BERLIN – Sri Lanka has warned the United Nations against allowing a British-made documentary about the Asian country’s civil war to be shown on the sidelines of a human rights meeting.
Despite peace accord, eastern Congo still on edge
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Despite the signing of a Congo peace accord on Sunday, this Central African country remains unsettled by signs of a return to war. Despite Venezuela homecoming, Chavez still out of sight
CARACAS (Reuters) – From a billboard bearing his face, to a giant inflatable doll and posters hawked on the street below, there is no shortage of images of Hugo Chavez at the Caracas military hospital where he has been since returning from Cuba. Yet there has been no sight of the 58-year-old Venezuelan president since he came home – during the night and without photos or fanfare – a week ago. His surprise return to Caracas raised supporters' hopes of a recovery after December surgery in Havana that was his fourth operation in 18 months. … Victims of Kenya's last election still in limbo
GWA KUNGU, Kenya (AP) -- Alex Ndungu is the latest victim of the harsh mountain winds that blow through the rows of straw huts in Gwa Kungu, a village where those displaced by Kenya’s election violence five years ago remain, in limbo. Alex died of complications resulting from pneumonia and anemia. He was 9 months old.
Acclaimed children's book author and illustrator team up on US school shooting tribute story
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The author of the children’s classic “Sarah, Plain and Tall” is teaming up with an acclaimed illustrator for a tribute to the victims of last year’s Connecticut school shooting.
Exit polls: Center-left tops Italian national vote
ROME (AP) -- Italian voters appeared to reject Silvio Berlusconi's bid for a triumphant comeback, exit polls showed Monday, as a center-left coalition that has suggested it would stay the course of painful economic reforms took the lead in the country's pivotal election. Why Bangkok struggles to bring peace to Thailand's 'Deep South'
Southern Thailand has not gotten any calmer since a Feb. 13 raid on a Thai military base left 19 insurgents dead. Instead, fellow Malay Muslim insurgents have carried out dozens of arson, bomb, and gun attacks across the violence-wracked southernmost parts of the country.
Pistorius as mysterious as the shooting tragedy
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- His head shrouded by a sports hoodie, the young man walked unnoticed through a bustling crowd outside the gates of the Olympic village in London last year. When he got close, I saw a familiar face smiling at me. Cap on charges lowered for some pensions
LONDON (Reuters) – Britons with private pensions that are part of an industry benchmark could see their final savings boosted by up to 8 percent after the amount of fees and charges levied on their pension pots was capped at 0.75 percent a year. The Pension Quality Mark (PQM), which has over 170 pension sc hemes covering more than 300,000 members, has lowered its cap on annual charges and fees from 1 percent of the total value of an individuals' pension pot, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) said on Monday. … BBC says radio broadcasts being jammed in China
LONDON (Reuters) – Radio broadcasts in English from the BBC World Service are being jammed in China, the British broadcaster said on Monday, suggesting the Chinese authorities were behind the disruption. "The BBC strongly condemns this action which is designed to disrupt audiences' free access to news and information," the BBC said in a statement. China, which enforces strict restrictions on its domestic media, has been accused by several prominent foreign media of seeking to stop their news reports reaching Chinese audiences. … 'Life of Pi's' Oscars give limelight to Taiwan
When the hero of "Life of Pi" is staring desperately out at the endless, picturesque ocean as a shipwreck castaway somewhere between India and Mexico, he wasn't actually there.
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