Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence
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The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Canada has received a life sentence, and not the death penalty. Foreign Affairs and International Trade...
Russia faces fuel crisis after railway wagon ban
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By Alexei Anishchuk and Natalia Chumakova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, the world's largest oil producer, faces domestic fuel shortages after authorities restricted the transport of crude oil by rail, forcing s
Sri Lanka president to free jailed rival this week-sources
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By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will order the release of his ailing former army chief this week, sources close to the president said on Thursday, in a bid to quel
Brazil president to receive apologies for torture
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The Rio de Janeiro state government said Friday it will apologize to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the human rights abuses she suffered during the country's 1961-1985 dictatorship. Rousseff is a former leftist...
Israeli fire wounds seven Palestinians in Gaza
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GAZA (Reuters) - The Israeli army fired into the Gaza Strip on Thursday, injuring seven Palestinians in an incident that broke a relative lull in the coastal enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Pa
Iraq summons Turkish envoy again as tensions grow
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has summoned Ankara's ambassador in Baghdad to protest the behavior of two Turkish diplomats, the latest episode in a drawn-out public row between the neighbors. An official from Ira
Italy boosts security, raps attacks on tax officials
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By James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Italy acted on Thursday to step up security against a resurgence of politically inspired violence driven by its economic crisis and Prime Minister Mario Monti voiced "unco
Myanmar hopes for U.S. sanctions move to boost economy
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By Jason Szep NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - A further lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, which could come during a visit by officials to Washington this week, would be crucial to opening its long-isolate
Irish support EU treaty but many undecided: poll
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland remains on course to back Europe's new fiscal treaty in a referendum this month, a poll showed on Thursday, although with just two weeks to go until polling more than a third of voters ha
Journalist kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico
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The tortured body of a Mexican police reporter was found on the side of a road in the northern state of Sonora on Friday, a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen while waiting at a car wash, authorities said. Marco...
Philippines seeks new markets amid sea dispute with China
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MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines needs to develop new overseas markets so that a maritime standoff with China, which has thrown relations into turmoil, does not take a toll on tourism and fruit exports, a senior
Suspected U.S. drone kills three Yemen militants: official
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ADEN (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone attacked a convoy of Islamist militants in eastern Yemen overnight, killing three people, a local security official said on Thursday, as Washington intensifies its aerial cam
Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK clash
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By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on Thursday, the provincial governor's office said.
France says won't ratify unchanged euro pact
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PARIS (Reuters) - France will not ratify the European pact on fiscal discipline unless it is amended to include ambitious commitments to promote economic growth, the country's new finance minister, Pierre Moscovici
Myanmar hopes for U.S. sanctions move to boost economy
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By Jason Szep NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - A further lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, which could come during a visit by officials to Washington this week, would be crucial to opening its long-isolate
Greece slides on bailout targets in political paralysis
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By Ingrid Melander and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Prolonged electoral uncertainty has put Greece into a state of deep freeze, meaning whoever finally emerges as the new leader will take over a c
North Lebanon fighting kills one; ninth in five days
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - A civilian died in fighting in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Wednesday night, security sources said, bringing the death toll to nine in five days of clashes in a city where sectaria
Serbia votes for president under threat of protest
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By Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Challenger Tomislav Nikolic may not win, but he can sure spoil the party as Boris Tadic bids for a new term as president of Serbia and the right to lead the country into
Chinese boats seized by North Koreans in rare public spat
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BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean officials have demanded payment before they will release Chinese fishing boats with a total of 29 men onboard, Chinese media reported on Thursday, in a rare public spat between the
Myanmar mega-project may be on a road to nowhere
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By Khettiya Jittapong DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - A simple, red sign on a white beach marks the start of a billion-dollar highway that will, one day, lead to a vast industrial project to be built close to imp
Exclusive: China pushes North Korea to drop nuclear test plan: sources
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By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between t
Afghanistan mulls Islamic bonds, fearing Western cash cutback
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By Jack Kimball and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan, which has only a semblance of a capital market, intends to sell Islamic bonds as it braces for a possible sharp fall in Western financial su
Daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro to visit U.S
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By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare U.S. trip by a member of
Judge weighs multiple Guantanamo 9/11 trials
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A military judge is considering whether to split off one or more of the defendants and hold separate trials for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, a lawyer for one of the men said Friday. ...
Cameron looks to shield Britain from euro break-up
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By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will promise on Thursday to do whatever is needed to protect Britain's economy and banks from a break-up of the euro zone, and will urge leader
U.S. sends warning to Saleh backers in Yemen
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By Arshad Mohammed and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the transfer
Libya says Gaddafi's son refusing defense lawyer
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father
New Zealand police charge driver in Boston U crash
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New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week. Stephen Houseman of Massapequa, N.Y., made...
Police disperse, detain anti-Putin protesters
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By Alissa de Carbonnel and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian riot police detained at least 35 demonstrators on Wednesday, breaking up one Occupy-style sit-in at a Moscow park and threatening to disp
Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties
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By Michael O'Boyle and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Investigators are questioning Mexico's former deputy defense minister and a top army general for suspected links to organized crime, in the hig
ICC prosecutor OK with delay to trial of Kenyans
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday he would not oppose a delay to the start of a trial of four prominent Kenyans, including t
U.S. to seek G8 support for oil reserve release: Kyodo
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WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President !a class="tagLink" href="http://townhall.com/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama!/a> will seek support to tap emergency oil reserves from other Group of Eight leaders at a su
Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry
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An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic...
U.S. path out of Afghanistan faces risks
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By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where the United States has already trimmed its forces ahead of the coming NATO withdrawal, a modest number of al Qaeda fi
Monti, Hollande, Merkel, Cameron in videoconference Thursday: Italy government source
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime minister Mario Monti, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a video conference on Thursday ahead of th
Deposed Bissau ex-PM hopes to return and rule
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LISBON (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau's former prime minister and presidential frontrunner Carlos Gomes Junior said on Wednesday he hoped to return to run the African country once democracy was restored after an April 1
U.N. atom talks with Iran may show progress-diplomats
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By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran may be narrowing their differences on how to tackle concerns over Tehran's atomic ambitions, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday, sugges
Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city
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Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest city, which has largely remained supportive of President...
Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties
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By Michael O'Boyle and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Investigators are questioning Mexico's former deputy defense minister and a top army general for suspected links to organized crime, in the hig
Bahrain seeks arrest of 20 over homemade bombs
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MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for 20 people accused of injuring policemen and civilians with homemade bombs during months of pro-democracy unrest in the island kingdom. In an
APNewsbreak: 5 Irish dissidents charged
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Five dissidents were arrested and charged with a range of serious and rarely invoked terror offenses, Northern Irish police said Friday. Five men aged between 33 and 47 were charged with offenses such as conspiracy to...
U.N. criticizes Canada for letting people go hungry
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A U.N. official criticized Canada on Wednesday for allowing some of its people to go hungry, but the government shrugged it off, saying there are more pressing food concerns in other countries.
Cubans denied US visas have record of engagement
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The political hubbub over Washington's decision to grant a visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has eclipsed the fact the State Department simultaneously denied nearly a dozen other prominent Cubans...
Army ruler says Egypt election will be model vote
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By Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military ruler on Wednesday promised next week's presidential election would be free and fair, urging people to exercise their right to vote in what the authorities ar
Italy court rules Concordia captain unfit for command
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, was unfit to command the cruise liner which ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan island
Yemen army advances on militants, fighting heavy
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By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops, backed by local tribesmen, captured a strategic mountain that controls access to cities long held by al Qaeda-linked militants amid heavy fighting
Palestinian PM loses finance role in new cabinet
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By Jihan Abdalla RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian leader widely credited by the West with introducing transparency to a corruption-plagued and donor-dependent economy lost his job as finance min
Thousands flee to Uganda as Congo hunts renegade commander
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By Jocelyne Edwards KISORO, Uganda (Reuters) - It was the six rebel soldiers who hacked down the door of Elias Ngahaga's house one night two weeks ago in Kesaha, eastern Congo, who led him and his family to
UK surveillance program could expose private lives
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British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails." But experts say the government's proposed new surveillance program will gather so much data that spooks won't have to read your messages to guess...
Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties
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By Michael O'Boyle and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican generals, including the former deputy minister of defense who helped lead the escalation of the country's war against drug gangs, a