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• Mubarak health drama adds to Egypt uncertainty
• Exclusive: U.S. to slap "terrorist" label on Nigerian militants
• Red Cross to pluck wounded from Syria's Homs
• Greek coalition takes power, promises to revise bailout
• Celebrities, activists risk losing Assange bail money
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth gets bumper pay rise
• Romanian ex-PM attempts suicide as jailers arrive
• Hollande prepares French civil service cuts: paper
• Eleven Islamist militants killed in southern Yemen
• Hamas signals ready for truce after Israel kills 2
• Officials delay announcing Egypt election winner
• Greece swears in new prime minister
• Palestinian village faces demolition by Israel
• Rio: pollution rife during UN enviro conference
• Pakistan nabs French man accused of al-Qaida ties
• 3 US soldiers, 18 Afghans killed in suicide attack
• AP PHOTOS: World Refugee Day shows global plight
• Ex-Romania PM shoots self after court's sentence
• Yemen: 31 killed in fighting in south
• Police nab suspect in France hostage standoff

Mubarak health drama adds to Egypt uncertainty Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:29 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak's move from jail to a Cairo military hospital where officials said he was slipping in and out of a coma on Wednesday created fresh uncertainty for Egyptians as officials delayed the announcement of a presidential election result. Claims of fraud from both camps fuelled unease in a nation where rigged ballots were the norm under Mubarak and where his fellow generals have moved to curb the power of the new head of state. Now that results will not be announced on Thursday, clarity may not emerge until a full week after polling ended. ...

Exclusive: U.S. to slap "terrorist" label on Nigerian militants Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to formally apply a "foreign terrorist" label on Thursday to three alleged leading figures of the violent Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, officials said. The action by the State and Treasury departments follows growing pressure on the Obama Administration to take stronger action against Boko Haram. The group, which says it wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in northern Nigeria, has stepped up attacks on Christian places of worship this year. ...

Red Cross to pluck wounded from Syria's Homs Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Aid teams stood ready on Wednesday to enter the contested Syrian city of Homs to evacuate people trapped and wounded by 10 days of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Both sides agreed to a temporary truce, the International Committee of the Red Cross said from Geneva. Teams from the ICRC and its partner the Syrian Red Crescent were ready to go into Homs as soon as possible, but an ICRC spokesman said no evacuations would take place before Thursday at the earliest. ...

Greek coalition takes power, promises to revise bailout Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:10 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - A conservative-led government took power in Greece on Wednesday promising to negotiate softer terms on its harsh international bailout, help the people regain their dignity and steer the country through its biggest crisis for four decades. The swearing-in of Antonis Samaras as prime minister after elections last Sunday ended weeks of uncertainty that rattled financial markets and threatened to push near-bankrupt Greece out of the euro zone. ...

Celebrities, activists risk losing Assange bail money Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of Wikileaks knows how to keep a secret. Two days before claiming asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Julian Assange partied with some of his most famous and well-heeled supporters. He did not mention that, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden on sexual-assault charges, he was about to potentially forfeit the bail money they had posted. Among the well-known figures who stand to lose some or all of whatever they pledged for Assange's bail are London socialite Jemima Khan, British film director Ken Loach and the U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore. ...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth gets bumper pay rise Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:04 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has another reason to be cheerful in her Diamond Jubilee year - her annual pay is about to jump by 20 percent to 36 million pounds. Her property holdings, known as the Crown Estate, posted a record profit of 240.2 million pounds ($377.4 million), a net rise of 4 percent in the year through March 2012 largely due to strong tenant demand for its shops in the upmarket Regent Street and St James's districts of London. ...

Romanian ex-PM attempts suicide as jailers arrive Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase tried to kill himself on Wednesday when police came to take him to start a two-year jail term for corruption, a case touted by Romania as proof that it is getting tough on graft. Nastase appeared to have attempted suicide when police arrived at his house in an upmarket part of the capital to take him to prison, the Bucharest Court of Cassation and Justice said in a statement. A Reuters witness saw the 61-year-old, who was prime minister from 2000 to 2004, being stretchered from the house and taken away in an ambulance. ...

Hollande prepares French civil service cuts: paper Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:14 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's government, under pressure to honor European debt-reduction commitments, is eyeing cuts in the staff and operational costs of the civil service over the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, a newspaper said on Wednesday. While not yet set in stone, government deliberations over recent days have focused on broad targets for spending restraint, to be fine-tuned in coming weeks, the daily Le Figaro said. Citing a source in the Budget Ministry, the newspaper said government meetings had focused on cutting civil service staffing by an average 2. ...

Eleven Islamist militants killed in southern Yemen Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:18 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's army killed at least 11 al Qaeda-linked militants in Abyan province on Wednesday as it pressed ahead with a U.S.-backed offensive to crush Islamist militancy in the south, a military official said. The Ministry of Defense said in a text message that some of the dead militants had been senior military leaders in Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), a group which has close links to the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). ...

Hamas signals ready for truce after Israel kills 2 Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:02 PM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza militants said on Wednesday they were ready to sign up to an Egyptian-brokered truce to end three days of cross-border fighting after Israeli air strikes killed a Palestinian militant and a 14-year-old boy. In a statement, the militant wing of the Islamist Hamas group in control of Gaza said: "Responding to the Egyptian efforts, we and the armed resistance announce our commitment to stop this round of confrontation as long as the occupation stops this aggression." Israel had no immediate comment. ...

Officials delay announcing Egypt election winner Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:14 PM PDT Officials postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed election on Wednesday, sending political tensions soaring as the country awaited its first new president in three decades.

Greece swears in new prime minister Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:47 PM PDT Greece moved to end its protracted political impasse Wednesday, swearing in a new prime minister to lead a largely pro-bailout coalition tasked with saving the country's place in the eurozone and easing a European financial crisis with global repercussions.

Palestinian village faces demolition by Israel Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT Palestinians in this hamlet have clung to their arid acres for decades, living without proper electricity or water while Israel provides both to Jewish settlers on nearby hills. But the end now seems near for Susiya: Demolition orders distributed last week by the Israelis aim to destroy virtually the entire village.

Rio: pollution rife during UN enviro conference Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:12 AM PDT The throngs streaming into Rio for a sustainable development conference may be dreaming of white-sand beaches and clear, blue waters, but what they are first likely to notice as they leave the airport is not the salty tang of ocean in the breeze, but the stench of raw sewage.

Pakistan nabs French man accused of al-Qaida ties Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT Pakistan has arrested a French man accused of being a prominent al-Qaida militant, officials said Wednesday, a reminder of the country's vital role in the war on terror at a time of deteriorating relations with the U.S.

3 US soldiers, 18 Afghans killed in suicide attack Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:57 AM PDT A suicide bomber killed 21 people including three U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in a packed market in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday — the third assault targeting Americans in as many days.

AP PHOTOS: World Refugee Day shows global plight Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT From Myanmar to Pakistan to Bangladesh and beyond, some 15.2 million people live as refugees, many for decades or more. Nearly half are children under the age of 18.

Ex-Romania PM shoots self after court's sentence Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:33 PM PDT A Romanian ex-prime minister shot and wounded himself Wednesday in an apparent suicide attempt, hours after the country's highest court ruled that he must serve a two-year prison sentence on corruption charges, the country's current premier said. Media reports said he had shot himself in the neck.

Yemen: 31 killed in fighting in south Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:50 PM PDT Yemeni raids on al-Qaida positions have left at least 28 fighters and three soldiers dead, as the government consolidates its hold on recaptured militant strongholds, military officials said Wednesday.

Police nab suspect in France hostage standoff Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:39 PM PDT A gunman who ranted disjointedly about religious motives took four employees at a bank hostage on Wednesday before French police stormed in to arrest him — a new episode of apparent lone-wolf violence to jolt a region still reeling from a terrorist shooting spree that killed seven people three months ago.

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