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Andres Sanchez, former president of Brazilian soccer club Corinthians, speaks beside pictures of the construction of the New Corinthians Stadium during an interview with Reuters in Sao Paulo March 27, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce Andres Sanchez, former president of Brazilian soccer club...

Builders are threatening to halt the construction of Brazil's World Cup stadium due to a dispute over financing. An aerial view of Arena Sao Paulo stadium, known as "Itaquerao", which will host the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Sao Paulo March 28, 2013. Builders are threatening...

China parliament delegates speak out against corruption, red tape By Terril Yue Jones and Fang Yan BEIJING | Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:07pm EDT (Reuters) - Amid praise for China's Communist Party and the government's work report is an increasingly common complaint from delegates to annual...

Bolivia's Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope VIENNA | Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:11am EDT (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales suggested on Monday that the next Pope try wine made from coca leaf, something Bolivians have chewed for centuries and can also be used to make cocaine...

A policeman keeps guard inside the Tihar Jail in New Delhi March 11, 2013. The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected "foul...

The mother of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, wails inside her house at Ravi Das camp in New Delhi March 11, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal

Syrian government "uses militias" for mass killings: U.N. GENEVA | Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:27am EDT (Reuters) - The Syrian government is reportedly using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, U.N. human rights investigators said...

Several killed in "insider" attack in Afghan east: NATO KABUL | Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:49am EDT (Reuters) - Several foreign and Afghan soldiers were killed in a so-called insider attack when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his weapon on troops at a joint base in the restive east of...

A family on a motorcycle fleeing the Red Zone in Lahad Datu yesterday. Pix by Normimie Duin/The Star A family fleeing the Red Zone at Lahad Datu. Pix by Normimie Duin/The Star Police ops at a water village in Semporna. Pix by PDRM Semporna is no longer a sleepy town. The hunt for...

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleads not guilty to terror charges Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in a New York court on Friday, becoming the closest member of the al-Qaeda leader's family to face the US justice system. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the spokesman...

Princess Leia et al return to Star Wars 'intergalactic old folks' home' The three actors who played Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia in Star Wars will return for a seventh big screen instalment of the classic space story, according to its creator George Lucas, 36 years after making...

Chinese Student Kills American Overseas, Posts $2 Million Bail by Cecilia Miao on Friday, March 8, 2013 From NetEase: Chinese Study Abroad Student Hits and Kills American, Posts 2 Million USD Bail SAN FRANCISCO (People.com.cn) – American local media are reporting that the mother of a...

Nigerians kill seven foreign hostages: claim AFP March 10, 2013 6:22AM Islamist extremists say attempts by the British and Nigerian governments to rescue hostages forced it to carry out the execution of foreigners. Source: Supplied A NIGERIAN Islamist group claims it has killed seven foreign...

Saudi Arabia may end public beheadings AP March 10, 201310:47PM Saudi Arabia has faced sharp criticism from abroad for its practice of public beheading, including the execution in January of a Sri Lankan maid convicted of murder. Picture: AFP. Source: AFP SAUDI Arabia is reportedly looking...

120 million wash away sins as India's Kumbh festival ends AFP March 10, 2013 11:31pm A Bihari Hindu priest, smeared with coloured powder, looks on after the completion of a ritual at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati during the Maha Kumbh festival...

SET CLOCKS AHEAD FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Mar. 9 5:58 PM EST Clocks hang on a wall in Hands of Time, a clock store and repair shop in Savage, Md., Friday, March 8, 2013. It's the weekend to spring ahead for daylight saving time. Officially, the change starts Sunday at 2 a.m., and most...