AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Syrian rebels and Jordanian security officials say intense fighting has broken out near Syrian government installations and border posts near Jordan, leaving 17 civilians wounded. India gang-rape trial starts with testimony from victim's friend
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The trial of five men charged with gang-raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in New Delhi ope ned on Tuesday with closed-door testimony from her friend who appeared at court in a wheelchair, still bearing the scars of injuries from the attack. The 28-year-old software engineer, who may not be identified, is the prosecution's star witness in a case that has triggered nationwide protests, an intense debate about rampant crime against women in India and tougher anti-rape laws. … U.N. urged to probe North Korean leaders' role in abuses
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea's lea ders are likely to be the target of a U.N. investigation into their personal responsibility for rapes, torture, executions, arbitrary arrests and abductions, following an expert report published on Tuesday. The report by Marzuki Darusman, an Indonesian lawyer who is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said North Korea's "grave, systematic and widespread" human rights violations ought to be laid bare before the U.N. Human Rights Council and the U.N. General Assembly. … South Africa police arrest alleged Congo rebels
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South African police arrested 19 suspected members of a Congolese rebel group Tuesday morning, accusing them of plotting to overthrow their nation’s government after it recently came under attack by militants said to be backed by neighboring Rwanda.
TSX may open higher on positive euro zone data
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher, in line with its European and U.S. counterparts, after better-than-expected euro zone data confirmed the region's economy showed clear signs of recovery. TOP STORIES * The euro zone's battered economy is probably recovering but the gulf between its two biggest members is widening, according to a survey that showed business optimism in the bloc at an eight-month high. … North Korea threatens "stronger" measures than nuclear test
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions imposed after a December rocket launch. The North frequently employs fiery rhetoric aimed at South Korea and the United States and in 2010 was blamed for sinking a South Korean naval vessel. It also shelled a South Korean island in the same year, killing civilians. It did not spell out the actions it would take. … Court begins hearing testimony of witnesses in India gang rape case
NEW DELHI – A special court has begun hearing testimony in the trial of five men charged with the fatal gang rape of a young woman in a moving bus in New Delhi.
Kenya tracks Facebook, Twitter for election "hate speech"
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Every day, Kagonya Awori and her tech-savvy team trawl through Facebook and Twitter for warning signs that Kenya's elections in March may unleash the same ethnic violence that took the country to the brink of civil war five years ago. Sifting through blogs and social media sites, the group of six search for hate speech and inflammatory postings – or any early indications that inter-tribal tensions are escalating. Awori and her colleagues have reason to be worried. … Photo Essay: Bosnian women miners still go strong
BREZA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- They're a legacy of communism -- a group of hardy women working deep underground in Bosnia's aging coal mines. They're set to retire in three years, marking the end of an era. Joe Biden meets UK deputy leader at Downing Street
LONDON (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived at Downing Street for a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defense minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals. "Projecting fire control radar is very unusual," Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters of the incident, which he said occurred on January 30 but took time to confirm. "One mistake, and the situation would become very dangerous. … Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to life in prison for war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced a senior leader of the country's biggest Islamist party to life in prison on Tuesday, the second verdict in trials that have reopened wounds about the country's independence war and sparked riots. Abdul Quader Mollah, 64, was found guilty of charges including murder, rape, torture and arson during Bangladesh's war to break away from Pakistan in 1971. Activists of Mollah's Jamaat-e-Islami party skirmished with police in the capital, Dhaka, and other towns after the verdict. … 
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