Car bomb damages homes in southwestern Colombia
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A car bomb near a police station in southwestern Colombia has damaged about 200 homes and injured three people. The site is far from where President Barack Obama and other leaders are meeting at the Summit of the...
China appeals for restraint after NKorea launch
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China is appealing to the United States and South Korea to show restraint following North Korea's failed rocket launch. China's foreign ministry said Sunday that Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi talked with U.S. Secretary...
3 dozen kidnapped workers freed by rebels in Peru
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Thirty-six kidnapped construction workers walked out of Peru's jungle to freedom Saturday after being released by Shining Path rebels who abducted them five days earlier from a town near the country's main natural gas...
Militants attack Pakistan jail, 300 escape: police
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Around 300 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a sen
Guinea-Bissau unrest draws condemnation
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Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he was trying to assassinate top military leaders of this...
Cuba's allies to boycott future Americas summits
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CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Cuba's allies in Latin America declared on Saturday that they would stay away from future hemispheric summits if the communist island nation was not invited to attend. Increas
Magnitude-6.5 quake shakes Vanuatu
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A magnitude-6.5 earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake struck at 9:05 a.m....
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Secret Service: 11 agents placed on leave for misconduct in Colombia before Obama trip. ...
A list of Egypt's disqualified candidates
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A list of the 10 presidential hopefuls disqualified from the race by the Egyptian elections commission. Most prominent figures: _ KHAIRAT EL-SHATER _ Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood and its chief strategist. _...
Egypt bars 3 front-runners from presidential race
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Egypt's election commission disqualified 10 presidential hopefuls, including Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief and fundamentalist Islamists, from running Saturday in a surprise decision that left a field of moderates in...
Iran, Western powers hail latest nuclear talks
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In a rare show of unity, Iran and the world's big powers on Saturday hailed their first nuclear meeting in more than a year as a key step toward further negotiations meant to ease international fears that Tehran may...
Obama pledges immigration reform early in 2nd term
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In his most specific pledge yet to U.S. Hispanics, President Barack Obama said Saturday he would seek to tackle immigration policy in the first year of a second term. But he cautioned that he would need an amenable...
French hostages in Mali appeal to Sarkozy: video
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By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Two Frenchmen held hostage by al Qaeda in northern Mali since November appeared in a video on Saturday appealing to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to secure th
Israel moves to thwart pro-Palestinian fly-in
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel moved to block an influx of pro-Palestinian activists planning to visit the occupied West Bank, drafting a letter from the Prime Minister's Office suggesting the
Brazil police arrest 3 for murder and cannibalism
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Police have arrested three people for allegedly killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make stuffed pastries known as empanadas that they sold to neighbors in their...
Barbados to study growth in monkey population
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The government of Barbados plans to study the island's monkey population after noticing it has grown in recent years for unknown reasons. Environmental officer Kim Downes Agard says scientists will analyze the behavior...
Events around the world mark Titanic centenary
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In the birthplace of the Titanic, residents gathered for a choral requiem. In the North Atlantic, above the ship's final resting place, passengers will pray as a band strikes up a hymn and three floral wreaths are cast...
Mixed results for Obama openness with foreign foes
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President Barack Obama's willingness to engage with America's adversaries comes with promise and peril, a reality hammered home by signs of progress in nuclear talks with Iran and a setback in North Korea's provocative...
Cuban Harley fanatics hold 1st nationwide rally
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A throaty roar and an ear-splitting siren cut through the balmy sea air of this Cuban resort town as Luis Enrique Gonzalez gunned the engine of his vintage Harley-Davidson Knucklehead, which was a police motorcycle in...
G. Bissau's main party defies military over coup
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By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's main political party on Saturday defied the military chiefs who overthrew civilian leaders in a coup this week, rejecting the army's proposal to form a tran
Sudan bombs disputed oil town, South Sudan says
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By Alexander Dziadosz and Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese warplanes bombed a disputed oil-producing border town seized by South Sudan this week, the southern state said on Saturday, in an esc
Protesters rally against Putin in southern Russian city
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By Valery Stepchenkov ASTRAKHAN (Reuters) - More than 2,000 Russians took to the streets of the southern city of Astrakhan on Saturday to protest against President-elect Vladimir Putin's political system, co
USGS reports 5.9 magnitude quake off western Java
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(Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck offshore western Java in Indonesia's Sunda Strait at a depth of 30.5 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. The USGS initially repo
In North Korea, third Kim's bloodline all that matters
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By David Chance and Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Smarting from a failed rocket launch, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has little choice but to stick to his father's playbook of milking an impoverished c
Son of slain Afghan peace council head takes over
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The son of a former Afghan peace council chairman assassinated last fall by a suicide bomber was chosen Saturday as his successor in a renewed push to revitalize efforts to negotiate an end to the decade-long war. The...
Chavez to skip Americas summit on doctors' advice
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By Anthony Boadle CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will not attend this weekend's hemispheric summit in Colombia and will instead fly straight to Cuba to continue radiation treatment for
Belarus frees jailed opposition leader
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By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian opposition politician Andrei Sannikov was released from prison on Saturday after the European Union imposed new sanctions on the former Soviet republic.
Egypt disqualifies top Islamists, Mubarak VP from vote
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CAIRO (Reuters) - The body overseeing Egypt's presidential election disqualfied 10 candidates from the race on Saturday, including the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, former spy chief Omar Suleiman and ultr
Libyan Lockerbie bomber has emergency blood transfusion: brother
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By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people needed eleven liters of blood in an emergency transfusion overnight, hi
Libyan Lockerbie bomber has emergency blood transfusion: brother
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By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people needed eleven liters of blood in an emergency transfusion overnight, hi
Bahamas immigration, customs workers on strike
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Hundreds of immigration and customs workers in the Bahamas are on strike and likely won't go back to work until after the May 7 general elections, a union official said Saturday. Customs union spokesman K. Renaldo...
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Egyptian panel bars 10 presidential hopefuls, including ex-spy chief, key Islamists, from race ...
Pilgrims gather in Jerusalem for fire ritual
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Thousands of Christians lit candles and torches from a flame that emerged from the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem church Saturday as they conducted an ancient fire ritual that celebrates the Messiah's resurrection. ...
Belarus opposition leader released from prison
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A former Belarusian opposition presidential candidate jailed since the election 16 months ago has been freed, his wife said Saturday. She said the unexpected release may be a way for Belarus' authoritarian government to...
Airlines cancel activists' flights to Israel
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A Palestinian activist said Saturday that a number of international airlines canceled flights for at least 100 people scheduled to arrive in Israel's main airport for a mass fly-in of pro-Palestinian activists, while...
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EU foreign policy chief: Nuclear talks with Iran constructive, next round in Baghdad May 23. ...
Pakistan army says little hope for 139 in avalanche
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By Mahawish Rezvi ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - There is little hope that any of the 128 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians buried under an avalanche that engulfed a battalion at an alpine camp a week ago will be f
Peru's Shining Path rebels free 36 hostages: radio
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LIMA (Reuters) - Some 36 people taken hostage six days ago in a remote jungle region in southern Peru by Shining Path rebels have been freed, local radio RPP said on Saturday, but there were no immediate details as
Spain king hurt in Botswana elephant hunting trip
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Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana, officials said Saturday. It was...
Report: English test canceled over sanctions
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Iranian media say a popular English-language test has been canceled because organizers in Iran were unable to pay their British partner due to banking sanctions against the Islamic country. News websites say Iranian...
Obama seeks CEOs' help in Latin America
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Declaring that a new environment for cooperation exists in the Americas, President Barack Obama sought to convince U.S. business Saturday that he's serious about expanding trade in Latin America while persuading the...
Report: German ship halts after Syria weapon claim
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A German-owned ship was halted after its owners received information _ which allegedly came from Syrian government defectors _ that it might be carrying weapons bound for Syria, according to a report published Saturday....
Bomb kills one, wounds 14 in Iraq: sources
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and 14 others wounded on Saturday when a sticky bomb exploded near a vegetable market in Iraq's mainly Sunni Salahuddin province, local security and hospital sourc
Palestinian couple gets West Bank wedding
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Maha Surougi and Thaer Qasem have lived their entire lives in Syria's largest Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. Their first trip to the Palestinian West Bank is the one they will never forget _...
Obama says drug legalization not answer to cartels
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President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss decriminalization as a way to ease deadly...
Yemen officials: US drone kills 7 al-Qaida members
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A U.S. drone strike killed seven suspected al-Qaida members believed to be heading toward a restive province where Yemeni forces have been intensely battling the terror group, Yemeni officials said. The unmanned U.S....
Obama says drug legalization not answer to cartels
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President Barack Obama says legalizing drug use is not the answer to trafficking in illegal narcotics in the Americas, countering a growing chorus in Latin America to discuss decriminalization as a way to ease deadly...
French officials: 2 in custody in killing spree
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French police have two people in custody in connection with four murders outside Paris that authorities fear may be the work of a serial killer, officials said Saturday. One was arrested Saturday afternoon, said an...
Spain regions stage backing for PM's austerity bid
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish regions controlled by the ruling People's Party staged their backing for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's austerity drive on Saturday in a move intended to reassure investors the country ca
Thirteen killed in south Yemen clashes: defense ministry
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ADEN (Reuters) - At least 13 al Qaeda-linked militants and government troops were killed on Saturday in a clash at a checkpoint outside Yemen's southern port of Aden, the Defense Ministry said. Militants ope