Home Depot profit tops estimates; outlook raised - Reuters
By Dhanya Skariachan (Reuters) – Home Depot Inc raised its fiscal-year earnings outlook on Tuesday as tight cost controls helped the world's largest home improvement chain to offset sales weakness and beat Wall Street's profit estimates in the latest … Iraq VP death squad trial to wrap up in Sept
An Iraqi court will next month hear concluding remarks from prosecutors and the defence team in the death squad trial of fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a judge said on Tuesday. Bahrain court postpones verdict on opposition figures
Bahrain's appeals court postponed on Tuesday its verdict in the case of 13 leading opposition figures facing jail sentences over charges of plotting to overthrow the Gulf monarchy, lawyers said. Japan video shows delay in using seawater to cool meltdown reactor
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese nuclear power company hesitated before using corrosive seawater to cool the No. 2 reactor at the stricken Fukushima plant because it hoped it could be used again, video released by the company shows, contradicting official findings. The Fukushima Daiichi plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), was struck by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year, crippling cooling systems and triggering fuel rod meltdowns and radiation leaks that led to mass evacuations and widespread contamination. … Philippine forecasters protest, track new storm
As another storm threatened to cause more flooding, hundreds of Philippines' weather agency employees protested over their pay Tuesday and warned that forecasting services could deteriorate. China bows down to 'Devil Beast' Drogba
Didier Drogba's first month in China is being heralded as an unequivocal success, the powerful Ivory Coast striker earning rave reviews, the moniker "Devil Beast" and being compared to "a nuclear bomb". Seoul urges Tokyo to scrap shrine visits
South Korea on Tuesday strongly urged two Japanese cabinet ministers to scrap a planned visit to a Tokyo shrine that honours the country's war dead, including war criminals. West Bank faces Israel power cut threat over debts
The east Jerusalem power company that supplies electricity to parts of the West Bank on Tuesday warned that its Israeli partner has threatened to cut supply over unpaid debts. Assad is 'Enemy of God' Former Syrian PM Says - Voice of America
Former Syrian prime minister, Riyad Hijab, appeared publicly Tuesday for the first time since his defection, calling President Bashar al-Assad's government an "enemy of God" and saying it is collapsing. In a news conference in the Jordanian capital of … Dutch navy frees Somalis held by pirates: NATO
Dutch sailors taking part in NATO's pirate-busting operation Ocean Shield helped rescue the crew of a Somali dhow hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, NATO said Tuesday. Britain gives Malawi $4.7 million for food aid
BLANTYRE, Malawi (Reuters) – Britain has given $4.7 million to Malawi for food aid as more than 1.6 million people face food shortages in the impoverished southern African nation, British officials and the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday. Malawi’s economy was driven to the brink of collapse after foreign aid dried up over concerns about the human rights record of former President Bingu wa Mutharika. …
At least 2 dead in Ugandan military helicopters crashes on Mount Kenya; fate of 7 not known
NAIROBI, Kenya – Rescue teams searching for survivors in the aftermath of the crashes of three Ugandan helicopter gunships on Kenya’s highest mountain found two dead bodies on Tuesday and were searching for at least seven soldiers and airmen in a rugged landscape where leopards and elephants roam.
Israel picks new home front defence minister
Israel's prime minister on Tuesday named former internal security minister Avi Dichter as new home front defence minister, amid growing speculation about a potential Israeli attack on Iran. Kenya sees stable food supply, global prices a concern
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya expects a stable supply of food until December after its production of staple crops increased this year, but prices could rise due to pressure from soaring grain prices on international markets, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. East Africa’s biggest economy has benefited from a stable supply of food since the start of this year, aided by favorable weather. That has eased inflationary pressure and kept prices steady for staples including rice, maize and wheat. …
Missing Ugandan helicopters found, crew still missing
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rescuers have located the last two missing Ugandan military helicopters that crash-landed in central Kenya on their way to Somalia, the Kenyan defense ministry said on Tuesday, but the whereabouts of the crew is still unclear. Three Ugandan helicopter gunships disappeared off radar screens as they navigated around the southern edge of Mount Kenya in bad weather on Sunday. Rescue teams found one of the Russian-made attack helicopters and airlifted its seven-strong crew from the mountain's forested slopes on Monday. … UN warns of 'imminent' attack on Somali rebel bastion
The United Nations warned Tuesday of an impending assault on the southern Somali port of Kismayo, the largest remaining stronghold of the country's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents. At least 25 killed in northwestern Pakistan clash: military
KALAYA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 20 militants and five soldiers were killed when Pakistani forces and a group of militants clashed in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, military officials said. The skirmish, which took place in the Ghaljo area of the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, began when militants ambushed a Pakistani military patrol. Officials said 18 soldiers were wounded in the ambush. The death toll could not be independently verified, and militants often dispute official figures. The Pakistan military has been conducting operations against militants in Orakzai for months. …
Luxury cars do poorly in new crash tests from the Insurance Institute
including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class -- performed poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Gaza: Egypt opening border ahead of Muslim holiday
Egypt on Tuesday opened its border with Hamas-ruled Gaza for a three-day period ahead of a major Muslim holiday this weekend, but imposed tight restrictions on who can travel and did not say whether it would resume normal border operations. Visit to Russian underground sect reveals few signs of horrors trumpeted by authorities
KAZAN, Russia – Authorities spoke of a creepy cult living in an “eight-level ant house” dug deep into the ground, where children were kept in unheated cells and starved of daylight. A visit to the compound suggests a more ordinary reality.
Clowns shed tears over slow US economy, tougher competition; camp helps them sharpen shticks
ONTARIO, Calif. – Even when she’s not in character, Julie Varholdt acts like a buffoon.
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