| Egyptian ex-president Mubarak on life support Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak was on life support in hospital on Wednesday, Egyptian military officials said, denying a report that the ousted president was clinically dead. Earlier the state news agency, amid high tension over the election of a new president, quoted medical sources as saying the former head of state was "clinically dead". That description was also used to Reuters by a hospital source. ...
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| Greek conservatives hope to seal coalition deal Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:16 PM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek conservatives hope to form a coalition government on Wednesday which must persuade mistrustful foreign lenders to allow more leeway in pushing through a deeply unpopular austerity program. Exasperated with Greece's repeated failure to honor its promises on budget cuts and reform, euro zone officials have nevertheless begun to accept the program may be impossible to implement without changes, as the country is already off track and its economy is sliding deeper into recession. ...
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| Mexican opinion poll shows Pena Nieto extending lead Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:12 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto has widened his lead over leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with less than two weeks to go until a July 1 election, according to a poll by the Reforma newspaper published on Tuesday. The previous poll from the newspaper on May 31 showed only a four-point gap between the two candidates, raising questions about a closer-than-expected race. ...
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| Suu Kyi says ready to lead Myanmar to democracy Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:05 PM PDT  LONDON/OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced in Britain on Tuesday that she was prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people, the strongest signal yet she saw herself as someone who could lead her country to democracy one day. Myanmar's military rulers have freed the Oxford-educated daughter of Myanmar's assassinated independence hero from house arrest, ushering in an era of hope for change and allowing her to travel abroad for the first time in decades. ...
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| British PM says Putin no longer backs Syria's Assad Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:53 PM PDT  LOS CABOS, Mexico/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Britain's prime minister said on Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear at the G20 summit in Mexico he wants President Bashar al-Assad out of power in Syria, but Putin indicated that Syrians should decide if Assad stays and Assad's forces bombarded the city of Homs and clashed with rebels. Russia has been the staunchest backer of Assad and his military crackdown against militants and protesters in Syria, including supplying arms to the Syrian government. ...
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| WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT  QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his country would weigh the request from the 40-year-old hacker, famous for leaking hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. ...
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| Iran, world powers fail to settle nuclear dispute Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - World powers and Iran failed to secure a breakthrough at talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Tuesday and set no date for more political negotiations, despite the threat of a new Middle East conflict if diplomacy collapses. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said after two days of talks in Moscow that significant differences remained and the two sides had agreed only on a technical follow-up meeting in Istanbul on July 3. ... |
| U.S., New Zealand sign defense agreement Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:16 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand and the United States have signed an agreement to bolster defense co-operation in the Asia-Pacific region, both governments said on Wednesday, signaling a further thaw in relations after a 25-year stand-off. The two countries said they would hold regular high-level dialogue and co-operate on maritime security, counter-terrorism, and peacekeeping operations, paving the way to closer military ties between Washington and Wellington. "This high-level arrangement recognizes the significant security co-operation that exists between New Zealand and the U.S. ... |
| Suspect in cannibalistic Canada murder pleads not guilty Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:46 PM PDT  MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian porn actor accused of killing a Chinese student, dismembering and cannibalizing his body and posting a bloody video of the crime online pleaded not guilty to all charges on Tuesday as his lawyers considered whether to seek a psychiatric evaluation. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, appeared by video link in a packed Montreal courtroom, and lawyer Pierre Panaccio said Magnotta understood the charges and waived having them read out. Magnotta's next court appearance, also by video, will be on Thursday. ...
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| Egyptians rally for power, Mubarak ailing Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:51 PM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - Staking its claim to Egypt's presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood rallied in Cairo on Tuesday to demand the ruling generals hand over real power, following moves by the army that its U.S. ally labeled an assault on democracy. Up to 10,000 gathered as darkness fell on Tahrir Square, cradle of last year's Arab Spring revolution, chanting the name of the Islamist who they say won the weekend's presidential election and condemning measures to curb his powers that will leave much legal authority in the hands of the army for months to come. ...
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| Egypt Mubarak on life support amid crisis Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:40 PM PDT  Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after the 84-year-old ousted leader suffered a stroke in prison Tuesday, officials said, deepening the country's uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened over who will succeed him, with both candidates claiming to have won last weekend's presidential election.
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| Putin: Syrian people must decide their leadership Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:39 PM PDT Russian President Vladimir Putin says only the Syrian people have the right to decide whether their president Bashar Assad steps down. |
| World leaders weigh stimulus vs. austerity at G-20 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:10 PM PDT  With major European economies on the brink of collapse, leaders concluding an annual Group of 20 meeting sought Tuesday to reassure the world that they would find a way to put out the debt-fueled economic wildfire that has threatened banks, wiped out jobs and toppled governments all over the continent.
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| UK: 'Arms' ship for Syria heading back to Russia Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT  A Russian-operated ship said to be carrying military helicopters to Syria appears to have turned back after its British insurer removed coverage for the vessel, U.K. officials said Tuesday.
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| Turmoil in Pakistan after prime minister dismissed Posted: 19 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT  Pakistan's top court dismissed the prime minister from office on Tuesday for failing to investigate the president for corruption, ushering in a new round of political turmoil in a nation vital to American hopes of withdrawing from neighboring Afghanistan.
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| WikiLeaks founder seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT  Embattled WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange took refuge Tuesday in Ecuador's embassy in London and is seeking political asylum, his organization and the South American nation said.
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| Tasty loot in Spain as crisis spawns crop theft Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:50 AM PDT  Drop those cherries, you're under arrest. Crops and cops are converging along Spain's journey through economic crisis: People enduring hardship are stealing the earth's bounty from farmers to help get by from day to day.
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| Suspect in body parts case pleads not guilty Posted: 19 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT  A Canadian porn actor accused of dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the body parts to political parties and schools pleaded not guilty Tuesday to five charges including first degree murder.
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| EU: Iran nuke meeting to continue on lower level Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT  High-level nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers fizzled Tuesday, creating increased opportunity for Israel to use the setback to argue military force is the only way to stop Tehran from developing atomic arms.
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| Bus overturns in Haiti river; death toll disputed Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT Haiti's government said Tuesday that at least 40 people died in the country's south when a bus overturned in a rain-swollen river, but a local official reported a lower toll. |
