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• Venezuela furious at Colombia's meeting with opposition leader
• Three Senegal women freed after rebel kidnapping
• Iran set up terrorist networks in Latin America: Argentine prosecutor
• Struggling Korean builders tell employees to show loyalty: buy apartments
• Syrian opposition says peace talks must mean Assad exit
• Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor
• Money-laundering scheme hid $6 billion for fraudsters like 'Joe Bogus'
• Why Pentagon has doubts about no-fly zone over Syria
• Home prices up 10 percent: How strong is this year’s US housing market?
• After Obama’s Speech on Drones, CIA Allegedly Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander
• Syria says Assad will remain president until 2014
• Top Pakistan militant said killed in US strike
• France's first gay marriage is broadcast to nation
• NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups
• Afghan security rescues 7 Red Cross staffers
• Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims
• Terror remains for Salvadorans despite gang truce
• Colombian rebel rejects peace talks deadline
• Hurricane Barbara landfall in Mexico 2nd earliest
• Foes of Newmont's $5 billion Peru mine in standoff with police
• Switzerland takes step to end tax dispute with US
• Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes in Myanmar, one dead
• UK museum staff to strike over cuts to pay, jobs
• A look at the latest Syria developments
• Evening bomb blasts kill 30 in Baghdad
• Canada freezes trade with Iran over nuclear program, human rights
• Italian actress Franca Rame dies
• DNA, video led to arrest in French soldier attack
• The new drama at Egypt's opera: A political fight
• U.N. investigators say most Syria rebels not seeking democracy
• Legendary Canadian abortion campaigner Morgentaler dies aged 90
• Syrian army seizes strategic air base near Qusair
• France says 3,000-4,000 Hezbollah are fighting in Syria

Venezuela furious at Colombia's meeting with opposition leader Posted: 29 May 2013 04:46 PM PDT By Enrique Andres Pretel and Luis Jaime Acosta CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuela reacted with fury to Wednesday's talks between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles, saying it was a "bomb" in ties and recalling an envoy to Colombia's peace process. Capriles met Santos in Bogota at the start of a tour around Latin America to press his case that last month's presidential poll in Venezuela was fraudulent and President Nicolas Maduro's government is therefore illegitimate. ...

Three Senegal women freed after rebel kidnapping Posted: 29 May 2013 04:28 PM PDT BISSAU (Reuters) - Three Senegalese women who work for a South African organization that cleared land mines and were kidnapped by separatist rebels in Senegal this month were handed over to authorities in neighbouring Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday. Twelve employees of demining firm Mechem were kidnapped by a faction of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance, which has waged a 31-year struggle for independence in Senegal's southern border with Guinea-Bissau. ...

Iran set up terrorist networks in Latin America: Argentine prosecutor Posted: 29 May 2013 03:22 PM PDT By Guido Nejamkis BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine prosecutor accused Iran on Wednesday of establishing terrorist networks in Latin America dating back to the 1980s and said he would send his findings to courts in the affected countries. State prosecutor Alberto Nisman is investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. Argentine courts have long accused Iran of sponsoring the attack. Iran, which remains locked in a stand-off with world powers over its disputed nuclear program, denies links to the blast. ...

Struggling Korean builders tell employees to show loyalty: buy apartments Posted: 29 May 2013 02:35 PM PDT By Ju-min Park GOYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Five years after the global financial crisis, South Korean construction workers are feeling the pinch more than ever as they shoulder a mountain of debt from a real estate bust that has cast a long shadow on the country's growth prospects. Facing the specter of bankruptcy, some construction firms persuaded their staff to take up loans to mop up unsold apartments. "There was pressure. ...

Syrian opposition says peace talks must mean Assad exit Posted: 29 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday it would only take part in planned international peace talks if a deadline was set for a settlement that forces President Bashar al-Assad to leave power. In its first official reaction to the Geneva conference being prepared by the United States and Russia, the opposition coalition adopted a declaration calling for "binding international guarantees" for any resolution of Syria's two-year-old conflict. ...

Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor Posted: 29 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Alexandria Sage PARIS (Reuters) - A Muslim convert arrested on suspicion of stabbing a French soldier in a Paris suburb was motivated by religion and had shown some signs of radicalization, French authorities said on Wednesday. The attack took place on May 25, three days after attackers chanting Islamist slogans killed a British soldier in London. France has been on a security alert since January, when its troops began fighting al Qaeda-linked Islamists in Mali. Prosecutor Francois Molins said authorities were treating the Paris attack as a terrorist act. ...

Money-laundering scheme hid $6 billion for fraudsters like 'Joe Bogus' Posted: 29 May 2013 03:56 PM PDT Criminal investigators slammed the digital door on a massive $6 billion cyber money-laundering scheme with 1 million users worldwide, including more than 200,000 users in the US, according to court documents.

Why Pentagon has doubts about no-fly zone over Syria Posted: 29 May 2013 03:32 PM PDT Reports this week that the Pentagon is putting together plans for a no-fly zone over Syria came as little surprise to most defense analysts – after all, senior US military officials are constantly planning for war possibilities.

Home prices up 10 percent: How strong is this year’s US housing market? Posted: 29 May 2013 03:04 PM PDT News of the first double-digit annual home price gain since 2006 raises a question: Just how blazing hot is the housing market?

After Obama’s Speech on Drones, CIA Allegedly Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander Posted: 29 May 2013 02:35 PM PDT Less than a week after President Barack Obama's speech marking a policy shift on the use of drones, the CIA broke its weeks-long hiatus with a drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area. The target of the attack, according to reports, was Wali-ur-Rehman, a leader of the Pakistani Taliban. The alleged strike signals that while Obama has spoken of a curtailment of drones, such attacks will continue in Pakistan where targets are deemed worthy. But on the eve of a new government taking office in Pakistan, after an election marked by sharp anti-U.S. ...

Syria says Assad will remain president until 2014 Posted: 29 May 2013 03:25 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions that will make it difficult for the opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending the civil war.

Top Pakistan militant said killed in US strike Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group denied he was dead.

France's first gay marriage is broadcast to nation Posted: 29 May 2013 12:04 PM PDT MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said "oui," then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss.

NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups Posted: 29 May 2013 12:30 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by foreign humanitarian groups working to help those most in need and forcing some agencies to carry suitcases of cash in from outside.

Afghan security rescues 7 Red Cross staffers Posted: 29 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two insurgents attacked a compound housing the International Committee of the Red Cross in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing an Afghan guard before security forces rescued seven foreigners. It was a striking escalation of attacks targeting international organizations.

Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims Posted: 29 May 2013 01:22 PM PDT LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — It was a terrifying sight: hundreds of angry, armed men on motorcycles advancing up a dusty street with no one to stop them.

Terror remains for Salvadorans despite gang truce Posted: 29 May 2013 04:28 PM PDT ILOPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — Young men come around once a week to collect $20 from store owner Carlos Tevez, the "tax" he pays to continue operating his business and to keep his family safe.

Colombian rebel rejects peace talks deadline Posted: 29 May 2013 04:09 PM PDT HAVANA (AP) — A leading peace negotiator of Colombia's main rebel group has rejected the government's insistence that talks wrap up by November ahead of national elections, saying the president should not put his personal ambition ahead of the peace process.

Hurricane Barbara landfall in Mexico 2nd earliest Posted: 29 May 2013 03:29 PM PDT OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Barbara made landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast Wednesday, the second-earliest landfall since reliable record-keeping began in 1966. At least two people were killed, including a man identified by local officials as a U.S. surfer.

Foes of Newmont's $5 billion Peru mine in standoff with police Posted: 29 May 2013 03:03 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters were locked in a standoff with police in northern Peru on Wednesday as they vowed to stop Newmont Mining from transferring water from a lake to a reservoir as part of its $5 billion Conga gold project. Residents and local officials said it was the second straight day of tensions near the proposed mine that would be Peru's most expensive ever. ...

Switzerland takes step to end tax dispute with US Posted: 29 May 2013 02:36 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland said Wednesday it will allow its banks to skirt the country's strict client secrecy laws in order to end a long-running dispute with the United States over tax evasion by American clients with hidden accounts.

Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes in Myanmar, one dead Posted: 29 May 2013 02:19 PM PDT By Jared Ferrie LASHIO, Myanmar (Reuters) - Security forces struggled to control Buddhist mobs who burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio in a dangerous widening of ultra-nationalist Buddhist violence. Scores of young men and boys on motorbikes and on foot marauded through the city of 130,000 people, some singing nationalist songs, a day after a mosque and religious school were torched. One person was killed and four were wounded in fighting, Ye Htut, spokesman for President Thein Sein, said in a Facebook post. ...

UK museum staff to strike over cuts to pay, jobs Posted: 29 May 2013 01:57 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Workers at museums and galleries in Britain — including top tourist spots like the British Museum and the National Gallery — are going on strike.

A look at the latest Syria developments Posted: 29 May 2013 01:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis:

Evening bomb blasts kill 30 in Baghdad Posted: 29 May 2013 01:38 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bomb blasts tore through two Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday evening, killing at least 30 people including several members of a wedding party, and extending a relentless wave of bloodshed roiling Iraq.

Canada freezes trade with Iran over nuclear program, human rights Posted: 29 May 2013 01:34 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will freeze all remaining trade with Iran to protest the Tehran's nuclear ambitions and its human rights record, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Wednesday. Canada, which has had increasingly poor relations with Iran for more than a decade, had already imposed a series of trade sanctions. In 2012, bilateral trade was worth around C$135 million ($130 million). Baird said Canada was particularly concerned by the failure of the United Nations' nuclear agency this month to persuade Iran to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research. ...

Italian actress Franca Rame dies Posted: 29 May 2013 01:22 PM PDT MILAN (AP) — Franca Rame, an Italian actress and wife of Nobel laureate Dario Fo, died Wednesday at the age of 84 after a long illness.

DNA, video led to arrest in French soldier attack Posted: 29 May 2013 01:11 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — DNA traces on an orange juice bottle and a surveillance video of a man praying in a mall led to the arrest Wednesday of a young suspected Islamic extremist accused of stabbing a French soldier patrolling a crowded area just outside Paris, officials said.

The new drama at Egypt's opera: A political fight Posted: 29 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The Cairo Opera House has become a new battleground between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president, this time fighting over the direction of the Middle East's oldest music institution.

U.N. investigators say most Syria rebels not seeking democracy Posted: 29 May 2013 01:05 PM PDT By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Most Syrian rebel fighters do not want democracy and the country's civil war is producing ever worse atrocities and increasing radicalization, independent U.N. investigators said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Paris, Brazilian expert Paulo Pinheiro said his team of investigators had documented horrific crimes on both sides, although the scale of those committed by President Bashar al-Assad's forces was greater. ...

Legendary Canadian abortion campaigner Morgentaler dies aged 90 Posted: 29 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Henry Morgentaler, a Holocaust survivor who became one of Canada's leading abortion campaigners and spent time in jail for terminating pregnancies, died on Wednesday at the age of 90, activists said. Morgentaler set up Canada's first independent abortion clinic in Montreal in 1969 at a time when the procedure could only be performed in hospitals and was limited to cases when doctors deemed that continuation of a pregnancy could harm a woman. ...

Syrian army seizes strategic air base near Qusair Posted: 29 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad seized an air base near the strategic town of Qusair on Wednesday and took more ground to the east of Damascus, state media said, dealing fresh setbacks to rebel fighters. Assad's troops have been battling alongside Hezbollah fighters from neighboring Lebanon for the last 10 days to drive rebels from Qusair. Taking the air base and neighboring Dabaa village puts Qusair under siege from all sides and cuts a main reinforcement line for rebel weapons and fighters. ...

France says 3,000-4,000 Hezbollah are fighting in Syria Posted: 29 May 2013 12:47 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday its intelligence services believed 3-4,000 guerillas from Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's army in Syria's civil war. "As far as Hezbollah militants present in the battlefield, the figures range from 3,000 to 10,000, our estimates are between 3,000 and 4,000," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told lawmakers. ...

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