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• Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles
• Putin seeks answers after deadly southern Russia floods
• Bombs, clashes in Afghanistan kill 35 including seven NATO soldiers
• Greek government wins confidence vote, bigger battles loom
• Libya's Jibril calls for grand coalition
• Donors offer $16 billion Afghan aid at Tokyo conference
• Mexican electoral officials confirm Pena Nieto win
• Blood and oil tinge South Sudan's first birthday
• Saudi police arrest prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric
• Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet
• Egypt's president reconvenes dissolved parliament
• NATO: 6 service members killed in Afghanistan
• Syrian military holds exercises in show of force
• Greek government wins confidence vote
• 58 killed in central Nigeria raids and reprisals
• Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle'
• Libyan election hints at blow to Islamists
• Syria's Assad rejects comparison with Egypt, Libya
• Islamists protest NATO supply line in Pakistan
• Putin orders probe into Russia flood deaths

Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:41 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan is due to hold talks on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said U.S. political support for "terrorists" was hindering the peace envoy's plan to end 16 months of bloodshed. Assad also accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of supplying the rebels trying to overthrow him with arms and other support. "We know that (Annan) is coming up against countless obstacles but his plan should not be allowed to fail, it is a very good plan," Assad told German television channel Das Erste. ...

Putin seeks answers after deadly southern Russia floods Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT KRYMSK, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into accusations that officials could have done more to prevent floods killing at least 150 people in southern Russia, hoping to limit the criticism that has followed earlier disasters. Putin moved quickly to visit Krymsk - the worst-hit town - on Saturday and promised compensation for victims the day after water rose above head-height in some houses and turned streets into raging torrents. ...

Bombs, clashes in Afghanistan kill 35 including seven NATO soldiers Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - At least 35 people, including seven NATO soldiers, were killed in a string of roadside bombs and clashes on Sunday, one of the most violent days in the country for months. A bomb killed six NATO troops in the east, the coalition said without elaborating, after an insurgent attack in the south killed one foreign soldier. Twenty-eight Afghan civilians and police were killed in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces, officials said. ...

Greek government wins confidence vote, bigger battles loom Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:44 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new conservative-led government won parliamentary approval on Monday, but faced the much tougher task of convincing European partners and the IMF to give it more time to meet the terms of its bailout. There had been little doubt the government would sail through the confidence vote after a heated three-day debate in which it pledged to win back the trust of foreign lenders. All 179 ruling coalition deputies backed the motion in the 300-seat parliament. ...

Libya's Jibril calls for grand coalition Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:53 PM PDT TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril called for the some 150 political parties in the North African nation to back the creation of a grand coalition government, as election results were due to come in on Monday. The call came as Libyans celebrated Saturday's largely peaceful national assembly election, the first free national poll in Libya after 42 years of Muammar Gaddafi which went ahead despite widespread fears of violence. ...

Donors offer $16 billion Afghan aid at Tokyo conference Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:25 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Major donors pledged on Sunday to give Afghanistan $16 billion in development aid through 2015 as they try to prevent it from sliding back into chaos when foreign troops leave, but demanded reforms to fight widespread corruption. Donor fatigue and war weariness have taken their toll on how long the global community is willing to support Afghanistan and there are concerns about security following the withdrawal of most NATO troops in 2014 if financial backing is not secured. "Afghanistan's security cannot only be measured by the absence of war," U.S. ...

Mexican electoral officials confirm Pena Nieto win Posted: 08 Jul 2012 12:08 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Enrique Pena Nieto won Mexico's July 1 presidential election by 3.3 million ballots, or almost 7 percentage points, although allegations of excessive campaign spending and voter fraud could be reviewed by the electoral tribunal, officials said on Sunday. Vote counts also confirmed that Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its allies in the Green Party would have a minority in both houses of Congress, which could complicate his agenda when he takes office in December. According to the final count, Pena Nieto got 19.2 million votes, or 38. ...

Blood and oil tinge South Sudan's first birthday Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:59 PM PDT JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese celebrating their nation's first birthday on Monday will bask in the pride of their hard-won political freedom, but many may ask when they will enjoy the material benefits promised by the government of former rebels. Cleaners have swept Juba's dusty streets, hawkers have been peddling red, green and black national flags, and government workers have hung colorful bunting from lampposts to prepare for the ceremonies. ...

Saudi police arrest prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:58 PM PDT JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric wanted for "sedition" was arrested in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province late on Sunday after being shot in the leg by police in an exchange of fire, the Interior Ministry said. Activists said reports that Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr had been arrested prompted demonstrations in the mostly Shi'ite Qatif region of the Eastern Province, which has been the focal point of protests alleging discrimination, and where the cleric was seen as a leading radical. ...

Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:52 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new president on Sunday ordered a parliament dominated by his Islamist party to reconvene, challenging the authority of the generals who had dissolved the assembly in line with a court order. President Mohamed Mursi's decree appeared to catch off guard the generals who handed power to him on June 30. State media said the army's supreme council held an emergency meeting and a council member, declining to be named, told Reuters the generals had not been given prior warning. The military had been running Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. ...

Egypt's president reconvenes dissolved parliament Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:24 PM PDT Egypt's Islamist president fired the first volley Sunday in his battle with the nation's powerful generals, calling on the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene despite a military-backed court ruling that dissolved it.

NATO: 6 service members killed in Afghanistan Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks.

Syrian military holds exercises in show of force Posted: 08 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT In a show of force, Syria began large-scale military exercises Sunday to simulate defending the country against outside "aggression." Damascus' staunch ally Iran warned of a "catastrophe" in the region if no political solution to the 16-month-old Syrian conflict is found.

Greek government wins confidence vote Posted: 08 Jul 2012 02:56 PM PDT The new three-party coalition government in Greece has won a vote of confidence in parliament early Monday.

58 killed in central Nigeria raids and reprisals Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT Raids and reprisal attacks have left 58 people dead in Christian villages near a Nigerian city where authorities have struggled to contain religious violence, officials said Sunday.

Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle' Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT Pakistan's only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week, yet his legacy has been largely scorned in his homeland because of his religious affiliation.

Libyan election hints at blow to Islamists Posted: 08 Jul 2012 01:34 PM PDT Libya's first nationwide elections in nearly five decades brought hints Sunday of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals hoping to follow the same paths to power as in neighbors Egypt and Tunisia.

Syria's Assad rejects comparison with Egypt, Libya Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:31 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he is not afraid of meeting the same fate as the deposed and disgraced leaders of Libya and Egypt, saying he has nothing in common with them.

Islamists protest NATO supply line in Pakistan Posted: 08 Jul 2012 09:50 AM PDT Thousands of hardline Islamists streamed toward Pakistan's capital in a massive convoy of vehicles Sunday to protest the government's decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan.

Putin orders probe into Russia flood deaths Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT Russia's president moved quickly to address anger over the deaths of at least 171 people in severe flooding in the Black Sea region that turned streets into swirling muddy rivers and inundated thousands of homes as many residents were sleeping.

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