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• Court rulings tip Egypt's transition into turmoil
• U.N. chief warns of lack of resources in Kony hunt
• Obama, Singh discuss euro crisis risks ahead of G20 summit
• Colombian lawmakers approve peace talks law
• Kidnapped crime reporter found dead in eastern Mexico
• Mexico presidential frontrunner rises in poll after debate
• Sudan agrees to resume talks with South Sudan next week
• Britain warns Argentina over Falklands "aggression"
• Nigerian fuel subsidy probe head quizzed over bribe
• Syrian town deserted, burnt after clashes

Court rulings tip Egypt's transition into turmoil Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:23 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's supreme court ruled on Thursday to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament, plunging a troubled transition to democracy into turmoil just two days before an election to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak. Islamists who gained most from Mubarak's overthrow decried what they called a "coup" by an army-led establishment still full of Mubarak-era officials. They said the street movement that spurred last year's uprising would not let it pass. ...

U.N. chief warns of lack of resources in Kony hunt Posted: 14 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has warned that an African Union and U.S.-backed military force hunting fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army lacks resources needed to be effective. The force is short of equipment, training, food and transportation, the U.N. secretary-general said in a report issued on Thursday, in which he urged U.N. member states to provide the resources needed. Kony, accused of terrorizing northern Uganda for 20 years, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. ...

Obama, Singh discuss euro crisis risks ahead of G20 summit Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed on Thursday on the need to buffer the global economy against risks from the European debt crisis, the White House said. In a readout of their telephone call before the G20 meeting in Mexico next week, the White House said the two leaders discussed "the importance of steps to strengthen the resilience of the global economy" with a focus on steps to lift growth. Leaders of the Group of 20 leading industrial nations will meet in Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18-19. ...

Colombian lawmakers approve peace talks law Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:58 PM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Congress on Thursday passed a law that could pave the way for peace talks with leftist guerrillas, raising hopes for an end to the war, but drawing criticism from human rights groups that say the law is too lenient toward rebel leaders. Despite being at its weakest in decades, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has stepped up attacks in recent months, showing it can still rock the Andean country with high-profile assaults. ...

Kidnapped crime reporter found dead in eastern Mexico Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:34 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Assailants kidnapped and killed a reporter who covered the crime beat in Mexico's Veracruz state, officials said on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists amid a relentless drug war across the country. Victor Baez, who worked for Mexican daily newspaper Milenio was abducted when he was leaving his office in the town of Xalapa late Wednesday and police found his body in the morning in the city center, said Gina Dominguez, spokeswoman for Veracruz state government. ...

Mexico presidential frontrunner rises in poll after debate Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Support for Mexico's presidential frontrunner Enrique Pena Nieto edged higher and his lead over leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened after a weekend presidential debate, a new opinion poll showed on Thursday. The latest voter survey for the July 1 election by Consulta Mitofsky showed support for Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), at 37.8 percent, up 0.6 points from a poll published by the firm earlier this week. ...

Sudan agrees to resume talks with South Sudan next week Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:25 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan said it had agreed to resume talks next week with South Sudan to end hostilities between the arch-foes, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday. The African neighbors came close to war when a border dispute in April saw the worst violence since South Sudan split from Sudan in July under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war. ...

Britain warns Argentina over Falklands "aggression" Posted: 14 Jun 2012 02:59 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron warned Argentina on Thursday that London stood "ready and willing" to defend the Falkland Islands, 30 years after Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago whose sovereignty remains a hotly contested issue. In a speech to commemorate the 1982 British victory over Argentina, Cameron accused Argentina's government of "aggression" and said there would be "absolutely no negotiation" over sovereignty of the tiny islands, about 300 miles off the Argentine coast. ...

Nigerian fuel subsidy probe head quizzed over bribe Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Police said on Thursday they were questioning a Nigerian lawmaker, who uncovered a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy corruption scandal, over an allegation that he took a bribe from an oil trader in exchange for removing his name from the report. Farouk Lawan was the head of a parliamentary probe into Nigeria's fuel subsidy scheme, which found huge fraud involving collusion between fuel marketers, regulators and the government. During his presentation of the report in April, he skewered the oil traders involved and called for all those responsible for the scandal to be prosecuted. ...

Syrian town deserted, burnt after clashes Posted: 14 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT HAFFEH, Syria (Reuters) - The Syrian town of Haffeh was smoldering and nearly deserted on Thursday after days of clashes between government forces and rebels, while activists reported more army assaults on pro-opposition areas across the country. United Nations monitors had been trying to enter the town after several days of fighting but were forced to turn back on Tuesday when a crowd attacked them. They finally gained access on Thursday to find state buildings burnt down, shops abandoned and a body lying in the street. Smoke rose from destroyed buildings and burnt-out cars littered the ...

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