KADUNA, Nigeria | Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:15pm EST KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru said on Sunday it was behind the kidnap of a French national last week, citing France's ban on full-face veils and its support for military action
1 of 2. A policeman uses a baton to disperse a demonstrator during a protest in front of India Gate in New Delhi December 23, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Ahmad MasoodNEW DELHI | Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:24am EST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian authorities throttled
KABUL | Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:03am EST KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan policewoman shot dead on Monday a U.S. forces member in the compound of the chief of police in the capital, Kabul, police and Afghanistan's NATO-led force said."A U.S. police adviser was
Policemen stand guard near a banner outside the constitutional court put up by supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as they stage a sit-in, in Cairo December 23, 2012. Mursi will have little time to savour victory in pushing through a new
TOKYO | Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:54pm EST TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might ask upper house lawmaker Yoriko Kawaguchi to return for another stint as foreign minister, Kyodo reported on Monday.Japan's next foreign minister will
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a joint news conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (unseen) following a European Union-Russia summit in Brussels December 21,
