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One dead, many wounded in Cairo cathedral clashes

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:14 PM PDT

Christians scuffle with a police officer outside the Coptic Church in CairoBy Asmaa Waguih and Ulf Laessing CAIRO (Reuters) - One person was killed and more than 80 wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media said. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hard line Islamists repressed under his autocratic rule. ...


China rebukes North Korea, says no state should sow chaos

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:15 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers take part in a shooting drill in an unknown locationBy Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep. The weekend comments were the strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on the United States and to wage war with Seoul. ...


Lebanon's new premier says election delay likely

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Newly elected Lebanese PM Salam speaks during an interview in BeirutBy Dominic Evans and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria. Salam, a moderate who won broad political support to become premier, said he would try to bring all of Lebanon's rival factions into a government whose main priority was paving the way for the parliamentary election. ...


Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:32 PM PDT

Venezuela's opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles greets supporters during a campaign rally in the state of TachiraBy Diego Ore and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election. "Today the streets of Caracas are full of happiness and hope, confirming what will happen next Sunday," Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state, told the crowd. ...


Powers and Iran fail to end nuclear deadlock in Almaty

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT

Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili attends a news conference after the talks on Iran's nuclear programme in AlmatyBy Justyna Pawlak and Yeganeh Torbati ALMATY (Reuters) - World powers and Iran failed again to end the deadlock in a decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear program in talks that ended in Kazakhstan on Saturday, prolonging a standoff that could yet spiral into a new Middle East war. No new talks were scheduled but big power negotiators, who earlier this year were insisting that time was running out, were at pains to say the diplomatic process would continue. Iran's critics accuse it of covertly seeking the means to produce nuclear bombs. ...


Britain's Cameron to meet EU leaders to push reform plan

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:17 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the Conservative Party's annual Spring Forum, in central LondonBy Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron hopes to overcome opposition to his plan to claw back power from Brussels when he meets the leaders of Germany, France and Spain this week for talks on Britain's future in the European Union. Cameron infuriated European allies in January when he said he would try to renegotiate terms of Britain's EU membership and ask voters in a referendum if they wanted to stay in the bloc. France and Germany accused him of treating the EU like an "a la carte menu" from which he could pick powers. ...


Perenco helicopter crashes in Peru, 13 dead: source

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 04:22 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A helicopter chartered by French oil company Perenco has crashed in a remote northern part of Peru, killing all 13 Peruvians aboard, including one Perenco employee and representatives of three contractors, a company source told Reuters. Perenco confirmed the accident, adding "at this stage, no survivors have been found." A Peruvian official usually has to confirm a death toll in an accident before a company can publicly confirm the casualties. The helicopter went down in the sparsely populated region of Loreto, Peru, near the border with Ecuador. ...

Both sides claim victory in Montenegro president vote

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:45 PM PDT

Montenegrin President Vujanovic declares victory based on his camp`s own vote count in PodgoricaBy Petar Komnenic PODGORICA, Montenegro (Reuters) - Both sides claimed victory in a presidential election in Montenegro on Sunday, raising the prospect of a dispute over the largely ceremonial post in the tiny Adriatic country as it bids to join the European Union. With no independent exit poll or official word from the state electoral commission, both incumbent Filip Vujanovic and opposition challenger Miodrag Lekic took to the airwaves to announce they had won. Lekic compared his rival's claim to a "coup d'etat". ...


Kerry, Abbas discuss reviving peace talks but offer no details

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:05 PM PDT

Palestinian President Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Kerry in the West Bank city of RamallahBy Arshad Mohammed RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday discussed reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but neither side offered details on how, when and whether that might happen. Kerry, who spoke one-on-one with Abbas for about an hour after a 20-minute group meeting, is on his third trip to the region in three weeks, having accompanied President Barack Obama on his March 20-22 visit and returned alone a day later. A senior U.S. ...


Seven die in Modelo brewery accident in Mexico City

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:14 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An accident at a Mexico City brewery killed seven people early Sunday, Corona beermaker Grupo Modelo said. The accident happened in a tank that was undergoing maintenance and cleaning, a spokeswoman for the company said in a statement. No details were provided. Grupo Modelo said it has informed authorities and has begun investigating the accident. "Modelo is deeply sorry for this incident and will support the affected families permanently," the statement said. The spokeswoman did not say whether the accident would affect production. ...

Afghan government says airstrike kills 11 children

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 01:28 PM PDT

The lifeless bodies of Afghan children lay on the ground before their funeral ceremony, after a NATO airstrike killed several Afghan civilians, including ten children during a fierce gun battle with Taliban militants in Shultan, Shigal district, Kunar, eastern Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013. The U.S.-led coalition confirms that airstrikes were called in by international forces during the Afghan-led operation in a remote area of Kunar province near the Pakistan border. (AP Photo/Naimatullah Karyab)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday.


SKorea: NKorea may be preparing to test missile

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:04 AM PDT

A South Korean soldier closes a military gate in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 7, 2013. A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul.


Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave 1 dead

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:03 PM PDT

Egyptian Christian women pray during a funeral service at the Saint Mark Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Several Egyptians including 4 Christians and a Muslim were killed in sectarian clashes before dawn in Qalubiya, just outside of Cairo on Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Christians angered by the killing of four Christians in weekend sectarian violence clashed Sunday with a mob throwing rocks and firebombs, killing one and turning Cairo's main Coptic cathedral into a battleground.


US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:36 PM PDT

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, pins a Combat Infantrymen Badge on an unidentified soldier at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan's Paktika province during his visit to the base Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S. military officer said Sunday.


Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Council of Barzeh, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the aftermath of rocket attacks on the Barzeh district of Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 5, 2013. A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of Damascus, killing several people and trapping others under the rubble, while violence raged around suburbs of the capital, activists said Friday. The attack on Barzeh, where rebels aiming to topple President Bashar Assad are known to operate, follows days of heavy fighting between the rebels and the military in the area.(AP Photo/Local Council of Barzeh)BEIRUT (AP) — After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that reclaimed a northern village on a strategically important route.


US preparing for possible further NKorea actions

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jung Seung-jo, right, shakes hands with his U.S. counterpart, Gen. Martin Dempsey before their Military Committee Meeting between the U.S. and South Korea at Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jung Seung-jo had planned to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Gen. Martin Dempsey, in Washington on April 16 for regular talks. But tensions on the Korean Peninsula are so high that Jung cannot take a long trip away from South Korea, so the meeting will be rescheduled, a South Korean Joint Chiefs officer said Sunday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool, File)BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action.


Kerry struggles to get Turkey to mend Israel ties

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:24 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Kerry is in the Middle East, his third trip to the region in two weeks, in a fresh bid to unlock long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. And in Istanbul, the first leg of a six-nation trip that goes on to Europe and East Asia, Kerry will coordinate with Turkey's Prime Minister and other Turkish officials on efforts to halt the violence in neighboring Syria's civil war.(AP Photo)ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East.


Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohamed Torokman, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.


Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:30 PM PDT

Ayman al-Sayed, 19, right, with his hair cut, and his friend Mohammed Hanouna, 18, left, pose for photo during an interview in Gaza City, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Al-Sayed used to have shoulder-length hair but says he was grabbed by Hamas police in a sweep along with other young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair last week, and that police shaved everyone's head. Hanouna still wears the hair-style that can now get young men in trouble in Gaza, during the Islamic militants latest attempt to impose their hardline version of Islam on Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them and shaving their heads, two of those targeted and a rights group said Sunday.


Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, an unidentified U.S. Marine from 3-Marine Expeditionary Force 1st Battalion from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, aims his gun during a joint military winter exercise with their South Korean counterparts in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea. As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)TOKYO (AP) — As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people.


Holocaust Day: New film tells story of survival in Ukranian caves

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 09:10 AM PDT

Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, one has to dig pretty deep to find a unique Holocaust story for the big screen.

Deep rifts exposed in latest round of Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 06:43 AM PDT

Two days of Iran nuclear talks in Kazakhstan have exposed the depth of division and scale of mismatched expectations between Iran and six world powers, as they spar over ways to limit Iran's most sensitive nuclear work.

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