AP Interview: Mali coup head dismisses countercoup
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Mali's U.S.-trained coup leader said Saturday he is in control of the country, has no fears of a countercoup and wants peace talks with the rebels whose northern rebellion was the trigger that led him to oust a...
Guatemala leader asks US to pay for drug seizures
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Guatemala's president proposed Saturday that the United States and other "consumer" countries pick up the tab for the cost of drug seizures. Otto Perez Molina made the comment during a Central America meeting that he...
Violence erupts in northern Nigeria
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An hours-long gun battle raged Saturday in a northern Nigerian city that's the spiritual home of a radical Islamist sect, and a car bomb exploded during a gun fight with members of the group in another city in the...
Mexican parties don't meet women candidate quotas
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Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said...
Chavez returning to Cuba for radiation therapy
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will return to Cuba to begin radiation treatment for cancer on Sunday, but that he was in good shape and would return home in several days. At the
Egyptian parliament selects constitution panel
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Egypt's Islamists looked poised Saturday to dominate a key lever of power that will help determine the country's political future as parliament selected a panel to draw up the country's new constitution. Liberal...
Bahrain police battle to control streets in flashpoint town
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By Andrew Hammond SITRA, Bahrain (Reuters) - Bahraini police clashed with anti-government protesters on Saturday at a Shi'ite town where residents tried to demonstrate against the Gulf Arab state's holding o
UN urges Haiti to revive reconstruction panel
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A United Nations official is urging Haitian authorities to revive a panel to coordinate reconstruction efforts following the 2010 earthquake. Helen Clark of the U.N. Development Program says the absence of the...
EU names 17 Iranians sanctioned over human rights
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By Justyna Pawlak and Marcus George BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) - The European Union has imposed sanctions on 17 Iranian officials, including prominent members of the government and the judiciary it says play a
Amid war fears, some Israelis reach out to Iran
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Ruthie Pliskin didn't want Israel's threats of a possible military strike to be the only message her country had for Iran. So the doctoral student from Tel Aviv posted a photo of herself and her cat on Facebook, with a...
Libyan tribe closes border crossing with Egypt
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Libyan tribesmen have closed the country's main border crossing with Egypt, complaining of a rise in crime and rampant smuggling of drugs and weapons across the frontier, residents and officials said. Although most of...
Egyptian MPs pick constitution-setting assembly
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By Tamim Elyan CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament voted on Saturday to select members for a body that will draft a new constitution but liberal and leftist MPs withdrew, protesting t
Officials: Pakistani Taliban training Frenchmen
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Dozens of French Muslims are training with the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan, raising fears of future attacks following the shooting deaths of seven people in southern France allegedly by a man who spent time in the...
Egypt soccer fans, troops clash; 1 killed
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Egyptian soldiers clashed with thousands of angry soccer fans in a Mediterranean coastal city over the suspension of their club following a deadly riot last month, witnesses said Saturday. A medical official said a...
Syrian forces shell towns, clash with rebels
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Syrian troops shelled rebellious areas in central and northern Syria on Saturday in the latest push to quash the uprising against President Bashar Assad, but faced fierce resistance from army defectors, activists said. ...
Spanish police arrest 'bar code pimps' gang
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Spanish police arrested 22 suspected pimps who allegedly used violence to force women into prostitution and tattooed them with bar codes as a sign of ownership, officials said Saturday. Police are calling the gang the...
Sarkozy wants tougher European border rules
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President Nicolas Sarkozy says that he will pull France out of Europe's border-free travel zone next year if it doesn't fight harder against illegal immigration _ and if he's re-elected. Sarkozy, in a campaign speech...
French investigators focus on gunman's brother
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The brother of an Islamist fanatic behind a deadly shooting rampage in France celebrated his martyr-like death and may have helped him, police and a lawyer said Saturday. Counterterrorism authorities are expected to...
Kazakhstan angry spoof anthem played at event
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Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event "a scandal" and demanded an investigation of the incident. Maria Dmitrienko won a gold medal for Kazakhstan on...
Afghan father tries to cope with shooting rampage
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Mohammad Wazir can barely take a sip of water because it reminds him of his 7-year-old daughter, who brought him a glass three days before she was killed with 10 other loved ones in a shooting spree allegedly carried...
Ill flock to Brazil 'psychic surgeon' John of God
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John of God grabs what looks like a kitchen knife from a silver tray and appears to scrape it over the right eye of a believer. The "psychic surgeon" then wipes a viscous substance from the blade onto the patient's...
Venezuela says gas project output to begin in December
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By Marianna Parraga GUIRIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's Mariscal Sucre offshore gas project will begin production in December after years of delays and difficulties in attracting foreign partners, the
Al Qaeda group claims German citizen kidnap
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DUBAI (Reuters) - A group claiming to be al Qaeda's north African wing said it had kidnapped a German man and demanded the release of a Muslim woman imprisoned in Germany in exchange for his freedom. In a st
South Sudan hopes to end oil row within "a month or two"
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JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan hopes to resolve a row over oil and other outstanding issues with Sudan within a month or two, South Sudan's top negotiator said on Saturday, pointing to an easing of tensions between t
U.N.-African delegation tells Mali junta to go
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By David Lewis and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - A delegation of U.N. and African officials has told the military junta that seized power in Mali on Wednesday night to hand back power, saying its plan to
Maldives ex-president says to back constitutional changes
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, ousted last month in what he said was a bloodless coup, said on Saturday his party was willing to work with the new administration to make
Turkey: 15 female Kurdish rebels killed
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Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what is believed to be the largest one-day casualty toll for women since their guerrilla group began...
U.N.-African delegation tells Mali junta to go
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By David Lewis and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - A delegation of U.N. and African officials has told the military junta that seized power in Mali on Wednesday night to hand back power, saying its plan to
Venezuela says gas project output to begin in December
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By Marianna Parraga LA GUIRA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's Mariscal Sucre offshore gas project will begin production in December after years of delays and difficulties in attracting foreign partners, th
Top New Zealand scientist Paul Callaghan dies
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Sir Paul Callaghan, a top New Zealand scientist who gained international recognition for his work in molecular physics, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. "New Zealand has suffered a tremendous loss,"...
Suspected Maoist rebels abduct Indian lawmaker
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Officials says suspected Maoist rebels have kidnapped a local lawmaker in India's Orissa state, where two Italian men were abducted by rebels last week. State official Naveen Patnaik told reporters that Jhina Hikaka...
Serbia marks anniversary of NATO bombing
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President Boris Tadic of Serbia said Saturday the NATO bombing campaign that stopped his country's onslaught on Kosovo 13 years ago was a crime, and he honored the hundreds of Serbs the alliance killed. In many ways,...
African Union launches U.S.-backed force to hunt Kony
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JUBA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU), backed by the United States, has put together a 5,000-strong military force to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, whose profile has shot up following a celebrity-backed
Hosting Arab leaders, Iraq tries to return to fold
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A summit of Arab leaders, held here for the first time in a generation, is a prime opportunity for Iraq to reassert itself as a political player in the Arab world after years of war, isolation and American occupation. ...
Chinese website: Dalai Lama has 'Nazi' policies
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A state-run Chinese website has launched a bitter attack on the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of "Nazi" racial policies and of inciting Tibetans to set themselves on fire. The commentary on China...
No damage, injuries in 5.1-magnitude Chile quake
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A 5.1-magnitude temblor has shaken awake residents of Chile's capital, but no damage or injuries have been reported. The US Geological Survey reports that the earthquake occurred Saturday at 4:28 a.m. local time, or...
5 Pakistani troops, 12 militants killed in clashes
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Pakistani intelligence officials say five army soldiers and 12 Taliban militants have been killed in clashes in the country's northwest. The officials say the fighting took place Saturday near Wana, the main town in...
Kidnapping shows 2 terror groups in north Nigeria
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Al-Qaida's North Africa branch this week claimed the January abduction of a German hostage in north Nigeria, and provided a video of the terrified man begging for his life as men carrying Kalashnikov rifles stood behind...
Roadside bombing kills 5 in Afghanistan
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A roadside bomb detonated by remote control killed five people Saturday in southern Afghanistan, including a former Afghan senator and tribal leader who worked to foster peace and development. The ex-lawmaker, Khairo...
Car bomb detonates during Nigeria military raid
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Nigeria's military says two suspected members of a radical Islamist sect were killed and two soldiers wounded when a car bomb exploded during a raid on a suspected hideout for the group. Brig. Gen. Iliyasu Abba told...
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisians are likely to vote for their first full post-revolutionary parliament in just under a year's time, a government official told Reuters on Saturday. Since elec
Greece's deputy prime minister is retiring
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Greece's deputy prime minister, who made headlines by saying that ordinary citizens are just as responsible as politicians for his nation's economic crisis, announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election. An...
Mali junta leader Sanogo denies counter-coup rumors
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo said on state television on Saturday that he was well and in good health after rumors swirled around Bamako of an imminent counter-coup by loyalists soldier
Mali junta leader Sanogo denies counter-coup rumors
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo said on state television on Saturday that he was well and in good health after rumors swirled around Bamako of an imminent counter-coup by loyalists soldier
Deadly clashes in Egypt after soccer club banned
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PORT SAID, Egypt (Reuters) - One person was shot dead and 18 injured when angry soccer fans clashed with security forces in Egypt's Port Said after their club was banned over the country's worst stadium disaster, a
Tsunami-tossed boat spotted off western Canada
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A large fishing vessel swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year has been spotted adrift off British Columbia in western Canada. Jeff Olsson of Victoria's Joint rescue coordination center says an...
Woman to wed slain French soldier posthumously
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The pregnant girlfriend of a French soldier killed in a dramatic gun rampage will wed her partner posthumously, a family lawyer said Saturday. Paratrooper Abel Chennouf was shot dead earlier this month at a cash...
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French judicial official says mother of man who allegedly killed 7 was released Friday without charge. ...
'Borat' anthem at sports event angers Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan wants a probe of how a parody of its national anthem instead of the genuine song was played at an international sports competition. Kazakhstan's Maria Dmitrienko won a gold medal Thursday at the Arab...
Iraq prison staff detained over jailbreak
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An Iraqi police official says prison officials and guards have been detained after 17 prisoners including 10 al-Qaida-affiliated detainees broke out of jail in a northern Iraqi city. Police on Saturday said the entire...