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• Rebels storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel
• Exclusive: Annan calls for Syria national unity government: envoys
• Egypt's Islamist president-elect seeks wide support
• Bolivian police end rebellion after pay deal reached
• Venezuela poll shows tight race for Chavez
• Afghanistan wants its cultural heroes back
• Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions
• U.S. to highlight China cooperation at ASEAN forum
• Mexican Pena Nieto has big lead for Sunday's election
• At least 20 dead as north Mali factions clash
• Troubled Europe summit: Merkel vs everyone else
• Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point
• Egypt's generals eye Turkish model
• History unfolds: Queen, ex-IRA chief shake hands
• EU's changing faces raise doubts for future
• Mexico focuses on man expected to lose election
• UN: Violence in Syria worse than before ceasefire
• Merkel backs Europe-wide growth pact
• Egyptian officials: Mubarak's health worsens
• Palestinians in last push for UN nod for Bethlehem

Rebels storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:13 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a pro-government Syrian TV channel headquarters on Wednesday, bombing buildings and shooting dead three employees, state media said, in one of the boldest attacks yet on a symbol of the authoritarian state. More than 150 people were killed in fierce fighting across Syria on Wednesday, 86 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Intensified fighting in the country have driven up the death toll averages to around 100 people per day in the past week. President Bashar al-Assad declared late on Tuesday that his country was "at war". U.S. ...

Exclusive: Annan calls for Syria national unity government: envoys Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and other big powers have told Syria mediator Kofi Annan they support his idea of a Syrian national unity cabinet that could include government and opposition members but would exclude those whose participation would undermine it, envoys said on Wednesday. The proposal is one of the main topics that Russia, the other four permanent Security Council members and other key players in the Middle East will discuss at a meeting in Geneva on Saturday about the 16-month conflict in Syria, diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity. ...

Egypt's Islamist president-elect seeks wide support Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi began talks on Wednesday with groups nervous about where he will take Egypt after the generals who have ruled since Hosni Mubarak's fall make way for the republic's first civilian leader. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Mursi to bring diverse groups into his government, mentioning Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, secular-minded Egyptians and young people. The U.S. ...

Bolivian police end rebellion after pay deal reached Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:18 PM PDT LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's police ended a violent mutiny and went back to work on Wednesday after reaching an accord with government ministers and the police leadership on pay and disciplinary rules, satisfying lower-ranking officers who had rejected a previous deal. Dozens of police officers were hurt and several police stations were destroyed in the five-day rebellion in the natural gas-exporting South American country that has a history of coups and violent conflicts. ...

Venezuela poll shows tight race for Chavez Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:31 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - A new poll shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez only slightly ahead of challenger Henrique Capriles in the October 7 presidential election, welcome news for the opposition following numerous surveys showing Chavez with a wide lead. The leftist former soldier is seeking re-election for a third term to extend his self-styled socialist revolution, and he has boosted his public appearances as his health seems to be recovering from a cancer diagnosed last year. ...

Afghanistan wants its cultural heroes back Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:05 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - - Interred a quarter century ago in Pakistan, the remains of Afghan poet Ustad Khalilullah Khalili now lie in a forlorn corner of Kabul University, brought here to be reburied so that no one else can lay claim to the revered poet-philosopher. He has no epitaph; only a few wilted bouquets lie at the grave of Afghanistan's most prominent 20th century poet. Three policemen guard the site. ...

Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:15 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen driving a van packed with gas canisters firebombed the Athens headquarters of Microsoft on Wednesday, underscoring the threat of instability as Greece asks for more time and less hardship in cutting its crippling debt. Fire gutted the ground floor of the blue four-storey HQ of the U.S. software giant, blackening its walls with flames, on the eve of yet another European summit seeking a solution to a regional debt crisis first unleashed by Greece. At least two attackers were involved in the sophisticated assault at 4.45 a.m. ...

U.S. to highlight China cooperation at ASEAN forum Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will stress "engagement and cooperation" with China at security talks next month in Southeast Asia where nations are wary of getting caught in superpower rivalry, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said the United States and China would unveil new cooperative initiatives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Cambodia. ...

Mexican Pena Nieto has big lead for Sunday's election Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:05 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto goes into Sunday's election with a wide lead over his rivals, opinion polls showed on Wednesday, putting him on track to return to power the party that ruled for much of the last century. The final voter survey of the campaign by newspaper El Universal showed Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, rising 4.2 percentage points to 41.2 percent from a poll published on June 18. That gave him a 17.4-point lead over leftist and 2006 runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who rose 0. ...

At least 20 dead as north Mali factions clash Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists militants seized control of the headquarters of the local separatist rebels in the north Mali town of Gao on Wednesday after a bloody battle that killed at least 20, residents said. The battle follows weeks of tension between the separatist Tuareg-led MNLA and better-armed local Islamists who helped it take control of the northern two-thirds of Mali in April but whose goal is to impose sharia Islamic law across the country. ...

Troubled Europe summit: Merkel vs everyone else Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is the woman to watch — or fear, or confront — in Europe this week.

Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting that the U.S. hopes will be a turning point in the crisis.

Egypt's generals eye Turkish model Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT Now that Egypt has its first freely elected president, Egypt's powerful generals appear headed toward copying the Turkish model from decades past — retaining overwhelming powers while allowing a civilian regime complete with the trappings of democracy to emerge.

History unfolds: Queen, ex-IRA chief shake hands Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT Queen Elizabeth II and a former Irish Republican Army commander offered each other the hand of peace Wednesday in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing Northern Ireland's progress in achieving reconciliation after decades of violence.

EU's changing faces raise doubts for future Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT Often these days, the first order of business at European Union summits isn't the continent's dreadful financial crisis.

Mexico focuses on man expected to lose election Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT Four days before Mexico's presidential election, much of the nation's attention is focused on a man who appears certain to lose.

UN: Violence in Syria worse than before ceasefire Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the U.N. said Wednesday.

Merkel backs Europe-wide growth pact Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied Wednesday for a €130 billion ($162 billion) Europe-wide stimulus package in a gesture to French President Francois Hollande — but the two leaders remained at odds over the bigger, tougher steps needed to end Europe's spiraling debt crisis.

Egyptian officials: Mubarak's health worsens Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT Medical officials say ousted President Hosni Mubarak's health condition has taken a turn for the worse.

Palestinians in last push for UN nod for Bethlehem Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:11 AM PDT The Palestinians on Wednesday made a final push to have UNESCO recognize the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank as an endangered World Heritage site, despite misgivings by Christian denominations and a cool response from the U.N. agency.

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