| Australia's boom lures new wave of European immigrants Mon,13 Jun 2011 08:57 PM PDT Reuters - DUBLIN/SYDNEY (Reuters) - About 100 men in their 20s and 30s, filled a conference room at a Dublin hotel last week to hear a migration agent describe the personal fortunes waiting to be made a world away in the booming mining towns of the Australian outback. Full Story1 | |
 KARRATHA, Australia (Reuters) - Lucille Lievaux, a 25-year-old French geologist, commutes to work on a plane, a 1,300-km journey from Australia's Indian Ocean city of Perth to the mining town of Karratha, a smudge of suburbia on the continent's barren northwest coast. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's board on Monday blocked Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer from the race for the top IMF job, further boosting the chances of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved a draft law to help Tokyo Electric Power Co compensate those affected by the radiation crisis at its stricken nuclear plant, sending the utility's shares up as much as 13 percent. | |
 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano caused chaos for air travelers in South America again on Monday and grounded flights as far away as New Zealand and Australia, stranding thousands of passengers. | |
| Parts of New Zealand city have to be abandoned after quakes Mon,13 Jun 2011 06:31 PM PDT Reuters - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - This week's earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand's second biggest city, confirm parts of the quake-prone city will have to be abandoned, but did not substantially add to damage bill from a series of major tremors since last September. Full Story1 | |
| Japan govt:Tepco should avoid price hikes in compensation scheme Mon,13 Jun 2011 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO, Jun (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of a tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant, should avoid raising electricity prices when paying out compensation for the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the top government spokesman said on Tuesday. Full Story1 | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday approved a scheme to help Tokyo Electric Power compensate for nuclear damages, a step forward in a slow-moving process that have frustrated not only affected residents and business but investors. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The IMF board on Monday shortlisted French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens for the IMF top job and disqualified Israel's Stanley Fischer due to his age, two board officials told Reuters. | |
 MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels edged slowly beyond their western stronghold of Misrata toward Tripoli, but faced supply shortages after shelling from Muammar Gaddafi forces hit a key refinery in the city. | |
| Father of Israeli held in Egypt denies son is a spy Mon,13 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The father of a man Egypt has arrested as an Israeli spy said on Monday his son was a student who volunteered for a U.S. refugee agency and described Egypt's allegations as "totally delusional." Full Story1 | |
 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen said on Monday it had arrested several people suspected of trying to kill President Ali Abdullah Saleh whose country, torn by protests against his rule and other conflicts, stands on the brink of civil war. | |
| Former Tunisian president to face June 20 trial Mon,13 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia in January, will be tried in absentia on June 20, Tunisia's interim prime minister said Monday. Full Story1 | |
| Jobless Gaza enters 5th year of Israeli blockade Mon,13 Jun 2011 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Gaza Strip enters its fifth year of a full Israeli blockade by land, air and sea on Tuesday with unemployment at 45.2 percent, one of the highest rates in the world, a U.N. aid agency report said. Full Story1 | |
 TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian consortium of banks and pension funds has taken its $3.8 billion (C$3.7 billion) takeover offer directly to TMX Group shareholders, touting the proposal as the best way to keep the country's exchanges out of foreign hands. | |
 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano caused chaos for air travelers in South America again on Monday and grounded flights as far away as New Zealand and Australia, stranding thousands of passengers. | |
 WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A series of powerful tremors rattled the quake-prone New Zealand city of Christchurch on Monday, destroying buildings and sending boulders tumbling down hillsides nearly four months after a quake killed 181 people. | |
 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - North and south Sudan have agreed in principle to demilitarize the Abyei region and to deploy Ethiopian peacekeeping troops in the area, an African Union official said Monday. | |
| Father of Israeli held in Egypt denies son is a spy Mon,13 Jun 2011 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The father of a man Egypt has arrested as an Israeli spy said Monday his son was a student who volunteered for a U.S. refugee agency and described Egypt's allegations as "totally delusional." Full Story1 | |
| Factbox: Turkey's Erdogan faces array of urgent challenges Mon,13 Jun 2011 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's re-elected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan faces hefty challenges as he starts his third term: Syria, Israel, Kurds, stalled EU membership talks, an overheating economy at home and writing a new constitution. Full Story1 | |
| Factbox: New Lebanese PM Najib Mikati forms government Mon,13 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Telecoms tycoon Najib Mikati, who is backed by Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies, named a new government on Monday after a nearly 5-month delay.Full Story1 | |
 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced Monday a long-delayed government dominated by Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies, which is likely to cause alarm among Western powers at a time of regional turmoil. | |
 ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a humiliating defeat on Monday as Italians turned out in large numbers to vote in referendums which he had encouraged them to boycott. | |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he had his "full faculties" after an operation in Cuba and was still managing government affairs despite being ordered to rest for several days more. | |
 ZENGCHENG, China (Reuters) - Riot police poured into a southern Chinese factory town crowded with migrant workers on Monday, a day after militia fired tear gas to quell rioting over the abuse of a pregnant street hawker who became a symbol of simmering grassroots discontent. | |
| Timeline: Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi Mon,13 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline on the revolt in Libya since the first protests against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi began in February: Full Story1 | |
| Thousands of Yemenis take refuge in Aden schools Mon,13 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - More than 15,000 people fleeing fighting between the army and Islamist gunmen in Yemen's Abyan province have turned schools in Yemen's southern port city into makeshift refugee camps. Full Story1 | |
| Timeline: Violence in Syria Mon,13 Jun 2011 08:19 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Syria since protests started in March.Full Story1 | |
 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will start a third term of one-party rule strengthened by Sunday's decisive election victory but also burdened by the need for consensus to push ahead with plans for a new constitution. | |
| South Sudan accuses north of second airstrike Mon,13 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT Reuters - JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan's army said northern warplanes bombed its territory Monday, after fighting in the border state of Southern Kordofan spread across the ill-defined north-south border. Full Story1 | |
 ZENGCHENG, China (Reuters) - Riot police poured into a southern Chinese factory town crowded with migrant workers on Monday, a day after militia fired tear gas to quell rioting over the abuse of a pregnant street hawker who became a symbol of simmering grassroots discontent. | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - At least eight workers trying to bring Japan's crippled nuclear power plant under control have been exposed to more radiation than allowed under new safety standards, government officials said on Monday. | |
| Q+A: Women's rights in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban Mon,13 Jun 2011 01:57 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Women have won hard-fought rights in Afghanistan since the austere rule of the Taliban was ended by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. Full Story1 | |
 KABUL (Reuters) - The gaggles of giggling schoolgirls in their black uniforms and flowing white hijabs seen across Afghanistan's cities have become symbolic of how far women's rights have come since the austere rule of the Taliban was toppled a decade ago. | |
 WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile drifted higher over New Zealand and Australia on Monday, easing the threat to commercial aircraft, after scores of flights had been canceled over the past two days, grounding thousands of travelers. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy intercepted a North Korean ship suspected of carrying an illegal shipment of missile parts to Myanmar two weeks ago, the New York Times reported on late on Sunday, citing senior American officials. | |
 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has won a resounding third consecutive election victory, but the divisive leader will need to seek consensus to push ahead with a planned new constitution. | |
 ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said they were fighting forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for a second day in the town of Zawiyah on Sunday, bringing the revolt against Gaddafi's rule close to the capital. | |
 GAZA (Reuters) - The Western-backed Palestinian Fatah faction Sunday expelled a former leader, once seen as a possible successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, the official WAFA news agency said, exposing divisions in the ruling movement. | |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Sunday he was committed to pushing ahead with democratic reforms, but believed street pressure for change was a recipe for chaos.
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