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• Over 200 massacred in Syrian government forces attack: activists
• Libya's Jibril in election landslide over Islamists
• War crimes trial adjourned as Mladic is hospitalized
• U.S. cracks down on Iran's oil tanker company, exposes fronts
• Leftist seeks to void Mexico's presidential election, again
• Riot breaks out in Belfast after Protestant march
• Most Greeks think new government cannot solve woes: poll
• U.N. calls for international probe into deadly Kazakh riots
• Chile's Pinera signs hate crime law after gay youth death
• Nine dead, four missing in French Alps avalanche
• Activists: Massacre in Syria kills more than 100
• 9 dead in Mont Blanc summer avalanche
• Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage
• US to Iraq: Review case of acquitted militant
• US piles more sanctions on Iran
• Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law
• After verdict, Olmert may return to politics
• Ex-NKorean star recalls 'ping pong diplomacy'
• Belfast Catholics riot after token Orange march
• Preliminary report issued over Nigeria plane crash

Over 200 massacred in Syrian government forces attack: activists Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships and tanks and then stormed by militiamen, opposition activists said. If confirmed, it would be the worst single incident of violence in 16 months of conflict in which rebels are fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and diplomacy to halt the bloodshed has been stymied by jostling between world powers. ...

Libya's Jibril in election landslide over Islamists Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:03 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The moderate National Forces Alliance of wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril scored a landslide victory over rival Islamist parties in Libya's first free national election in a generation, partial tallies showed on Thursday. Counts from across the North African country attested to a resounding defeat for the political wing of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood, bucking a trend of success for Islamist groups in other Arab Spring countries such as Egypt and Tunisia. Final official results are not due until next week. ...

War crimes trial adjourned as Mladic is hospitalized Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:47 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic is expected to stay in hospital for a second day of tests after being taken ill during his war crimes trial on Thursday, his lawyer said. Mladic, 70, is accused of genocide over the siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and the 1995 killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Europe's worst massacre since World War Two. He was rushed to hospital on Thursday morning after he was taken ill in court. ...

U.S. cracks down on Iran's oil tanker company, exposes fronts Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States ramped up pressure on Iran's ability to export oil on Thursday, identifying Tehran's main tanker firm and exposing dozens of its vessels as government-controlled entities. In the latest set of measures designed to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, the U.S. Treasury identified the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), 58 of its vessels and 27 of its affiliates as extensions of the state, which would undermine Iran's attempts to use renamed, disguised vessels to evade sanctions, the department said. ...

Leftist seeks to void Mexico's presidential election, again Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:53 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The runner-up in Mexico's presidential election will ask the electoral tribunal to void the results, arguing that the winner violated campaign finance laws to buy votes, his lawyers said on Thursday. Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador came in 3.3 million votes behind Enrique Pena Nieto from the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), according to the official count from the July 1 vote. ...

Riot breaks out in Belfast after Protestant march Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT BELFAST (Reuters) - Police fired water cannon at Catholic youths in Belfast on Thursday after rioting erupted when a small Protestant parade, celebrating a 17th century military victory over Catholic forces, passed their estate. The violence came at the culmination of a series of parades that pro-British Protestants stage annually in the British-ruled province, a tradition seen as provocative by Irish nationalists who want to be part of a united Ireland. ...

Most Greeks think new government cannot solve woes: poll Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks believe their new government is unable to resolve their near-bankrupt country's problems, a poll found on Thursday. Greece depends on a second 130 billion-euro bailout from the International Monetary Fund and European Union, who demand spending cuts that have helped push it into its worst recession since World War Two and put one in five out of work. ...

U.N. calls for international probe into deadly Kazakh riots Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:42 AM PDT ASTANA (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Kazakhstan on Thursday to allow an international investigation into deadly oil town riots that it said exposed rights abuses and growing inequality in Central Asia's largest economy. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the December riots in Zhanaozen, during which police opened fire on protesters, should serve as a "warning" to Kazakhstan not to pursue financial prosperity at the expense of human rights. ...

Chile's Pinera signs hate crime law after gay youth death Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday became one of the last Latin American nations to pass an anti-discrimination law, after a brutal beating that led to a young gay man's death put pressure on conservative president Sebastian Pinera's government to act. The hate-crime bill, which was originally introduced by ex-president Ricardo Lagos, was signed into law by Pinera after being tied up in Congress for seven years. Chile, one of Latin America's richest countries, remains conservative and heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, which considers homosexual acts sinful. ...

Nine dead, four missing in French Alps avalanche Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:53 AM PDT CHAMONIX, France (Reuters) - Nine climbers were killed in an avalanche near Chamonix in the French Alps on Thursday when a wall of snow swept them away as they tried to scale one of Europe's tallest peaks, authorities said. Rescue efforts to find four other climbers still missing were called off until Friday and French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said an investigation would be launched to establish what had happened and how similar avalanches could be avoided. The dead included three Britons, three Germans, two Spaniards and one Swiss, authorities said. ...

Activists: Massacre in Syria kills more than 100 Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:40 PM PDT Syrian activists reported a new massacre late Thursday in the central Hama province, saying regime forces killed more than 100 people in shelling and other attacks.

9 dead in Mont Blanc summer avalanche Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:47 PM PDT They set out before dawn, hoping to conquer a mountaineering classic: Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak. But below the prized summit, a climber is believed to have accidentally caused a slab of ice to snap off, triggering an avalanche Thursday that swept nine climbers to their deaths and injured a dozen others.

Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:39 PM PDT It's only rock 'n' roll, but the Rolling Stones definitely like it.

US to Iraq: Review case of acquitted militant Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT The White House has asked Iraq to review the case of a Hezbollah commander who was accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed five American soldiers or hand him over to the United States, a senior Obama administration official said Thursday, though two Iraqi courts have declared him not guilty.

US piles more sanctions on Iran Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:07 PM PDT The Obama administration on Thursday hit Iran with more sanctions designed to hinder the country's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Chilean hate-crime legislation signed into law Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT Chile's president signed an anti-discrimination law Thursday following the killing of a gay man beaten by attackers who carved swastikas into his body.

After verdict, Olmert may return to politics Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:34 AM PDT Could Ehud Olmert be plotting his return to politics?

Ex-NKorean star recalls 'ping pong diplomacy' Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy."

Belfast Catholics riot after token Orange march Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:58 PM PDT Irish Catholic militants attacked riot police Thursday in a divided corner of Belfast as the most polarizing day on Northern Ireland's calendar reached a typically ugly end — and yet managed, amid the smoke and chaos, to take a few tentative steps toward compromise.

Preliminary report issued over Nigeria plane crash Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:01 PM PDT A commercial airliner that crashed last month in Nigeria's largest city, killing more than 150 people onboard and others on the ground, lost both engines within sight of the airport, according to a preliminary reported released Thursday.

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