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• U.N. Security Council condemns Syria over massacre
• Iran not ready for visit to suspect nuclear site
• Vatican faces widening of leaks scandal
• Egypt presidential election body weighs complaints
• Nepal faces fresh turmoil after charter deadline missed
• Britain's Blair faces grilling over ties to Murdoch
• Eight Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike
• NATO has fight on its hands in Afghanistan: Panetta
• No strict sharia in Mali's independent north: MNLA rebels
• Fresh from defeat, Serbia's Tadic poised for PM
• Syria defiantly denies killings, UN council meets
• Egypt candidates file appeals, charge vote fraud
• NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike
• Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent
• US slammed from both sides of Bahrain's divide
• Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes
• Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty
• Watching dissidents is a booming business in China
• Palestinian Airlines resumes flights after 7 years
• Guinea-Bissau rambles on, despite coup

U.N. Security Council condemns Syria over massacre Posted: 27 May 2012 04:51 PM PDT AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the killing of at least 108 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of Houla, a sign of mounting outrage at the massacre that the government and rebels blamed on each other. Images of bloodied and lifeless young bodies, laid carefully side by side after the onslaught on Friday, triggered shock around the world and underlined the failure of a six-week-old U.N. ceasefire plan to stop the violence. ...

Iran not ready for visit to suspect nuclear site Posted: 27 May 2012 11:01 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has not yet given good enough reasons to visit an Iranian site where it suspects there may have been experiments for developing nuclear weapons, Iranian media said. The Parchin complex is at the centre of Western suspicions that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons capability despite Tehran's repeated denials of any such ambition. A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last week said satellite images showed "extensive activities" at Parchin. ...

Vatican faces widening of leaks scandal Posted: 27 May 2012 11:25 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican faces a widening scandal that in one short week has seen Pope Benedict's butler arrested, the president of its bank unceremoniously dismissed and the publication of a new book alleging conspiracies among cardinals. It was a poisonous Pentecost Sunday for the pope, who likely had the tumultuous events of the past week on his mind as he celebrated a mass in St Peter's Basilica on the day regarded as the birthday of the Church. ...

Egypt presidential election body weighs complaints Posted: 27 May 2012 03:24 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's election committee on Sunday considered complaints about a presidential poll that has left voters with what many see as a painful run-off choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak's era. Both contenders are seeking to lay claim to the mantle of the "revolution" that toppled Mubarak 15 months ago, and to appeal to the many Egyptians who picked more centrist figures in last week's first round. ...

Nepal faces fresh turmoil after charter deadline missed Posted: 27 May 2012 12:43 PM PDT KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's warring political parties failed to meet a midnight deadline to agree on a new constitution on Sunday, plunging the Himalayan republic into further uncertainty, but the government moved quickly to defuse the crisis with a call for elections. A new constitution was widely seen as crucial to ending the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and subsequent overthrow of the monarchy, but it has been thwarted by demands for the country to be divided into states along ethnic lines. ...

Britain's Blair faces grilling over ties to Murdoch Posted: 27 May 2012 04:07 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favorable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when he faces a media inquiry on Monday. The inquiry, ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron after Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid admitted hacking phones, has tarnished Britain's elite by laying bare the collusion between politicians, the police and the media. ...

Eight Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike Posted: 27 May 2012 06:13 AM PDT KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Eight members of an Afghan family, including six children and two women, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities said on Sunday, although the NATO-led coalition said there was no evidence of any civilian casualties. The strike took place in the Gerda Serai district of Paktia late on Saturday, the provincial governor's spokesman, Rohullah Samon, said as foreign and Afghan security forces try to quell Taliban and Haqqani network insurgents active in the area. ...

NATO has fight on its hands in Afghanistan: Panetta Posted: 27 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO forces still have a fight on their hands in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has displayed resilience although its fighters have not regained territory they lost during the decade-long war, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Sunday. Panetta said plans for foreign troops to hand over security responsibilities to Afghan forces starting in mid-2013 were on track and necessary to ensure that the Taliban, which governed Afghanistan before the U.S.-led invasion, is kept at bay. U.S. President Barack Obama, who ordered a surge of U.S. ...

No strict sharia in Mali's independent north: MNLA rebels Posted: 27 May 2012 11:45 AM PDT DAKAR (Reuters) - Malian rebels who declared an independent Islamic state in the country's north said on Sunday they would impose sharia but not in a strict form. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), which has fought to make Mali's northern Azawad region an autonomous state, on Saturday signed an agreement to merge with Islamist Ansar Dine rebels seeking to impose sharia across Mali. A mix of rebels have occupied the northern two-thirds of Mali since a March 22 coup led to a collapse of army resistance. ...

Fresh from defeat, Serbia's Tadic poised for PM Posted: 27 May 2012 02:35 PM PDT BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's Boris Tadic, fresh from defeat in a presidential election a week ago, put himself forward on Sunday as his party's candidate for the more powerful post of prime minister at the helm of a renewed centre-left coalition. After eight years as president, Tadic lost his bid for re-election to rightist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic, a former leader of the ultranationalist Radical Party who says he now shares the goal of taking Serbia into the European Union. ...

Syria defiantly denies killings, UN council meets Posted: 27 May 2012 02:21 PM PDT Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, and the U.N. Security Council held an emergency session on the massacre.

Egypt candidates file appeals, charge vote fraud Posted: 27 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT Three top candidates in Egypt's presidential race filed appeals to the election commission ahead of the deadline Sunday, alleging violations in the first round vote that they say could change the outcome.

NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike Posted: 27 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent Posted: 27 May 2012 11:25 AM PDT Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceiling is rotting, toilets don't work and students scrunch hip-to-hip behind narrow desks.

US slammed from both sides of Bahrain's divide Posted: 27 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT During one of the nightly clashes with Bahrain's security forces, a new chant broke out among opposition protesters: "The U.S. is the great Satan." A few days later, pro-government marchers also waved their fists against Washington.

Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes Posted: 27 May 2012 02:04 PM PDT The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."

Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty Posted: 27 May 2012 10:37 AM PDT Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a nationally televised appeal Sunday to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week, warning that rejection would send the signal that Ireland was not serious about tackling its deficits and was no longer a secure member of the euro currency.

Watching dissidents is a booming business in China Posted: 27 May 2012 08:04 AM PDT Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years.

Palestinian Airlines resumes flights after 7 years Posted: 27 May 2012 09:44 AM PDT Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Guinea-Bissau rambles on, despite coup Posted: 27 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp.

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