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    China's President Hu smiles during a meeting with German Chancellor Merkel at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

    Exclusive: China's Hu seeks clean power handover with ally's promotion - sources

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outgoing President Hu Jintao is angling to promote one of his closest allies to the military's decision-making body, sources said, in a move that would allow him to maintain an influence over Beijing's most potent instrument of power. Three sources … More »Exclusive: China's Hu seeks clean power handover with ally's promotion - sources

    A science research specialist monitors computer data on the recorded earthquake at the Seismology agency office in Quezon City, Metro Manila

    Major quake hits off Philippines; tsunami alert canceled

    MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities … More »Major quake hits off Philippines; tsunami alert canceled

    Two Afghan children beheaded in separate incidents

    KABUL (Reuters) - An adolescent boy and a young girl have been beheaded … More »Two Afghan children beheaded in separate incidents

    • Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky speaks to members of the media after losing his court battle against Roman Abramovich at a division of the High Court in London
      Abramovich beats "dishonest" Berezovsky in court Reuters - 1 hr 36 mins ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich emerged victorious on Friday from a $6 billion legal battle with his former mentor Boris Berezovsky that … More »Abramovich beats "dishonest" Berezovsky in court

      Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky speaks to members of the media after losing his court battle against Roman Abramovich at a division of the High Court in London

      LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich emerged victorious on Friday from a $6 billion legal battle with his former mentor Boris Berezovsky that has laid bare the intrigue behind the post-Soviet carve-up of Russia's vast natural resources. Berezovsky, who became a Moscow powerbroker under the late …

    • Striking platinum mineworkers gather for a report back on negotiations at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West Province
      South Africa shocked by move to charge miners with massacre Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Friday rebuked prosecutors for charging 270 miners with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by … More »South Africa shocked by move to charge miners with massacre

      Striking platinum mineworkers gather for a report back on negotiations at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West Province

      JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Friday rebuked prosecutors for charging 270 miners with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police, saying the decision had caused "shock, panic and confusion" among the general public. The police killing of the strikers at the Marikana mine this …

    • France's President Hollande gestures during a news conference in Madrid
      French business leaders lambast Hollande Reuters - 1 hr 15 mins ago

      JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France (Reuters) - French business leaders stepped up criticism of the new left-wing government on Friday, lamenting a perceived anti-corporate bias and … More »French business leaders lambast Hollande

      France's President Hollande gestures during a news conference in Madrid

      JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France (Reuters) - French business leaders stepped up criticism of the new left-wing government on Friday, lamenting a perceived anti-corporate bias and lack of competitiveness, despite the prime minister's recent efforts to mollify them. The presidency of Socialist Francois Hollande, who has angered some …

    • Sudan army clashes with rebels ahead of border talks Reuters - 1 hr 4 mins ago

      KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with Sudanese government forces in the oil-producing border state of South Kordofan, both sides said on Friday, just days before Sudan … More »Sudan army clashes with rebels ahead of border talks

      KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels clashed with Sudanese government forces in the oil-producing border state of South Kordofan, both sides said on Friday, just days before Sudan and South Sudan are set to resume talks on securing their disputed and volatile frontier. South Sudan split away from Sudan last year under a 2005 peace …

    • Parishioners carry Paolo Borsellino's coffin in Palermo.
      Old mafia killing stirs constitutional dispute in Italy Reuters - 1 hr 30 mins ago

      ROME (Reuters) - One of the mafia's most notorious crimes has returned after 20 years to haunt Italy, dragging head of state Giorgio Napolitano into a nasty constitutional … More »Old mafia killing stirs constitutional dispute in Italy

      Parishioners carry Paolo Borsellino's coffin in Palermo.

      ROME (Reuters) - One of the mafia's most notorious crimes has returned after 20 years to haunt Italy, dragging head of state Giorgio Napolitano into a nasty constitutional dispute in the run-up to a watershed election next year. The dispute, connected to the murder of anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino and his five-strong …

    • Mexican leftist leader rejects Pena Nieto win, calls for rally Reuters - 1 hr 35 mins ago
      Mexico's president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto gestures during a national meeting of elected mayors from the Institutional Revoluntionary Party (PRI), in Mexico City

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The leftist runner-up in Mexico's presidential race refused to accept his election defeat on Friday and held out the possibility of further protests after a court threw out his challenge to the result. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused Enrique Pena Nieto of laundering money and buying votes to …

    • Indian nationalist lawmaker gets 28 years for 2002 massacre Reuters - 4 hrs ago
      Maya Kodnani, a state assembly lawmaker and former Gujarat state minister, is escorted by police in Ahmedabad

      AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A former Indian state minister was sentenced to 28 years in jail on Friday for murder during one of the country's worst religious riots, when up to 2,500 people, most of them Muslim, were hunted down and hacked, beaten or burnt to death in 2002. Maya Kodnani, a sitting lawmaker for Gujarat state's …

    • Argentine tax agents to track all credit card buys AP - 1 hr 13 mins ago

      Argentina just made it more expensive for its people to use credit cards outside the country, and more dangerous for cardholders who aren't paying all the taxes they should.

    • Terror attack survivor becomes Paralympian AP - 2 hrs 48 mins ago
      Martine Wright, left, of Britain shakes hands with Larysa Klochkova left, of Ukraine, prior to their women' sitting volleyball match at the 2012 Paralympics games, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in London. On July 7, 2005, four suicide bombers detonated explosives on London’s transit system, killing 52 commuters and the four attackers. Wright was among the injured on 7/7, losing both her legs. Seven years later, she’s been transformed into an athlete, a Paralympian.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

      All eyes were on No. 7 when Britain played Ukraine on Friday in its first match of the Paralympic Games sitting volleyball tournament.

    • 7.6-quake off Philippines triggers tsunami alert AP - 2 hrs 18 mins ago

      A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and triggering tsunami warnings in the region that sent coastal residents fleeing to high ground.

    • Russian tycoon Abramovich wins London court battle AP - 1 hr 36 mins ago
      FILE This Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo shows the owner of England's Chelsea Football Club, Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich as he leaves court in London. Russian businessmen Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky. rose to riches together in the chaotic years of post-Soviet Russia and then became archenemies and a British judge will soon rule on which oligarch will defeat the other in a multi-billion-dollar court battle. After a seven-month delay, Judge Elizabeth Gloster is expect to deliver a summary ruling Friday Aug. 31, 2012 to settle the legal feud between Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner, and self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

      Self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky lost his multibillion-dollar legal battle against fellow Russian mogul Roman Abramovich on Friday after a British judge ruled that he didn't tell the truth in the clash over vast oil wealth.

    • Activists: Rebels, Syrian troops clash in Aleppo AP - 3 hrs ago
      This image made from video provided by Shaam News Network (SNN) and accessed via AP video purports to show smoke and flames from shelling in the Izaa neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Syrian rebels have begun a major operation in the Aleppo region, aiming to strike at security compounds and bases around Syria's largest city, activists said Friday. It would be evidence that weeks of intense bombardments by the Syrian military, including airstrikes, have failed to dislodge the rebels. Instead, fighting rages across the country in a 17-month civil war that shows no sign of ending soon. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network SNN via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS PICTURE.

      Syrian rebels have begun a major operation in the Aleppo region, aiming to strike at security compounds and bases around Syria's largest city, activists said Friday.

    • Angola holds elections with new coalition running AP - 1 hr 41 mins ago
      Angolans queue at a voting station in Kicolo, Luanda, Angola to cast their ballots Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Victory for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, (MPLA) would give Angola's ruler for 33 years , President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, another five-year term. (AP Photo)

      Young and old, many voters showed up early Friday at polling stations for Angola's second general election in 20 years, with the ruling party expected to easily hang onto power despite accusations it is corrupt and has mismanaged Angola's oil and diamond riches.

    • Pakistan: 7 killed in car bombing in northwest AP - 2 hrs 3 mins ago

      Police say a car bomb has exploded in a market in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people.

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