Israel goes to polls, set to re-elect Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to hand hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a third term, opening the way for a showdown with Iran and bolstering opponents of Palestinian statehood. However, Netanyahu's own Likud party, running alongside the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu group, looks set to have fewer seats than in the previous...

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Israel votes in ballot seen producing swing to right

JERUSALEM - Israelis voted Tuesday in an election likely to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of a rightwing coalition that will face the challenges of peacemaking with the Palestinians and Iran's nuclear programme.After a slow start, the pace of voting picked up, with long queues forming outside some polling stations in Jerusalem. By noon, the Central Elections Committee...

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Samsung mobile head confirms 8-inch Galaxy Note

The 8-incher will be the smaller sibling of this Galaxy Note 10.1.(Credit:CNET)An 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note no longer exists solely in the realm of unicorns and Apple TVs. A Korean news site is reporting that Samsung mobile honcho JK Shin has confirmed plans to release a midsize version of the tablet.Samsung's game plan of late seems to be to cover all bases, with a wide array of smartphones and...

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Official: 3 Americans total died in Algeria attack

Updated at 12:32 p.m. ET Two additional Americans were killed in last week's hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in Algeria, bringing the final U.S. death toll to three, a U.S. official told CBS News Monday. Seven Americans made it out safely. The family of Victor Lynn Lovelady told CBS affiliate KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas, Monday that the FBI informed them Saturday of his death. Previously,...

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LIVE UPDATES: President Obama's Big Day

Four years and one day after President Obama first took his first oath of office, America is once again celebrating his Inauguration. This time the schedule includes performances by Beyonce and Katy Perry, a parade with more than 2,000 members of the military and two Inaugural balls.Refresh here for updates throughout the day.Tune in to the ABC News.com Live page on Monday morning starting at...

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Football: Sundramoorthy appointed Lions' caretaker coach

SINGAPORE: The Football Association of Singapore has appointed V. Sundramoorthy as the Lions' caretaker coach. Sundram, who is also the LionsXII manager, will lead the national team for their upcoming Asian Cup 2015 qualifer against Jordan in February. He will fill the position vacated by Raddy Avramovic in December while FAS steps up its efforts to recruit a successor.- CNA/fa !--...

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Is your landlord after your electronics?

But what if you use it in the corridor?(Credit:Jason Cipriani/CNET)Sometimes, readers send me things to incite an emotion or two. Sometimes it's laughter. Sometimes it's nausea. Sometimes, though, it's mere bafflement.An example of this last one came from a reader in Houston. She sent me a lease agreement created by a company called Fine Arts Apartments.She asked me to focus on one particular clause:...

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Leading the way: Presidential leadership

(CBS News) LEADING THE WAY is what we expect of our presidents. How successful any individual president has actually BEEN is a matter of debate historically, as is the entire question of what constitutes great leadership in the first place. Our Sunday Morning Cover Story is reported now by Barry Petersen: We laugh with them, we cry with them . . . and with Hollywood's help from movies like "The...

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Obama to Be Sworn in for 2nd Term at White House

Jan 20, 2013 8:43am While an estimated 800,000 people are expected to gather in Washington D.C.  Monday to watch President Obama be sworn in for a second term, his second term officially begins Sunday. He will take his oath of office in a private ceremony. Vice President Joe Biden was sworn in on Sunday morning at the Naval Observatory.OBAMA SWEARING-IN:Chief...

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Algeria expects heavy hostage toll as West defends ally

ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) - Algeria said on Sunday it expected heavy hostage casualties after its troops ended a desert siege, but Western governments warned against criticizing tactics used by their vital ally in the struggle with Islamists across the Sahara. An Algerian minister acknowledged the death toll would rise, and a private television station reported that 25 bodies...

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