Large Colo. wildfire nearly contained
2012-05-20T08:57:50Z
Fire crews took advantage of lower temperatures and higher humidity to make key advances on a large wildfire in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West.
Italy earthquake leaves three dead, 50 hurt
2012-05-20T08:55:34Z
A powerful earthquake shook Italy's industrial and densely populated northeast early Sunday, killing three people and felling homes and church steeples around the historic city of Ferrara.
After Italy bombing, no claim of responsibility
2012-05-20T08:53:03Z
A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student is stirring memories of the dark days decades ago when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime carried out dozens of bloody attacks.
ANALYSIS: Post-war Ivory Coast nurtures second "miracle"
2012-05-20T08:46:33Z
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - From his lagoon-side allotment in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, Moussa Yanda has a ringside seat to watch the foundations of a $290-million toll bridge slowly rise up from the shore. "I love watching it," enthused the softly-spoken 45-year-old as he packed up his garden tools for the day. "When things are developing, we realise we're going to make it through this." Little over a year ago such optimism was scarce. ...
Vote in Libya's Benghazi tests support for autonomy
2012-05-20T08:43:31Z
BENGHAZI (Reuters) - People in Libya's second biggest city, Benghazi, voted on Saturday in a local election that will test support for a proposal to set up autonomous rule for eastern Libya. Benghazi was the cradle of last year's revolt which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi but it is also the home of a movement which, frustrated with the new national rulers, wants to turn Libya into a federal state with autonomous provinces. Supporters of autonomy for Cyrenaica, the eastern province that includes Benghazi, were running in the election to choose a new city council. ...
Mali coup leaders accept transition deal: ECOWAS
2012-05-20T08:40:45Z
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The soldiers behind Mali's March 22 coup have agreed to allow a caretaker civilian president to remain in charge of the West African state for the time being, mediators for the ECOWAS bloc of West African states said on Saturday. The accord comes after the 15-nation ECOWAS group threatened travel bans and other sanctions on the coup leaders for blocking an extension of the 40-day mandate of interim leader Dioncounda Traore, to whom they nominally handed over power last month. ...
Bashir says wants peace with S.Sudan but security comes first
2012-05-20T08:39:58Z
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Sudan wants a lasting peace with South Sudan but Juba needs to end support for rebels in Sudan's border land, state news agency SUNA said on Saturday. Oil, security and frontier disputes ignited border clashes last month and for a while raised fears of full-blown war in one of Africa's most significant oil regions. South Sudan became independent in July under a 2005 peace agreement with Khartoum that ended decades of civil war. ...
Sri Lanka president orders ex-army chief freed
2012-05-20T08:31:11Z
Sri Lanka's president has ordered the release of his jailed electoral rival, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, bowing to US-led international pressure three years after the end of the island's long ethnic war.
Facebook's Zuckerberg changes status, weds Chan
2012-05-20T08:19:00Z
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg capped the week of a lifetime, changing his own status to married after wedding Priscilla Chan just a day after his company went public, he announced.
Opposition groups report clashes in Syrian capital
2012-05-20T08:17:10Z
A restive district of the Syrian capital has been rocked by overnight fighting between government forces and army defectors, opposition groups said Sunday.