Embraer to rebid on Air Force's Afghan planes
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By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Brad Haynes WASHINGTON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Aircraft maker Embraer said on Tuesday it is pressing ahead with a new bid for a U.S. Air Force contract to supply 20 light air support p
Sudan rebels say take town in Darfur in new push
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region said on Tuesday they had seized control of a town from Sudanese government troops, part of their campaign to topple President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's gov
U.S. auditor watchdog reports progress on China deal
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By Dena Aubin NEW YORK (Reuters) - The main U.S. auditor watchdog said it is close to an agreement that will allow it to observe audit inspections in China, a first step toward doing joint inspections there.
US soldier sentenced to 6 years for rape in SKorea
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A Seoul court has sentenced an American soldier to six years in prison for raping a teenage South Korean girl last year. The Seoul Central District Court's sentencing of Pvt. Kevin Robinson on Wednesday follows the...
China ignores questions on expelled reporter
11:20
The Chinese Foreign Ministry's usually staid news briefing showed some spark, with 14 out of 18 questions concerning the first expulsion of a foreign journalist from the country in more than a dozen years. Not that you...
U.S. to decide Iranian group's fate after camp closes
11:17
By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to rule on whether to remove an Iranian dissident group from a U.S. terrorism blacklist about two months after its refugee c
Armenian opposition says election marred by fraud
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By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - A leading opposition group in Armenia said on Tuesday a parliamentary election won by the president's party had been marred by fraud, and vowed to ask a top court to o
Italy's Monti pushes for EU growth agenda with Rehn
11:03
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti on Tuesday set out Italy's priorities for growth in the euro zone, calling for changes in the way budget deficits are calculated and urging the EU C
U.N. hears bleak assessment of Annan's Syria peace push
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By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan told the Security Council on Tuesday that peace in Syria remains elusive nearly a month after a natio
Palestinian Leaders decry prisoners' plight
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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that the death of any one of the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israel would be a "
Colombia won't negotiate with rebels over kidnapped Frenchman
10:49
By Eduardo Garcia and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Tuesday rejected a call by FARC rebels to debate freedom of information and news media bias as a condition for the release of a French r
Joran van der Sloot to fight US extradition
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Confessed murderer Joran van der Sloot told a judge on Tuesday that he will fight extradition from Peru to the United States, where he faces extortion and wire fraud charges in connection with the disappearance of...
Tear gas at Venezuela prison after gunfire erupts
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Gunfire erupted at a Venezuelan prison on Tuesday, prompting National Guard troops to use tear gas as they sought to take back control from armed inmates. Venezuela's government is trying to close La Planta prison...
9 convicted in racially sensitive UK sex ring case
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Nine men of Pakistani and Afghan descent were convicted Tuesday of luring girls as young as 13 into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs, in a case that has heightened racial tensions in Britain and stirred...
Perry Christie sworn in as Bahamas PM for 2nd time
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The leader of the Bahamas' former main opposition party has been sworn in as prime minister, promising to strengthen the tourism-dependent economy, reduce crime and improve prospects for the unemployed. Perry Christie...
Puerto Rico aims to become fully bilingual by 2022
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The governor of Puerto Rico is trying to do what more than a century of American citizenship has failed to accomplish: make Puerto Ricans fluent in English. Gov. Luis Fortuno, who has been mentioned as a possible...
US targets 2 sons of Sinaloa cartel leader
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against two sons of Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said the Treasury Department designated Ivan Archivaldo...
Voters skeptical of change in Algeria elections
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In the gritty, working class Algiers suburb of Harrache, activists sporting the green baseball caps of the Islamist "Green" alliance handed out election leaflets outside their party headquarters, urging people to vote. ...
Chile vandals set on fire university rector's car
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Hooded vandals in Chile have set ablaze a car owned by the rector of the prestigious University of Santiago. Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi tells local station Radio Cooperativa that six suspects broke the Volvo's windows...
Claim says Jamaica crook funded political parties
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Jamaica's two main political parties are investigating allegations a Jamaican fraudster gave them millions in 2007. A confiscation order by a Turks and Caicos court claims that convicted fraudster David Smith gave...
1 killed in clashes at Libyan premier's office
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Libyan militias armed with machine guns and mortars tried Tuesday to storm the prime minister's office, triggering a gunbattle with security forces that left one guard dead, government officials said. Government...
Mideast nuclear conference in jeopardy
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Hopes dimmed Tuesday for staging major nuclear talks later this year between Israel and its Muslim rivals, as Iran and Arab countries at a 189-nation conference accused Israel of being the greatest threat to peace in...
Media watchdogs decry Egypt attacks on reporters
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Two media rights groups condemned the Egyptian army for assaulting and arresting journalists who were covering a recent violent crackdown on antimilitary protests in Cairo. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders...
UN envoy warns of civil war in Syria
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International envoy Kofi Annan gave a bleak assessment of the crisis in Syria on Tuesday, saying violence remains at "unacceptable levels" and warning that his peace plan is the country's last chance to avert a...
Libya holds first civilian trial of alleged Gaddafi supporters
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ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libya began its first civilian trial of alleged supporters of Muammar Gaddafi's regime on Tuesday, officials said, as five men accused of planning to create instability by "terrorist acts
Annan warns Syria at risk of civil war
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World powers share a "profound concern" that Syria could descend into civil war, international envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday, but nations remain committed to his six-point peace plan and have pledged to deploy 300...
Judge: South Africa must probe rights in Zimbabwe
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A South African judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to investigate whether Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government committed human rights abuses, saying it would benefit Zimbabweans tortured in their homeland...
IMF to offer assurances to unlock aid for Malawi
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By Mabvuto Banda LILONGWE (Reuters) - The IMF will send letters to Malawi's donor nations telling them it approves the country's efforts to seek financing so that they can release funds to help prop up its r
Interpol issues arrest notice for fugitive Iraq VP
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Interpol on Tuesday put Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president on the equivalent of its most-wanted list at the behest of the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad. Tariq al-Hashemi, who is currently in Turkey, is being...
Netanyahu emerges as strongman with unity deal
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Now backed by a parliamentary supermajority, Benjamin Netanyahu has tremendous room to maneuver on Israel's most pressing issues: peace with the Palestinians, possible war with Iran, and the growing rift at home between...
Nigeria bourse bought Rolexes, yacht: regulator
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's stock exchange was at the heart of a web of fraudulent accounting that saw share-price manipulation, insider trading and millions of dollars misspent on a yacht a
IAEA inspector killed in Iran car crash
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A U.N. nuclear inspector from South Korea was killed and a colleague was injured in a car crash Tuesday near a reactor site in central Iran, state media and the nuclear watchdog agency said. Iran's state TV said the...
Middle East nuclear talks thrown into doubt
2:26
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks on ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons looked in doubt on Tuesday as the Western official organizing them said he had yet to secure the needed attendance of al
Middle East nuclear talks thrown into doubt
2:18
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks on ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons looked in doubt on Tuesday as the Western official organizing them said he had yet to secure the needed attendance of al
Police keep anti-Putin protesters on the run
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As many as 300 anti-Putin protesters took over a Moscow square for most of the day Tuesday until hundreds of helmeted riot police swept in to disperse the young crowd, detaining some of them seemingly at random. The...
Thai man imprisoned for anti-royalty texts dies
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A 62-year-old Thai man who became known as "Uncle SMS" after he was convicted of defaming Thailand's royal family in text messages died Tuesday while serving a 20-year prison term. The case of Amphon Tangnoppakul, who...
One killed in shooting near Libyan PM's compound
2:08
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - One person was killed and several injured on Tuesday when militiamen protesting outside the Libyan prime minister's office started shooting, highl
Al-Qaida bomb master: 'Brutality' and 'novelty'
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Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade...
Afghan leader: airstrikes could undermine US pact
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Afghanistan's president has warned that civilian casualties caused by NATO airstrikes could undermine the cooperation agreement he just signed with the U.S. He talked to families of the latest victims Tuesday. Also...
IAEA inspector killed in Iran car accident: media
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By Marcus George VIENNA (Reuters) - A United Nations nuclear inspector working in Iran was killed in a car accident on Tuesday, Iranian media reported. The Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, which re
Mutinous soldiers in E. Congo announce new group
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Mutinous soldiers linked to an Congolese ex-general wanted by the International Criminal Court announced that they had defected from the army and formed a new rebel group. The move represents a dangerous development...
Gunmen kill 2 in north Nigeria, seize Lebanese man
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Police in northern Nigeria say unknown gunmen opened fire on construction workers, killing two before kidnapping a Lebanese employee of the firm. Kaduna state police spokesman Aminu Lawan said Tuesday that the attack...
Afghan opium price hike to stir violence: minister
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By Jack Kimball KABUL (Reuters) - The price of opium cultivated in Afghanistan is set to rise as the security forces step up their eradication efforts and a fungus ravages the poppies that yield it, squeezin
U.S. targets two sons of Mexican drug lord
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it would freeze any U.S. assets held by two sons of Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, signaling them out as leading figures in their father's Sinaloa cartel.
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Kofi Annan says UN, nations share profound concern Syria could descend into full civil war. ...
Putin strikes back at critical Russian lawmakers
12:54
Russian President Vladimir Putin had no trouble getting the Kremlin-controlled parliament to approve former President Dmitry Medvedev as his prime minister Tuesday, but he did not much like the startlingly critical...
Interpol calls for Iraq vice-president Hashemi's arrest
12:53
By Suadad al-Salhy and Vicky Buffery BAGHDAD/PARIS (Reuters) - Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of
Italy links nuke exec shooting with Red Brigades
12:53
Investigators say the shooting of the CEO of a nuclear engineering company bears similarities to attacks by the radical leftist Red Brigades terrorist group against executives of the same company in the 1970s. Roberto...
U.S. to resume military training aimed at al Qaeda in Yemen
12:49
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has resumed on-the-ground military training aimed at bolstering Yemen's fight against al Qaeda, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, following a suspension during a period of inten
Exclusive: China considers delay of key party congress: sources
12:45
By Benjamin Kang Lim and Nick Edwards BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party is seriously considering a delay in its upcoming five-yearly congress by a few months amid internal debate over the si