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• France wants U.N. to be able to enforce Annan plan
• Suu Kyi kicks off Euro tour set to steal Myanmar spotlight
• Putin uses tough tactics against protest challenge
• Mali, Bissau, Sudans, Somalia top U.N., AU talks
• Mexican leftist says will respect presidential vote result
• Cameron braces for Murdoch storm at UK media probe
• Egyptians face nerve-wrecking court sessions
• Suspected militant pleads guilty to aiding Somalia's al Shabaab
• Calm returns to Tunis after riots but fears remain
• ICC team visit detained colleagues in Libya
• Mexican cell firms join forces to gain coverage

France wants U.N. to be able to enforce Annan plan Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT PARIS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, adding that a no-fly zone was an option under consideration to stem what was now a civil war. His comments were the toughest yet from a major power in response to the relentless violence in Syria, where many hundreds of civilians, rebels and government forces have been killed since an April 12 ceasefire was supposed open up a chance for political talks to resolve the crisis. ...

Suu Kyi kicks off Euro tour set to steal Myanmar spotlight Posted: 13 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar prisoner-turned-parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi began a tour of Europe almost certain to attract the kind of fanfare that will test the patience of the reformist generals now in power after decades of army rule. The popular Nobel Peace laureate landed at Geneva's Cointrin airport on Wednesday night, wearing three white roses in her hair and smiling and waving to the crowd. ...

Putin uses tough tactics against protest challenge Posted: 13 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police showed up on Ksenia Sobchak's doorstep at 8 a.m. in the middle of a sleepy long weekend and started a search. They spent hours in her apartment on Monday, going through the belongings of the 30-year-old TV personality, socialite and restaurateur before she had a chance to get properly dressed, Sobchak recounted to a Moscow radio station on Wednesday. ...

Mali, Bissau, Sudans, Somalia top U.N., AU talks Posted: 13 Jun 2012 04:50 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council and African Union Peace and Security Council on Wednesday jointly urged military coup leaders in Guinea Bissau to give up power and expressed concern at an al Qaeda threat in Mali, fighting in the Sudans and Somalia piracy. The two councils, charged with maintaining and promoting peace and security, met for talks in New York on Wednesday and agreed an eight-page statement that addressed the top security issues in Africa and strengthening cooperation between the two bodies. ...

Mexican leftist says will respect presidential vote result Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT LA PAZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will respect the results of the July 1 election, trying to ease fears of a repeat of months of protests he mounted after his 2006 loss. The fiery orator and runner-up in the last election, has come from behind in polls to move into second place behind front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In 2006, Lopez Obrador lost to President Felipe Calderon by less than one percentage point and refused to accept defeat, alleging vote fraud. ...

Cameron braces for Murdoch storm at UK media probe Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:33 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will face questions at a judicial inquiry on Thursday about accusations his government tailored policy to pamper media mogul Rupert Murdoch's business interests. Cameron's once cozy ties with Murdoch's minions mean he is under pressure to pull off a virtuoso performance before an inquiry which has sharpened the perception Britain has been run for years by an elite that fawned on the News Corp chairman. ...

Egyptians face nerve-wrecking court sessions Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:14 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's already bumpy political transition could be stopped in its tracks on Thursday when a court considers a law that could disqualify one of two run-off candidates in this weekend's presidential election. The Supreme Constitutional Court is expected to decide on the validity of the law passed by the Islamist-led parliament that sought to bar Ahmed Shafik, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, from the vote pitting him against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy. ...

Suspected militant pleads guilty to aiding Somalia's al Shabaab Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Eritrean man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to illegally giving funds and receiving military training from the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab. Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, 38, was arrested in Nigeria in November 2009 and brought to Manhattan federal court to face U.S. terrorism charges in March 2010. He is an Eritrean national and a permanent resident of Sweden. ...

Calm returns to Tunis after riots but fears remain Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - - Shops reopened in working class districts of the Tunisian capital on Wednesday after an overnight curfew quelled rioting by Salafi Islamists angered over an art exhibition they say insults their religion. The disturbances, in which one man was killed underlined the difficulties facing the moderate Islamist government as it tries to balance the competing demands of conservative Islamists and secularists following the toppling of its president last year. ...

ICC team visit detained colleagues in Libya Posted: 13 Jun 2012 02:40 PM PDT ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - A delegation from the International Criminal Court on Tuesday visited their colleagues being held in Libya over allegations they had smuggled documents to Muammar Gaddafi's detained son. The delegation had earlier been prevented from entering Zintan by a local militia which closed roads into the town because of tribal clashes in the area. Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and Lebanese-born interpreter Helene Assaf were detained last week while visiting Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Zintan on allegations they had smuggled documents to him from his supporters. ...

Mexican cell firms join forces to gain coverage Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT The Mexican subsidiary of Spanish cell carrier Telefonica SA and local carrier Iusacell are joining forces to share mobile networks in a bid to expand coverage.

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