday from a 22-year low on hopes a pro-bailout party will win crucial national elections next month, which would avoid a catastrophic rift with international creditors and keep the struggling country within the euro currency union.
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Islamist, ex-military man contest Egypt presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's electoral committee declared on Monday that a run-off for the presidency would pit a Muslim Brother against a former ally of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, but one losing candidate rejected the outcome of a "dishonest" vote. The committee confirmed that the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi and ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq had proceeded to the second round of Egypt's first genuinely contested presidential vote. Mursi topped the poll with 24.3 percent of the votes, followed by Shafiq with 23.3 percent. Turnout was 46 percent. ...Read More ...
African Union troops secure Somali aid corridor
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - African Union and Somali government troops secured an aid corridor between Mogadishu and a former rebel stronghold close to the capital, the AU said, wresting control of a strip of land believed to hold around 400,000 people displaced by conflict. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali forces had seized the town of Afgoye from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents on Friday. ...Read More ...
Maoist leader calls for unity in crisis-hit Nepal
The leader of Nepal's Maoists called Monday for rival parties to join a national unity government to take the country to fresh elections and said he was open to a change of prime minister.Read More ...
Azarenka survives in 1st round of French Open
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka turned it on when she had to Monday, winning 12 of the final 14 games to reach the second round at the French Open.Read More ...
Beryl soaks Ga., Fla. coasts, now a depression
Former Tropical Storm Beryl has become a depression with winds dying down.Read More ...
Tony Blair says he ducked fight with UK media
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair testified Monday that he never challenged the influential British press because doing so would have plunged his administration into a drawn-out and politically damaging fight.Read More ...
Egypt: Islamist, Mubarak's ex-PM in runoff
The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released Monday by the election commission.Read More ...
Bahrain activist Khawaja to end 110-day hunger strike
Opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, facing a life sentence on charges of seeking to overthrow Bahrain's Sunni rulers, announced Monday ending a 110-day hunger strike, as another rights campaigner is released on bail.Read More ...
Two Tibetans set themselves ablaze in Lhasa: reports
Two Tibetan men have set themselves on fire outside a temple in Lhasa and one has died, reports said Monday, as a wave of self-immolations in China's Tibetan areas spread to the heavily guarded city.Read More ...
Egypt: Islamist, Mubarak's ex-PM in runofff
The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released Monday by the election commission.Read More ...
Tropical Storm Beryl soaks Ga., Fla. coasts
Tropical Storm Beryl soaked beach vacations and some Memorial Day remembrance services in southern Georgia and northern Florida Monday, and knocked out power to tens of thousands, though emergency officials said it hasn't brought any major damage.Read More ...
Russian tycoon unexpectedly quits as CEO of TNK-BP
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Lady Gaga: Indonesian hardliners' latest victory
Lady Gaga's decision to cancel the Indonesian leg of her world tour due to threats by Muslim hardliners highlights how groups pushing a strict view of Islam are growing increasingly powerful, analysts say.Read More ...
Russian FM: Both Syrian sides to blame for deaths
Russia further backed away from its support of Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday, saying his government bears the main responsibility for the violence in the country and calling for a full investigation into its role in the deaths of more than 100 civilians in Houla.Read More ...
NKorean farmers cite grave drought; aid unlikely
North Korea is reporting a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages, but help is unlikely to come from the United States and South Korea following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch.Read More ...
Witness in Kenya blast blames bearded man
An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 28 people, including a woman who blamed the blast on a "bearded man" who left behind a bag shortly before the detonation.Read More ...
Spanish debt costs spiral as crisis deepens
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish 10-year borrowing costs neared the 7 percent danger level and Bankia shares hit record lows on Monday after the government, struggling to sort out its finances, proposed putting sovereign debt into the struggling lender. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pinned the blame for the rising borrowing costs - the spread over Germany reached the highest since the euro's launch - on concern about the future of the single currency. He again ruled out seeking outside aid to revive a banking sector laid low by a property boom that has long since bust. ...Read More ...
Crash, attack kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan
A helicopter crash killed two NATO service members in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, and a third died in an insurgent attack in the south, the U.S.-led coalition said.Read More ...
S&P cuts Lebanon long-term outlook on Syria tension
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ratings agency S&P cut its outlook on Lebanon's long-term sovereign credit rating to negative from stable on Monday and said government stability and the currency peg to the dollar could be threatened if unrest in Syria fuelled further tension. Standard & Poor's reaffirmed its B/B long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Lebanon. But it said the balance of risks on the long-term rating had shifted to the downside. ...
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India firms Myanmar ties during PM visit
India agreed a raft of deals with Myanmar on Monday during a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh aimed at boosting trade and energy links and contesting the influence of regional rival China.Read More ...
Family of doctor in bin Laden hunt slams trial
The family of the Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping the United States track down Osama bin Laden said Monday the man is innocent and dismissed his trial as a sham.Read More ...
New expenses row adds to Cameron's many woes
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's first Muslim woman to hold a cabinet post fought back on Monday against allegations she had made improper expense claims, the latest in a series of public relations disasters to hit her political patron, Prime Minister David Cameron. Sayeeda Warsi, a lawyer of South Asian origin who describes herself as a "Northern, working-class roots, urban, working mum", cuts an unusual figure in Cameron's Conservative Party, whose leadership is dominated by privileged white men from the affluent south. ...Read More ...
World stocks inch higher on Greek vote hopes
European markets posted modest gains Monday after weekend opinion polls strengthened hopes that Greece might stick with the euro and austerity measures.Read More ...
Dario Franchitti wins 3rd Indy 500
It was an hour before the Indianapolis 500, and Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan found a quiet corner to prepare for the race. They were interrupted by Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser and Johnny Rutherford, three of the greatest drivers in IndyCar history.Read More ...
Lawyer: Bahraini activist to end hunger strike
Bahraini hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja plans to end his strike Monday, 110 days after he began refusing food, according to his lawyer.Read More ...
Mauritanian Supreme Court chief resists sacking
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The head of Mauritania's Supreme Court has refused to leave his post days after he was sacked by the president, a move the judge said was illegal and an attempt to undermine the powers of the judiciary. The sacking comes amid a broader slow-burn movement challenging President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was elected in 2009 after coming to power in a 2008 coup. He is now seen by Western nations as a key ally in tackling al Qaeda in the region. ...
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Blast rocks Kenyan capital, at least 28 hurt
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A blast struck a shopping complex in Nairobi's business district during Monday's lunch hour, wounding more than two dozen people, but there was confusion over whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or electrical fault. Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere told reporters it was too early to determine the cause of the blast. He said blackened wires inside the trading centre indicated a possible electrical fault and ruled out a grenade attack. Two shopkeepers, however, told Reuters independently that they saw a man drop a bag inside the trading centre moments before the ...Read More ...
UN envoy 'horrified' by Syria massacre, 108 dead
U.N. envoy Kofi Annan called Monday on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small children.Read More ...
Pope's butler vows to help Vatican scandal probe
One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler — arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home — agreeing to cooperate with investigators, his lawyer said Monday.Read More ...
Yemen: US drone strike kills 5 militants
A U.S. drone strike Monday aiming for an al-Qaida leader has killed five militants in the country's south as part of a Yemeni offensive against the Islamist group, Yemeni officials said.
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Tropical Storm Beryl could snarl holiday traffic
Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to soak military remembrance ceremonies and beach vacations on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast.Read More ...
S.Sudan accuses Sudan of bombings ahead of talks
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan accused Sudan on Monday of flying warplanes over the southern capital Juba and bombing other parts of its territory, one day before the resumption of negotiations between the two foes. The two Sudans have been at loggerheads over a long list of disputes since the southern nation declared independence in July last year. Fierce clashes on the disputed border raised fears of an all-out war last in April. ...Read More ...
Egypt run-off between Mursi, Shafiq: state agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - The run-off in Egypt's presidential election will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi against Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister and a former air force commander, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported on Monday. Quoting an unnamed source, MENA said all appeals had been rejected by the committee overseeing the election, which was due to announce the official results later in the day.
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