| South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake Fri,17 Jun 2011 10:32 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL, Jun (Reuters) - South Korean marine Corps troops fired at a commercial aircraft flying near the tense sea border with North Korea, misidentifying it as one of the communist North's jet fighters, but no damage occurred, military sources said on Saturday.Full Story1 | |
 TOKYO, Jun (Reuters) - An operation to clean up radioactive water at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant was suspended on Saturday, hours after it got underway, when radiation levels began rising dramatically, the plant's operator said. | |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead 19 people on Friday when they fired at demonstrators demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad in the biggest protest since unrest against Baathist rule erupted in March, activists said. | |
| Timeline: Morocco's king announces new reforms Fri,17 Jun 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline on Morocco since King Mohammed came to the throne. Full Story1 | |
| Morocco King to lose some powers, remain key figure Fri,17 Jun 2011 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed promised a new democratic constitution on Friday that would devolve some of his powers to parliament and the government, adding Moroccans would be able to vote for the changes in a July 1 referendum.Full Story1 | |
| U.N. council splits U.N. Taliban, Qaeda sanctions list Fri,17 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday split the U.N. sanctions list for Taliban and al Qaeda figures into two, which envoys said could help induce the Taliban into talks on a peace deal in Afghanistan. Full Story1 | |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead 16 people on Friday when they fired on protesters demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, and European powers said Damascus should face tougher sanctions for the violence. | |
 JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Shelling erupted Friday near the southern Sudanese town of Agok at the tip of the disputed Abyei region, and aid workers were being evacuated from the town, a humanitarian official said. | |
 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Security Council unanimously recommended on Friday that Ban Ki-moon be re-elected as U.N. secretary-general, virtually assuring the South Korean diplomat of five more years in the top U.N. job. | |
 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dwarfed by surrounding reporters and with her head bowed to avoid the television cameras, the slender 16-year-old hesitated slightly before she answered the question. "I'm a hitwoman," she said. | |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou dumped his finance minister on Friday in a reshuffle meant to stiffen resolve for harsh economic reforms and avoid a default that could cause global economic turmoil. | |
| Quick Guide to the Greek crisis Fri,17 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A debt crisis in Europe's 17-nation single currency zone has entered a new and critical phase, with fears that Greece could default and spark a global financial disaster like that which followed the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008. Full Story1 | |
| Austerity-hit Greeks say reshuffle won't change things Fri,17 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Ordinary Greeks on the streets of Athens were dismissive of a government reshuffle on Friday, saying a new face at the finance ministry would do nothing to fix the country's economic mess and ease the pain of austerity. Full Story1 | |
 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said Friday NATO aircraft attacked one of its military posts in the northwest near the Afghan border and it had expressed its serious concern to the U.S. embassy in Islamabad. | |
 BERLIN (Reuters) - Libyan TV aired an audio speech from leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday in which he vowed to defeat the NATO alliance trying to dislodge him from Tripoli. | |
 BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Abdullah once called himself a rebel. But after spending months in a rebel prison as a suspected government loyalist, the doctor says he has lost faith in the revolution against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. | |
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev delivered a clear message in a speech at a showcase economic forum on Friday: My vision for Russia is the right one, regardless of who is in the Kremlin next year. | |
 TUNIS (Reuters) - Representatives of Muammar Gaddafi's government are in contact across Europe with members of the Libyan rebellion trying to break his 41-year rule, Russia's envoy to Libya said, citing Tripoli's prime minister. | |
 JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday it needed $200 million "right now" to cope with the humanitarian crisis in southern Sudan, less than a month before the vast region declares its independence. | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crisis-hit nuclear power plant said it started an operation to clean up radioactive water later Friday, after several glitches that delayed the plan. | |
 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, taken to Saudi Arabia for wounds suffered during an attack on his palace earlier this month, will return to the country within days, a Yemeni official said on Friday. | |
 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Friday it was checking whether one of its air strikes in Libya mistakenly wounded at least 16 rebels and destroyed six of their combat trucks. | |
| Factbox: Assad's efforts to appease protesters Fri,17 Jun 2011 04:15 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and focus of anti-corruption protests, says he is quitting business in the latest step by Syria's leaders aimed at curbing three months of unrest. Full Story1 | |
 JOHANNESBURG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Just a few months ago Alpheus Molepo's daily lunch of "pap" or corn meal and meat cost 20 rand ($3.30). Now it costs 25 rand. | |
 ABUJA (Reuters) - An Islamist sect claimed responsibility on Friday for a bomb attack on Nigeria's police headquarters, according to a statement sent to a local newspaper. | |
 ZHUJI, China (Reuters) - China has mobilized troops to help with flood relief and raised its disaster alert to the highest level after days of downpours forced the evacuation of more than half a million people in central and southern provinces. | |
 BEIJING (Reuters) - China will boost its coastal forces by adding ships and 6,000 personnel by 2020, state media said on Friday, a move likely to raise tensions with neighbors staking rival claims to waters thought to hold vast reserves of oil and gas. | |
| Russia eyes bigger role in Afghanistan, wants to rebuild: envoy Fri,17 Jun 2011 03:36 AM PDT Reuters -  KABUL (Reuters) - Russia wants to enlarge its presence in Afghanistan and rebuild the country where Soviet troops fought a disastrous decade-long war, Russia's envoy to Kabul said, describing ties between the two former foes as the best in 20 years. | |
 MANAMA/ZURICH, Jun (Reuters)- Until a few months ago, the twin towers of the Bahrain Financial Harbour development -- clad in green glass and shaped like over-sized toy sea-horses -- were symbols of the island state's role as a regional financial hub. | |
 ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia failed to agree on a 30-year gas supply deal with China in time for signing on Friday because of differences over the price of a deal, which could be worth up to $1 trillion. | |
| Analysis: Indonesia cleric's jailing fails to ease terror fight Fri,17 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT Reuters -  JAKARTA (Reuters) - While Indonesia's most notorious Islamist was sitting in a cell awaiting his fate, militants linked to his supposedly peaceful Jema'ah Ansharut Tauhid group shot policemen while trying to rob a bank and wounded 30 people in a suicide bombing at a police mosque. | |
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 ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Friday that Russia could face a period of stagnation and must avoid one-man rule in a speech implying criticism of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. | |
 DUBAI (Reuters) - Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted former prime minister backing his sister's bid to unseat the ruling party in Thailand's upcoming general election, is optimistic about the outcome -- and a possible homecoming. | |
| Somali pirates free German ship after ransom paid Fri,17 Jun 2011 12:02 AM PDT Reuters - BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a German-owned cargo ship, seized in April, after they received a ransom, a pirate and maritime source said on Friday. Full Story1 | |
 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council Thursday delayed by a day its vote to recommend Ban Ki-moon for a second term as U.N. chief after Cuba and other Latin American countries declined to endorse him, envoys said. | |
| Syria's Makhlouf owes fortune and infamy to Assad Thu,16 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Tycoon Rami Makhlouf, who says he is quitting the Syrian business scene, owes his fortune and his role as a hate figure for protesters to his cousin President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story1 | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he had diplomatic immunity shortly after he was detained at a New York airport on accusations he tried to rape a hotel maid, court papers showed Thursday. | |
 DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's long-serving number two, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken over the leadership after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the group said on Islamist websites on Thursday. | |
 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO planes resumed bombardments of Tripoli after Muammar Gaddafi's son said the Libyan leader was willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost, an offer rejected by rebels and the United States. |
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