2012年6月26日星期二

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Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks to the new government in DamascusBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital. Video published by activists recorded heavy gunfire and explosions in suburbs of Damascus. A trail of fresh blood on a sidewalk in the suburb of Qudsiya led into a building where one casualty was taken. A naked man writhed in pain, his body pierced by shrapnel. ...


French spirit inspired me, Aung San Suu Kyi says

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is welcomed by French President Hollande as she arrives in ParisPARIS (Reuters) - France's revolutionary spirit, art, literature and even its onion soup served as an inspiration to Myanmar pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi during years of house arrest, she said on Tuesday. Asked in Paris, as she nears the end of a 17-day European tour, what a visit to France meant to her, Suu Kyi, who studied the French language and culture during 15 years confined to her home, responded: "Everything from Victor Hugo to onion soup. ...


Mexico's Pena Nieto with big poll lead before election

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate of the opposition PRI, gestures during his arrival to attend a rally at the Azteca stadium in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto maintained his wide lead over leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) could win a majority in Congress, a new poll less than a week before the election showed on Tuesday. The latest voter survey for the July 1 election by Consulta Mitofsky showed support for Pena Nieto at 38.4 percent, up 0.8 percentage points from a poll published last week by the firm. ...


Bomb explodes outside Tunisian consulate in Tripoli

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli on Tuesday, causing damage but no injuries, a Libyan security official said, the latest in a rash of attacks on foreign targets in the North African state. Libyan police had no information on the identity or motive of the attackers, and a consulate official declined to comment. ...

Egypt court rejects army powers to arrest civilians

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed arrives to his office at the Presidency, in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday tossed out a government decree allowing the army to arrest civilians, a setback to military rulers preparing for this week's formal handover to Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first Islamist president. The Muslim Brotherhood and other opponents of military rule were furious when the army-backed interim government empowered soldiers to arrest civilians, effectively reinstating Hosni Mubarak's hated state of emergency, which lapsed on May 31. ...


U.N. wants Africa's Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations wants an African Union force hunting fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be fully equipped by December, according to a U.N. strategy due to be presented to the world body's Security Council on Wednesday. The AU force, which has U.S. backing, aims to have a full strength of 5,000 troops from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Uganda, but lacks equipment, training, food and transportation. ...

Cast out of Israel, South Sudanese face risky future

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:27 PM PDT

South Sudanese disembark from a plane from Israel that arrived at the airport in JubaJUBA (Reuters) - Wearing low-slung ripped jeans, a silver cross and diamond-studded earrings, Marshan Mai cursed as he stepped off the aircraft back on to the land he left years ago. He was in the second group of South Sudanese migrants who arrived at Juba airport on Tuesday after being deported from Israel and who face an uncertain future back in their war-torn and impoverished country. "I don't want to be here. I didn't want to come back. I have nothing to do here," Mai said, as migrants carried laptops, toy cars, huge plasma screens and a guitar off the plane. ...


U.N. to release divisive report on Rwanda support for Congo rebels

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:06 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council agreed on Tuesday to publish a controversial document that implicates Rwanda's defense minister and several top military officials of backing an army mutiny in the east of neighboring Congo, council diplomats said. The evidence contained in an addendum to a recent report by U.N. experts is the strongest yet to indicate high-level support within President Paul Kagame's government for the so-called M23 rebellion, whose stand-off with Congolese forces has caused thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country. ...

Weeks of Serbian government talks near collapse

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Talks on forming a pro-reform coalition government in Serbia looked on the verge of collapse on Tuesday, raising the prospect of nationalists taking power in the country which is a candidate for European Union membership. Seven weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election, the Democratic Party issued a statement late on Tuesday demanding that the Socialist-led bloc say whether its initial agreement to form a government still stands. ...

Kuwaitis protest after elected parliament thrown out

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:46 PM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis protested on Tuesday against a court ruling that effectively dissolved a parliament dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated the previous, more government-friendly, assembly. They packed Erada square opposite parliament in the OPEC-oil producer and chanted "we will not surrender", after lawmakers decried the ruling as a coup against the constitution and called for protests. "We came here to say no to the previous parliament because its members were corrupt," said Khaled al-Khalifa, 24. "They stole the people's money. ...

New Egypt president moves toward unity government

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:04 PM PDT

In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi, shakes hands with a representative from the Coptic community, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The military has pledged to turn power over to a civilian government once a new president is named. On Sunday, June 24, 2012, Islamist Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared Egypt's first freely elected president in modern history. (AP Photo/Middle East News Agency, HO)President-elect Mohammed Morsi tried to ease the turmoil that has rocked Egypt since the uprising 16 months ago, reaching out Tuesday to Christians, women and secular revolutionaries to join his new Islamist-led government.


Turkey warns Syria away from its border

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:35 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. " Any Syrian military element that approaches Turkish border will be regarded as threat " Erdogan said four days after a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syria.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Turkey warned Syria on Tuesday to keep its forces away from the countries' troubled border or risk an armed response — a furious reply to the downing of a Turkish military plane last week by the Damascus regime.


Videla denies Argentine dictatorship baby thefts

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla denied Tuesday that his government stole babies from women who were detained and then executed during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship.

Chavez foe demands limits on leader's on-air talks

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Capriles will challenge Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Preventing loquacious Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from campaigning for re-election on the airwaves for more than three minutes isn't an easy task, but that's what opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is demanding.


Canada PM offers help with mall collapse

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT

Local residents react to the news that authorities have called off a rescue bid at the site of the collapsed roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, on Monday June 25, 2012. The threat of another collapse at the mall forced rescue crews to abandon their search for possible survivors despite recent signs of life, officials said Monday, days after a falling portion of the structure's roof killed at least one person. The collapse on Saturday afternoon also left at least one other person trapped. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)Rescue crews geared up Tuesday to start dismantling a partially collapsed mall in northern Ontario city in an effort to rescue victims despite fading hopes of finding anyone alive.


Mexico airport shooting points to running problems

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT

Mexico's Federal Police officers arrive to the scene where a shooting took place in Mexico City's international airport on Monday, June 25, 2012. Two people were shot to death and one was wounded at one of the airport's terminal and according to the federal Public Safety Department, at least one was an officer. Details of the shooting are still unclear. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)From cash in chili pepper cans to cocaine in cardboard boxes, Mexico City's international airport has long been considered the capital's main transport hub for drugs and other contraband that seem to move as smoothly as any cargo and usually with no fuss for passengers.


UN report on Haiti rape shows few prosecutions

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:56 PM PDT

The prosecution of rape cases in Haiti remains bogged down, and justice is rarely served, the United Nations mission in the impoverished country said in a report released Tuesday.

Paraguay's Lugo changes tack ahead of summit

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:56 PM PDT

Supporters of Paraguay's ousted President Fernando Lugo eat chicken against a wall spray painted with a message that reads in Spanish: "Out Franco, fascist, " referring to Paraguay's newly named President Federico Franco, in Asuncion downtown, Paraguay, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Lugo said Monday that he is aiming to return to power and will rally allies at home and abroad after a landslide congressional vote forced him from office in what he called a break with democracy. Lugo has symbolically created a parallel Cabinet, attacking the legitimacy of the government that replaced him. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)Paraguay's former president again shifted course on Tuesday, saying he has decided not to attend a South American summit this week where he had planned to protest his dismissal by Congress.


Number of Haitians displaced by quake is falling

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2012 file photo, six-year-old Charles Kerby hold his 11-month-old sister Mikerlina Dragon at the Saint Therese camp, set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, file)The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday.


Queen, ex-IRA chief face N.Ireland peace milestone

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waves to the public as she arrives for a Service of Thanksgiving in Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Northern Ireland for a two day visit to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)Queen Elizabeth II prayed together Tuesday with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated its rising faith in a shared future — and braced for a peacemaking milestone that has been a quarter-century in the making.


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