Natai Al Sharkas’ great-grandfather killed his Russian commanding officer and defected to the enemy.
Japan to propose court ruling on S. Korea island row
Japan will officially propose to South Korea later Tuesday that the two sides ask the International Court of Justice to settle a long-running island dispute, the government said. Balloons and kazoos in hand, Israeli clowns accompany surgeons into operating rooms
JERUSALEM – Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around.
Israeli clowns pioneer new medical treatments
Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around.
Cuba-to-Fla. swimmer Diana Nyad pushes through after storm, jellyfish stings
KEY WEST, Fla. – Diana Nyad slogged across the Straits of Florida for a fourth straight day early Tuesday, hopeful she could fend off hypothermia, jellyfish and stormy weather as she inched toward a swimming record.
Japan hints at economic action in South Korea island feud
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Tuesday it was considering taking measures beyond diplomatic action in its feud with South Korea over a group of disputed islands, suggesting Tokyo may take the unusual step of extending the stand-off into the economic arena. Finance Minister Jun Azumi suggested last Friday that Japan could roll back an emergency currency swap arrangement agreed last year and expiring in October. … Barclays seeks to combine Africa businesses
Barclays on Tuesday said it was in talks about combining the majority of the British bank's Africa operations with Absa — the lender's African subsidiary. Lonmin says sacking striking miners could lead to more violence
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, on Tuesday conceded that sacking 3,000 striking workers at its Marikana mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, could lead to more violence. Police last week opened fire on strikers armed with machetes and sticks, killing 34 and raising the death toll from the week-long dispute to 44. "It won't help anyone if Lonmin goes out and dismisses a whole lot of people for not coming to work today. … Public spotlight in China moves to Bo Xilai
Gu Kailai's murder conviction ends one of China's most sensational cases in years and throws the spotlight onto her husband as the country's leaders seek to call time on a major political scandal. Gate to Palestinian home in West Bank set ablaze
The Israeli military says a gate to a Palestinian home in the West Bank has been set on fire.
NL Capsules: Chad Tracy gets 13th-inning RBI as Nationals beat Braves 5-4
WASHINGTON – Chad Tracy hit a game-ending RBI single in the 13th inning and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Monday night.
Analysis: Afghanistan's peace hopes may rest on Taliban captive
KABUL (Reuters) – In the cloistered circles of the Taliban high command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had no equal. As military chief of the hardline Islamic movement that once ruled Afghanistan and was ousted by a U.S.-led alliance, he oversaw the campaign of ambushes and roadside bombings that proved his fighters could threaten the most advanced armies. When the talismanic leader was caught in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2010, some Afghan officials hoped the magnetism he forged in war would persuade his former comrades to start talking peace. … 
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