More sniping in partisan spat over Obama's jobs address

Reporting from Washington— 

If President Obama had hoped to curb partisanship and reboot his presidency by calling on lawmakers next week to help him create jobs and restore economic health, the project already is wildly off track.

New Nepal PM under fire from rival over arms gesture

KATHMANDU: After failing to name his cabinet even after four days of winning the prime ministerial election due to protracted disagreements with allies and his own party leaders, Nepal's new premier Dr Baburam Bhattarai ran into a fresh obstacle on Friday when even a symbolic gesture about his party's guerrilla army triggered a storm from a party peer and rival.

‘Nepal won’t jeopardise any genuine Indian interest’ (Full interview)

APNepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai

In the middle of negotiations over cabinet formation and the future of the Maoist combatants, Nepal’s new Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattaraitook time out for an exclusive interview to The Hindu on Friday afternoon at his office in Singha Durbar, the government secretariat. He spoke about the political challenges, the roadmap to achieve his stated objectives, and relations with India. Excerpts:

Cops put squeeze on alleged python biter in Calif.

A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn't whom you'd expect.

Police say a python underwent emergency surgery after a man allegedly bit the creature twice.

Officers were called to Del Paso Heights around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after a passer-by reported that a man was lying on the ground and may have been assaulted, according to Sgt. Andrew Pettit. When they arrived, they found David Senk, 54, still lying there - but police say he wasn't the one who was assaulted.

New service could link Buenos Aires and Montevideo by train

Leaders in Argentina and Uruguay took the first steps to inaugurating a new rail link between their two countries this week, in a move that could make travel around South America far easier.