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• Turkey turns to NATO after Syria downs jet
• Egypt's Islamist president takes revolution to palace
• UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms
• Al Qaeda threatens Arab Spring nations: UK spy chief
• Sudan says no retreat on cuts despite protests
• African extremist groups linking up: U.S. general
• Iraq bomb kills 9 young soccer players, fans: officials
• Insight: Road to nowhere: the longest expressway India never had
• Paraguay's Lugo protests as new cabinet sworn in
• Rwanda says being made a scapegoat for Congo mutiny
• Ousted leader hopes to regain power in Paraguay
• China interested in free-trade deal with Mercosur
• Egyptian president moves into Mubarak's old office
• MI5 chief talks threats before Olympics
• Spain asks for bank rescue
• Spain's banks, government co-dependent on debt
• Mexico laments part of US immigration ruling
• Officials: NE Congo militants kill 10 in attack
• Turkey: NATO should view Syria as attacking it
• Officials suspend rescue efforts in mall collapse

Turkey turns to NATO after Syria downs jet Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:58 PM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is to demand backing from its NATO allies on Tuesday at a special meeting called after Syrian troops shot down a Turkish warplane last week in an incident Damascus said was self-defense but which Ankara branded an "act of aggression". It is only the second time in NATO's 63-year history that it has convened under Article 4 of its charter which provides for consultations when a member state feels its territorial integrity, political independence or security is under threat. ...

Egypt's Islamist president takes revolution to palace Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:04 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president whose powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition on Monday after touring his new palace, once home of Hosni Mubarak who banned his movement for three decades. Declared winner on Sunday a week after a tumultuous run-off vote that pitted him against a former air force chief, the Islamist faces the challenge of meeting sky-high expectations in a nation tired of turmoil while the economy is on the ropes. ...

UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:36 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Two British hackers pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to plotting attacks against computers of international firms, law enforcement bodies and government agencies including the CIA, in a cyber crime spree that gained global attention. Ryan Cleary, 20, of southeast England, and Jake Davis, 19, of Scotland, both members of the hacking group LulzSec, pleaded guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court to charges they conspired with others to hack websites last year, Britain's Press Association reported. ...

Al Qaeda threatens Arab Spring nations: UK spy chief Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain, the chief of the MI5 Security Service said on Monday. In his first public speech for nearly two years, Security Service Director General Jonathan Evans said the Arab Spring revolts in Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and Egypt offered long-term hope of a more democratic Middle East. ...

Sudan says no retreat on cuts despite protests Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's finance minister said on Monday the government would stick to its decision to cut fuel subsidies despite more than a week of anti-austerity protests in Khartoum and other cities. Sudanese police used teargas to disperse the latest demonstration which took place in an impoverished eastern region, where witnesses said protesters also set fire to a local office of the ruling party. ...

African extremist groups linking up: U.S. general Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three of Africa's largest extremist groups are sharing funds and swapping explosives in what could signal a dangerous escalation of security threats on the continent, the commander of the U.S. military's Africa Command said on Monday. General Carter Ham said there are indications that Boko Haram, al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - groups that he labeled as the continent's most violent - are sharing money and explosive materials while training fighters together. ...

Iraq bomb kills 9 young soccer players, fans: officials Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nine young soccer players and fans were killed when a bomb exploded near a pitch in southern Iraq, health officials said, in the latest of a wave of attacks raising fears of a return to widespread sectarian violence. The explosion in a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim area of the city of Hilla came the same day as police and hospital sources said a roadside bomb killed five people near a pet shop popular with young people in a Sunni Muslim area of the northern city of Baquba. ...

Insight: Road to nowhere: the longest expressway India never had Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:04 PM PDT BALLIA, India (Reuters) - In a wheat field near the mighty Ganges river stands a cracked foundation stone surrounded by nibbling goats and farmers driving their cattle in the baking sun. Unveiled more than four years ago, it's all that remains of an ambition to build India's longest expressway, an eight-lane, 1,050-km (650-mile) road that would have run through Uttar Pradesh state and connected one of the country's most backward regions to the doorstep of the nation's capital. ...

Paraguay's Lugo protests as new cabinet sworn in Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:04 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's new center-right president swore in his cabinet on Monday as neighboring nations intensified diplomatic pressure over the sudden impeachment of his leftist predecessor, Fernando Lugo. Federico Franco took office on Friday, moments after Lugo - a former Roman Catholic bishop - was ousted by the opposition-controlled Congress in an impeachment hearing that lasted less than six hours. ...

Rwanda says being made a scapegoat for Congo mutiny Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Monday condemned "disingenuous" claims that high-ranking Rwandan officials are backing an army mutiny in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a bid to make Rwanda a scapegoat for its former enemy's problems. Mushikiwabo called for calm and warned that the situation had resulted in rhetoric reminiscent of the lead-up to a 1994 Rwandan genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and Hutus were killed. ...

Ousted leader hopes to regain power in Paraguay Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo said Monday that he is aiming to return to power and will rally allies at home and abroad after a landslide congressional vote forced him from office in what he called a break with democracy.

China interested in free-trade deal with Mercosur Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:20 PM PDT Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant is interested in a possible free-trade deal with the Mercosur regional trade bloc.

Egyptian president moves into Mubarak's old office Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:58 PM PDT As Mohammed Morsi moved Monday into the presidential office last occupied by Hosni Mubarak, the contours emerged Monday of a backroom deal that led Egypt's powerful military council to bless the Islamist as the country's first freely elected head of state.

MI5 chief talks threats before Olympics Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT Britain has seen a credible terrorist attack plot about once a year since the Sept.11 attacks — a worrying pattern as security officials brace for an array of threats ahead of next month's summer Olympics, the head of the country's domestic spy agency says.

Spain asks for bank rescue Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT Spain has made a formal request for a loan to help clean up its troubled banking sector, the Economy Ministry said Monday.

Spain's banks, government co-dependent on debt Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:12 PM PDT The Spanish government and Spanish banks are perilously co-dependent.

Mexico laments part of US immigration ruling Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:56 PM PDT The Mexican government says it's disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld part of an Arizona law requiring police check the immigration status of anyone they stop.

Officials: NE Congo militants kill 10 in attack Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:22 PM PDT Officials say militants have killed at least 10 people and kidnapped a foreigner in a park in volatile northeastern Congo.

Turkey: NATO should view Syria as attacking it Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT Turkey said Monday it would push NATO to consider Syria's downing of a Turkish jet as an attack on the whole military alliance.

Officials suspend rescue efforts in mall collapse Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT The threat of another collapse at a shopping mall in Northern Ontario forced rescue crews to abandon their search for possible survivors despite recent signs of life, officials said Monday, days after a falling portion of the structure's roof killed at least one person.

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