[World] Benedict resigns papacy: Who's running the Catholic church?

Benedict resigns papacy: Who's running the Catholic church?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Benedict-resigns-papacy-Whos-running-the-Catholic-church/articleshow/18746692.cms
CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY: As bells tolled and the clock struck 8, the brass-studded wooden doors swung shut on Thursday at this palace in the Italian hills, marking an end to Benedict XVI's papacy and the start of his final journey as a "simple pilgrim.

South Africa suspends taxi driver arrest 'drag' police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21627554
South African police who arrested a Mozambican taxi driver before cuffing him to a police van and dragging him along the street have been suspended.

US basketball star Dennis Rodman tells North Korea leader Kim Jong-un he has ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-basketball-star-dennis-rodman-tells-north-korea-leader-kim-jongun-he-has-friend-for-life-8515664.html
The former basketball star Dennis Rodman hung out with North Korea's Kim Jong Un during his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him.

UPDATE 2-Malaysia standoff with armed Filipinos ends in violence
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=63221:sabah-standoff-10-armed-intruders-killed-but-msian-home-minister-hisham-denies-it&Itemid=2
Fri Mar 1, 2013 3:01am EST. (Recasts). MANILA, March 1 (Reuters) - A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos ended in violence on Friday, with at least two police officers killed amid conflicting reports of casualties as Malaysian Prime ...

Iran nuclear talks reach a turning point
http://dawn.com/2013/03/01/milestone-reached-in-iran-nuclear-talks-minister/
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - After two intense days of nuclear talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tehran issued a statement that described negotiations as a positive step forward due to a "more realistic" position adopted by the "Iran six" nations that compromise ...

Two Palestinians held in Israeli jail end hunger strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21615320
Two Palestinian held in an Israeli jail without trial have ended their hunger strike, Israeli officials said. Tariq Qaadan and Jafar Ezzedine started taking food on Wednesday after a military court hearing.

US Steps Up Aid to Syrian Opposition, Pledging $60 Million
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0228/breaking35.htm
ROME - The food rations and medical supplies that Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday would be provided to the Free Syrian Army mark the first time that the United States has publicly committed itself to sending nonlethal aid to the armed factions ...

Mekong murderers' execution just: authorities
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-03/01/content_16267432.htm
KUNMING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming execution of four Mekong River murderers manifests judicial sovereignty and judicial authorities' protection of Chinese citizens' legitimate rights and interests, prosecution authorities in southwest China's Yunnan ...

Eastleigh by-election reaction - live
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9901772/Eastleigh-by-election-reaction-live.html
... Off. • Tories humiliated in Eastleigh as Ukip comes second in crucial by-election • Liberal Democrats hang on to Chris Huhne's seat despite Lord Rennard allegations • Tory Cabinet ministers tell of their 'sadness' after the defeat • Lib Dems say victory is ...

Turkey's Erdogan at UN forum: Zionism is crime against humanity
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-slams-erdogan-s-dark-and-fallacious-criticism-of-zionism-1.506506
(JTA) -- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at a U.N. meeting called Zionism a crime against humanity. Speaking Wednesday in Vienna at a United Nations summit for tolerance, Erdogan said, “Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, it becomes ...

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom closer to extradition following ruling
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/01/megaupload-founder-kit-dotcom-closer-extradition
US prosecutors have won a court case that brings them a step closer in their attempts to have the Megaupload founder and three of his colleagues extradited from New Zealand.

Unreleased EU report slams Israeli settlements
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9898211/British-envoy-calls-for-action-against-Jewish-settlements.html
EU diplomats say settlements in east Jerusalem and E1 threaten peace; calls for economic sanctions. Sheep in E1 outside of Jerusalem Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner.

Kenya election: rape victim fears repeat of 2007 ordeal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21622635
Amidst the violence that followed the disputed Kenyan election in December 2007, reported cases of rape and sexual attacks against women doubled, according to the UN.

2 US Navy sailors convicted of raping, robbing woman in Okinawa
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/338336/us-sailors-jailed-for-okinawa-rape-report
TOKYO - Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outraged many on the southern Japanese island.