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Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Two men inspect their damage house after two rockets hit their area in a Beirut suburbsBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of Beirut on Sunday, driving home the risk of spillover from Syria's civil war, after the head of Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah said it would keep fighting on the Syrian government's side until victory. It was the first attack to apparently target Hezbollah's stronghold in the south of the Lebanese capital since the outbreak of the two-year conflict in neighboring Syria, which has sharply heightened Lebanon's own sectarian tensions. ...


Kerry backs private West Bank economic plan, but little detail

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speaks during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre, at the Dead SeaBy Arshad Mohammed DEAD SEA, Jordan (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry sketched out a plan on Sunday to spur Palestinian growth with up to $4 billion in private investment, but did not say where the money would come from. Kerry drew a picture of prosperity in the West Bank that could spread to Israel and Jordan, while acknowledging it would not fully materialize without movement toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians. ...


Rocket fired from Lebanon towards Israel: residents

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT

A landscape view of Marjayoun valley in southern LebanonBEIRUT (Reuters) - A rocket was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel on Sunday, Lebanese security sources said, and residents of a northern Israeli town reported hearing a blast. "An explosion was heard. Soldiers are searching the area. The cause is still being investigated," an Israeli military spokeswoman said. A second Israeli military source said the explosion was probably caused by a mortar. The incident came amid heightened tensions in the region over Syria's civil war. ...


Colombia, FARC rebels reach agreement on agrarian reform

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:26 PM PDT

FARC negotiator Catatumbo shake hands with Colombia's government negotiator Pearl during a conference in HavanaBy Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said on Sunday in what appeared to be a major step forward for the peace process aimed at ending their long war. They said the accord called for the economic and social development of rural areas and providing land to the people living there, which addresses one of the main issues that led the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, to form in 1964 as a communist agrarian reform movement and launch its insurgency. ...


French gay marriage opponents stage big Paris march

Posted: 26 May 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Youths clash with police during incidents at the end of a protest march called, "La Manif pour Tous" (Demonstration for All) against France's legalisation of same-sex marriage, in ParisBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred thousand opponents of same-sex marriage marched in central Paris on Sunday against a reform the unpopular French government passed last month at the price of deepening political polarization. Large park grounds around Les Invalides monument were full of protesters waving pink and blue flags, while far-right activists hung a banner on the ruling Socialist Party headquarters urging President Francois Hollande to quit. ...


French soldier's stabbing could be act of terrorism: minister

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:34 AM PDT

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in ParisBy Nicholas Vinocur PARIS (Reuters) - The stabbing of a French soldier near Paris by a man who is still on the run bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorism, the interior minister said on Sunday, and police said it may have been inspired by the murder of a British serviceman in London. Anti-terrorism investigators are hunting for a bearded man aged about 30, possibly of North African origin, who fled into a crowded train station after attacking the 23-year-old soldier from behind with a knife or a box-cutter on Saturday. ...


Bob Dole says Reagan couldn't make it in today's GOP. Is he right?

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:35 PM PDT

When President Obama says Ronald Reagan would no longer win a Republican primary, as he did in the heat of the 2012 presidential election, Grand Old Partyers are probably not inclined to spend too much time wondering where it all went wrong for their party.

Teen planned attack: Bombs in bedroom under floorboards linked to school plot

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT

A 17-year-old student in Albany, Ore., built several bombs and had a detailed plan – including checklists and diagrams – as part of a Columbine-style plot to attack West Albany High School, a local prosecutor says.

Rockets hit Hezbollah stronghold, raising fears of widening war

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:05 AM PDT

Two rockets struck a majority Shiite district of southern Beirut early Sunday, the latest indication of rising tensions in Lebanon generated by the war in neighboring Syria. The attack was the first of its kind in Beirut since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war.

How can Chuck Hagel fix military sexual assault epidemic?

Posted: 26 May 2013 06:05 AM PDT

On consecutive days, President Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel have told the next generation of military leaders that sexual assault is threatening the dignity and effectiveness of the force.

Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spillover

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:14 PM PDT

A Lebanese man looks at a part of a rocket, seen on the ground, which struck a car exhibit, near a damaged car at the Mar Mikhael district south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)BEIRUT (AP) — Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese group's leader pledged to lift President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's civil war.


Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Lyn Rigby, mother of Drummer Lee Rigby, holding a teddy bear joins other family members as they look at floral tributes outside Woolwich Barracks left by well wishers as they visited the scene of the 25-year-old soldier's murder in Woolwich, south-east London, Sunday May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, PA). UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suspect in last week's savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and fight with al-Qaida-linked Somali militants, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday.


French police search for man who stabbed soldier

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:57 AM PDT

Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, Saturday May 25, 2013, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)PARIS (AP) — French anti-terrorism investigators were combing video surveillance tapes Sunday as they continued their manhunt for a suspect who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris.


Kerry: $4B Palestinian economic plan could work

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas all shake hands during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan Sunday May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Pool, Jim Young)SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry declared Sunday he believes a potential $4 billion plan is emerging that could expand the Palestinian economy by up to 50 percent in the next three years.


'Blue is the Warmest Color' is Cannes' Palme d'Or

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Actress Lea Seydoux, left, director Abdellatif Kechiche, centre, and Adele Exarchopoulos pose with the Palme d'Or award for the film La Vie D'Adele during a photo call after an awards ceremony at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)CANNES, France (AP) — The tender, sensual lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top honor, the Palme d'Or.


Protest in Paris against France's gay marriage law

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:25 PM PDT

Anti gay marriage protestors gather during a demonstation against French President Francois Hollande's social reform on gay marriage and adoption, in Paris, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go forward with Sunday's long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with President Francois Hollande, who had made legalizing gay marriage one of his keynote campaign pledges in last year's election. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators.


Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:23 PM PDT

David Brockwell walks between wind turbines during a routine inspection at the Infigen Energy wind farm located on the hills surrounding Lake George, 50 km north of the Australian capital city of CanberraBy Rob Taylor BUNGENDORE, Australia (Reuters) - On a line of low hills standing sentinel beside a dry lake bed near Australia's capital, giant turbines turning slowly in a chill winter breeze give no hint of a multi-billion-dollar storm building around renewable energy. Infigen Energy's Capital Windfarm, built five years ago, was a vanguard for wind power as Australia sought to wean itself from cheap fossil-fuel power in the face of climate shift blamed in part for Lake George's transformation to a vast plain. ...


Robots to drones, Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Sukkarieh, professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of SydneyBy Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Moving carefully along a row of apple trees, two of Australia's newest agricultural workers check if the fruit is ripe or the soil needs water or fertilizer. Meet "Mantis" and "Shrimp", agricultural robots being tested to do these tasks and more in a bid to cut costs and improve productivity in Australia's economically vital farm sector, which exported A$39.6 billion ($38.8 billion)of produce in 2012. Australia is one of the leaders in the field and, with a minimum wage of A$15. ...


Israel's president calls for return to peace talks

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, arrives to give a brief statement at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 26, 2013. Peres says it is possible for Israelis and Palestinians to overcome differences and skepticism over peacemaking and that it is time to restart serious negotiations and conclude a peace treaty that has long dogged the two warring sides. AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Israel's president on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to overcome differences and resume peace negotiations, saying the sides could not afford "to lose this opportunity."


Egypt's court says police and army should vote

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, Egyptian soldiers stand guard during a protest in front the Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt's highest court, background, in Cairo, Egypt. Islamists and former members of the military have pushed back Sunday against the decision by Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court which states that barring members of the armed forces and police from voting goes against the country's first constitution after the ouster of longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian Islamists and former members of the nation's military voiced concern Sunday about the potential pitfalls stemming from a decision by the country's top constitutional court that would allow members of the armed forces and police to vote in the nation's elections.


Trailblazing Israeli electric car company to close

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 file photo, an electric car is seen during a demonstration of the California-based company Better Place in Tel Aviv, Israel. Better Place announced Sunday, May 26, 2013, that it is shutting down, less than six years after unveiling an ambitious plan that promised to revolutionize the auto industry by reducing the world's dependency on oil. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel's self-described status as "Start-Up Nation," a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world's reliance on oil — and all within a few years.


Arab League chief urges Hezbollah to stop fighting in Syria

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:43 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby on Sunday urged Lebanon's Shi'ite militant Hezbollah to stop fighting alongside government forces in Syria's civil war, after two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of Beirut. Sunday's rocket attack was the first to apparently target Hezbollah's stronghold in the south of the Lebanese capital since the outbreak of the two-year conflict in neighboring Syria, which has heightened Lebanon's own sectarian tensions. ...

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:26 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a news conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would use her country's economic clout to prevent the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war.


Rebels attack army base in Sudan's top oil-producing state

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:01 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels with tanks attacked an army base in Sudan's top oil-producing state of South Kordofan on Sunday, and both sides claimed victory. The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), an umbrella of insurgent groups which aims to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has stepped up attacks in the past month, trying to force the army to fight on fronts hundreds of miles apart to drain stretched state resources. Sudan has accused neighbor South Sudan of backing rebels in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile border states. Juba denies this, but diplomats say the allegation is credible. ...

Wanted Ugandan general says he is hiding in London

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:16 PM PDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A wanted Ugandan general who questioned the president's succession plan has requested the protection of British police and won't return home anytime soon, his lawyer said Sunday.

Kenya police kill terrorist linked to al-Shabab

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:28 AM PDT

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan police official says the country's anti-terrorism police have killed a wanted terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons in the port city of Mombasa.

Saudi death toll from new virus reaches 18

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:19 AM PDT

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says a woman has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 18.

'Blue is the Warmest Color' wins Palme d'Or

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Actress Berenice Bejo poses for photographers as she arrives for the awards ceremony of the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)CANNES, France (AP) — Abdellatif Kechiche's lesbian romance "Blue Is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" has won the Palme d'Or, the top honor of the Cannes Film Festival.


Iraq officials says separate attacks kill 14

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:05 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 14 people in Iraq on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence of what has been a particularly bloody month in the country.

Kerry says Palestinian economic plan could work

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:50 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas all shake hands during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan Sunday May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Pool, Jim Young)SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he believes a plan is emerging that could expand the Palestinian economy by up to 50 percent in the next three years.


Kerry believes plan coming on Palestinian economy

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:43 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas all shake hands during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan Sunday May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Pool, Jim Young)SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he believes a plan is emerging that could expand the Palestinian economy by up to 50 percent in the next three years.


Dern, Bejo takes top acting honors at Cannes

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Actress Berenice Bejo poses for photographers as she arrives for the awards ceremony of the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)CANNES, France (AP) — Bruce Dern has taken best actor and Berenice Bejo has landed best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.


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