EU ministers gather for talks on horsemeat row European farming ministers and the European commissioner for health were due to meet in Brussels Wednesday amid growing anger and recriminations over mislabelled meat products.
13 February 2013
Obama urges US Congress to act on climateUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday told divided lawmakers he will act on climate change even if they do not, vowing to set ambitious long-term goals such as ending the car's dependence on oil.
13 February 2013
Obama says 34,000 US troops to leave Afghanistan President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that 34,000 troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan in the next year, and vowed that by the end of 2014 the US war in the country would be over.
13 February 2013
Peru archeologists find ancient temple Peruvian archeologists have discovered a temple believed to be about 5,000 years old at the ancient El Paraiso archeological site in a valley just north of Lima.
Kazakhstan guide to climb Mexican volcanoAndrey Gundarev and Russia’s Yury Sukhanov, two members of the expedition have already taken part in several successful expeditions.
13 February 2013
New York sniffs hint of Galliano comeback New York Fashion Week on Tuesday revealed its ultra-feminine side for next winter, from Vera Wang's chic floral silk dresses to an Oscar de la Renta show with a distinct John Galliano flair.
13 February 2013
With test, N. Korea threat looks more real With a defiant nuclear test, North Korea has shown it poses an increasingly credible threat but some doubt whether even the notoriously bellicose regime would ever use weapons of mass destruction.
13 February 2013
Venezuelans race to spend before devaluation Venezuelans swamped stores on Tuesday to snap up everything from washing machines to plane tickets in a last-minute wave of panic-buying ahead of a 32 percent currency devaluation.
13 February 2013
Recycled computers offer hope to Romania's needy In Romania, one of the EU's poorest countries, hope to many has come in the form of a computer recycling program that is helping jobless adults and disadvantaged Roma youth beat the odds.
13 February 2013
US to launch free trade talks with EU: Obama The United States and Europe will launch talks on what would be the world's largest free trade zone, US President Barack Obama declared Tuesday in his State of the Union address.
13 February 2013
Qaeda urges jihad against France in Mali: SITE Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called for jihad, or holy war, to thwart France's military intervention in Mali against Islamist rebels.
Kazakhstan to run Got Talent showCitizens of Almaty, Astana, Karaganda, Atyrau, Aktau, Shymkent, Taraz, Aktobe, and Semey have taken part in the casting before the show.