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Turkey says world must act against Syria after bombings

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:30 AM PDT

Relatives of Huseyin Guduk, who was killed in yesterday's car bombings, mourn in the town of Reyhanli of Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian borderBy Jonathon Burch REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey accused a group with links to Syrian intelligence of carrying out car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town, and said on Sunday it was time for the world to act against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The two car bombs, which ripped through crowded shopping streets in Reyhanli on Saturday, increased fears that Syria's civil war is dragging in neighboring states, despite renewed diplomatic moves to end it. ...


Syrian war death toll rises to 82,000: opposition group

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:04 AM PDT

A view shows wreckage of a house after mortar bombs landed on the Mezze area in DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - At least 82,000 people have been killed and 12,500 others are missing after two years of civil war in Syria, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Most of the dead were killed by troops and militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and most of the missing are believed to have been detained by the government's secret police and other loyalists, the monitoring group said. "The vast majority of civilian victims were killed by the regime. ...


Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz celebrate in front of a party office as results of the general election come in, in LahoreBy Mehreen Zahra-Malik and Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy. Sharif may not win enough seats to rule on his own but has built up enough momentum to avoid having to form a coalition with his main rivals, former cricketer Imran Khan's Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). ...


Greece invokes emergency powers to block teachers' strike

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:34 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has threatened high school teachers with arrest if they go ahead with a nationwide strike that would disrupt university entrance exams that start this week, the official government gazette said. It is the third time this year that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's government has invoked emergency law to force strikers back to work to try to show foreign lenders who bailed out Greece that the country is sticking to unpopular reforms. ...

Rightist GERB holds lead in Bulgaria's election

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Protesters demonstrate outside the National Palace of Culture in SofiaBy Tsvetelia Tsolova and Sam Cage SOFIA (Reuters) - The rightist GERB party held the lead in Bulgaria's election on Sunday but its prospects of forming another government, after the last one was ousted by protests, looked uncertain after its potential partner ruled out a deal. Turnout was the lowest in post-communist history, at around 53 percent, reflecting the disaffection with the political elite in a country where unemployment is close to an eight-year high. ...


Cameron on U.S. trip to learn Boston lessons, discuss Syria

Posted: 12 May 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron meets guests at a reception for delegates of the Global Investment Conference, at St James's Palace in central LondonBy Andrew Osborn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Boston on Monday to learn more about the bombings there after a meeting with President Barack Obama aimed at helping broker a Syrian peace deal and spurring talks on an EU-U.S. trade pact. Making his first trip to the United States since Obama won a second term, Cameron will receive a detailed briefing from the FBI on the Boston bombings to see if Britain can learn lessons from how the United States responded. He is also expected to express his condolences to the victims of the attack. ...


IRS tea party scandal unlikely to fade as Congress plans investigations

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:05 AM PDT

Conspiracy theories aside, there's no evidence that the Obama White House had anything to do with Internal Revenue Service bureaucrats targeting tea party-type organizations for special tax scrutiny.

After Qaddafi's 'socialism,' Libya tries to untangle who owns what

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:04 AM PDT

Brandishing a yellowing piece of paper dating back to the period when Libya was an Italian colony, Haitham Mokhtar Horria nervously proclaims his family's claim to 2.7 acres of the capital's best real estate – across the street from the office of Libya's prime minister.

The twice and future prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, garners big Pakistan vote

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:46 AM PDT

It took scores of terrorist attacks, months of speculation and campaigning, but the verdict is in: Twice-elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to win a third term after his party won a majority in the country's parliamentary elections.

Prince Harry can be 'too much army' at Warrior Games – and not embarass anyone

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:05 AM PDT

There's nothing like a ginger-haired bad boy prince to bring a little buzz.

Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane

Posted: 12 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping, unseen, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said.


Turkey says it won't be drawn into Syria conflict

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:15 AM PDT

Mourning relatives cry during the burial for one of the 46 victims killed in Saturday explosions in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The bombings on Saturday marked the biggest incident of cross-border violence since the start of Syria's bloody civil war and has the raised fear of Turkey being pulled deeper into the conflict.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.


Syrian rebels release 4 UN Filipino peacekeepers

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:58 AM PDT

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man reads a statement as four abducted Filipino UN peacekeepers are seen in Daraa, Syria, on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Tensions remained high on the Israeli-Syrian border on Thursday morning, two days after a Syrian rebel group abducted four UN peacekeepers. The abduction was the second such incident in the area in two months. The UN said the Filipino peacekeepers were detained on Tuesday while on patrol on the Golan Heights, a volatile Israeli-occupied area that separates Syria and Israel. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian rebels on Sunday released four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers they abducted last week in a dramatic incident that prompted warnings from the Philippines that the nation might pull out its contingent from the Golan Heights.


Resounding election victory for Pakistan's Sharif

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:08 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised Sunday to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances.


Iran's cunning Rafsanjani seeks one more shot

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:49 AM PDT

In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In one of his first statements since joining the race, Rafsanjani spoke in general terms Sunday of seeking a new ``economic and political'' rebirth in a time of ``foreign threats and sanctions.'' (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Signs on currency exchange shops in Tehran explained why the doors where temporarily shut: Waiting to see if former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would seek to reclaim the office. On Sunday, the money changers reopened early amid a mini-surge in Iran's gasping economy after Rafsanjani joined the race.


Look at major issues facing Pakistan's new leader

Posted: 12 May 2013 07:23 AM PDT

A Pakistani vendor talks with a customer at a shop decorated with the pictures of former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N party chief Nawaz Sharif and other party leaders in downtown Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The winner of Pakistan's historic national election, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, faces a host of problems, including faltering economic growth, worsening energy shortages and continued attacks by militants.


Malian army heads for rebel-held northern town of Kidal

Posted: 12 May 2013 04:26 PM PDT

By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian troops headed for the remote northeastern town of Kidal on Sunday ahead of a mid-May deadline set by the government to wrest it from the control of Tuareg separatist rebels. French forces which swept Islamist insurgents from the far north of Mali have allowed the MNLA rebels to run Kidal in recent months but Mali's government wants to reimpose its authority ahead of July presidential and legislative elections. ...

Italy PM Letta warns coalition allies as tension mounts

Posted: 12 May 2013 02:29 PM PDT

Italian PM Letta gestures during a news conference with European Parliament President Schulz at Chigi palace in RomeBy Silvia Ognibene SARTEANO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta warned his center-right coalition partners on Sunday that the future of the government was at risk following a furious row over Silvio Berlusconi's attacks on magistrates in a rally at the weekend. Simmering tensions between the partners in Letta's uneasy coalition between traditional rivals on the right and left broke out into the open after the rally in the northern city of Brescia attended by ministers from Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party. ...


Exit polls: No clear winner in Bulgarian vote

Posted: 12 May 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Protesters wave Bulgarian flag during a protest claiming the current parliamentary elections are not legitimate in Sofia, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Bulgarians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections with no party expected to win a majority to form a government, fueling fears about more political and economic instability in the country. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated.


Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT

This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian state television shows former President Hosni Mubarak inside the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed Saturday, with prosecutors requesting to present new evidence from a fact-finding commission's report that claims the ex-leader had full knowledge of the extent of the violence used against protesters. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television via AP video)CAIRO (AP) — In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the country's state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor.


Syrian opposition to meet to decide whether to join peace talks

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:32 PM PDT

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's opposition coalition will meet in Istanbul on May 23 to decide whether to participate in a U.S. and Russian-sponsored conference to try to end the Syrian civil war, coalition officials said on Sunday. A session of the 60-member general assembly of the Islamist-dominated coalition will also elect a new head and discuss the fate of provisional prime minister Ghassan Hitto, who has come under heavy criticism for being too influenced by opposition figures with close links to Qatar, coalition insiders said. ...

String of attacks kill 5 in Iraq

Posted: 12 May 2013 01:12 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunfire attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed five people, including a provincial official in a southern city.

Libyan officials back at work after militia siege

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:57 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Officials at two Libyan government ministries returned to work Sunday after nearly two weeks of protests by militia fighters, who blocked the entrances to the buildings.

Analysis: Iran election race opens up as surprise candidate enter

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, gives the opening speech during the assembly's biannual meeting in TehranBy Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major independents may scupper that. Both Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, the nationalist protégé of rabble-rousing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and Iran's best known political grandee, are seen as a threat to the leader's authority. ...


Guatemala's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes

Posted: 12 May 2013 12:02 PM PDT

People react after former Guatemalan dictator Montt was sentenced for genocide charges in the Supreme Court of Guatemala CityBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Ana Caba fled her home to live in remote mountains for nearly a decade after Guatemalan troops razed her indigenous Maya village and dozens like it in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the early 1980s. Caba witnessed rapes and kidnappings and endured bombing raids after dictator Efrain Rios Montt took power in a 1982 coup and conducted a "scorched earth" campaign that killed tens of thousands of suspected Marxist rebels and their civilian supporters. ...


Bulgaria nationalists say will not back leading party

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:59 AM PDT

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian nationalist party Attack will not support the center-right GERB, which exit polls show will be the largest group in a new parliament, to form a government, its leader said on Sunday. "There is no way we can support GERB," Volen Siderov told reporters after polling closed in Sunday's election. "We cannot support someone who has declared anti-state and anti-Bulgarian policies." (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; Editing by Sam Cage)

Malian army approaches rebel-held northern town of Kidal

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:46 AM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian troops approached the remote northeastern town of Kidal on Sunday ahead of a mid-May deadline set by the government to wrest it from the control of Tuareg separatist rebels. French forces which swept Islamist insurgents from the far north of Mali have allowed the MNLA rebels to run Kidal in recent months but Mali's government wants to reimpose its authority ahead of July presidential and legislative elections. ...

Obama hails Pakistan for elections, pledges equal partnership

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:37 AM PDT

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama congratulated Pakistan on Sunday for the successful completion of its parliamentary elections and said the United States would work with the country's new government as an equal partner. "The United States stands with all Pakistanis in welcoming this historic peaceful and transparent transfer of civilian power, which is a significant milestone in Pakistan's democratic progress," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. ...

Leading candidates in Iran's presidential race

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:32 AM PDT

Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rezaei, a hopeful for the upcoming presidential election, waves to media, after registering his candidacy, at the election headquarters of interior ministry in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2013. The five-day registration period for candidates in next month's election opened on Tuesday. The election overseers, known as the Guardian Council, will announce the handful of candidates on the ballot later this month. The June 14 election will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential election to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The list of candidates will be announced next week after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics:


Politics commandeer stage in Mideast TV contest

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:29 AM PDT

In this Friday, April. 26, 2013 photo, Syrian singer Farah Youssef, performs during the Arab Idol Show broadcast by MBC Arabic satellite channel, in Zouk Mosbeh neighborhood, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Youssef in a recent interview described her ordeal that has come to feature daily in the lives of Syrians caught up in the civil war that has killed more than 70,000 people and turned millions of other into refugees. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — TV singing contests around the world tend to serve up light, glitzy entertainment with a dash of emotional drama. But in the Middle East's version of "American Idol," it's the region's troubles that often take center stage.


Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Riley Duren, the chief systems engineer for the Earth Science and Technology Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL) demonstrates on the laser radar designed to measure carbon dioxide in the air at Caltech's Linde + Robinson Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Friday, April 12, 2013. A mile above this city, sensors gaze down on the basin from atop Mount Wilson the way a satellite fixates on Earth, collecting pieces of information about Los Angeles' carbon footprint. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.


France confirms 2nd case of SARS-related virus

Posted: 12 May 2013 11:08 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — France has confirmed a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, authorities said Sunday, as they increased efforts to inform the public about how to avoid the illness and watch for its signs.

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