By Balazs Koranyi | OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term on Friday when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year, drawing a smirk of triumph from the … Armstrong ends fight against doping charges, to lose titles - Reuters
By Dan Whitcomb | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said he would no longer fight doping charges by the US Anti-Doping Agency, which quickly said it would strip him of his titles and ban him from competitive … Evidence vs. Ideology in the Medicare Debate - New York Times (blog)
By LAURA D'ANDREA TYSON When formulating public policy, evidence should be accorded more weight than ideology, and facts should matter more than shibboleths. The Romney-Ryan plan for Medicare reform depends on assertions that are ideologically … Breivik spent years training and plotting for Oslo massacre - The Guardian
When Anders Behring Breivik announced in the spring of 2011 that he was moving out of Oslo to become a farmer, his friends were pleased. After five years dossing about unemployed at his mum's flat, including a whole 12 months playing video games day … Pakistan: US drones hit militant hideouts, kill 18
U.S. missiles slammed into three compounds close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 18 suspected militants, Pakistani officials said, just a day after the government summoned an American diplomat to protest drone strikes in the country’s northwest tribal region.
US drone attacks kill at least 15 militants in Pakistan
US drone strikes targeting three militant compounds on Friday killed at least 15 people in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. Mortar fire targeting Shiites kills 3 in Iraq
Iraqi officials say mortar fire targeting Shiite worshippers has killed three people and wounded eight in Baghdad.
Linsanity hits Hong Kong as NBA star celebrates birthday
Fans mobbed American basketball star Jeremy Lin on Friday as he celebrated his birthday with his family in Hong Kong. Neopolitan crime boss shot down leaving beach
Authorities are searching for two men who shot and killed an organized crime boss who was vacationing on a beach with his family south of Rome.
Elisabeth Murdoch: I don't want the top job
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Elisabeth Murdoch said on Friday she had no ambition to succeed her father Rupert as head of his News Corp global media empire. “I have really absolutely no ambition for a top job (as head of News Corp),” she said. Her comments came in a question and answer session the morning after she used a keynote speech to attack her brother, James, previously seen as the most likely Murdoch to take over as head of News Corp, and to praise the values of her father. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Stephen Addison)
Elisabeth Murdoch takes aim at brother on media morality
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Elisabeth Murdoch urged the media industry on Thursday to embrace morality and reject her brother James's mantra of profit at all costs, in a speech seen as an attempt to distance herself from the scandal that has tarnished the family name. Addressing television executives, she said profit without purpose was a recipe for disaster and the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World tabloid – which has badly hurt her father Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire – showed the need for a rigorous set of values. … Swiss lab to test Yasser Arafat's remains for poison
A Swiss radiology lab said Friday it has received the go-ahead from the widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to test his remains for poisoning by polonium, a highly radioactive element. Pujara ton guides India to healthy total
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Cheteshwar Pujara and Mahendra Singh Dhoni added 127 runs for the sixth wicket before New Zealand battled back to polish off the tail, dismissing the hosts for a first innings 438 on the second day of the opening test on Friday. Pujara (159) and Dhoni (73) both fell trying to attack off-spinner Jeetan Patel, who finished with four for 100, as the hosts lost their last wicket on the stroke of tea. Left-arm paceman Trent Boult chipped in with figures of 3-93. …
PR consultant says more Prince Harry photos might be on the way as Murdoch's Sun splashes pics
LONDON – A prominent British public relations guru says he’s been approached by two women who want to sell their photos of Prince Harry.
Syria spillover clashes escalate in Lebanon
Security officials say fresh clashes have broken out in northern Lebanon between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Norway's Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prison
A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison on Friday, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling they hoped would show that his massacre of 77 people was the work of a madman, not part of an anti-Muslim crusade. Dozens of Egyptians protest against Islamist president
CAIRO (Reuters) – Dozens of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo on Friday, seeking to challenge the Islamist president and his Muslim Brotherhood group on the street less than two months into his rule with a first test of his popularity. Activists behind Friday's call to protest accuse Mursi of seeking to monopolize power after he wrested back prerogatives in August that the military council, which had ruled Egypt for a year and a half, had sought to retain for itself. "Wake up Egyptian people. … 
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