NEW DELHI (AP) -- A juvenile court ruled Monday that a suspect in the fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month was a juvenile at the time of the attack.
Dispute over military command holds up Congo peace deal
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African leaders failed on Monday to sign a U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in eastern Congo, sa id a senior Congolese diplomat, who pointed to concerns over who would command a new regional military force. The agreement was to include the deployment of several thousand extra soldiers to tackle armed militias in the mineral-rich eastern region. The brigade would fight under the banner of the U.N.'s MONUSCO peacekeeping force. … Lavrov: Iran and West need to set venue for talks
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia’s foreign minister says Iran and the West should stop behaving “like little children” and agree on where to hold talks on Tehran’s nuclear program.
UK's 8 million pound fine for Swift Trade upheld
LONDON (Reuters) – A court has upheld the UK Financial Services Authority's eight million pound fine for Canadian trading firm Swift Trade, the watchdog's largest penalty for market manipulation. "The Tribunal described this as being 'as serious a case of market abuse of its kind as might be imagined'," the FSA said in a statement on Monday. (Reporting by Huw Jones, editing by Sinead Cruise) Malian musicians back power of harmony over guns
LONDON (Reuters) – As musicians from Mali took to a London stage on Saturday night, news was announced that back home French troops had captured the airport of the Islamist-controlled city of Gao. A cheer went up – and not surprisingly. Since Islamist militants seized control of Mali's north following a military coup in March 2012, the country has been convulsed by conflict. Its musical community, whose singers and players have won worldwide acclaim, has been targeted by the hardline Islamists bent on imposing sharia, or Islamic law. … Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly suicide attack on pro-government militia in central Syria
BEIRUT – An al-Qaida-linked group fighting alongside Syrian rebels has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing a week ago that reportedly killed dozens of President Bashar Assad’s loyalists.
Projects to model human brain and explore graphene win up to a billion euros each from EU
BRUSSELS – Two science projects -- one to map the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary properties of the carbon-based material graphene -- were declared the winners Monday of an EU technologies contest and will receive up to EUR1 billion ($1.35 billion) each over the next 10 years.
Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly Syria blast
BEIRUT (AP) -- An al-Qaida-linked group fighting alongside Syrian rebels has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing a week ago that reportedly killed dozens of President Bashar Assad's loyalists. Zimbabwean commentator John Makumbe dies
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe’s prominent political analyst Professor John Makumbe, an albino who also campaigned against prejudice toward the skin pigmentation condition, has died after a heart attack, colleagues say. He was 63.
Kenya elections observers to enhance transparency
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An official says Kenya’s March elections will be closely monitored by the international community and local groups to help identify potential problems that may lead to tensions in the electoral process.
Iran cracks down on media before election
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have arrested more than a dozen journalists in the past two days over their links to “anti-revolutionary” media, Iranian media reported, in what appeared to be a coordinated crackdown on the press. With a presidential election five months away, Iran’s clerical leadership appears to be tightening its grip on the media to avoid a repeat of the widespread protests that erupted after the disputed election in 2009. …
Injured Bolshoi Ballet director forgives attackers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The artistic dir ector of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet says the attacker who splashed acid in his face was probably driven by ambition or resentment but that he has forgiven them. His head shaven and a bandage around his neck, Sergei Filin told a Russian television station from his hospital room that he was determined to return to work despite his injuries. Filin, 42, suffered severe burns during the attack on his way home from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow late on January 18. Doctors have performed two operations on each eye and hope to save his sight. "I am not going to lie. … Greece grapples with strikes despite mobilization
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Striking public transport workers in Athens have defied a court order to return to work, despite a government threat to impose an emergency order that could lead to prosecution. 
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