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Rio calm in 2nd day of police strike

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:05:19 -0500

Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.

Bahrain rights activist says 2 Americans detained

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:45:18 -0500

A Bahraini rights activists says two Americans have been detained as part of security crackdowns before the first anniversary of the anti-government uprising in the Gulf kingdom.

Egypt arrests US student, Australian journalist

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:43:24 -0500

Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to civilian rule.

Putin's rivals face pressure, biased coverage

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:45:13 -0500

European election observers say that presidential hopefuls running against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin face "biased" reports by Kremlin-controlled media and constant government pressure.

New Maldives leader says he will submit to probe

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:07:58 -0500

A visiting U.S. official said Saturday that the Maldives wasn't ready for early elections as a way out of its political crisis as the Indian Ocean nation's new president agreed to an independent investigation into his takeover of power.

Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:07:46 -0500

The Sun newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said.

Lebanese gunmen clash over Syria crisis

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:26:16 -0500

Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in a northern Lebanese city left two people dead and 12 wounded Saturday in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria, security officials said.

Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:08:24 -0500

Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the state-run news agency said.

Jamaica's 'godfather of talk radio' dies at 80

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:42:20 -0500

Wilmot Perkins, a veteran Jamaican journalist considered the island's "godfather of talk radio," has died. He was 80.

Faces of protest are as varied as Russia itself

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:02:50 -0500

The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.