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Putin foe Berezovsky dead, circumstances "unexplained"

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 03:49 PM PDT

File photo of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky arriving at a division of the High Court in central LondonBy Guy Faulconbridge and Maria Golovnina LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch who helped broker Vladimir Putin's rise to the Kremlin's top job only to become his sworn enemy, has been found dead at his home in Britain in unclear circumstances. He was 67. Police in Britain, where the tycoon fled in 2000 after falling foul of the Kremlin under Putin, said on Saturday the death was unexplained and they had started an investigation. ...


Italy's Berlusconi says primed for snap vote if no deal clinched

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Italy's former Prime Minister Berlusconi gestures during a meeting in RomeBy Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi, the 76-year-old leader of Italy's center-right bloc, told thousands of supporters gathered in central Rome he was ready for a snap vote as his rival began talks to try to form a government. "We are all ready for another election campaign and this time we will win big!" the former prime minister shouted from a stage at the start of an hour-long speech. The flag-waving crowd responded with a roar. ...


Kurdish rebels declare formal ceasefire with Turkey

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 11:02 AM PDT

Masked supporters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan stand on the stage as one reads a statement during a gathering to celebrate Newroz in the southeastern Turkish city of DiyarbakirISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared a "formal and clear ceasefire" with Turkey on Saturday after the rebels' jailed leader this week ordered a halt to the decades-long armed campaign for autonomy. "Since March 21 and from now on, we as a movement, as the PKK ... officially and clearly declare a ceasefire," said Murat Karayilan, the PKK's field commander, in a video message apparently taped at a rebel holdout in northern Iraq. His comments were translated from Kurdish in the video posted on Firat News, a website with links to the militants. ...


Syria rebels seize southern base, border area

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 11:41 AM PDT

A member of the Free Syrian Army speaks into a microphone during a protest in AleppoBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized an air defense base near Syria's strategic southern international highway on Saturday, activists said, bolstering access to supply routes to the capital Damascus. The rebels on Saturday also seized several military sites along the Jordanian-Syrian border, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of informants across the country. The developments give fighters control of about 25 km (15. ...


Central African Republic rebels in capital, France sends troops

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Central African Republic president Bozize speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in BanguiBy Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic rebels clashed with government forces inside the capital on Saturday as they sought to topple President Francois Bozize, prompting France to send in more troops to secure the international airport. The Seleka rebel coalition resumed hostilities this week in the mineral-rich former French colony, vowing to oust Bozize whom it accuses of breaking a January peace agreement to integrate its fighters into the army. ...


France confirms death of al Qaeda's Abou Zeid in Mali

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 10:03 AM PDT

By Lionel Laurent and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France confirmed "with certainty" on Saturday that Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of al Qaeda's most feared commanders in Africa, had been killed in Mali last month in a French-led offensive. The death of Abou Zeid, who raised millions of dollars kidnapping Western hostages, marks a heavy blow to al Qaeda's North African wing AQIM and to Islamist rebels battling French-led forces in northern Mali's Adrar des Ifoghas mountains. ...

Malian army repels Islamist attack on northern town of Gao

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 04:58 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army repulsed an attack by a group of Islamist rebels who had slipped past army checkpoints to enter the northern Malian town of Gao, a military official said on Saturday. The Malian army official said government forces had defeated the Islamists after more than two hours of intense fighting. The clashes took place after Gao residents reported a group of Islamists entering their neighborhood. No death toll was immediately available. ...

Clashes in Lebanon as PM Mikati's resignation accepted

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:16 PM PDT

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a news conference at the Grand Serail, the government headquarters in BeirutBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting intensified in northern Lebanon on Saturday as outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over, a day after he resigned due to a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement. Local media reported that President Michel Suleiman had accepted Mikati's resignation, which could plunge Lebanon into further turmoil and uncertainty three months before a planned parliamentary election. ...


Three police among five shot dead in southwestern Mexico

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 04:44 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five people, including three off-duty federal police officers, were shot dead on Friday night in the city of Altamirano, in Mexico's southwestern Guerrero state. The officers were pursued by gunmen while walking to a local bank, and were killed after seeking refuge in a nearby hotel, an official with the federal police said. Police initially told Reuters the shooting took place early on Saturday, but later corrected the account. On Saturday, the bodies of seven unidentified men were discovered in the city of Uruapan, in Michoacan state, just north of Guerrero state. ...

Hundreds of rebels attack Congo mining hub, 15 killed

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:24 PM PDT

By Bienvenu Bakumanya KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of rebels armed with bows and arrows and machetes attacked a military camp and the provincial governor's office in Democratic Republic of Congo's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Saturday before being repelled by soldiers, authorities said. The attack by pro-independence Mai Mai militia fighters on the capital of the central African nation's copper and cobalt-rich Katanga province began around 1 p.m., sending the city's residents fleeing home. ...

Obama ends Mideast trip with tour of ancient Petra

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:41 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Treasury in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)PETRA, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra.


Cyprus locked in tough talks as deadline looms

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:36 PM PDT

People walk at the old city of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankruptcy just three days away. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus officials and international representatives were caught up in tortuous negotiations late into the night Saturday as they sought to forge a plan to raise the money the island nation needs to qualify for a bailout package. Failure would mean Cyprus could declare bankruptcy in just three days and possibly have to exit the eurozone.


Pope Francis tells Benedict: 'We're brothers'

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 10:35 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo Saturday, March 23, 2013. Pope Francis has traveled to Castel Gandolfo to have lunch with his predecessor Benedict XVI in a historic and potentially problematic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted the Catholic Church. The Vatican said the two popes embraced on the helipad. In the chapel where they prayed together, Benedict offered Francis the traditional kneeler used by the pope. Francis refused to take it alone, saying "We're brothers," and the two prayed together on the same one. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning pope telling a retired one, "We are brothers," and insisting that they pray side-by-side during a date to discuss the future of the Catholic Church.


France confirms death of Al-Qaida chief Abou Zeid

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken March 8, 2013 by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers patrolling in the Mettatai region in northern Mali. France's Presidential office on Saturday March 23 2013 said that DNA testing has shown that Al-Qaida-linked North African warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French troops in Mali in February. Chad's President had claimed earlier that his troops had killed Zeid. (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine/ECPAD, file)PARIS (AP) — The death of a top al-Qaida-linked warlord in combat with French-led troops represents a victory in the battle against jihadists who had a stranglehold on northern Mali. But it is far from the defining blow against a wily enemy that can go underground and regroup to renew itself. Even the fearsome Abou Zeid is replaceable.


UK police: Russian tycoon Berezovsky found dead

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 04:00 PM PDT

FILE - A Wednesday, July 18, 2007 photo from files showing Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, a close friend of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by Polonium 2-10, speaking to the media in a news conference in London. United Kingdom police have said that Berezovsky has been found dead Saturday March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)LONDON (AP) — Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in southeast England on Saturday. He was 67.


Clashes near Syria-Israel frontier add to concerns

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:18 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, mourners carry the body of Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old pro-government cleric during his funeral in the eighth century Omayyad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Al-Buti, his grandson and scores of others were killed Thursday, March 21, 2013 when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque where al-Buti was giving a religious lesson. His assassination was a blow to Assad, who vowed Friday to avenge his death. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian regime forces routed rebels in fighting on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week, leaving at least 35 dead, activists said Saturday, as the country's civil war reached the doorstep of the strategic plateau.


Pakistani cricket star is election wildcard

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Pakistani cricket legend-turned politician Imran Khan waves to his supporters at a rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Khan rallied around 100,000 flag-waving supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday ahead of a historic national election later this spring. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — As Pakistan looks ahead to a national election later this spring, the biggest wildcard is shaping up to be cricket legend Imran Khan, who rallied at least 150,000 flag-waving supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday.


Rebels enter C. African Republic capital

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, government security forces in a pickup truck drive past a demonstration calling for peace as negotiators prepare for talks with rebels from the north, in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic Saturday. On Friday, March 22, rebels took the town of Damara, beginning a new march to take the capital, Bangui, said a rebel spokesman. Panic spread throughout the capital, with the neighborhoods closest to the northern gate of the city emptying out, as frightened residents locked up their shops, packed their bags and yanked their children out of school. Banks and government offices closed early.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Central African Republic on Saturday, posing the gravest threat to President Francois Bozize's government in a decade. In at least one part of the city, the insurgents faced resistance and were battling their way through, a group monitoring the situation said.


Ex-Pakistani strongman vows return ahead of vote

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:16 PM PDT

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf attends a ceremony to celebrate Pakistan National Day ahead his trip to Karachi on Sunday, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Musharraf says he will follow through with his plans to return to his homeland despite risks of arrest and other threats. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said he doesn't fear arrest despite facing criminal charges as he vowed Saturday to return to his homeland and contest upcoming elections after more than four years in exile.


US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file image obtained by the Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2013, a man lies on the ground surrounded by unidentified people. On Jan. 9, 2013, neighbors of Kevin Said Carranza Padilla, 28, known in the gang world as "Teiker," saw police come and take him and his girlfriend without a shot. The next morning, Jan. 10, Honduras' major newspaper, El Heraldo, reported that police had captured Carranza in connection with the murder of a police commander months earlier, publishing this photo of a shirtless, tattooed young man lying on the ground, his hands behind his back, his face partially wrapped in blue duct tape, the roll still attached. Carranza's mother, Blanca Alvarado, recognized him from his tattoos. (AP Photo, File)TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes to specially vetted and trained units that don't operate under the direct supervision of a police chief once accused of extrajudicial killings and "social cleansing."


Cyprus still locked in negotiations in last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:58 PM PDT

Cyprus officials and international representatives were caught up in tortuous negotiations late into the night Saturday as they sought to forge a plan to raise the money the island nation needs to qualify for a bailout package. Failure would mean Cyprus could declare bankruptcy in just three days and possibly have to exit the eurozone.

Obama's last Middle East stop: Petra

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra.

Russian tycoon found dead in Britain: Is it suicide?

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Boris Berezovsky, once a wealthy Russian oligarch, was found dead in his home in Surrey, England.

Lebanese president accepts prime minister's resignation

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 11:16 AM PDT

Lebanon's president on Saturday asked the outgoing prime minister to stay on in a caretaking role, opening the way for what is expected to be prolonged political jockeying as parliamentary blocs try to build a majority coalition to form a new government.

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