Watchdog: Mexican government should probe Wal-Mart
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Mexico's federal government should investigate allegations of a vast bribery campaign by top executives of Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary to build stores across the country, the head of a watchdog group said Sunday. ...
Vietnam hosts naval exchange with US Navy
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Vietnam kicked off a weeklong naval exchange Monday with the U.S. Navy amid percolating tensions in the South China Sea with China. Three ships from the U.S. 7th Fleet visited Danang during the five-day event that...
China detains dozens in poison drug capsule scandal
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained 45 people, arrested nine and seized more than 77 million capsules tainted with chromium in China's latest product safety scandal, which has aroused widespread public
Iran says it recovered data from captured US drone
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Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran...
China lauds North Korea friendship despite tensions
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most senior diplomat has vowed to deepen ties with North Korea and praised its young leader Kim Jong-un, despite an international outcry over Pyongyang's recent rocket launch and the pos
Myanmar awaits EU sanction easing; Suu Kyi delays debut
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By Stuart Grudgings and Thu Rein Hlaing NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's reformist rulers are looking forward to an eagerly awaited easing of European Union sanctions on Monday but celebrations will
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Official partial results: Hollande, Sarkozy advance to French presidential election runoff. ...
5 suspected sect members killed in Nigeria blast
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Nigeria's military says five suspected members of a radical Islamist sect were killed in an explosion that struck a small town in the country's restive northeast. Col. Victor Ebhaleme said Sunday the blast struck the...
French far-right soars in presidential vote
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The anti-immigrant far right emerged as a potentially major force in French politics with a record showing by its candidate Marine Le Pen in the first round of presidential elections. Le Pen, who rails against European...
Egypt cancels gas deal with Israel
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By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Egyptian energy companies, citing a trade dispute, have terminated a deal to supply Israel with natural gas in a step that may further erode bilateral ties strained b
Energy crisis provokes Argentine YPF expropriation
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Less than a decade ago, Argentina was an exporter of oil and natural gas. Now the government has to spend billions of dollars to import fuel. This dramatic reversal of fortune is why Argentina, already a global...
South Sudan says Sudan launches attacks
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Sudanese armed forces launched an attack more than six miles (nine kilometers) inside South Sudan's border, an official said Sunday, days after the south announced it was pulling its troops from a disputed border town...
Former Iceland PM to learn if guilty in 2008 crisis
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By Mia Shanley REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - The only politician in the world to stand trial for their role in the 2008 financial crisis will learn their fate on Monday when a court in tiny Iceland rules on whether
Sarkozy the fighter in battle of his career
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Thrice married, Nicolas Sarkozy knows about love that flames up and later fades away. Now, he faces the battle of his career to avoid a humiliating political divorce from the French people _ who were once infatuated...
Tortoise beats hare in French election's 1st round
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Slow and steady wins the race. French Socialist Francois Hollande has taken his plodding, undynamic campaign to become France's next president to within spitting distance of victory over the "hyper-president" Nicolas...
Man arrested over British diplomat's mugging
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A man was arrested Sunday in connection with a mugging in London that left a British diplomat without sight in his left eye, officials said. George Fergusson, 56, was attacked as he walked through Hammersmith in West...
Israel intercepts ship for weapons search
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli naval forces intercepted a cargo ship in the Mediterranean on Sunday then boarded the vessel to search for suspected weapons, military officials and media reports said. Israel r
Peru's Humala gains in poll on kidnap, mine rescues
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating climbed to 56 percent in April, boosted by the release of energy industry workers kidnapped by Shining Path rebels, an Ipsos Apoyo poll showed on
Bahrain welcomes back F1 amid security crunch
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Under heavy security, Bahrain's embattled leaders toasted the return Sunday of the coveted Formula One Grand Prix even as riot police used armored vehicles to virtually seal off opposition strongholds and fight...
Iraqi premier starts talks in Iran
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Iraq's prime minister traveled to Tehran Sunday for top level talks, underlining the close ties between governments of the two countries. Nouri al-Maliki met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the beginning of...
Kipsang, Keitany of Kenya win London Marathon
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Kenyan marathon runners showed their superiority going into the Olympics, with Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany coasting to victory in London on Sunday to virtually assure themselves of selection for the games. Kipsang,...
US praises Yemen crackdown on al-Qaida
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The U.S. ambassador to Yemen said Sunday that a recent military shake-up has improved the fight against al-Qaida, which has taken advantage of internal turmoil to overrun parts of the country's south. Ambassador Gerald...
South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombings, Khartoum denies
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By Hereward Holland BENTIU, South Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan on Sunday accused Sudan of launching fresh air strikes against the new nation, but Khartoum denied that, saying it had repulsed a "major" rebel
Sri Lanka orders mosque move after Buddhist protest
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By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan government ordered a mosque relocated on Sunday after Buddhist monks said the 50-year-old structure had been built illegally in an area sa
Merkel's FDP ally eyes poll comeback, doubts persist
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By Sarah Marsh KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Poll figures may be low and forecasts gloomy, but Martina Reuter felt certain things were looking up for her party - Germany's Free Democrats (FDP), the junior p
Syria hotspot enjoys lull with UN monitors present
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The deployment of U.N. truce monitors brought a lull in shelling of the Syrian opposition stronghold of Homs for a second day Sunday while President Bashar Assad's troops kept up heavy attacks on other areas where...
As Myanmar awaits easing of sanctions, row brews over MP no-show
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By Stuart Grudgings and Thu Rein Hlaing NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's reformist rulers are looking forward to an eagerly awaited easing of European Union sanctions on Monday but celebrations will
Czech coalition falls, but govt to survive for now
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The prime minister of the Czech Republic says the leaders of the three parties that form his government have agreed to end their coalition. Petr Necas says the coalition's existence should be terminated Friday. But it...
Israeli commandoes raid ship searching for arms
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Israeli military officials say navy commandoes have raided a ship flying a Liberian flag on suspicion it was carrying weapons destined for anti-Israel militants. Israeli media reported the ship was searched and then...
Egypt's Moussa promises army voice in key policy body
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By Edmund Blair CAIRO (Reuters) - Ex-foreign minister Amr Moussa, a leading contender for Egypt's presidency, said on Sunday he would give the military a voice in key policies via a national security council
French International Red Cross aide abducted in Yemen
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SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped a French an aid worker of the International Committee of the Red Cross as he was travelling from north Yemen to the Red Sea port city of Hudaida, the ICRC said on Sunday.
Muslim mob burns Catholic church in Sudan capital
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A Muslim mob set ablaze a Catholic church frequented by Southern Sudanese in the capital Khartoum, witnesses and media reports said on Sunday. The church in Khartoum's Al-Jiraif district was built on a disputed plot of...
Pakistan orders new plane inspection after crash
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The Pakistani government mandated Sunday that all airplanes operated by private airlines must undergo a new inspection to determine whether they are safe to fly, days after a crash near the capital killed 127 people. ...
Israel intercepts ship for security check: official
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli naval forces intercepted a cargo ship in the Mediterranean on Sunday and troops have boarded the vessel for a "security check", military sources said. Israel routinely patrols t
Afghanistan and U.S. agree on strategic pact text
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By Rob Taylor KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States on Sunday agreed a draft of a long-awaited deal that will define the scope and nature of a U.S. presence in the country for up to a decade af
Ukraine ex-PM refuses treatment, returned to jail
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KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose jailing last year damaged the ex-Soviet republic's ties with the West, has been returned to a prison after refusing to be treated for back pa
Egypt MPs demand Mufti quit over Jerusalem trip
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By Dina Zayed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament on Sunday called on the Mufti to quit after a visit to Jerusalem, stepping up pressure on the state-appointed official over a trip that c
Presidential candidate Moussa says Egypt in crisis
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Egypt is facing daunting challenges, a leading candidate for president said Sunday, presenting his decades as a senior government official as a prime reason to vote for him and not an Islamist. Amr Moussa said Egypt is...
North Korea leader spent 9 years in Switzerland: papers
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ZURICH (Reuters) - North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un spent more of his childhood being educated under a pseudonym in Switzerland than originally thought, Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday. Jong-un fir
Military chief: Israel increases covert operations
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Israel's military chief of staff says he has ordered his forces to step up covert operations in enemy countries. Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz made the remarks Sunday in an interview published in Israel's Yediot Ahronot daily....
Brazil's Rousseff achieves record approval: newspaper
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration reached a record-high approval rating in April but voters still long for the return of predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a newspaper re
Suu Kyi party refuses Myanmar seats over oath row
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Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and the rest of her party's newly elected lawmakers will not attend Monday's opening session of parliament because they object to wording in their oath of office which says they must...
As killer gloats in court, Norway shows no anger
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You would have forgiven Norwegians for showing more outrage against confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. When he walks in to court flashing a right-wing salute. When he testifies effortlessly about killing...
Bangladeshi police clash with striking protesters
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Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition supporters enforcing a strike Sunday to protest a politician's disappearance, leaving dozens injured, police said. The clashes happened in the...
Woman dies of injuries after Dutch train crash
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A woman died Sunday of injuries a day after two trains collided head-on in Amsterdam _ a crash a top rail official described as one of the worst train disasters in the Netherlands' recent history. Scores of people were...
Russian Orthodox Church rallies faithful after criticism
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By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church led thousands of believers in a nationwide day of prayer on Sunday to defend the Church against what he says is an attack by
Taylor verdict takes aim at Africa Big Man impunity
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By Thomas Escritt and Simon Akam THE HAGUE/FREETOWN (Reuters) - Begging outside a supermarket in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, Tamba Ngaujah has little doubt who was behind the Revolutionary United Front
Israel cabinet OKs break-up of big conglomerates
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to break up some of the country's largest conglomerates, aiming to increase competition and bring down prices after protests over the cost of living
China's geologist premier meets unease in Iceland
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By Mia Shanley REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Few suspicions are raised by the sight of another geologist pottering around Iceland's natural wonders of rock, fire and ice - unless that geologist is also the Chinese p
Tens of thousands pray for Russia's church
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Tens of thousands prayed outside Moscow's main cathedral on Sunday to show their support for the Russian Orthodox Church in a controversy over a punk rock protest that has added to the political tensions in Russia. ...