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• Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital
• French spirit inspired me, Aung San Suu Kyi says
• Mexico's Pena Nieto with big poll lead before election
• Bomb explodes outside Tunisian consulate in Tripoli
• Egypt court rejects army powers to arrest civilians
• U.N. wants Africa's Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end
• Cast out of Israel, South Sudanese face risky future
• U.N. to release divisive report on Rwanda support for Congo rebels
• Weeks of Serbian government talks near collapse
• Kuwaitis protest after elected parliament thrown out
• New Egypt president moves toward unity government
• Turkey warns Syria away from its border
• Videla denies Argentine dictatorship baby thefts
• Chavez foe demands limits on leader's on-air talks
• Canada PM offers help with mall collapse
• Mexico airport shooting points to running problems
• UN report on Haiti rape shows few prosecutions
• Paraguay's Lugo changes tack ahead of summit
• Number of Haitians displaced by quake is falling
• Queen, ex-IRA chief face N.Ireland peace milestone

Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital. Video published by activists recorded heavy gunfire and explosions in suburbs of Damascus. A trail of fresh blood on a sidewalk in the suburb of Qudsiya led into a building where one casualty was taken. A naked man writhed in pain, his body pierced by shrapnel. ...

French spirit inspired me, Aung San Suu Kyi says Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:06 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's revolutionary spirit, art, literature and even its onion soup served as an inspiration to Myanmar pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi during years of house arrest, she said on Tuesday. Asked in Paris, as she nears the end of a 17-day European tour, what a visit to France meant to her, Suu Kyi, who studied the French language and culture during 15 years confined to her home, responded: "Everything from Victor Hugo to onion soup. ...

Mexico's Pena Nieto with big poll lead before election Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto maintained his wide lead over leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) could win a majority in Congress, a new poll less than a week before the election showed on Tuesday. The latest voter survey for the July 1 election by Consulta Mitofsky showed support for Pena Nieto at 38.4 percent, up 0.8 percentage points from a poll published last week by the firm. ...

Bomb explodes outside Tunisian consulate in Tripoli Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:07 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli on Tuesday, causing damage but no injuries, a Libyan security official said, the latest in a rash of attacks on foreign targets in the North African state. Libyan police had no information on the identity or motive of the attackers, and a consulate official declined to comment. ...

Egypt court rejects army powers to arrest civilians Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday tossed out a government decree allowing the army to arrest civilians, a setback to military rulers preparing for this week's formal handover to Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first Islamist president. The Muslim Brotherhood and other opponents of military rule were furious when the army-backed interim government empowered soldiers to arrest civilians, effectively reinstating Hosni Mubarak's hated state of emergency, which lapsed on May 31. ...

U.N. wants Africa's Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations wants an African Union force hunting fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be fully equipped by December, according to a U.N. strategy due to be presented to the world body's Security Council on Wednesday. The AU force, which has U.S. backing, aims to have a full strength of 5,000 troops from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Uganda, but lacks equipment, training, food and transportation. ...

Cast out of Israel, South Sudanese face risky future Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:27 PM PDT JUBA (Reuters) - Wearing low-slung ripped jeans, a silver cross and diamond-studded earrings, Marshan Mai cursed as he stepped off the aircraft back on to the land he left years ago. He was in the second group of South Sudanese migrants who arrived at Juba airport on Tuesday after being deported from Israel and who face an uncertain future back in their war-torn and impoverished country. "I don't want to be here. I didn't want to come back. I have nothing to do here," Mai said, as migrants carried laptops, toy cars, huge plasma screens and a guitar off the plane. ...

U.N. to release divisive report on Rwanda support for Congo rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:06 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council agreed on Tuesday to publish a controversial document that implicates Rwanda's defense minister and several top military officials of backing an army mutiny in the east of neighboring Congo, council diplomats said. The evidence contained in an addendum to a recent report by U.N. experts is the strongest yet to indicate high-level support within President Paul Kagame's government for the so-called M23 rebellion, whose stand-off with Congolese forces has caused thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country. ...

Weeks of Serbian government talks near collapse Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT BELGRADE (Reuters) - Talks on forming a pro-reform coalition government in Serbia looked on the verge of collapse on Tuesday, raising the prospect of nationalists taking power in the country which is a candidate for European Union membership. Seven weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election, the Democratic Party issued a statement late on Tuesday demanding that the Socialist-led bloc say whether its initial agreement to form a government still stands. ...

Kuwaitis protest after elected parliament thrown out Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:46 PM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis protested on Tuesday against a court ruling that effectively dissolved a parliament dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated the previous, more government-friendly, assembly. They packed Erada square opposite parliament in the OPEC-oil producer and chanted "we will not surrender", after lawmakers decried the ruling as a coup against the constitution and called for protests. "We came here to say no to the previous parliament because its members were corrupt," said Khaled al-Khalifa, 24. "They stole the people's money. ...

New Egypt president moves toward unity government Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:04 PM PDT President-elect Mohammed Morsi tried to ease the turmoil that has rocked Egypt since the uprising 16 months ago, reaching out Tuesday to Christians, women and secular revolutionaries to join his new Islamist-led government.

Turkey warns Syria away from its border Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:35 PM PDT Turkey warned Syria on Tuesday to keep its forces away from the countries' troubled border or risk an armed response — a furious reply to the downing of a Turkish military plane last week by the Damascus regime.

Videla denies Argentine dictatorship baby thefts Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla denied Tuesday that his government stole babies from women who were detained and then executed during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship.

Chavez foe demands limits on leader's on-air talks Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT Preventing loquacious Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from campaigning for re-election on the airwaves for more than three minutes isn't an easy task, but that's what opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is demanding.

Canada PM offers help with mall collapse Posted: 26 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT Rescue crews geared up Tuesday to start dismantling a partially collapsed mall in northern Ontario city in an effort to rescue victims despite fading hopes of finding anyone alive.

Mexico airport shooting points to running problems Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT From cash in chili pepper cans to cocaine in cardboard boxes, Mexico City's international airport has long been considered the capital's main transport hub for drugs and other contraband that seem to move as smoothly as any cargo and usually with no fuss for passengers.

UN report on Haiti rape shows few prosecutions Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:56 PM PDT The prosecution of rape cases in Haiti remains bogged down, and justice is rarely served, the United Nations mission in the impoverished country said in a report released Tuesday.

Paraguay's Lugo changes tack ahead of summit Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:56 PM PDT Paraguay's former president again shifted course on Tuesday, saying he has decided not to attend a South American summit this week where he had planned to protest his dismissal by Congress.

Number of Haitians displaced by quake is falling Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT The number of people living in the precarious settlements that became glaring symbols of the Haitian earthquake's devastation has dropped below 400,000 for the first time since the January 2010 disaster, according to an aid group's report released Tuesday.

Queen, ex-IRA chief face N.Ireland peace milestone Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:38 PM PDT Queen Elizabeth II prayed together Tuesday with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated its rising faith in a shared future — and braced for a peacemaking milestone that has been a quarter-century in the making.

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