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• Both Syrian sides intensifying violence: U.N. monitor
• World on red alert for Greek vote
• Egyptians bemoan "coup", protest muted
• U.N. isn't ready to back military intervention in Mali
• Suu Kyi says army has to give up excessive power
• Mexico cancels big tourism project after civic pressure
• Myanmar refugees turned back by Bangladesh: U.N
• Bolivia sends troops to mine after violence
• Tunisia lifts curfew imposed following riots
• U.N. Security Council condemns eastern Congo mutiny
• Paraguay: 17 killed in violent land dispute
• Egypt's Brotherhood pins hopes on presidency
• Hurricane Carlotta heads to Mexico Pacific coast
• Syria observer chief says violence derails mission
• Cuba lashes out at Gross health charges
• Wary Greeks look to election with trepidation
• After 21 years, Suu Kyi finally reaches Nobel home
• 3 Chinese officials suspended over forced abortion
• UK council lifts gag on 9-year-old food critic
• Last fugitive caught in '95 Japan nerve gas attack

Both Syrian sides intensifying violence: U.N. monitor Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:38 PM PDT MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Both rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are intensifying violence in Syria and striving for military gains rather than peaceful transition, the chief U.N. monitor in Syria, Major-General Robert Mood, said on Friday. Russia dug in further against Western pressure to discuss a post-Assad Syria, and France's foreign minister said Paris was considering whether to equip rebels with communications equipment to encourage a "stronger revolt". ...

World on red alert for Greek vote Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:56 PM PDT NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Urgent messages flashed on cellphones, email alerts popped up and telephones rang for a team at asset manager Legg Mason on Friday. Dial in to a conference now, the 30-strong enterprise risk management team was told. A major event is underway. This time it was a drill, but what Legg Mason, based in Baltimore, Maryland, wants to be prepared for is any fallout if Greece leaves the euro. Companies around the globe will be on similar high alert this weekend as Greeks prepare to vote in an election on Sunday that could decide the future of the European single ...

Egyptians bemoan "coup", protest muted Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:20 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Denouncing a "coup" by Cairo's shadowy military rulers, Egyptian liberals and Islamists said on Friday the dissolution of a first freely elected parliament has thrown the country back into turmoil 16 months the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. ...

U.N. isn't ready to back military intervention in Mali Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is not ready to agree to an African Union request for endorsement of military intervention in Mali, where rebels and Islamist militants have seized control of much of the country, council diplomats said on Friday. "It's going to take some time before the Security Council is in a position to approve outside intervention in Mali," a council diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "It's not that we're opposed, it's just that there are many questions about how it would be done that need to be answered first. ...

Suu Kyi says army has to give up excessive power Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:28 AM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first visit to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century, warned that her country's political transformation was not irreversible and the military had to give up its excessive powers. Suu Kyi, in Norway to accept her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, called for national reconciliation but skirted the issue of Myanmar's recent ethnic violence, which has threatened to derail its transformation from dictatorship. ...

Mexico cancels big tourism project after civic pressure Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the cancellation of a $2 billion tourist development in Baja California on Friday, bowing to opposition by environmentalists that said the plan was a threat to a nearby coral reef. Planned by Spanish developer Hansa Urbana, the Cabo Cortes project was to have built on the southeastern tip of the Baja California peninsula and due to include lots for 15 hotels, golf courses, a large marina and jet strip. ...

Myanmar refugees turned back by Bangladesh: U.N Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:14 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - An unknown number of people fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar's Rakhine region are adrift in boats on the Naf River and some have been turned back by Bangladeshi border authorities, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. "The U.N. refugee agency has first-hand, credible accounts of boats from Myanmar not being enabled to access Bangladeshi territory. These reports indicate women, children and some wounded are on board," the agency said in a statement. ...

Bolivia sends troops to mine after violence Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:20 PM PDT LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government deployed 1,600 soldiers and police on Friday in an effort to avert more violent clashes between rival workers at a tin and zinc mine owned by commodities giant Glencore. At least 18 people were hurt in hours of fighting overnight between rival groups of workers at the Colquiri mine, about 200 km (125 miles) south of the administrative capital La Paz. "About 1,000 police officers will go to Colquiri and the army will move about 600 soldiers to ensure calm," Government Minister Carlos Romero said. ...

Tunisia lifts curfew imposed following riots Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia lifted a night time curfew on Friday imposed earlier this week following riots by Salafi Islamists and others over an art exhibition they deemed insulting to Islam. One man died in the unrest which broke out on Tuesday in Tunis and started spreading to other parts of the country. There had been fears of further trouble on Friday after Salafi leaders, who follow a puritanical interpretation of Islam, and the ruling moderate Islamist Ennahda party both called for protests in defense of religion. ...

U.N. Security Council condemns eastern Congo mutiny Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council condemned on Friday a mutiny of troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and called on neighboring countries to prevent the armed groups in North Kivu province from receiving outside support. The troubled province of North Kivu has been swept by waves of violence since late March, after hundreds of former rebels defected from the army in support of a renegade general, Bosco Ntaganda. ...

Paraguay: 17 killed in violent land dispute Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:59 PM PDT Paraguay deployed its army on Friday to resolve a violent land dispute in a remote northern forest reserve, where 17 people have been killed in gunbattles between police and landless farmers.

Egypt's Brotherhood pins hopes on presidency Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:53 PM PDT Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood pinned its hopes Friday on weekend elections to salvage its waning political fortunes, responding to a court order dissolving its power base in parliament by urging voters to support the Islamist group's candidate for president.

Hurricane Carlotta heads to Mexico Pacific coast Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:59 PM PDT Carlotta grew into a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Friday as it roared toward southern Mexico, where it is expected to brush the Pacific coast near the resort town of Puerto Escondido and then approach Acapulco.

Syria observer chief says violence derails mission Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:26 AM PDT The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, raising questions about how effective the unarmed force can be in a conflict that every day looks more like a civil war.

Cuba lashes out at Gross health charges Posted: 15 Jun 2012 04:27 PM PDT Cuba lashed back Friday at what it called a campaign of distortions over the health of an imprisoned American contractor, and hinted at retaliation that could include transferring the 63-year-old man from the military hospital where he is being held to a regular prison.

Wary Greeks look to election with trepidation Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:51 PM PDT At the dinner table, in the coffee shop, on the street corner, the one constant as Greeks prepare to vote once again is concern, and even fear. Depending on the outcome of Sunday's election, Greece could be forced out of the European joint currency, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the global economy.

After 21 years, Suu Kyi finally reaches Nobel home Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT It has taken more than two decades, countless lonely nights and imponderable hardships for Aung San Suu Kyi to reach the Oslo podium. But Myanmar's celebrated former political prisoner is finally getting the chance to make her case for the Nobel Peace Prize.

3 Chinese officials suspended over forced abortion Posted: 15 Jun 2012 05:57 AM PDT China suspended three officials and apologized to a woman who was forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy in a case that sparked an uproar after graphic photos of the mother and her dead baby were circulated online.

UK council lifts gag on 9-year-old food critic Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT A 9-year-old blogger won a food fight with authorities in her Scottish town Friday, after an online outcry prompted officials to lift a ban on posting photos of her school lunches.

Last fugitive caught in '95 Japan nerve gas attack Posted: 15 Jun 2012 07:53 AM PDT His trail cold for years, the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways in 1995 was caught at a comic book cafe Friday, closing a chapter on Japan's worst terrorist attack.

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