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Thousands take to streets in Turkey, clash with police

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 04:13 PM PDT

A demonstrator holds a police shield during an anti-government protest at Taksim Square in central IstanbulBy Jonathon Burch and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. The din of car horns and residents banging pots and pans from balconies in support of the protests resonated across neighborhoods in Istanbul and Ankara late into the night, as hundreds of demonstrators skirmished with riot police. ...


Syrian rebels, Hezbollah in deadly fight in Lebanon

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:11 PM PDT

Lebanese soldiers inspect site which was hit by rocket, which residents say was recently fired from Syria overnight, in SeriineBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah guerrillas fought a deadly battle with Syrian rebels in Lebanon's eastern border region early on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest eruption of Syria's conflict on Lebanese soil. Lebanese security sources said at least 12 rebels were killed in the fighting east of the Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek, but the toll would not be clear until bodies were retrieved from the remote and rugged border area. One Hezbollah fighter also died, they said. ...


UK's Labor vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Britain's opposition Labour Party Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls speaks at an economic workshop at the party's annual Spring Forum, in Birmingham, central EnglandBy William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labor party will seek to convince skeptical voters it is fit to run the economy by promising "iron discipline" on spending and pledging some cuts to welfare benefits if it wins the 2015 election. Would-be finance minister, Ed Balls, will say on Monday that winter fuel subsidies for the richest pensioners will be scrapped if Labor wins power, a small saving but a sign that the party is determined to show it can cut social spending. ...


Libya to appeal ICC ruling to hand over Gaddafi's son

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 03:42 PM PDT

File photo of Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, greeting supporters in TripoliTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will appeal a ruling by the International Criminal Court to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, to the tribunal, the justice minister said on Sunday. "We will give what is needed to convince the ICC that Libya is capable of conducting a fair trial in accordance with international standards," the state LANA news agency quoted Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani as saying. ...


British manufacturers urge health budget cuts to fund growth

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT

A wrench lies on a workbench at manufacturing firm Sigma UK in HinckleyLONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers urged the government on Monday to cut the healthcare budget and put money into growth-generating areas such as infrastructure and technology when it unveils its latest spending review next month. The criticism of Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to exempt healthcare from budget cuts highlights growing concerns that efforts to reduce Britain's fiscal deficit could endanger its economic recovery. ...


Czech PM declares emergency as floods threaten Prague

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:44 PM PDT

A duck sits on a bench, partially submerged by water from rising Vltava river, in PragueBy Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas declared a state of emergency for most of the nation on Sunday as swollen rivers caused by days of heavy rain threatened Prague's historic center and forced evacuations from low-lying areas. Prague authorities limited public transport and planned to close underground stations in the center of the city as water from the Vltava River overflowed into picturesque areas popular with tourists. The main train line connecting the capital and the east of the country was also shut. ...


Baseball’s magical 90 feet and other great sports measurements and dimensions

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 03:19 PM PDT

While enjoying any sport, whether as a spectator or athlete, it's easy to overlook the important role various distances play in making games interesting. Here are our picks of the 10 best measurements in sports, how they came to be, and why they are so right.

Smoking gun in IRS scandal? Rep. Darrell Issa says he's close

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:41 PM PDT

For all intents and purposes, the only politically relevant fact in the IRS scandal is the still-unanswered question of who, ultimately, decided to harangue tea party groups with reams of extra paperwork during the 2012 election season.

Fed Chair Bernanke tells Princeton grads: 'Call your parents'

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:46 PM PDT

It must be tough being Ben Bernanke, the weight of the economic world on your shoulders, or so it might seem. Sneeze out the wrong expletive and the dollar tumbles, hiccup and the stock market hiccups with you.

Protest emerges even in a far-flung corner of Turkey

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

To understand the national significance of the protests that have spread through Turkey this weekend, it's critical to look beyond Istanbul.

Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Fadi Kerkoz mourning next to a body of his brother Shadi Kerkoz, who was killed in a battle against Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Syrian rebels fought with gunmen from the Hezbollah militia in a deadly clash on Lebanese soil, a security official and local media said Sunday, in the latest sign Syria's civil war is spilling over the country's borders. (AP Photo/Qusair Lens)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile neighbor.


Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Egyptian Shura Council members meet to discuss the government's 2013-2014 budget at the Shura Council, Parliament's upper house. When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had been for 30 years. Few candidates were known outside their families, parties or neighborhoods. Only seven percent of the electorate bothered to cast a ballot. Thanks to the twists and turns of the rocky transition that followed Egypt's 2011 uprising, the Shura Council finds itself the sole law-making body in the land. This accidental legislature is now back in the spotlight ahead of an expected court ruling on its disputed legal status _ a move that could see it dissolved. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's interim parliament was illegally elected, though it stopped short of dissolving the chamber immediately, in a decision likely to fuel the tensions between the ruling Islamists and the judiciary.


Palestinian president appoints new prime minister

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:43 AM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president Abbas on Sunday picked a little-known academic as his new prime minister, according to the official government news agency, following the resignation of his chief rival.

Congressmen find few Boston attack clues in Russia

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:02 PM PDT

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, left, who is leading a U.S. Congressional delegation to the Russian Federation, Rep. Steven Cohen, center, and U.S. actor Steven Seagal, right, speak to the media after a news conference in U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 2, 2013. A U.S. Congressional delegation to Russia learned little about what could have been done to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but got to hang out with Steven Seagal. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who led the six-person delegation this week, said at a press conference Sunday that there was MOSCOW (AP) — The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was "nothing specific" that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that the two countries need to work more closely on joint security threats.


Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:08 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013 photo, Usha Devi, right, who was suffering from cervical cancer, talks with health workers from Tata Memorial Hospital in a slum in Mumbai, India. A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women. Experts called the outcome MUMBAI, India (AP) — A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.


Iran police detain aides of presidential candidate

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 07:58 AM PDT

In front of a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former top nuclear negotiator, looks on, as he attends a rally, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 1, 2013. The 11th presidential election after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, will be held on June 14. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have arrested several people campaigning for a reformist candidate in this month's presidential election, an aide said Sunday, as a senior official pledged to impose ideological limitations on the race.


Three storm chasers among 13 killed by Oklahoma tornadoes

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 04:32 PM PDT

Cloud to ground lightning strikes near storm chasers during a tornadic thunderstorm in CushingBy Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink how they cover deadly twisters. Tim Samaras, 55, a leading storm chaser and founder of the tornado research company Twistex, was killed in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno along with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 45, a Twistex meteorologist, according to a statement from Tim Samaras' brother, Jim Samaras. ...


Jolie joins Pitt at 'World War Z' London premiere

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the World Premiere of World War Z at a central London cinema, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)LONDON (AP) — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stepped out together Sunday at the premiere of zombie thriller "World War Z" — Jolie's first public appearance since announcing last month that she had undergone a double mastectomy.


Niger says 22 escape jail after raid on prison

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:39 PM PDT

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Some 22 prisoners, including Islamist militants, escaped from a prison in Niger's capital after several gunmen attacked the jail and killed two guards, the government said on Sunday. The prison break comes a week after al Qaeda-linked groups raided a uranium mine and an army barracks in Niger, raising fears that the conflict in neighboring Mali could spread to other West African states. ...

Central Europe hit by floods after days of rain

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:06 PM PDT

Parts of the old town re flooded by the river Danube in Passau, southern Germany, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Heavy rainfalls cause flooding along rivers and lakes in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/dpa, Armin Weigel)BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defenses Sunday as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks.


Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:38 PM PDT

A protester stands atop of a destroyed car during a rally at the Taskim square in Istanbul early Sunday, June 2, 2013. Public anger has flared among urban and secular Turks after police violently broke up an anti-development sit-in in the landmark Taksim Square, with protests spreading to dozens of other cities as demonstrators denounced what they see as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a "dictator," dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe, even as thousands returned to the landmark Istanbul square that has become the site of the fiercest anti-government outburst in years.


Merkel reins in plan to transfer powers to Brussels

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:33 PM PDT

German Chancellor Merkel speaks during the Annual Reception of the SOS Children's Village organization in GrimmenBy Noah Barkin and Gareth Jones BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out against handing the European Commission more powers, in the clearest sign yet that she is reining in her ambitions to create a "fiscal union" in which euro members cede control of their budgets to Brussels. ...


Insight: Simmering anger at Erdogan's authoritarianism boils over in Turkey

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Riot police detain a protester during demonstrations against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party in central AnkaraBy Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's most violent riots in decades may have been started by the destruction of a small Istanbul park, but they have exploded in a show of defiance at what many see as the creeping authoritarianism of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. In power for more than a decade, Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party has increased its share of the vote in each of the past three elections, ushered in unprecedented political stability and overseen some of the fastest economic growth in Europe. ...


Palestinians' Abbas appoints new PM to Hamas outrage

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:11 PM PDT

Palestinian President Abbas gestures during a Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee meeting in RamallahBy Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named British-educated political independent Rami Hamdallah as new prime minister on Sunday, a move that was immediately condemned by Gaza Strip rulers Hamas. Abbas and the militant Islamist group agreed in principle last month to form a unity government for the divided Palestinian territories, and a Hamas spokesman said Hamdallah's appointment threw that into doubt. ...


Central bank group warns markets 'under a spell'

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:34 PM PDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Investors have ignored poor economic news as stocks have risen, leaving markets now vulnerable to unsettling volatility and potential losses, an organization of the world's central banks said Sunday.

Pakistani president says he will not run again

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The president of Pakistan said in an interview aired Sunday that he will not run for another term, a decision that was widely expected after his party was trounced in parliamentary elections last month.

US transfers prisoner to Mauritania

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian official says that the United States has transferred one of its prisoners held in Afghanistan to Mauritania.

Gulf Arab countries to consider action against Hezbollah

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:48 AM PDT

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Gulf Arab countries will consider taking action against Hezbollah if the Shi'ite Muslim Lebanese movement continues its involvement in Syria's civil war or interferes in Gulf Arab affairs, Bahrain's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday. Ghanem al-Buainain said the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regarded Hezbollah's involvement in Syria as "sectarian intervention", but had not discussed listing the group as a terrorist organization, a step taken by Bahrain last week. ...

Official: Dam will not significantly affect Egypt

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:12 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country's multi-billion dollar hydropower dam being built on the Nile River will not significantly affect Sudan and Egypt, countries that are highly dependent on the water of the world's longest river, said an Ethiopian official.

Female Israeli soldiers punished for racy photos

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:07 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook.

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