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Shelling kills 18 in cradle of Syrian uprising

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in the northern Syrian city of HassBEIRUT (Reuters) - Eighteen people, including 12 women and children, were killed overnight by shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad erupted 15 months ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. Fighting was also reported in Damascus, Homs and other cities, killing 33 people overall on Saturday, the group said, showing neither side was respecting a U.N.-backed ceasefire, the failure of which has left outside powers divided on what to do next. ...

U.S. "disappointed" by Iran-IAEA atom talks failure

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Neckaerts of the IAEA and Iran's IAEA ambassador Soltanieh attends a news conference in ViennaVIENNA (Reuters) - Lack of progress in talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency is disappointing and it shows Tehran's continued failure to abide by its commitment to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday. The IAEA and Iran failed at talks on Friday to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research by the Islamic state, a setback dimming any chances for success in higher-level negotiations between Tehran and major powers later this month. The IAEA, a Vienna-based U.N. ...

ICC lawyer meeting Gaddafi son detained in Libya

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Alajmi Ali Ahmed al-Atiri, the head of the brigade which captured Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, holds up a document as he addresses the media in ZintanTRIPOLI/ZINTAN (Reuters) - A delegation for the International Criminal Court has been detained in Libya after one of its lawyers was found to be carrying suspicious documents for Muammar Gaddafi's captured son, a Libyan lawyer and a militia said on Saturday. The Australian lawyer, named as Melinda Taylor, was part of a four-member ICC delegation that travelled to the small western mountain town of Zintan to meet Saif al-Islam, who has been held there since his desert capture in November. ...

Liberia shuts Ivorian border after attack on U.N.

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Liberia closed its border with Ivory Coast on Saturday but did not confirm the claim by Abidjan that gunmen who killed seven United Nations peacekeepers, eight civilians and a soldier had come from its territory. Ivory Coast Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said the raid on Friday afternoon highlighted the need for Ivorian troops to carry out cross-border operations in Liberia to improve security but Monrovia's government said no such plans were in place. ...

Euro zone agrees to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos attends a news conference at the economy ministry in MadridBRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to shore up its teetering banks and Madrid said it would specify precisely how much it needs once independent audits report in just over a week. After a 2-1/2-hour conference call of the 17 finance ministers, which several sources described as heated, the Eurogroup and Madrid said the amount of the bailout would be sufficiently large to banish any doubts. ...

Veiled suicide bomber kills four French soldiers in Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber dressed in a burqa blew himself up near a French patrol in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding five as the Taliban step up a spring offensive. The attack - one of the deadliest on the French contingent in months - occurred in the mountainous Kapisa province in the east of the country, an area mainly patrolled by a French force under NATO command. "It was an unfortunate incident. ...

Left poised to win French parliamentary vote

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France votes on Sunday in the first round of an election tipped to give the left control of parliament and consolidate President Francois Hollande's grip on power as he seeks to ease the pain of a debt crisis in Europe. Voting stations open at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) and close at the latest at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), when early returns should give an indication of the size of what polls predict will be a victory for the Socialists and their allies. ...

EU security experts in Niger amid Sahel fears

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

NIAMEY (Reuters) - An advance party of European military and civilian security advisors has arrived in northern Niger in a mission brought forward due to deepening fears over the threat of terrorism from neighboring Mali, Nigerien officials said. No details were given by the European Union, but the EU has previously said it had ear-marked 150 million euros ($187 million) to improve security across the Sahel, where the rebel take-over of Mali's north has bolstered al Qaeda's North Africa wing. ...

6.1 quake strikes off east coast of Taiwan

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan early on Sunday, the U.S. Geolological Survey said. It said the quake struck 32 miles east of the town of Su-ao at a depth of 44 miles.

Congo says hundreds of rebels trained in Rwanda

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Saturday hundreds of rebels fighting its army in the east have been trained in Rwanda and Kinshasa accused its neighbor of "passivity" in dealing with the situation. Rwanda's foreign minister called the statements "regrettable" and said Kigali should not be used as a scapegoat for trouble in Congo. Congo's government spokesman Lambert Mende stopped short of accusing Kigali of directly backing the rebels but the charge by Congo's government that rebels had received outside help will strain relations between the former foes. ...

Europe bailout of Spain could cost $125 billion

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 03:57 PM PDT

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos gestures during a news conference at the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Spain will ask for a bailout for banks felled by bad real estate loans, in an about-face that European officials welcomed Saturday and said could cost up to euro100 billion ($125 billlion). A rescue for Spain will be Europe's fourth since the single currency bloc's debt crisis erupted two years ago. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Spain became the fourth and largest country Saturday to ask Europe to rescue its failing banks, a bailout of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) that leaders hoped would stabilize a financial crisis that threatens to break apart the 17-country eurozone.

Rebels battle in Assad stronghold of Damascus

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Saturday, June 9, 2012, purports to show an injured man being treated in a mosque in Daraa, Syria. Syrian troops shelled the southern city of Daraa early on Saturday, killing more than a dozen people, activists said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALBullets and shrapnel shells smashed into homes in the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight as troops battled rebels in the streets, a show of boldness for rebels taking their fight against President Bashar Assad to the center of his power.

Report: China plans manned space launch this month

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 06:54 AM PDT

People watch the Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which moves to the launch pad at the Jiuquan launch center in Jiuquan, China's northwest Gansu province, Saturday, June 9, 2012. China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTChina will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday.

US, Pakistan beginning to look more like enemies

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, April 6, 2012 file photo, a supporter of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawwa stands on a representation of a U. S. flag before set it on fire during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan. The U.S. and Pakistan are starting to look more like enemies than friends, threatening the U.S. fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants based in the country and efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan before American troops withdraw. (AP Photo, File)You know a friendship has gone sour when you start making mean jokes about your friend in front of his most bitter nemesis.

Karzai: US failed to consult Afghans on airstrike

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the United States has put the two countries' security pact at risk with a unilateral airstrike that killed 18 civilians, while a Taliban suicide bomber killed four French soldiers responding to a tipoff about a bomb hidden under a bridge.

Russian FM: Syria conflict becomes 'more alarming'

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 08:33 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, June 8, 2012, purports to show explosions in the Khaldiyeh area of Homs, Syria. Syrian troops on Friday heavily shelled a rebel-held neighborhood in the flashpoint central city of Homs as President Bashar Assad's troops appeared to be readying to storm the area that has been out of government control for months and it was not clear if U.N. observers were able to enter an area where a massacre occurred this week, activists said. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALRussia has growing concerns about the conflict in Syria, but it will continue to oppose the outside use of force, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday.

Spain goes from boom to bailout in a decade

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT

A man begs in front of a fruit market in Barcelona, Spain, Friday June 8, 2012. Spain faces rising pressure to find a financial lifeline for its deeply troubled banks — likely from the eurozone's rescue fund since Madrid's borrowing costs on markets have risen sharply. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Spain's economic fortunes have gone from boom to deep financial crisis over the past decade. Here are the main developments:

Liberia seals Ivory Coast border after UN attacked

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Ivorian government forces vowed Saturday to hunt down those responsible for an ambush that killed at least seven U.N. peacekeepers, while Liberia sealed its border amid fears that the gunmen had used the country to stage the cross-border attack.

Myanmar: Calm restored after rioting that killed 7

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Security forces in western Myanmar have restored order after rioters burned hundreds of homes in sectarian violence that killed at least seven people, state-controlled media reported Saturday.

Israel to decide on settlement university

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 file photo, students enter the Ariel University Center in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. A decision on whether to award the college university status is expected in July 2012. For critics of Israel's policy of settling Jews in the West Bank, the upgrade of the college into a permanent university would be the strongest signal yet of what they say is creeping annexation of the hilly territory. For its supporters it will be another sign of the government's commitment to holding the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)In the fraught atmosphere of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an approaching decision on whether to award coveted university status to a college has taken on powerful political overtones.

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