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• Spain prepares more austerity, protesters battle police
• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near Mexico's Baja Peninsula
• Ex-Murdoch editor Brooks due in court on hacking plot charges
• Obama at U.N. calls for end to intolerance, warns Iran
• Syrian rebels bomb security building in Damascus
• Egypt's Mursi calls for cooperation between cultures
• Greek strike to test coalition government's mettle
• Dispute escalates between China and Japan
• China slowdown adds urgency to Communist Party soul searching
• Mexican draft labor bill weakened by congressional body
• Iconic Israeli newspaper on the verge of collapse
• Spaniards rage against austerity near Parliament
• Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida
• Egypt refers man who tore Bible to trial
• Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance
• Brazil judge orders arrest of Google president
• Uruguay poised to legalize abortion
• Mexico labor bill would loosen hiring, union grip
• Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism
• AP Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes Syria solution

Spain prepares more austerity, protesters battle police Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:07 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital on Tuesday as the government prepared a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget to be announced on Thursday. Thousands gathered in Neptune plaza, a few meters from El Prado museum in central Madrid, where they formed a human chain around parliament, surrounded by barricades, police trucks and more than 1,500 police in riot gear. Police fired rubber bullets and beat protesters with truncheons, first as protesters were trying to tear down barriers and later to clear the square. ...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near Mexico's Baja Peninsula Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near Mexico's Baja Peninsula on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was located 38 miles north of La Paz, Mexico, and was offshore. (Editing by Stacey Joyce)

Ex-Murdoch editor Brooks due in court on hacking plot charges Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:31 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, a former executive in Rupert Murdoch's media empire and friend of British Prime Minister David Cameron, faces charges in court on Wednesday that she conspired to hide evidence from police investigating a phone hacking scandal. The charges are part of the criminal inquiry into assertions that UK newspapers intercepted messages on the phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims, and made illegal payments to public officials. ...

Obama at U.N. calls for end to intolerance, warns Iran Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Tuesday to put an end to the intolerance and violence that led to the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador in Libya and warned Iran he would do what it takes to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear arms. In a 30-minute address to the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly, Obama called anew for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following an 18-month civil war without saying how to make it happen. He also offered no fresh ideas on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Syrian rebels bomb security building in Damascus Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:10 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian insurgents detonated bombs at a building occupied by pro-government militias in Damascus on Tuesday and France called for U.N. protection of rebel-held areas to help end Syria's bloodshed and rights abuses. Activists say that more than 27,000 people have been killed in the 18-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad but jostling for regional advantage by world powers has thwarted effective U.N. Security Council action to defuse the conflict. ...

Egypt's Mursi calls for cooperation between cultures Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist president delivered a call on Tuesday for "genuine cooperation" between cultures, but in the wake of violent assaults on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world he also cautioned that a joke in one culture may not be funny in another. Speaking at a philanthropic meeting convened in New York by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Mursi signaled an embrace of multiculturalism as an alternative to a single culture seeking dominance. "The world cannot become one culture or one civilization. ...

Greek strike to test coalition government's mettle Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers on Wednesday hold their first major anti-austerity strike since a coalition government took power in June, grounding flights, disrupting local transport and shutting public service offices. Called by the country's two biggest unions that represent half the work force, the walkout is expected to bring out thousands of Greeks to the streets to protest at a new round of belt-tightening demanded by EU and IMF lenders. ...

Dispute escalates between China and Japan Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service on Tuesday amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan in a show of force that could worry its neighbors. China's Ministry of Defence said the newly named Liaoning aircraft carrier would "raise the overall operational strength of the Chinese navy" and help Beijing to "effectively protect national sovereignty, security and development interests". ...

China slowdown adds urgency to Communist Party soul searching Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT JINGGANGSHAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese university teacher Zhu Haibin wept softly as she and other Communist Party cadres stood in rows before a mass grave of Communist fighters in southern China. Ignoring light drizzle, the group listened to a party instructor tell the story of Zhang Longxiu, a "hero mother" from the early days of China's Communist revolution who was tortured to death by Nationalists while protecting her son. ...

Mexican draft labor bill weakened by congressional body Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican congressional working group has gutted a planned reform of several measures intended to make trade unions more transparent before a vote on the bill later this week. Put forward by outgoing President Felipe Calderon at the start of the month, the draft labor law aims to make it easier for companies to hire and fire employees and combat abuses by the country's trade unions. ...

Iconic Israeli newspaper on the verge of collapse Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT Throughout much of Israel's history, the Maariv daily was known as the "country's paper," the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone of Israeli media. Now it is on its last legs — the victim, some say, of a Jewish-American billionaire who is a close friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Spaniards rage against austerity near Parliament Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT Spain's government was hit hard by the country's financial crisis on multiple fronts Tuesday as protestors enraged with austerity cutbacks and tax hikes clashed with police near Parliament, a separatist-minded region set elections seen as an independence referendum and the nation's high borrowing costs rose again

Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT Yemen's president said Tuesday he would talk to his country's branch of the al-Qaida militant network if it were to give up its weapons, abandon its extremist ideas and stop sheltering foreign fighters.

Egypt refers man who tore Bible to trial Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT Egyptian prosecutors referred to trial Tuesday a well-known radical Islamist who tore up an English copy of the Bible during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:02 PM PDT One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator's supporters — the latest victim of persistent violence and instability in the North African country.

Brazil judge orders arrest of Google president Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:48 PM PDT A Brazilian judge ordered the arrest of the head of Google's operations in Brazil for failure to remove YouTube videos that attacked a mayoral candidate, which runs counter to the South American nation's strict pre-vote electoral laws.

Uruguay poised to legalize abortion Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT Uruguay's congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Mexico labor bill would loosen hiring, union grip Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:09 PM PDT A proposal to reform Mexico's dysfunctional, 1970s-era labor laws, loosen work rules and increase union democracy split Mexican political parties Tuesday, threatening to create the first big political battle for President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto.

Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT Confronting global tumult and Muslim anger, President Barack Obama exhorted world leaders Tuesday to stand fast against violence and extremism, arguing that protecting religious rights and free speech must be a universal responsibility and not just an American obligation.

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes Syria solution Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:40 PM PDT Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) says nearly a dozen countries are forming a new contact group to try to end the 18-month civil war in Syria.

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