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Israel's Lieberman says Palestinian peace accord impossible

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:15 AM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and former foreign minister Lieberman attend a faction meeting in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has no chance of signing a permanent peace accord with the Palestinians and should instead seek a long-term interim deal, the most powerful political partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The remarks by Avigdor Lieberman, an ultranationalist whose joint party list with Netanyahu narrowly won a January 22 election while centrist challengers made surprise gains, seemed designed to dampen expectations at home and abroad of fresh peacemaking. A spring visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by U.S. ...

Tunisian Islamists rally to show "power of street"

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 08:34 AM PST

Protesters throw stones amidst smoke during clashes with riot police near the Interior Ministry in TunisTUNIS (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis on Saturday in a show of strength, a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the streets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago. About 6,000 supporters of the ruling Ennahda movement rallied to back their leader Rachid al-Ghannouchi, who was the target of angry slogans raised by mourners at Friday's mass funeral of Chokri Belaid, a rights lawyer and opposition leader. ...

Protests erupt as India executes man for 2001 parliament attack

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:26 AM PST

An Indian policeman patrols a deserted road during restriction in SrinagarNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hanged a Kashmiri man on Saturday for an attack on the country's parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between protesters and police who wielded batons and fired teargas. Dozens of people were injured. President Pranab Mukherjee rejected a mercy petition from Mohammad Afzal Guru and he was hanged at 8 a.m. (0230 GMT) in Tihar jail in the capital, New Delhi. Security forces anticipating unrest had imposed a curfew in parts of insurgency-torn Kashmir and ordered people off the streets. ...

Exiting U.S. general says Afghan women's rights are key

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:40 PM PST

U.S. General John Allen, commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, speaks during U.S. Independence Day celebrations in KabulKABUL (Reuters) - Advancing women's rights in Afghanistan is key to preventing the Taliban from reimposing a radical form of Islam once most foreign troops leave by the end of 2014, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Saturday. Afghan women have won back basic rights in education, voting and employment since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, but fears are growing such gains could be traded away as Western forces prepare to leave and the Afghan government seeks peace talks with the group. U.S. ...

Belaid's widow asks Tunisia government to protect her family

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST

Tunisians hold a placard with an image of the late secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid during his funeral procession in the Jebel Jelloud district in TunisTUNIS (Reuters) - The widow of assassinated politician ‮‮‮‮‮ِ‬‬‬‬‬Chokri Belaid said on Saturday she was asking the Tunisian government to provide her family with official protection. "After the killing of Chokri I am asking the Ministry of the Interior to provide official protection to me I and my daughters ... If any attack happens to the family, I will accuse the Ministry of Interior officially," Basma Belaid said On television. ...

Lebanon's Christian Patriarch prays for peace in Syria

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:20 PM PST

To match interview LEBANON-PATRIARCH/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's Maronite Catholic church, Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, prayed in an old Damascus church on Saturday for an end to Syria's civil war. Rai, whose church has 900,000 members in Lebanon, a quarter of the country's population, is on the first visit to Syria by a Maronite Patriarch since the independence of neighboring Lebanon in 1943. His visit comes at a time when Christians in the region feel under threat from the rise of political Islam. ...

France, Britain promise punishment in horsemeat scandal

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 03:11 PM PST

A recall notice for frozen meals which had tested positive for horse meat is seen at an Aldi supermarket in northwest LondonPARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - The French and British governments promised on Saturday to punish those found responsible for selling horsemeat in beef products at the heart of a growing scandal that started in Britain but is quickly spreading to France. French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said an investigation had found that the horsemeat had originated in Romania, although there were links with French, Dutch and Cypriot firms and a factory in Luxembourg. ...

Lebanon may need camps for flood of Syrian refugees: U.N.

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 02:56 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon should consider setting up transit centers to absorb the waves of refugees fleeing neighboring Syria and may have to establish formal refugee camps if the influx continues, a United Nations refugee official said. The tiny and fragile Mediterranean state already hosts 260,000 refugees - equivalent to 6.5 percent of its population - and has sought to absorb them in homes and communities, fearing large camps of Sunni Muslim Syrians could inflame sectarian tensions still smouldering from its own 1975-1990 civil war. ...

Irish marchers protest nationwide against austerity

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 03:11 PM PST

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched in six cities around Ireland on Saturday to protest against austerity measures, days after the government struck a vital deal on its bank debt. Prominent trade unionists and opposition members of parliament marched alongside citizens facing a sixth year of cuts since a financial crisis plunged Ireland's banking system into a debt spiral. The size of the protest was reminiscent of the early days of Ireland's financial crisis; in recent years demonstrations have waned despite ever-rising taxes and spending cuts. ...

New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:59 PM PST

JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan's army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South's army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan's army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. ...

Malian military battles militants outside Gao

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

Worshippers arrive for prayers at the Askia mausoleum's mosque, built in 1495 in Gao, northern Mali, Saturday Feb. 9, 2013. On Friday, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed himself attempting to blow up an army checkpoint, the first time a suicide bomber operated in Mali. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)GAO, Mali (AP) — Malian soldiers are fighting jihadists in their desert hideouts just outside Gao, the country's defense minister said Saturday, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint on the city's outskirts.

Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Egyptian relatives of Mohammed el-Gindy, a 28-year-old activist, who died of wounds sustained during clashes near the presidential palace, display his picture as they shout anti-president Morsi slogans during his funeral procession in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads "my name is Mohammed and I did not deserve to die this way." Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was recently assassinated, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking, Could it happen here too? There are reasons for concern: hardline clerics have called for the killing of opposition leaders, and activists say there are worrying signs that show the ruling Islamists are targeting their ranks _ disappearances of activists from protests and telephone death threats. With Islamists convinced the opposition is trying to overthrow President Mohammed Morsi, there is fertile ground for violence. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)CAIRO (AP) — Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking: Could it happen here too?

Tunisian PM says new Cabinet needed during crisis

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:40 PM PST

Protesters gather during a demonstration in Tunis Saturday Feb 9, 2013. Several thousand supporters of Tunisia's ruling moderate Islamist party rallied in the capital in a pro-government demonstration Saturday, a day after the funeral of an assassinated opposition politician. The ruling Ennahda party had called for a show of support for the constitutional assembly, whose work on a new constitution suffered a severe setback after the killing of Chokri Belaid on Feb. 6, 2013 when leftist parties withdrew their participation. Protesters hurled insults at France, accusing the former colonial ruler of interfering in the North African country's politics. banners, center, is read "France shut up" ( Ap Photo/Hassene Dridi)TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected.

APNewsBreak: Flaws found in US missile shield

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 07:54 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo, a Russian military officer is on duty in the main control center of a radar station at the missile defense facility in Sofrino, 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Moscow. Secret U.S. Defense Department studies have cast doubt on whether a multibillion dollar missile defense system planned for Europe will ever be able to protect the United States from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe can ever protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say.

Leaner New Year: China tones down the celebrations

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:19 PM PST

Chinese actors dressed as Qing Dynasty servants take part in a rehearsal of ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony for the upcoming Chinese New Year at Ditan Park in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10 this year which marks the Year of Snake. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)BEIJING (AP) — Chinese New Year is traditionally a time for colorful and noisy displays of fireworks and generous-portioned banquets. This year, the festivities are likely to be a little more austere.

German education minister quits in plagiarism case

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:36 PM PST

German chancellor Angela Merkel , right, and education minister Annette Schavan, left, arrive for a statement in Berlin Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Germany's education minister has resigned after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis - an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government months before national elections. (AP Photo/dpa, Wolfgang Kumm)BERLIN (AP) — Germany's education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis — an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government as it prepares for elections later this year.

UK authorities charge man in US school threat

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — A British man was charged Saturday after he allegedly posted a threat on Facebook to kill 200 people in the U.S. state of Tennessee, causing many children to stay home from school, authorities said.

Syrian troops, rebels clash over Damascus highway

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:37 AM PST

In this Friday February 8, 2013, photo, Free Syrian Army fighters sit behind their anti-aircraft weapon in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebels brought their fight within a mile of the heart of Damascus on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway with a row of burning tires as they pressed their campaign for the heavily guarded capital, considered the likely endgame in the nearly 2-year-old civil war. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of a key highway in Damascus Saturday, a day after opposition forces cut the strategic artery as part of what they say are efforts to lay the groundwork for an eventual assault on the heavily defended capital.

American adoptive mothers get their Russian kids

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 12:13 PM PST

Jeana Bonner, left, of South Jordan, Utah, and Rebecca Preece from Nampa, Idaho, sit with their adopted children at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. After weeks of anxiety, plodding through the opaque Russian legal system and suffering wallet-thinning expenses, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are preparing to take them home to start a new life together. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)MOSCOW (AP) — After weeks of anxiety plodding through the opaque Russian legal system, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are preparing to take them home to start a new life together.

Amid Dominican port concerns, a surge in smuggling

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:15 AM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 2007 file photo, a Dominican Navy soldier stands guard over bales of cocaine during a news conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic seized 9 tons of cocaine in 2012, the third consecutive record, according to the country's national drug control agency. In January alone, they seized another 3 tons off the country's southern coast. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz, File)SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The relationship between a U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a wealthy political benefactor has highlighted gaps in port security in the Dominican Republic, which has become the top transit point for drugs in the Caribbean. And the situation appears to be getting worse.

Indian execution sparks protests, accusations of politics

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:07 AM PST

India today executed Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. Carrying out the death sentence, handed down in 2002 and upheld by the Supreme Court of India in 2005, was a major demand of India's main opposition party, the right-wing Bhartiya Janata Party.

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