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Turkish riot police storm Istanbul park in bid to end protests

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Protesters are attacked by police water cannon in Gezi park near Taksim squareBy Ece Toksabay and Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish riot police stormed an Istanbul park at the heart of two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannon and sending hundreds scurrying into surrounding streets. Lines of police backed by armored vehicles sealed off Taksim Square in the center of the city as officers stormed the adjoining Gezi Park, where protesters had been living in a ramshackle tent camp. ...


Iran's new president hails 'victory of moderation'

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 03:16 PM PDT

Supporters of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani hold a picture of him as they celebrate his victory in Iran's presidential election on a pedestrian bridge in TehranBy Zahra Hosseinian DUBAI (Reuters) - Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday with a resounding defeat of conservative hardliners, calling it a victory of moderation over extremism and pledging a new tone of respect in international affairs. ...


U.S. puts jets in Jordan, fuels Russian fear of Syria no-fly zone

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:24 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter communicates using a walkie-talkie in the Mouazafeen neighbourhood in Deir al-ZorBy Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it would keep F-16 fighters and Patriot missiles in Jordan at Amman's request, and Russia bristled at the possibility they could be used to enforce a no-fly zone inside Syria. Washington, which has long called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, pledged military support to Syrian rebels this week, citing what it said was the Syrian military's use of chemical weapons - an allegation Damascus has denied. ...


Relationship between Czech PM and aide at heart of graft scandal

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:15 PM PDT

Head of Czech PM Necas' office, Jana Nagyova, sits in a police car as she is arrested for abuse of power and bribery in OstravaBy Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - A corruption scandal rocking the Czech government involves power and money but also, at its heart, questions about the nature of the relationship between the prime minister and a trusted female aide. Jana Nagyova, who runs Prime Minister Petr Necas's office, is in custody, accused, among other things, of illegally ordering military intelligence agents to conduct surveillance on three unnamed individuals. Nagyova's lawyer Eduard Bruna said his client was denying some parts of the prosecution charges, and on others was arguing that she had acted in good faith. ...


Southern African leaders urge Zimbabwe to postpone election

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT

By Marina Lopes MAPUTO (Reuters) - Southern African leaders on Saturday told Zimbabwe to ask its courts to extend a July 31 deadline to hold elections, amid high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the timing of the vote. The summit of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the Mozambican capital came two days after Mugabe declared the election day, a date immediately rejected by Tsvangirai, his partner in coalition and main political rival. ...

Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:43 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity. MEK said two of the camp's residents were killed and 40 wounded in the attack. An Iraqi died when a stray mortar round hit a residential complex for Baghdad airport employees nearby. A similar attack on the camp in February killed at least five members of the MEK, which was removed from the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations last year. ...

In Surprise Result, Iran Elects Moderate Presidential Candidate Hassan Rowhani

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:07 PM PDT

The landslide election of the only moderate candidate in the Iranian presidential contest stunned the Islamic Republic's hardline establishment, which had taken great pains to tilt the field of candidates toward conservatives sycophantic to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. ...

US promises military aid to Syrian rebels. Now what?

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has crossed President Obama's "red line" in using chemical weapons to kill rebel soldiers and civilians.

La. plant explosions: With Southern industrial boom come dangers

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Back-to-back explosions at chemical plants only miles apart along the Mississippi River have given pause to those who live in the shadows of America's dirtiest industries.

Colorado fire: Is global warming one of the culprits?

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 09:21 AM PDT

Firefighters are beginning to get a handle on the massive Black Forest wildfire near Colorado Springs – the most destructive fire in the state's history.

Iran reformists dance in streets for new president

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 04:17 PM PDT

Supporters of the Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, shown in poster at center, attend a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground after years of crackdowns. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Wild celebrations broke out on Tehran streets that were battlefields four years ago as reformist-backed Hasan Rowhani capped a stunning surge to claim Iran's presidency on Saturday, throwing open the political order after relentless crackdowns by hard-liners to consolidate and safeguard their grip on power.


Riot police end Istanbul park protest

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:11 PM PDT

Protesters try to resist the advance of riot police in Gezi park in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannons took less than half an hour on Saturday to bring to an end an 18-day occupation of an Istanbul park at the center of the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year rule.


Iran's Rowhani seeks 'constructive interaction'

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:06 AM PDT

FILE -- In front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, center, gestures to his supporters at a rally in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting Saturday, June 15, 2013, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with the new president.


Syrian troops capture Damascus suburb near airport

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Protesters demonstrate against western intervention in Syria, outside the US embassy in central London, Saturday, June 15, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad's forces and the involvement of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in the civil war threaten to put a proposed political settlement out of reach.


Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Ahmed Zuhair poses for picture in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, June 14, 2013. Until he was released from U.S. custody in 2009, Zuhair and another prisoner had the distinction of staging the longest hunger strikes at the Guantanamo prison. Zuhair kept at it for four years in a standoff that at times turned violent. Zuhair, a former sheep merchant who was never charged with any crime during seven years at Guantanamo, stopped eating in June 2005 and kept up his protest until he was sent home to Saudi Arabia in 2009. (AP Photo)GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — For more than three months, the U.S. military has faced off with defiant prisoners on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, strapping down as many as 44 each day to feed them a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death.


US-bound Egypt plane diverted after threat

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 03:37 PM PDT

Passengers leave the Egyptair aircraft at Prestwick Airport, Scotland, after it was diverted while en route from Cairo to New York, Saturday June 15, 2013. It is reported that BBC employee Nada Tafik, who was on board the plane, said she found a note in a toilet apparently threatening to start a fire. The plane was escorted to Prestwick by Typhoon fighters from RAF Leuchars, near St. Andrews on the east coast of Scotland. (AP Photo/ Andrew Milligan /PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — A plane from Cairo bound for New York was diverted by fighter jets to an emergency landing in the U.K. after a passenger discovered a letter threatening the aircraft, officials said Saturday.


U.S. tells Iran to respect people's will after election

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 04:17 PM PDT

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States urged Tehran on Saturday to "heed the will of the Iranian people" after Iranians elected moderate cleric Hassan Rohani to be their country's next president. "We respect the vote of the Iranian people and congratulate them for their participation in the political process, and their courage in making their voices heard," the White House said in a statement. ...

Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 04:10 PM PDT

In this May 22, 1990 photo, Michael Karkoc, photographed in Lauderdale, Minn. prior to a visit to Minnesota from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in early June of 1990. Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they'll investigate.


Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT

Morris sit on the lap of Diego Cruz, left, as Sergio Chamorro pets Morris, at their home in Xalapa, Mexico, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Put forth as candidate by Camacho and a group of friends after they became disillusioned with the empty promises of politicians, Morris, a black-and-white cat with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote for a Cat." And he is attracting tens of thousands of politician-weary, two-legged supporters on social media. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)MEXICO CITY (AP) — This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes.


Mursi cuts Egypt's Syria ties, backs no-fly zone

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT

By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said he had cut all diplomatic ties with Damascus on Saturday and backed a no-fly zone over Syria, pitching the most populous Arab state more firmly against President Bashar al-Assad. Addressing a rally called by Sunni Muslim clerics in Cairo, the Sunni Islamist head of state also warned Assad's ally, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite militia Hezbollah, to pull back from fighting in Syria. "Hezbollah must leave Syria. ...

Regional leaders urge Zimbabwe poll delay

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:34 PM PDT

In this handout photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services, (GCIS) presidents Jacob Zuma, of South Africa, left, Armando Guebuza, center, of Mozambique and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, right, at a special summit on Zimbabwe in Mozambique Saturday, June 15, 2013. Regional presidents opened the special summit after President Robert Mugabe set crucial elections for the end of July, despite opposition from the country's prime minister. (AP Photo/Kopano Tlape - GCIS)MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Regional presidents meeting at a special summit on Zimbabwe asked President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial elections he has set for the end of July while asking the nation to guarantee conditions for free and fair elections, officials said Saturday.


Brazilians protest high cost of hosting World Cup

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:21 PM PDT

Demonstrators protest in front of the National Stadium before the opening soccer match of the Confederations Cup between Brazil and Japan, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Police say about 1,000 people in the Brazilian capital have protested against the Confederations Cup claiming the money spent to host the tournament would be better spent elsewhere. (AP Photo/Tales Azzoni)BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played Japan in the opening match of the Confederations Cup.


Egypt cuts relations with Syrian government

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT

U.N.-Arab League international Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the United Nation said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president announced Saturday that he was cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and closing Damascus' embassy in Cairo, decisions made amid growing calls from hard-line Sunni clerics in Egypt and elsewhere to launch a "holy war" against Syria's embattled regime.


East or West, few expect Rohani to reconcile Iran with its foes

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:03 PM PDT

By Andrew Roche LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's enemies and friends responded to the election of Hassan Rohani as its next president with a little hope, but more skepticism, that the moderate cleric can close the rift between Tehran and much of the world. Washington said it stood ready to engage with Iran to reach a "diplomatic solution" over its nuclear program, which the West suspects is intended to produce nuclear weapons - something Iran denies. ...

Thousands gather around Istanbul square after police raid

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:01 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets and began building barricades on a main avenue to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday after police firing tear gas raided an adjoining park to evict anti-government protesters, a Reuters witness said. Police fired tear gas canisters into back streets around the square for several hours after the raid, a second witness said, to try to prevent crowds from regrouping. (Reporting by Daren Butler and Can Sezer; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Andrew Roche)

Al-Qaida's Iraq head defies boss over Syria fight

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:59 PM PDT

FILE - Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah, Iraq, Friday, April 26, 2013. The leader of al-Qaida's Iraq arm, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, defiantly rejected an order from the terror network's global command to scrap a merger with the organization's Syria affiliate, according to a message purporting to be from Al-Baghdadi that was posted online Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Fawzi, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida's Iraq arm defiantly rejected an order from the terror network's central command to stop claiming control over the organization's Syria affiliate, according to a message purportedly from him that was posted online Saturday.


Brazilians demonstrate against Confederations Cup

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:47 PM PDT

Demonstrators protest in front of the National Stadium, some holding signs that read in Portuguese; "We don't want stadiums, we want more hospitals,' and "We don't need stadiums, we need education, health and security," before of the opening soccer match of the Confederations Cup between Brazil and Japan, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, June 15, 2013. The protesters are complaining that too much money was spent for the World Cup while the local population continues to struggle. (AP Photo/Tales Azzoni)BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played Japan in the opening match of the Confederations Cup.


Attacks in Pakistan's southwest kills 22

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:43 PM PDT

Pakistani security forces prepare to storm a hospital building during a gun battle in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Gunmen took over parts of a hospital in southwestern Pakistan Saturday after a bomb went off inside its emergency room, officials said. Several people died before authorities stormed the building and freed the hostages trapped inside. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday in a restive southwestern province, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that capped a series of attacks that killed 22 people.


Riot police disperse protesters in Istanbul park

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Protesters try to resist the advance of riot police in Gezi park in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Protesters will press on with their sit-in at an Istanbul park, an activist said Saturday, defying government appeals and a warning from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the two-week standoff that has fanned nationwide demonstrations to end. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas as they drove protesters out of Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area, which had become a symbol of the biggest anti-government protests in decades.


White House: US respects Iran election results

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:52 PM PDT

A female supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani flashes a victory sign as she holds his poster during a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground after years of crackdowns. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)WASHINGTON (AP) — Offering praise for Iranians and reproaching their government, the Obama administration said Saturday it respected the results of a presidential election conducted under restrictive conditions.


EgyptAir plane diverted after threatening note found

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - An EgyptAir jet heading to New York from Cairo was diverted and landed in Scotland on Saturday after a passenger found a note in a toilet containing a threat to set the plane on fire, the Egyptian airline told Reuters. The pilot informed air traffic control and landed at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the 310 passengers disembarked, Tawfik Assy, chairman of the state-owned airline, said in Cairo. A note written in English and reading "This flight will be on fire" was found next to a pencil in one of the plane's toilets by a woman passenger, Assy said. ...

Key questions on Iran's presidential election

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Iranians outside their country of origin sign in to cast ballots in Iran's presidential election, in a hotel meeting room in Los Angeles Friday, June 14, 2013. Iranian-Americans and expatriates cast ballots Friday in polling places across the United States, joining their countrymen half a world away in selecting the next Iranian president (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Some questions about Iran's presidential election and beyond:


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