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• Exclusive: Financial sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work-UN
• Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy
• UN watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
• Colombia warns of plot to kill high-profile journalists
• Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
• Nigeria declares emergency in areas hit by Islamists
• Obama's 'juice' squeezed by scandals?
• Are border security measures working? Why the answer is elusive
• IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
• Mother’s Day shooting in New Orleans tests violent ‘street code’
• US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case
• A look at how Russia, US still spy on each other
• Russia's FSB releases alleged letter on US spying
• Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks
• Chains grapple with how to improve safety
• Nigeria president declares state of emergency
• Special Report-In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
• Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus
• Britain's Cameron faces leadership questions over Europe
• Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
• War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint
• Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
• U.S. urged to take tougher line on Indian trade practices
• Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
• US, Russia and Iran work to save Olympic wrestling
• Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears
• Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win
• Russian FSB detains US diplomat accused of spying
• Deadly Benghazi blast caused by fisherman's explosives
• Italy's Berlusconi questioned in prostitution probe
• Cyclone kills 7 in Sri Lanka; thousands displaced

Exclusive: Financial sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work-UN Posted: 14 May 2013 04:53 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A combination of increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have not stopped Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program but appear to have significantly delayed it, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday. ...

Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy Posted: 14 May 2013 12:23 PM PDT By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expelled a U.S. diplomat on Tuesday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. Apparently detained in an incongruous-looking blond wig, with props reminiscent of a schoolboy's spy kit, U.S. Embassy Third Secretary Ryan Fogle hardly looked like a Cold War secret agent. ...

UN watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute Posted: 14 May 2013 04:02 PM PDT By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure in two separate meetings over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but with the Islamic state focused more on a June presidential election no breakthrough is expected in the dispute. In Vienna, the U.N. nuclear agency will once again urge Iran to stop stonewalling its investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran, which denies any intent to make such weapons. The talks are due to start around 10 a.m. (0400 ET). ...

Colombia warns of plot to kill high-profile journalists Posted: 14 May 2013 02:23 PM PDT By Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government warned on Tuesday of a plot by a criminal group to kill several high-profile journalists just weeks after the attempted assassination of an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation. President Juan Manuel Santos also announced that 90 journalists are being given protection by the government. He urged Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre to investigate attacks against journalists. ...

Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam Posted: 14 May 2013 02:04 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students' parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to Christianity by saying that the late Coptic Pope Shenouda was better than the Prophet Mohammad. ...

Nigeria declares emergency in areas hit by Islamists Posted: 14 May 2013 04:05 PM PDT By Joe Brock and Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on Tuesday, ordering in more troops to try to stem an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency. Islamist sect Boko Haram has intensified its attacks on security forces and government targets in its northeast stronghold this month, prompting Jonathan to declare an emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. "We are facing ... ...

Obama's 'juice' squeezed by scandals? Posted: 14 May 2013 04:28 PM PDT Suddenly, the Obama administration is under siege. And predictably, media talk of a "second-term curse" is taking hold as the White House tries to push back on a narrative of scandal that seems to befall US presidents after reelection.

Are border security measures working? Why the answer is elusive Posted: 14 May 2013 03:39 PM PDT Some of the ingredients that go into American border security are clear: The US-Mexico line is now flanked by 651 miles of fence and guarded by some 18,000 Border Patrol officers.

IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal Posted: 14 May 2013 02:29 PM PDT How the tables have turned: The Internal Revenue Service is the one under the microscope now, as revelations emerged Friday that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. The revelations quickly amounted to a scandal that has taken a partisan turn, threatening to derail bipartisan efforts on guns, immigration reform, and the federal budget.

Mother’s Day shooting in New Orleans tests violent ‘street code’ Posted: 14 May 2013 02:10 PM PDT New Orleans cops are chasing a man they believe responsible for a mass shooting at a Mother's Day street party on Sunday. The bloody, panic-stricken scene created by the attack has shocked and mobilized a city long intimidated by violent street codes.

US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case Posted: 14 May 2013 01:39 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising millions for "long-term cooperation."

A look at how Russia, US still spy on each other Posted: 14 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT The Cold War is long over, but espionage is forever. Russian spies still operate in the U.S. and American ones in Russia. On Tuesday, Russia's security services said they had caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA official trying to recruit a Russian agent.

Russia's FSB releases alleged letter on US spying Posted: 14 May 2013 08:24 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Federal Security Service has released a photograph of a letter that it claims contains instructions on spying for the United States. The FSB said the letter was found on a U.S. diplomat, who they claim is a CIA officer caught trying to recruit a member of one of Russia's special services. There was no immediate response from the U.S. State Department. This is the Associated Press' translation of the typewritten letter shown on Russian state television channels:

Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks Posted: 14 May 2013 11:49 AM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital.

Chains grapple with how to improve safety Posted: 14 May 2013 04:04 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come up with their own safety plans.

Nigeria president declares state of emergency Posted: 14 May 2013 01:13 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion.

Special Report-In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims Posted: 14 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT By Jason Szep SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment might have saved Waadulae. But there are no doctors, painkillers or vaccines in this primitive hospital near Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State in western Myanmar. It is a lonely medical outpost that serves about 85,300 displaced people, almost all of them Muslims who lost their homes in fighting with Buddhist mobs last year. ...

Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town near Damascus Posted: 14 May 2013 04:55 PM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel sources said. The rebels' struggle to end four decades of Assad family rule has been complicated in part by internal divisions along ideological and political lines, as well as a shortage of heavy weaponry that could decisively turn the tide of conflict. ...

Britain's Cameron faces leadership questions over Europe Posted: 14 May 2013 02:20 PM PDT By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron faced questions about his leadership on Tuesday after he bowed to pressure from inside the ruling Conservative Party to bring forward draft legislation enforcing a referendum on Britain's European Union membership. Just hours after U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned against rushing towards the EU exit, Cameron was forced by a rebellion in his party into promising a bill that would pave the way for an in-out vote on Europe. ...

Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize Posted: 14 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of people into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were missing and feared dead, the United Nations said Tuesday.

War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint Posted: 14 May 2013 02:04 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation.

Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse Posted: 14 May 2013 02:02 PM PDT DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry.

U.S. urged to take tougher line on Indian trade practices Posted: 14 May 2013 01:42 PM PDT By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. think tank on Tuesday recommended Congress suspend trade benefits for India, in the latest sign of U.S. frustration over Indian policies that block American exports and "free ride" on costly U.S. research to develop new medicines and other forms of valuable intellectual property. "The United States should not sit idly by as the Indian government enacts regulations that harm American industry and jobs," Stephen Ezell, senior analyst at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), said in a paper. ...

Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya Posted: 14 May 2013 01:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

US, Russia and Iran work to save Olympic wrestling Posted: 14 May 2013 01:18 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one.

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears Posted: 14 May 2013 01:04 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country.

Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win Posted: 14 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.

Russian FSB detains US diplomat accused of spying Posted: 14 May 2013 12:46 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow, Russia's security services announced Tuesday, claiming the American was a CIA officer.

Deadly Benghazi blast caused by fisherman's explosives Posted: 14 May 2013 12:37 PM PDT By Ghaith Shennib and Jessica Donati TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A blast that killed three people in Libya's second city Benghazi was caused by fishing explosives that detonated accidentally, not a car bomb as originally thought, a local government official said on Tuesday. But rights activists said the incident was symptomatic of deteriorating security in a country whose government exerts scant authority beyond the capital Tripoli. ...

Italy's Berlusconi questioned in prostitution probe Posted: 14 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi was questioned by Rome prosecutors for three hours on Tuesday over allegations the former prime minister paid 750,000 euros to buy the silence of people aware that he used prostitutes. The interrogation centered on a case in which the 76-year-old media tycoon is believed to have been the victim of extortion by three former associates, sources at the prosecutors office said. One of these associates, businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini, is accused of providing prostitutes for parties at Berlusconi's private villa outside Milan. ...

Cyclone kills 7 in Sri Lanka; thousands displaced Posted: 14 May 2013 12:26 PM PDT COLOMBO (Reuters) - A cyclone caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal killed at least seven people in Sri Lanka, government officials said on Tuesday. Cyclone Mahasen, which brought heavy rains and landslides to Sri Lanka, was expected to hit Bangladesh and Myanmar later this week. "Seven people have died and 10 people have got injured. There are 7,399 people from 1,947 families affected," Lal Sarath Kumara, the spokesman at Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center, told Reuters. The Center said 3,881 people had been displaced due to the cyclone. ...

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