Newses

AFP – Voting started Sunday in Portugal’s presidential election, with polls predicting centre-right incumbent Anibal Cavaco Silva will win on the first round amid a serious debt crisis.

AFP – The Archbishop of Canterbury , singer Annie Lennox and actress Dame Judi Dench are among celebrities and public figures urging the government to scrap plans to sell off England’s publicly-owned forests.

AFP – A 32-year-old Dutchman was charged Saturday with the murder of a British woman whose death has dominated the news agenda since her body was discovered on Christmas Day.

AP – A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed six alleged militants in Pakistan’s troubled North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border Sunday, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Reuters – Afghan President Hamid Karzai kept silent on Sunday about a deal to end a political crisis by inaugurating parliament on Wednesday, as lawmakers worried he would cling to a special election court they consider illegal.

Reuters – Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva looked certain to be re-elected on Sunday as people began voting in elections overshadowed by the eurozone crisis.

AP – Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.

AFP – An Italian court on Saturday appointed independent experts to review key forensic evidence used to convict Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

AP – About 200 people gathered outside a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital Sunday to protest President Hamid Karzai’s decision to inaugurate the newly elected parliament this week rather than waiting a month for ongoing election fraud investigations.

AP – President Hu Jintao’s recently concluded state visit to the United States was „fruitful” but the two countries need to work on increasing trust and communication, China’s foreign minister said in comments published Sunday.