News 02/22/2012
Unconfirmed reports from Syria say two Western journalists - an American and a French national - have been killed in the central city of Homs ... Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Afghans "not to resort to violence" after protests over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul ... Heavily armed Ethiopian and Somali troops capture Baidoa, a strategic stronghold of al-Shabab Islamist militants in south-west Somalia ... Hundreds of people are reported to have been injured in a commuter train crash at a busy station in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires ... All the key points, analysis and reaction as David Cameron faces his weekly Commons grilling from MPs ... AUCKLAND (Reuters) - U.S. crime-fighters failed in a bid to keep alleged Internet pirate Kim Dotcom behind bars on Wednesday when a New Zealand court freed him from jail and instead put him under ... Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring ... DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is pouring $3.8 billion into its global pension plan this year and will invest its plan assets more heavily in bonds, as the second-largest U.S. automaker moves ... A list of those dead or missing in the grounding of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off Italy. Italian officials released a list of the missing. Those not listed as crew are passengers ... Tributes have been paid to Marie Colvin, the highly respected American Sunday Times reporter, following her death in the Syrian city of Homs ... |