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By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. Around 150 people were killed in the run-up to national elections held last week, which handed a landslide victory to opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N party. It marked the first time an elected government replaced another one in a nation that has been run by military leaders for more than half its history. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 00:43 |
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Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, are remanded in custody in Mexico.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 05:48 |
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Birds chirp outside. A motorcycle groans up a nearby hill. And in a small, warm room filled with books and framed drawings, a young woman we`re calling Maria tears at a tissue as she prepares to tell how sex traffickers corrupted her life.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:17 |
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Dubai`s fortunes have revived since the punishing real estate crash and debt restructuring following the financial crisis. Which direction will the city take next?
Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:17 |
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One Simple Wish was started by Danielle Gletow to help grant the wishes of children in foster care. Each child`s individual wish is posted online, and anyone can pay to make that wish come true --- from tangible items such as a bicycle, a varsity jacket or school supplies to an experience like music lessons or a trip to the theater.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:17 |
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A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general`s office said.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 03:07 |
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At every major stop on the long line from Peshawar to the turbulent port city of Karachi lie reminders of why the country is a worry to its people, and to the wider world.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 02:51 |
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`On China` host Kristie Lu Stout talks with guests about censorship of contemporary art in China.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 02:42 |
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The trade shows the thirst for information in a society gripped by censorship, and the difficulties that party authorities face in trying to stifle that thirst.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 01:53 |
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With a peace center planned for Maze prison, home of an Irish Republican Army hunger strike, some in Northern Ireland are revisiting the complex story of the Troubles.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 01:22 |
