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• China indicts Bo's wife for murder
• U.S. fears Syria preparing for massacre in Aleppo
• Italy's Monti urges quick deal on election reform
• In shift by Egypt, president meets Hamas leader
• Cuba broadens economic reforms, plans new measures
• "Enough blood": Milosevic allies take power in Serbia
• Brazil public sector demands stymie Rousseff's cost-control push
• U.S. to let Myanmar import ban expire, at least temporarily
• No Libya solution in Cuba, but ready to talk to U.S.: Castro
• North Korea leader's wife can teach him about the enemy
• Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war
• Syrian defector wants to help unify opposition
• Chinese politician Bo's wife charged with murder
• EYES ON LONDON: A mayor's rejoinder to Romney
• Somalia constitution allows abortion to save mom
• Cool Britannia: London to wow with opening show
• No easy road to peace in Colombia
• Mexico: Most attacks on journalists unpunished
• Walk on the left: Olympic etiquette tips
• Twitter briefly down across much of planet
• Mexico: Most attacks on journalists unpunished

China indicts Bo's wife for murder Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will try Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, on charges of murdering a British man, state media said on Thursday in the latest turn in a scandal that has rocked the government in Beijing and could bring Gu the death penalty. The contentious dismissal of Bo has already shaken the Communist Party's looming once-in-a-decade succession, and now Gu and family aide Zhang Xiaojun will be prosecuted for allegedly poisoning businessman Neil Heywood last year over "conflict of economic interests", the official Xinhua news agency said. ...

U.S. fears Syria preparing for massacre in Aleppo Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:40 PM PDT AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces renewed a ground and aerial bombardment of Aleppo on Friday, extending efforts to crush rebels in Syria's commercial capital in what the United States said it feared could become a massacre. Insurgents targeted army roadblocks and security installations, with both sides avoiding close-quarters warfare in the city of 2.5 million people, Syria's biggest urban center. The U.S. ...

Italy's Monti urges quick deal on election reform Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti urged Italy's political parties on Thursday to agree on a new electoral law to reassure nervous financial markets of the stability of a new government after elections next year. In an interview with TGCom24 television, Monti praised the big parties from both left and right which have backed his technocrat government in parliament despite painful, unpopular belt-tightening reforms. ...

In shift by Egypt, president meets Hamas leader Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:44 PM PDT CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza Islamist leader Ismail Haniyeh met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday in an official visit that signaled a big shift in Cairo's stance toward the Hamas movement after the election of a Muslim Brotherhood head of state in Egypt. A Palestinian official said the head of Egyptian intelligence had promised measures to increase the flow of fuel supplied by Qatar to Gaza via Egypt and needed to ease the small Palestinian territory's power shortages. The sides had also discussed increasing the flow of Palestinians across the border. ...

Cuba broadens economic reforms, plans new measures Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba adopted a new tax code this week and said it would loosen regulations on some state companies while turning others into cooperatives, as one of the world's last Soviet-style economies moves in a more market-friendly direction. The plans were announced at a session of the National Assembly, which passed the country's first comprehensive tax code since the 1959 revolution on the communist-ruled island. Foreign journalists were barred from Monday's meeting, only portions of which were later broadcast by the official media. ...

"Enough blood": Milosevic allies take power in Serbia Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's new leader, a wartime aide of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, told the Balkans on Thursday to forget the past and not fear the return to power of a political alliance that once led the country in war with NATO. Confining the reformers who ousted Milosevic to the opposition benches for the first time in 12 years, Ivica Dacic said he would speed up Serbia's bid to join the European Union but would not deal anymore with his country's dark past. ...

Brazil public sector demands stymie Rousseff's cost-control push Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's civil servants haven't gotten President Dilma Rousseff's message. A slowing economy, dwindling tax revenue and falling demand for the country's commodity exports mean the government must tighten its belt, she argues. But customs workers, university professors and myriad other federal employees are staging strikes across the country, pushing for salary increases worth 92 billion reais ($45.3 billion). ...

U.S. to let Myanmar import ban expire, at least temporarily Posted: 26 Jul 2012 02:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. ban on imports from Myanmar was set to expire, at least temporarily, at the end of September because of a clash between lawmakers over funding for an African trade provision. The two issues are tied together in a bill that has the backing of the Obama administration and that lawmakers hope to pass before their month long August recess. The White House has eased some sanctions on Myanmar, also known by its colonial name of Burma, in response to economic and political reforms. It does not favor lifting the import ban yet. ...

No Libya solution in Cuba, but ready to talk to U.S.: Castro Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:48 AM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro accused the United States on Thursday of seeking an overthrow of the Cuban government similar to Arab Spring countries, while reiterating his government's willingness to negotiate with its decades old foe. "The day they want (to talk) the table is served," Castro said in a nationally televised address on one of the biggest days in Cuba's political calendar. "I have already informed them through diplomatic channels. If they want to talk, we will talk ... but as equals ... ...

North Korea leader's wife can teach him about the enemy Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:26 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - When North Korea's new leader needs to know something about his arch enemy, he can ask his wife. In contrast to the family dynasty of dictators she has married into, Ri Sol-ju has actually been to South Korea. North Korean television on Wednesday put to rest weeks of speculation by announcing that the young, mystery woman recently seen accompanying leader Kim Jong-un was indeed his wife. ...

Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT Like other communities sucked into Syria's widening civil war, the Yarmouk neighborhood in Damascus has seen death and destruction. Soldiers and snipers have gunned down demonstrators. Some protesters have taken up arms to fight back.

Syrian defector wants to help unify opposition Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT Syria's most prominent defector offered himself up Thursday as a figure to unite the fractious opposition, saying he failed to persuade his former friend, President Bashar Assad, to end a bloody crackdown that has killed thousands of Syrians.

Chinese politician Bo's wife charged with murder Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT Prosecutors have charged the wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of a British businessman, the government said Thursday, pushing ahead a case at the center of a messy political scandal that unsettled China's leadership ahead of a delicate power transition.

EYES ON LONDON: A mayor's rejoinder to Romney Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:13 PM PDT Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

Somalia constitution allows abortion to save mom Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT Somali leaders are debating a new constitution that protects the right to have an abortion to save the life of the mother, and an international law group says the draft guarantees more fundamental rights than the U.S. Constitution.

Cool Britannia: London to wow with opening show Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT London, blow our minds.

No easy road to peace in Colombia Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT After negotiating the demobilization of the M-19 rebel movement he co-led, Antonio Navarro helped draft Colombia's 1991 constitution, ran for president and became a big-city mayor and a state governor. And he did it all bearing the scars of war: a wooden leg and slurred speech from a grenade attack.

Mexico: Most attacks on journalists unpunished Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT Mexico's governmental human rights commission says about 70 percent of attacks on journalists go unpunished, largely because authorities fail to adequately investigate those crimes.

Walk on the left: Olympic etiquette tips Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT Welcome to Britain! The line forms to the right. Here are some tips for Olympic visitors hoping to get the most out of their experience.

Twitter briefly down across much of planet Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT People around the world briefly experienced problems accessing Twitter on Thursday, a day before the 2012 Olympic Games are expected to cause a spike in use of the micro-blogging site.

Mexico: Most attacks on journalists unpunished Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT Mexico's governmental human rights commission says about 70 percent of attacks on journalists go unpunished, largely because authorities fail to adequately investigate those crimes.

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