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Both sides bury dead as Ukraine slides towards war

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:19 PM PDT

Young Ukrainian recruits march near the infantry school in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia met Tuesday, but their open disagreements did nothing to suggest a diplomatic solution was near. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)By Matt Robinson and Aleksandar Vasovic KRAMATORSK/ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Both sides have been burying their dead as Ukraine slides further towards war, with supporters of Russia and of a united Ukraine accusing each other of tearing the country apart. Tuesday was generally quieter than past days in most of eastern and southern Ukraine, but violence flared at dusk in the eastern port of Mariupol, where a spokesman for pro-Moscow militants told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency that one person was killed and three wounded in an attack on a checkpoint. Because we don't want to live with fascists?" asked 58-year-old passport photographer Sergei Fominsky, standing with his wife among the mourners. We kneel to no one." In Odessa, a previously peaceful, multi-ethnic Black Sea port where more than 40 people were killed on Friday in the worst day of violence since a February revolt toppled Ukraine's pro-Russian president, pall-bearers carried Andrey Biryukov's open casket from a van to the street corner where he was shot.


Gunmen abduct eight more girls in northeast Nigeria: police

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:25 PM PDT

By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists' strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. Lazarus Musa, a resident of the village of Warabe, told Reuters that armed men had opened fire during the raid. They started shooting in our village," Musa said by telephone from the village in the hilly Gwoza area, Boko Haram's main base. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatened in a video released to the media on Monday to sell the girls abducted from a secondary school on April 14 "on the market".

Thai court almost certain to rule against PM, force her from office

Posted: 06 May 2014 06:04 AM PDT

Thailand's PM Yingluck and Deputy PM Surapong arrive before a meeting with the Election Commission at the Royal Thai Air Force Academy in BangkokBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court is almost certain to rule against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges on Wednesday, forcing her from office and raising the possibility of fresh mass protests by her supporters. That could lead to confrontation with anti-government groups which have been protesting in the capital, Bangkok, for six months in a bid to topple Yingluck. The crisis broadly pits Bangkok's middle class and royalist establishment against the mainly poor, rural supporters of Yingluck and her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by the military in 2006 and now lives in exile to avoid a jail term handed down in 2008 for abuse of power. Yingluck defended herself in court on Tuesday against a charge relating to her transfer of National Security Council chief Thawil Pliensri in 2011, which opponents say was designed to benefit her Puea Thai Party and a family member.


In China's Xinjiang, economic divide seen fuelling ethnic unrest

Posted: 06 May 2014 02:07 PM PDT

Uighur women stand next to a street to wait for a bus in downtown UrumqiBy Michael Martina URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region. Like the columns of police toting rifles and metal riot spears that weave between migrants resting on their luggage, the workers are a fixture at the station, which last week was targeted by a bomb and knife attack the government has blamed on religious extremists. "We come this far because the wages are good," Shi Hongjiang, 26, from the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, told Reuters outside the station. There aren't enough of them to do the work." Shi's is a common refrain from migrant workers, whose experience finding low-skilled work is very different to that of the Muslim Uighur minority.


Egypt's presidential frontrunner Sisi cautious on energy subsidies

Posted: 06 May 2014 02:36 PM PDT

People walk past a poster of presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at one of his campaign headquarters in CairoFormer Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is expected to win a presidential election this month, said in a television interview broadcast on Tuesday that costly energy subsidies could not be lifted quickly. "The subsidies can't be removed suddenly ... People will not tolerate that," Sisi told CBC and ONTV. Heavy spending on energy subsidies has taken a toll on the economy. After the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, already high energy subsidy costs ballooned to a fifth of state spending as the Egyptian pound plunged and due to an expanding population.


Panama's president-elect plans price controls on basic foods

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:33 PM PDT

Varela of the Panamenista Party is seen after a speech inside the Virgin of Carmen church in Panama CityBy Christine Murray and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's president-elect will impose price controls on a range of basic foods to dampen rising costs, a step that will hit his bitter rival, outgoing president and supermarket tycoon Ricardo Martinelli. Juan Carlos Varela, the Panamenista Party (PP) leader and winner of Sunday's election, told Reuters he is clear what his first policy will be when he takes office on July 1. The measure would apply to basic foods such as rice, cheese and meat, Varela said, adding that huge profit margins were being put on basic foodstuffs. "We feel that this is very unfair for the people," Varela, a 50-year-old U.S.-trained engineer whose family owns Panama's largest liquor company, said in an interview.


Ecuador council rejects oil-drilling referendum

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:46 PM PDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's electoral council on Tuesday rejected as insufficient a petition drive calling for voters to decide whether to proceed with oil drilling in a pristine Amazon nature reserve as planned by President Rafael Correa.

Surprise names in Ecuador squad for WCup warm-up

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:46 PM PDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Defender Cristian Ramirez of Fortuna Duesseldorf and midfielder Carlos Gruezo of Stuttgart were some of the surprise names in Ecuador's squad for its World Cup warm-up against the Netherlands on May 17 in Amsterdam.

Bolivia mayor apologizes for grabbing woman on TV

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:36 PM PDT

In this May 1, 2014 frame grab taken from APTN video provided by Giga Vision, Santa Cruz Mayor Percy Fernandez grabs the thigh of journalist Mercedes Guzman as he speaks during a public event in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. On Monday, May 5, 2014, Fernandez expressed "anguish for this mess that's been created" in a televised address, but did not specifically apologize for touching her. Fernandez has run into controversy before for his treatment of women. In 2012, he was filmed running his hands over the bottom of a female legislator at a ceremony. At another event, he planted a lengthy kiss on a seemingly unwilling female engineer. (AP Photo/Giga Vision via APTN) NO ACCESS BOLIVIA - NO PUBLICAR EN BOLIVIALA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The mayor of Bolivia's largest city has had to make a televised apology after grabbing the thigh of a woman during a broadcast event.


Man United beats Hull 3-1 helped by Wilson double

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Manchester United debutant James Wilson takes to the pitch before his team's English Premier League soccer match against Hull at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United unearthed a potential star of the future and perhaps had one last glimpse of a great of its recent past in a 3-1 win over Hull on Tuesday that kept alive the team's chances of European football next season.


Chile midfielder Vidal to undergo knee surgery

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Juventus players Simone Pepe, left, and Arturo Vidal celebrate at the end of a Serie A soccer match againsts Atalanta, at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Monday, May 6, 2014. Juventus clinched its third straight and 30th overall Serie A title. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca)TURIN, Italy (AP) — Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal will undergo knee surgery Wednesday, just five weeks before his country's first match at the World Cup.


California lawmakers weigh revoking salaries of suspended senators

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:31 PM PDT

California Governor Brown walks onstage to speak at the 2014 California Democrats State Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los AngelesBy Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state senators, embarrassed by not being able to more harshly punish state legislators facing criminal charges, moved forward on Tuesday on a measure that would allow them to suspend their pay in the future. Senate Democratic leader Darrell Steinberg introduced the measure in response to criticism that three senate Democrats suspended in March following a series of scandals have been able to collect their salaries while off the job. "I will not seek to belabor the unfortunate genesis of this bill," Steinberg told the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, which passed it by a vote of 4-1. The bill, in the form of a constitutional amendment, must be passed by two-thirds of the legislature and voters before it can go into effect.


El Salvador judge orders former president's arrest

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2005 file photo, former President of El Salvador Francisco Flores announces his candidacy for Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) at the presidential house in San Salvador, El Salvador. El Salvador's top prosecutors are seeking on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 the arrest of Flores, who is accused of embezzlement, illegal enrichment and disobedience. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A judge in El Salvador has issued an arrest order for former President Francisco Flores, who faces charges of embezzlement, illegal enrichment and disobedience.


Haiti official says 14 cases of chikungunya found

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:22 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian official says a mosquito-borne virus spreading in the Caribbean has been found in Haiti.

China's Alibaba Group aiming to raise $1B in IPO

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, men walk past the corporate logo at the headquarters compound of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. The Tuesday, May 6, 2014 filing sets the stage for the technology industry's biggest initial public offering since short messaging service Twitter and its early investors collected $1.8 billion in its stock market debut last fall. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alibaba Group, China's leading e-commerce company, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in U.S. history.


NATO commander says must consider permanent troops in Eastern Europe

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:20 PM PDT

By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - NATO will have to consider permanently stationing troops in parts of Eastern Europe as a result of the increased tension between Russia and Ukraine, the alliance's top military commander said on Tuesday. NATO has arranged a number of short-term army, air force and naval rotations in Eastern Europe, including the Baltic republics, Poland and Romania, but these are due to finish at the end of this year. Asked whether NATO might have to look at permanently stationing troops in the alliance's member states in Eastern Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said: "I think this is something we have to consider and we will tee this up for discussion through the leaderships of our nations to see where that leads." NATO leaders are due to hold a summit in Wales in early September.

Vatican: 848 priests defrocked for abuse since '04

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 5, 2014, file photo, the Vatican's United Nations ambassador in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, arrives prior to the U.N. torture committee hearing on the Vatican, at the headquarters of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Palais Wilson, in Geneva. Tomasi revealed comprehensive statistics for the first time Tuesday on how the Vatican has disciplined priests accused of raping and molesting children, saying 848 priests have been defrocked and another 2,572 given lesser sanctions over the past decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)GENEVA (AP) — The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanctioned another 2,572 with lesser penalties, providing the first ever breakdown of how it handled the more than 3,400 cases of abuse reported to the Holy See since 2004.


Police: Pot might be factor in Montana killing

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:09 PM PDT

Celal Dede, front, mourns at the coffin of his son Diren during a funeral service in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday, May 4, 2014. More than 500 people were attending a memorial service for the 17-year-old German exchange student who was shot dead a week ago in the United States. (AP Photo/dpa, Bodo Marks)MISSOULA, Montana (AP) — Authorities are looking into whether marijuana or alcohol played a role in the case of a Montana homeowner accused of setting a trap and killing a German exchange student in his garage.


Haiti leader names group to oversee elections

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:03 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — President Michel Martelly announced Tuesday he has appointed a new council to oversee Haitian legislative and local elections that are two years overdue, an important step to organizing a vote whose tardiness has frustrated many.

Egypt's Sisi says economic recovery needs time, patience

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Egypt's ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives his first television interview since announcing his candidacy in Cairo on May 4, 2014Ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Egyptians on Tuesday they will have to be patient and work hard to salvage their economy after three years of unrest. The retired field marshal, who ousted the elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July, said foreign debt and subsidies costs ate away much of the budget, but ruled out drastic subsidy cuts. Sisi is expected to win the May 26-27 election against his only rival, leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi, amid calls for a strong leader who can restore stability. Egypt had been slowly recovering from a sharp drop in foreign investments and tourism after a 2011 uprising that overthrew strongman Hosni Mubarak, when the military toppled his Islamist successor Morsi last year.


Kerry condemns Ukraine referendum as 'contrived and bogus'

Posted: 06 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary State John Kerry rejected efforts by pro-Russian forces to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine as "contrived and bogus" but he suggested that fresh sanctions against Russia now could be counterproductive. Kerry again cautioned Moscow that the U.S. would impose more powerful sanctions designed to hurt Russia's economy if it tries to disrupt Ukraine's presidential election set for May 25. He suggested, however, that moving too soon on tougher sanctions before diplomatic efforts have been fully explored could backfire. So there is a delicate mix here." The United States and European Union have imposed limited sanctions on lists of individual Russians and small firms, but have held back from measures designed to target specific sectors of Russia's economy.

Greek PM says won't seek more bailout money

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:58 PM PDT

Presidential guards stand at the tomb of the unknown soldier in front of Greece's Parliament as a rainbow appears after a rainfall in Athens on Monday, May 5, 2014. Greece will achieve better-than-expected budget figures in 2014 but unemployment will only decline slowly over the next four years, the country's finance ministry said last week. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister says the debt-strapped country will not ask for any additional bailout money and hopes to begin abolishing austerity taxes later this year.


Vice chair of Jamaica doping panel sent on leave

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:57 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — An attorney who is a top official with Jamaica's anti-doping disciplinary panel has been sent on a leave of absence following his arrest last month.

Puerto Rico unveils economic recovery plan details

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:56 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's government on Tuesday unveiled details of an economic recovery plan to pull the U.S. territory out of a nearly eight-year recession as it fights to trim $73 billion in public debt.

Tank to float Concordia shifts

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:49 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Sept. 16, 2013 file photo, men work on the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side on the Tuscan Island of Giglio. One of the tanks fastened to the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to help prepare it for removal to land has shifted, Tuesday, may 6, 2014. The consortium overseeing the operation said in a statement that the cause was under investigation and that there was no damage to the ship. Workers fastened the first tank to the starboard side of the ship last week. The tanks, 19 in all, were being filled with water to help stabilize the Concordia, now resting on an artificial seabed after it was set upright in September. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)MILAN (AP) — One of the tanks fastened to the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to help prepare it for removal to land shifted out of position Tuesday due to a tangled chain.


Greek PM says won't seek more money bailout money

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT

Presidential guards stand at the tomb of the unknown soldier in front of Greece's Parliament as a rainbow appears after a rainfall in Athens on Monday, May 5, 2014. Greece will achieve better-than-expected budget figures in 2014 but unemployment will only decline slowly over the next four years, the country's finance ministry said last week. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister says the debt-strapped country will not ask for any additional bailout money and hopes to begin abolishing austerity taxes later this year.


South Korea warns North Korea over new nuke test

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:38 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — South Korea's foreign minister warned North Korea on Tuesday that the cost of keeping and testing nuclear weapons will be so high that it could threaten the survival of Kim Jong Un's regime.

Injured Jones could be World Cup doubt

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:29 PM PDT

Manchester United's Phil Jones, bottom centre, sits injured on the pitch prior to being substituted, during his team's English Premier League soccer match against Hull City, at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — England defender Phil Jones could be a doubt for the World Cup after being hospitalized with a left shoulder injury sustained in Manchester United's 3-1 win over Hull in the Premier League.


Nigerian teen describes kidnap that's left at least 276 still missing

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:27 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The girls in the school dorm heard the sound of gunshots from a nearby town. So when armed men in uniforms burst in and promised to rescue them, at first they were relieved.

Doctor: Badly burned Chinese fishermen alert

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:25 PM PDT

In this May 5, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter from the 55th Rescue Squadron hovers 600 nautical miles off the Pacific Coast of Mexico to hoist two badly burned Chinese fishermen. The two were among 17 Chinese crew members believed aboard a fishing vessel that caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Two died from burn injuries, seven were determined to be in good condition and six are believed missing, said Maj. Sarah Schwennesen of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Adam Grant)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two Chinese fishermen rescued from the Pacific are alert and trying to communicate after suffering second- and third-degree burns from an explosion on their vessel far off Mexico's coast, a San Diego surgeon said Tuesday, less than 24 hours after they were airlifted to California.


Jamaica gets new lending program from World Bank

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:23 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The Caribbean director of the World Bank says Jamaica will receive $510 million under a four-year lending program.

Unheralded Thiem knocks Wawrinka from Madrid

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:23 PM PDT

Dominic Thiem from Austria celebrates his victory during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match against Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland, in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)MADRID (AP) — Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem scored the biggest victory of his young career on Tuesday when he rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over third-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka at the Madrid Open.


Colombia says uncovered spying aimed at disrupting peace talks

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:21 PM PDT

By Peter Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia said on Tuesday it had uncovered spying aimed at disrupting peace talks with leftist rebels that might have included hacking the e-mail of President Juan Manuel Santos and that is linked to the staff of an opposition leader. Colombia's prosecution service raided an office used by right-wing presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga's social media team in an up-market area of northern Bogota on Monday after receiving a tip-off, the government said. "The purpose of this office, the aim of the people linked to this criminal enterprise was to sabotage, interfere with and affect the peace process in Havana," Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre told reporters. Zuluaga's team acknowledged the office was used by a publicity team that worked to promote the candidate on social media and aided with data protection.

U.S. plans to send team to Nigeria in response to schoolgirls' kidnapping

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:17 PM PDT

By Lesley Wroughton and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered to send an American team of experts to Nigeria to support the government's response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by an Islamist militant group, President Barack Obama's administration said on Tuesday. "In the short term our goal is obviously to help the international community, and the Nigerian government, as a team to do everything we can to recover these young ladies." The group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month and has threatened to sell them into slavery. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight more girls from a village near one of the Islamists' strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. Obama and the U.S. State Department said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan had accepted U.S. offers for assistance.

US denounces referendum plans in east Ukraine

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:15 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry and Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy for the European Union embrace after they made statements to reporters after their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Kerry announced sanctions on individuals involved in the conflict in South Sudan and spoke about Ukraine, Nigeria, Iran, and Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced as illegal a planned weekend referendum by pro-Russian insurgents pushing for autonomy and independence for portions of eastern Ukraine.


El-Sissi pushes Egyptians to line up behind him

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:14 PM PDT

Egyptians smoke traditional water pipes as they watch a televised interview of former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at a coffee shop in downtown Cairo, Egypt, late Tuesday, May 6, 2014. El-Sissi gave a TV interview of his campaign to become Egypt's next president , saying he decided to run because of the threats facing the nation after his removal of the country's first democratically elected president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — In his campaign for president, Egypt's former army chief is casting himself as a strong-handed disciplinarian able to solve the nation's mounting problems and turmoil with good planning and efficiency, swinging between big-hearted shows of sympathy for Egyptians' woes and a military man's impatience with dissent and chaos.


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