Archive for the ‘World’ Category

Time.com - Germany: Tensions at the Top > Read full story Full story

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The U.S.-backed government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has a "poor" human rights record, tarnished by widespread impunity for security forces who commit abuses; violence against women; torture and extra-judicial killings, the State Department said in an annual report released Thursday. > Read full story Full story

The European Parliament voted to condemn Cuba for the “avoidable and cruel” death of a dissident hunger striker, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died last month after an 83-day hunger strike. > Read full story Full story

Israel is starting an experiment in organ donation: sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. > Read full story Full story

The union representing British Airways cabin crew says workers will strike for a total of seven days this month. > Read full story Full story

AP - Israel is moving to amend the country's planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabinet minister said Friday. > Read full story Full story

An earthquake hit central Chile as the inaugural ceremonies for President Sebastián Piñera were under way. > Read full story Full story

The bullying of the 8-year-old daughter of Princess Masako has put the princess’s history of depression into the glare of Japan’s tabloid press. > Read full story Full story

Japanese authorities arrested an activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month in waters off the Antarctic. > Read full story Full story

Fighting between Afghan subtribes raises questions about using tribes as part of a counterinsurgency strategy. > Read full story Full story