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| What next for Boston bombing suspect? Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:18 PM PDT  By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decision to charge the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in a civilian rather than a military court means he will face the same legal process as other federal criminal defendants in U.S. courts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. The White House said earlier that Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-supported" passenger train plot Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:10 PM PDT  By Euan Rocha and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured," Royal Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
| China HSBC Flash PMI falls, points to tepid second-quarter recovery Monday, Apr 22, 2013 09:18 PM PDT  By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's vast factory sector dipped in April as new export orders shrank, a preliminary survey of factory managers showed on Tuesday, suggesting the world's second-largest economy still faces formidable global headwinds into the second quarter. The flash HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index for April fell to 50.5 in April from 51.6 in March but was still stronger than February's reading of 50.4. A sub-index measuring new export orders fell to 48.6 in April from 50.5 in March, reflecting weaker global demand as the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan nationalists near disputed isles, MPs visit shrine Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:28 PM PDT  By Ruairidh Villar EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Japanese nationalists sailed a flotilla of boats on Tuesday in waters near islands at the centre of a row between China and Japan, putting further strain on Tokyo's tense ties with Beijing as a group of more than 160 Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by critics a symbol of Japan's past militarism. Last year members of the same right-wing group landed on one of the disputed islets and triggered anti-Japanese protests in China, where lingering bitterness over Japan's wartime aggression has been rekindled in recent days. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:04 PM PDT  By Tim Kelly and Rhys Jones TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week. Boeing's Dreamliners have been grounded since regulators ordered all 50 planes out of the skies in mid-January after batteries on two of them overheated. U.S. regulators approved a new battery design on Friday, clearing the way for installation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Insight: China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles Monday, Apr 22, 2013 05:30 PM PDT  By Manuel Mogato MASINLOC, Philippines (Reuters) - For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing grounds of the Scarborough Shoal as their backyard, less than a day's boat ride away. Now, they see it as a foreign country. "I lost my livelihood when we lost the Scarborough Shoal to the Chinese," said Mario Forones, a 53-year-old who owns three fishing boats that worked the reef for about a dozen years before armed Chinese vessels arrived in force last April. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect charged in hospital with Boston Marathon bombing Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:49 PM PDT  By Scott Malone and Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors formally charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the bombings at the Boston Marathon in a hearing held on Monday in his hospital room, accusing him of crimes that carry the possibility of the death penalty. The 19-year-old ethnic Chechen can be seen in video taken by security cameras placing a backpack near the finish line of the world-renowned race last Monday, the criminal complaint said, alleging he acted in concert with his older brother, who was killed during a shootout with police early Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mississippi barge traffic snarled by floods, accidents Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:56 PM PDT  By Karl Plume (Reuters) - Commercial shipping traffic was moving again on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis after a pair of barge accidents that forced the U.S. Coast Guard to close the waterway over the weekend, but navigation remained severely impaired further north. Flooding following torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River north of St. Louis late last week. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran is biggest threat to nuclear pact's credibility: U.S. Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:32 AM PDT  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest threat to the credibility of the global pact aimed at halting the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Monday. The Islamic Republic has a "long history" of deceiving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its nuclear enrichment program far exceeds that needed for civilian use, said Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:41 AM PDT  By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a rebellious Damascus suburb, opposition activists said. If the accounts are confirmed, the killings in the mainly Sunni Muslim suburb of Jdeidet al-Fadel would amount to one of bloodiest episodes of the two-year-old uprising against Assad. Many of the dead were civilians, the activists said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama celebrates young inventors at White House science fair Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:10 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopped on a mountain bike that was mounted on blocks and pedaled away, taking part in a science experiment on how to filter unsafe drinking water during an emergency. The invention was the brainchild of Kiona Elliott, 18, and Payton Kaar, 16, two participants in the White House Science Fair, which Obama considers one of his favorite events of the year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Existing home sales edge down, prices rise Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:04 AM PDT  By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales edged downward in March, pointing to some slowdown in the housing market recovery pace as overall economic activity cools. The National Association of Realtors said on Monday existing home sales slipped 0.6 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million units. Economists polled by Reuters had expected home resales to rise to a 5.01 million-unit rate. ... Full Story | Top |
| What next for Boston bombing suspect? Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:43 PM PDT  By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decision to charge the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in a civilian rather than a military court means he will face the same legal process as other federal criminal defendants in U.S. courts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. The White House said earlier that Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect charged in hospital with Boston Marathon bombing Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:27 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombings in an impromptu hearing on Monday in his hospital room, accusing him of crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted. Video taken by security cameras showed the 19-year-old ethnic Chechen placing a backpack near the finish line of the race one week ago, the criminal complaint said, alleging he acted in concert with his older brother, who was killed during a shootout with police early Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-supported" passenger train plot Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:10 PM PDT By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured," Royal Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters in Toronto. ... Full Story | Top |
| Insight: China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:16 PM PDT  By Manuel Mogato MASINLOC, Philippines (Reuters) - For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing grounds of the Scarborough Shoal as their backyard, less than a day's boat ride away. Now, they see it as a foreign country. "I lost my livelihood when we lost the Scarborough Shoal to the Chinese," said Mario Forones, a 53-year-old who owns three fishing boats that worked the reef for about a dozen years before armed Chinese vessels arrived in force last April. ... Full Story | Top |
| Malian army "managing misery", not received funds: French colonel Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:48 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - The Malian army remains poor, corrupt and barely functional months after the launch of a European training mission to rebuild its strength, a French colonel said on Monday, urging a rapid payout of pledged donor funds. The European Union approved in January a 15-month training mission to rebuild a badly paid and poorly equipped Malian army, with the aim of making it strong enough to fend off potential attacks by Islamist militants. ... Full Story | Top |
| Irate Italian president to begin talks on new coalition Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:02 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president launches urgent talks on Tuesday that could see a prime minister designated after two months of post-electoral stalemate that has weighed on a stagnant economy and alarmed Rome's partners in the euro. After directing an emotional blast of impatience on Monday at the very parliament which handed him an unprecedented - and heartily unwanted - second term as head of state at the weekend, 87-year-old Giorgio Napolitano has announced a "rapid round of consultations" with political leaders, starting early Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Immigration bill debate sidetracked following Boston bombings Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:55 PM PDT  By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional advocates of comprehensive U.S. immigration legislation were diverted into a sometimes testy debate on Monday over whether the measure should be delayed because of questions arising from the Boston Marathon bombing allegedly carried out by two immigrant brothers. The idea of holding up the legislation gained some ground with the support of U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a prominent Republican who in the past supported immigration reform. However, the highest-ranking Republican in Washington, U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japanese nationalists approach disputed islands as tensions rise Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:02 PM PDT By Ruairidh Villar EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - A flotilla of boats carrying more than 80 Japanese nationalists arrived on Tuesday in waters near disputed islands at the centre of tensions between China and Japan, risking further straining Tokyo's already tense relations with its Asian neighbors. The boats were shadowed by at least 10 Japanese Coast Guard vessels, the organizers said, while three Chinese government surveillance ships moved near the islands, according to the JCG. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's Mursi in crisis talks with judges over reform Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:27 AM PDT  By Yasmine Saleh and Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi held crisis talks with the country's top judges on Monday after the justice minister resigned over demands by the ruling Muslim Brotherhood for a "purification" of the judiciary. The secular, liberal and left-wing opposition denounced what it called a planned "Brotherhoodisation" of the judiciary and called for demonstrations outside parliament. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gunman kills six people with hunting rifle in Russia Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man shot dead six people, including two schoolgirls, with a rifle after robbing a hunting shop in the western Russian city of Belgorod on Monday, local officials said. Police said their main suspect was a former convict in his thirties, adding that the attacker had fled in an expensive car. The man, who was still on the run on Monday evening, first opened fire at the personnel of the shop and then also shot dead passersby outside in the city's main street, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Heavy fighting in northeast Nigeria, death toll unclear Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:12 PM PDT  By Tim Cocks and Isaac Abrak ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities said on Monday there had been heavy fighting between security forces and Islamist militants in a remote part of the northeast, but there was no confirmation of reports from a local official that 185 people had been killed. Fighting erupted on Thursday in Baga, a fishing town in Borno state on the shores of Lake Chad, by the Chadian border -- an area officials say is a stronghold for Islamist fighters and a smuggling point for weapons from across the Sahara. ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan Taliban say seize foreigners from helicopter Monday, Apr 22, 2013 09:51 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban said it had captured a group of foreigners on board a helicopter that came down in a volatile region of Afghanistan, though there were widely differing accounts of the nationalities of the passengers. The helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the eastern Logar province late on Sunday because of bad weather, a member of staff from its owner Khorasan Cargo Airlines said on condition of anonymity. "Mujahideen immediately surrounded the chopper, detained (the) foreigners aboard and completely destroyed the helicopter ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. to meet for talks in Brussels: Afghan official Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:29 AM PDT  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Brussels on Tuesday to met U.S. Secretary of State of State John Kerry and senior Pakistani officials to discuss the flagging Afghan peace process, an Afghan presidential spokesman said on Monday. The meeting had been arranged by Kerry in order to repair relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, following weeks of tension relating to border disputes and the peace process, Karzai's chief spokesman, Aimal Faizi, said in Kabul. (Reporting by Hamid Karzai; Writing by Dylan Welch; Editing by Nick Macfie) Full Story | Top |
| Investors cheer Italy after president elected Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:30 AM PDT  By Lisa Jucca and Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) - Hopes of an end to two months of political deadlock in Italy drove its financial markets higher on Monday after the re-election of 87-year-old Giorgio Napolitano suggested parties may be nearer a deal to form a government. Napolitano, elected after days of squabbling thanks to a broad agreement between some of Italy's main political groups, had earlier made clear that he favored a new government over potentially destabilising new elections. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.N. nuclear agency in talks about talks with Iran Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:01 AM PDT  VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency is talking with Iran to set a date for discussions on resuming an investigation there, it said on Monday, as Washington stressed the importance of diplomacy in ending a standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which wants to restart a long-stalled inquiry into suspected atomic bomb research, issued a brief statement after Iranian media reported that talks were set for May 21. The IAEA has been trying for more than a year to coax Iran into granting IAEA officials the access they want. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hosting U.S. defense chief, Israel hints at patience on Iran Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:31 AM PDT  By David Alexander and Dan Williams TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel suggested on Monday it would be patient before taking any military action against Iran's nuclear program, saying during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel there was still time for other options. With Iran's presidential election approaching in June there has been a pause in hawkish rhetoric by Israel, which has long hinted at possible air strikes to deny its arch-foe any means to make an atomic bomb, while efforts by six world powers to find a negotiated solution with Tehran have proved fruitless so far. ... Full Story | Top |
| Caterpillar misses, cuts view, but says mining has bottomed Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:23 AM PDT  By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc posted disappointing quarterly results and cut its 2013 profit forecast on Monday to reflect a drop in demand for heavy equipment from its mining customers. But the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment said it believed the pullback in spending by miners was temporary, and its shares rose on news it was reviving a buyback program and would purchase $1 billion in stock this year. ... Full Story | Top |
| France, Spain miss deficit goals; EU seeks focus on growth Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:34 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Spain fell short of their budget deficit goals last year, data showed on Monday, although the overall fiscal picture for the euro zone improved. France's 2012 budget deficit was 4.8 percent of economic output, statistics office Eurostat said in the final reading of all 27 countries' public accounts. It compared with a target of 4.5 percent. Spain's budget shortfall was 7.1 percent, excluding bank recapitalization, higher than the government's 6.98 percent official year-end reading and well above Madrid's original target of 6.3 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Frustration rises from rubble of China's deadly quake Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:44 AM PDT  By Michael Martina LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police. "We are in the open air here. No place to sleep, nothing to eat. No one is paying any attention to us," said Peng Qiong, 45, a farmer in Chaoyang village on the outskirts of Lushan, near the epicenter. China has poured resources into Sichuan since the early Saturday quake, including 1 billion yuan ($161. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murdering fellow servicemen in Iraq Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty on Monday to murder for shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq, a plea made in a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. U.S. Army Sergeant John Russell was accused of killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at Camp Liberty, adjacent to the Baghdad airport, in a 2009 shooting the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan Taliban say captured all onboard crashed helicopter Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:36 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have captured all aboard a helicopter that crashed in a volatile region of Afghanistan's east, a spokesman for the insurgency said on Monday. The helicopter, owned by air charter company Khorasan Cargo Airlines, made an emergency landing in Logar province late on Sunday due to bad weather, a Khorasan staff member said on condition of anonymity. "Mujahideen immediately surrounded the chopper, detained (the) foreigners aboard and completely destroyed the helicopter ... by setting it alight," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an emailed statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia warns EU not to lift Syria arms ban as UK keeps pushing Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:01 AM PDT  By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned the European Union on Monday not to lift an arms embargo that has prevented weapons supplies to Syrian rebels, despite British and French lobbying. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday that EU foreign ministers, who last month rejected a Franco-British proposal to ease the ban, would in coming weeks discuss the question again. ... Full Story | Top |
| China says new bird flu case found in northeast Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:04 PM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in China to 105. The H7N9 virus has killed 21 people in China, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO). Although it is not clear exactly how people are becoming infected, WHO experts say there is no evidence of the most worrying scenario - sustained transmission between people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Assad's forces kill 85 in Damascus suburb, activists say Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:55 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 85 people when they stormed a Damascus suburb after five days of fighting, opposition activists in the area said on Sunday. There was no immediate confirmation of the activists' account of what they described as a "massacre", including of women and children, at Jdeidet al-Fadel. Syrian authorities have banned most independent media since the uprising began in 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:33 AM PDT  By Michael Martina and Maxim Duncan LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. ... Full Story | Top |
| South Korean minister cancels Japan visit over war shrine Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:20 AM PDT  By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister canceled a trip to Japan on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering to a shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's former militarism, a South Korean government official said. China also objected to Abe's offering on Sunday to the Yasukuni shrine, where 14 Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honored, saying Japan had to face up to its past nationalistic aggression. Abe, an outspoken nationalist, made a ritual offering of a pine tree to the shrine. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israel and Turkey discuss compensation for ship raid victims Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:36 AM PDT  ANKARA (Reuters) - An Israeli delegation arrived in Turkey on Monday for the first time since 2010 to discuss compensation for the killing of nine Turks by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid ship, a sign of improving relations between the two U.S. allies. The visit, led by an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, follows an apology from Israel last month, brokered by U.S. President Barack Obama, for the killings on board the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010. ... Full Story | Top |
| Second man arrested for India girl rape, chaos in parliament Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:45 AM PDT  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police arrested a second man on Monday in connection with the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi and parliament was adjourned twice amid an uproar about the crime which has rekindled popular fury at widespread sexual violence. The anger echoes the response to the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist on a bus on December 16. She later died of her injuries. Protesters are angry authorities have failed to prevent more such crimes. ... Full Story | Top |
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