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• South Sudan's vice president to visit Khartoum
• Brazil hit by largest protests yet as hundreds of thousands march
• Afghan peace bid on hold over Kabul-Taliban protocol row
• Greek coalition in disarray, small party considers quitting
• Venezuelan anti-corruption drive snares senior tax official
• Iraq, Lebanon alarmed at spreading Syria war
• Tropical Storm Barry weakens, dumps rain on Mexico
• Voices from within Brazil's protests
• Greek PM says determined to avoid early elections
• Four Senators seek to bar military aid to Syrian rebels
• Protesters gather in Brazil despite concessions
• EU agree rules for bank rescues by bailout fund
• Still time to solve Greek funding gap: euro zone, IMF
• Brazil protesters struggle to define next steps
• Greek party leader calls on junior partner to stay in coalition
• Greek PM calls on junior partner to back him after talks collapse
• Greek coalition party to decide whether to back government-sources
• Greece to avoid funding problems if it delivers on bailout program: IMF
• Barry weakens to depression, moving inland into Mexico
• Britain rejects involvement of pope in Falklands dispute
• Shell Nigeria: Explosion forces pipeline closure
• US sees sanctions impact on Iranian politics
• Suicide bomber kills 7 after close of Iraq polls
• Rivalries complicate arms pipeline to Syria rebels
• Greek govt talks on state TV closure collapse
• AP PHOTOS: From Egypt's street, a new techno sound
• Greece to avoid financing problems if it delivers on program: IMF
• Border security: Boost for Senate immigration bill
• Germany blocks Turkey's EU accession talks
• WHO study: Third of women suffer domestic violence
• Pakistan, Afghanistan trade accusations at U.N. over extremist havens
• Vandalism fails to shake coexistence in Arab town
• AP Exclusive: Taliban offer to free US soldier
• Palestinian PM submits resignation after 2 weeks

South Sudan's vice president to visit Khartoum Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:02 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan's vice president will visit Khartoum next week, Sudanese state media said on Thursday, marking the highest-level talks since Sudan threatened to cut off cross-border oil flows almost two weeks ago. Bilateral ties hit a new low this month when Sudan said it would halt oil exports that pass through Sudan for shipment abroad within 60 days unless Juba gave up support for rebels operating across the shared border. Juba denies the claims. ...

Brazil hit by largest protests yet as hundreds of thousands march Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:29 PM PDT By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest protests in two decades intensified on Thursday despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations, as 300,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of thousands more flooded other cities. Undeterred by the reversal of transport fare hikes that sparked the protests, and promises of better public services, marchers demonstrated around two international soccer matches and in locales as diverse as the Amazon capital of Manaus and the prosperous southern city of Florianopolis. ...

Afghan peace bid on hold over Kabul-Taliban protocol row Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:14 PM PDT By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war was in limbo on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents. A meeting between U.S. officials and representatives of the Taliban had been set for Thursday in Qatar but Afghan government anger at the fanfare surrounding the opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state threw preparations into confusion. ...

Greek coalition in disarray, small party considers quitting Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:15 PM PDT By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's small Democratic Left party could pull out of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's ruling coalition after talks to resume state television broadcasts collapsed, party officials said on Thursday, plunging the nation into fresh turmoil. Lawmakers from the leftist party - which was angered by the abrupt shutdown of broadcaster ERT last week - will meet at 0730 GMT (0330 ET) on Friday to decide whether to continue backing Samaras, who in turn warned he was ready to press ahead without them. ...

Venezuelan anti-corruption drive snares senior tax official Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:53 PM PDT By Enrique Andres Pretel CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced the arrest of a senior tax official on Thursday in the latest move in what he says is a concerted effort to stamp out corruption in the South American OPEC nation. Maduro said the local director of the SENIAT tax authority in the coastal city of La Guaira had been caught by state intelligence agents with more than 4 million bolivars in cash (about $635,000 at the official exchange rate). "We raided the luxury apartment in eastern Caracas where this bandit was doing business. ...

Iraq, Lebanon alarmed at spreading Syria war Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:54 PM PDT By Samia Nakhoul and Dominic Evans BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Neighboring Iraq warned that Syria's civil war is tearing the Middle East apart and Lebanon's president urged his country's Hezbollah movement on Thursday to pull its fighters out of the conflict. After two years of fighting that has killed more than 93,000 people, Syria's turmoil is dragging its neighbors into a deadly confrontation between Shi'ite Iran supporting President Bashar al-Assad and Sunni Arab Gulf nations backing the Syrian rebels. ...

Tropical Storm Barry weakens, dumps rain on Mexico Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:46 PM PDT VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry weakened to a depression after hitting Mexico's Gulf Coast on Thursday and forcing the evacuation of four towns near a river swollen by heavy rains.

Voices from within Brazil's protests Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:28 PM PDT Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country:

Greek PM says determined to avoid early elections Posted: 20 Jun 2013 04:25 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister said Friday he's determined to avoid early elections despite a deep rift with a coalition ally, which threatened new political instability in the bailed-out country and prompted warnings from international creditors.

Four Senators seek to bar military aid to Syrian rebels Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:53 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would bar President Barack Obama from providing military aid to Syria's rebels, saying the administration has provided too little information about what they see as a risky intervention. The bill would prevent the Department of Defense and U.S. intelligence agencies from using any funds to support military, paramilitary or covert operations in Syria, directly or indirectly. ...

Protesters gather in Brazil despite concessions Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:44 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Demonstrators took to the streets once again across Latin America's biggest country in a new wave of protests that have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people denouncing poor public services and government corruption.

EU agree rules for bank rescues by bailout fund Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:39 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Euro finance ministers on Thursday agreed on broad guidelines on how to use the bloc's permanent bailout fund to rescue banks from failure, delivering on a long-promised goal to stabilize the bloc's financial system.

Still time to solve Greek funding gap: euro zone, IMF Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:32 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Senior euro zone officials and the International Monetary Fund played down concerns on Thursday that Greece could face a shortfall in its finances, saying there was still time to remedy the situation. Earlier this week, officials told Reuters that some of Greece's creditors, which include the European Central Bank and the IMF, were reluctant to extend finance to the country because of worries that part of Greece's financing broke ECB rules. ...

Brazil protesters struggle to define next steps Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:29 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — After a week of mass protests, Brazilians won the world's attention and a pull-back on the subway and bus fare hikes that had first ignited their rage. But many say the real work is just beginning.

Greek party leader calls on junior partner to stay in coalition Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos on Thursday warned the country's ruling coalition was in trouble after failing to find agreement on the shutdown of the state broadcaster and called on the other junior partner to stay in the government. "The situation for the country, the economy and its citizens is especially grave," said Venizelos, head of the PASOK, the second-biggest party in the government. "We want the government to continue as a three-party government and we are asking Democratic Left to participate in reestablishing cooperation. ...

Greek PM calls on junior partner to back him after talks collapse Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Friday called on the small Democratic Left party in his ruling coalition to back him after talks to resume state television broadcasts collapsed, leaving the government in disarray. Samaras said he had compromised by offering to re-hire 2,000 out of the 2,600 ERT workers who were fired when it was yanked off air last week, which was accepted by the Socialist PASOK party but rejected by the Democratic Left. "I want us to continue together as we started but I will move on either way," Samaras said in a televised statement. ...

Greek coalition party to decide whether to back government-sources Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:23 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Democratic Left, the smallest party in the ruling coalition, will decide on Friday whether to continue in the government after a row over the closure of state broadcaster ERT, two party officials said on Friday. The party's lawmakers will meet at 0730 GMT (0330 ET) on Friday to discuss their position, the officials told Reuters. "The Democratic Left will decide whether it will continue to back the government or not," one official said. Another party official, Dimitris Hatzisokratis, said it was not the party's intention to push the country to early elections. ...

Greece to avoid funding problems if it delivers on bailout program: IMF Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Greece to speedily deliver on its bailout program, adding that doing so would ensure the country encounters "no financing problems." There is an ongoing review of the Greek bailout program, the IMF said on Thursday. "If the review is concluded by the end of July, as expected, no financing problems will arise because the program is financed till end-July 2014," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said in a brief statement. ...

Barry weakens to depression, moving inland into Mexico Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:02 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican state of Veracruz was hit by heavy rains on Thursday after Tropical Storm Barry moved away from Mexico's major oil installations and weakened to a Tropical Depression. Only one of Mexico's three major oil-exporting ports - Dos Bocas - remained closed, but state oil monopoly Pemex said it was unaffected by the storm. Almost all of Mexico's crude oil exports, which totaled 1.275 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, are shipped to refineries on the Gulf Coast of the United States from the ports of Coatzacoalcos, Dos Bocas and Cayo Arcas. ...

Britain rejects involvement of pope in Falklands dispute Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain and a representative of the Falkland Islands on Thursday rejected the idea of Pope Francis intervening in the long-running dispute with Argentina over the islands, which Buenos Aires claims are Argentine territory. In 1982 Britain sent its armed forces to the Falklands to repel an Argentine invasion of the contested South Atlantic archipelago, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas. ...

Shell Nigeria: Explosion forces pipeline closure Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Shell Nigeria says an explosion and fire caused by oil theft have forced it to shut down its Trans Niger Pipeline that carries 150,000 barrels of crude a day.

US sees sanctions impact on Iranian politics Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials are hailing the election of an Iranian president who vows to seek relief from international sanctions as the first tangible evidence that the U.S. strategy is influencing Tehran's nuclear policy.

Suicide bomber kills 7 after close of Iraq polls Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:35 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed seven people at an Iraqi vote counting center on Thursday evening, police said, hours after polls closed in two Sunni Muslim-dominated provinces. Most Iraqis voted for provincial councils in April but the Shi'ite-led government postponed elections in Anbar and Nineveh, citing security concerns after months of protests by the country's Sunni minority. The decision to delay voting in those governorates was criticized by the United States, which said it would compound a sense of Sunni marginalization that has fuelled a wave of violent unrest. ...

Rivalries complicate arms pipeline to Syria rebels Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's rebels have received shipments of more powerful weapons from Gulf allies in recent weeks, particularly anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, that have already helped stall aggressive new advances by regime forces.

Greek govt talks on state TV closure collapse Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The fate of Greece's shaky coalition government is hanging in the balance after crucial talks to end a major disagreement over the closure of state TV collapsed late Thursday.

AP PHOTOS: From Egypt's street, a new techno sound Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — "We tell the stories of our people, words that come up from our alleys, listen to me to understand" — from the Mahraganat song, "El-Rab El-Masri" (Egyptian Rap) by Sadat, Fifty and Haha.

Greece to avoid financing problems if it delivers on program: IMF Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Greece to speedily deliver on its bailout program, adding that doing so would ensure the country encounters "no financing problems." "If the review is concluded by the end of July, as expected, no financing problems will arise because the program is financed till end-July 2014," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said in a statement. The Financial Times reported on Thursday the IMF might suspend aid to Greece next month unless euro zone leaders plugged a funding gap in the Greek rescue program. ...

Border security: Boost for Senate immigration bill Posted: 20 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A breakthrough at hand, Republicans and Democrats reached for agreement Thursday on a costly, military-style surge to secure the leaky U.S.-Mexican border and clear the way for Senate passage of legislation giving millions of immigrants a chance at citizenship after years in America's shadows.

Germany blocks Turkey's EU accession talks Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Germany has blocked the next step in the European Union's membership talks with Turkey over Ankara's crackdown on anti-government protests, a diplomat from an EU nation said Thursday.

WHO study: Third of women suffer domestic violence Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner.

Pakistan, Afghanistan trade accusations at U.N. over extremist havens Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:41 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their porous border as the United Nations described increased tensions between the neighbors as "unfortunate and dangerous." Afghanistan's U.N. envoy, Zahir Tanin, told a council debate on the situation in Afghanistan that "terrorist sanctuaries continue to exist on Pakistan's soil and some elements continue to use terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy." Pakistan's U.N. ...

Vandalism fails to shake coexistence in Arab town Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:13 PM PDT ABU GHOSH, Israel (AP) — In a land rife with religious tension, one town has proven to be an exception — Abu Ghosh has been a model of coexistence in Israel for more than 65 years. This week the Arab village nestled in the foothills of Jerusalem became the latest victim in a wave of crimes linked to Jewish extremists that has plagued Israel, raising concern that growing extremism on the fringes of society could spread.

AP Exclusive: Taliban offer to free US soldier Posted: 20 Jun 2013 01:03 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban proposed a deal in which they would free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their most senior operatives at Guantanamo Bay, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai eased his opposition Thursday to joining planned peace talks.

Palestinian PM submits resignation after 2 weeks Posted: 20 Jun 2013 12:55 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The new Palestinian prime minister submitted his resignation to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, after two weeks on the job, because of a conflict over authority.

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