2012年6月27日星期三

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Rebels storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:13 PM PDT

Damaged buildings are seen after gunmen stormed the headquarters of Al-Ikhbariya news channel near DamascusBEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state. More than 150 people were killed in fierce fighting across Syria on Wednesday, 86 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Intensified fighting in the country have driven up the death toll averages to around 100 people per day in the past week. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was "at war". U.S. ...


Exclusive: Annan calls for Syria national unity government: envoys

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League for Syria Annan gestures next to Major-General Mood, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria during a news conference in GenevaUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and other big powers have told Syria mediator Kofi Annan they support his idea of a Syrian national unity cabinet that could include government and opposition members but would exclude those whose participation would undermine it, envoys said on Wednesday. The proposal is one of the main topics that Russia, the other four permanent Security Council members and other key players in the Middle East will discuss at a meeting in Geneva on Saturday about the 16-month conflict in Syria, diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity. ...


Egypt's Islamist president-elect seeks wide support

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT

The Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi meets with Egyptian political leaders and activists at the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi began talks on Wednesday with groups nervous about where he will take Egypt after the generals who have ruled since Hosni Mubarak's fall make way for the republic's first civilian leader. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Mursi to bring diverse groups into his government, mentioning Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, secular-minded Egyptians and young people. The U.S. ...


Bolivian police end rebellion after pay deal reached

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:18 PM PDT

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's police ended a violent mutiny and went back to work on Wednesday after reaching an accord with government ministers and the police leadership on pay and disciplinary rules, satisfying lower-ranking officers who had rejected a previous deal. Dozens of police officers were hurt and several police stations were destroyed in the five-day rebellion in the natural gas-exporting South American country that has a history of coups and violent conflicts. ...

Venezuela poll shows tight race for Chavez

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Hugo Chavez talks to the media during the welcoming ceremony of Alexander Lukashenko at Miraflores Palace in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - A new poll shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez only slightly ahead of challenger Henrique Capriles in the October 7 presidential election, welcome news for the opposition following numerous surveys showing Chavez with a wide lead. The leftist former soldier is seeking re-election for a third term to extend his self-styled socialist revolution, and he has boosted his public appearances as his health seems to be recovering from a cancer diagnosed last year. ...


Afghanistan wants its cultural heroes back

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:05 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - - Interred a quarter century ago in Pakistan, the remains of Afghan poet Ustad Khalilullah Khalili now lie in a forlorn corner of Kabul University, brought here to be reburied so that no one else can lay claim to the revered poet-philosopher. He has no epitaph; only a few wilted bouquets lie at the grave of Afghanistan's most prominent 20th century poet. Three policemen guard the site. ...

Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:15 AM PDT

A police investigator gathers evidence following an attack on Microsoft's Greek headquarters at Marousi suburb, north of AthensATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen driving a van packed with gas canisters firebombed the Athens headquarters of Microsoft on Wednesday, underscoring the threat of instability as Greece asks for more time and less hardship in cutting its crippling debt. Fire gutted the ground floor of the blue four-storey HQ of the U.S. software giant, blackening its walls with flames, on the eve of yet another European summit seeking a solution to a regional debt crisis first unleashed by Greece. At least two attackers were involved in the sophisticated assault at 4.45 a.m. ...


U.S. to highlight China cooperation at ASEAN forum

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will stress "engagement and cooperation" with China at security talks next month in Southeast Asia where nations are wary of getting caught in superpower rivalry, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said the United States and China would unveil new cooperative initiatives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Cambodia. ...

Mexican Pena Nieto has big lead for Sunday's election

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto greets supporters at one of his last campaign rallies in TolucaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto goes into Sunday's election with a wide lead over his rivals, opinion polls showed on Wednesday, putting him on track to return to power the party that ruled for much of the last century. The final voter survey of the campaign by newspaper El Universal showed Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, rising 4.2 percentage points to 41.2 percent from a poll published on June 18. That gave him a 17.4-point lead over leftist and 2006 runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who rose 0. ...


At least 20 dead as north Mali factions clash

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists militants seized control of the headquarters of the local separatist rebels in the north Mali town of Gao on Wednesday after a bloody battle that killed at least 20, residents said. The battle follows weeks of tension between the separatist Tuareg-led MNLA and better-armed local Islamists who helped it take control of the northern two-thirds of Mali in April but whose goal is to impose sharia Islamic law across the country. ...

Troubled Europe summit: Merkel vs everyone else

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is the woman to watch — or fear, or confront — in Europe this week.

Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged control room of Al-Ikhbariya TV station is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel "massacre against the freedom of the press." (AP Photo/SANA)Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the U.S. hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.


Egypt's generals eye Turkish model

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT

In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi, left, shakes hands with a Christian leader, name not given, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 27, 2012. Now that Egypt has its first freely elected civilian president, the still-dominant military may be seeking to emulate the Turkish model a mostly Muslim nation with a history of military rule and democratic evolution. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abd El-Maaty, Middle East News Agency, HO)Now that Egypt has its first freely elected president, Egypt's powerful generals appear headed toward copying the Turkish model from decades past — retaining overwhelming powers while allowing a civilian regime complete with the trappings of democracy to emerge.


History unfolds: Queen, ex-IRA chief shake hands

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness watched by First minister Peter Robinson, centre, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Faith/pool)Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander offered each other the hand of peace Wednesday in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing Northern Ireland's progress in achieving reconciliation after decades of violence.


EU's changing faces raise doubts for future

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT

FILE- This is a Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, as they shake hands after a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Often these days, the first order of business at European Union summits is not the continent's dreadful financial crisis. It's getting to know the people around the table. The group of national leaders that will meet this week in Brussels is a different crew from the one that met in October 2009, when the crisis in Europe first erupted with the news that Greece was in deep difficulty. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)Often these days, the first order of business at European Union summits isn't the continent's dreadful financial crisis.


Mexico focuses on man expected to lose election

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolution Party, PRD, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Toluca, Mexico, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Mexico will hold presidential elections on July 1. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Four days before Mexico's presidential election, much of the nation's attention is focused on a man who appears certain to lose.


UN: Violence in Syria worse than before ceasefire

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the damaged Ikhbariya TV compound is seen after it was attacked by gunmen, in in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, demolishing the building and killing three employees, the state media reported. Syrian officials denounced what they called a rebel "massacre against the freedom of the press." (AP Photo/SANA)The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the U.N. said Wednesday.


Merkel backs Europe-wide growth pact

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes European leaders adopt a €130 billion ($162 billion) stimulus package this week, in a gesture to French President Francois Hollande despite their differences over how to end Europe's spiraling debt crisis. The two leaders went into talks Wednesday night sharply opposed over whether to share debt among the 17 nations that use the euro, and how much sovereignty to surrender over national budgets. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied Wednesday for a €130 billion ($162 billion) Europe-wide stimulus package in a gesture to French President Francois Hollande — but the two leaders remained at odds over the bigger, tougher steps needed to end Europe's spiraling debt crisis.


Egyptian officials: Mubarak's health worsens

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Medical officials say ousted President Hosni Mubarak's health condition has taken a turn for the worse.

Palestinians in last push for UN nod for Bethlehem

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:11 AM PDT

FILE - This Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 file photo shows a cross in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during a Christmas parade in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Palestinians on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)The Palestinians on Wednesday made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency.


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