Japan PM may set conditions for resignation on Monday: report
Sun,19 Jun 2011 11:48 PM PDT
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TOKYO, Jun (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan may announce on Monday that he will resign on condition of key bills passing a divided parliament, Kyodo news agency reported. KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Kabul has issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that harsh criticisms of the West could jeopardize the troops and funding critical to the Afghan government's survival. |
 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO has admitted it destroyed a house in Tripoli in which Libyan officials said nine civilians were killed, an incident likely to sow new doubts inside the alliance about its mission in Libya. |
China says Libya rebel chief to visit Sun,19 Jun 2011 08:07 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of the Libyan rebel group leading the fight to oust Muammar Gaddafi will visit China, Beijing said on Monday in another step in its efforts to expand ties with opposition forces in the war-divided north African country. Full Story1 |
 BANGKOK (Reuters) - After Thailand's military removed her brother in a bloodless coup on a hot September night five years ago, the front-runner in next month's closely fought election has good reason to fear the generals will go after her. |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to address the nation Monday as his forces sweep through the northwestern border region with Turkey blocking refugees fleeing a military crackdown on protests against his autocratic rule. |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces swept through a northwestern border region Sunday to stem an exodus of refugees to Turkey that is raising international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and a rights activist said. |
 GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people forced to flee their homes to escape war or abuse has risen to its highest for 15 years, with four out of five refugees in developing countries, the United Nations said on Monday. |
 VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The New Democrat Party kept the door open on Sunday to a possible merger talks with the struggling Liberals, a party they leapfrogged over to become the main opposition in a May 2 election. |
Peru's Humala has 70 percent approval rating: poll Sun,19 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's leftist president-elect, Ollanta Humala, has an approval rating of 70 percent two weeks after winning power and most voters think he will pursue moderate policies, a poll showed on Sunday. Full Story1 |
 BOGOTA (Reuters) - A car bomb wounded 17 people in Colombia's colonial-era city of Popayan, but a "calamity" was averted when police intercepted the vehicle before it reached its target in the main square, authorities said on Sunday. |
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed talk of a deepening rift with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in remarks published Monday, strongly hinting they would not run against each other for president next year. |
 CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Several thousand people marched through Morocco's biggest city Sunday to protest that constitutional reforms unveiled this week by King Mohammed have not gone far enough. |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces swept through a northwestern border region Sunday to stem an exodus of refugees to Turkey that is raising international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and a rights activist said. |
NATO admits to civilian deaths in Tripoli air strike Sun,19 Jun 2011 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - NATO admitted it carried out an air strike that killed civilians in Tripoli on Sunday. Full Story1 |
Syria's Assad to give speech on Monday: agency Sun,19 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will make a speech on Monday about "current circumstances," the state news agency said on Sunday, his first speech since April 16 and his third since the start of an uprising. Full Story1 |
| TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan officials said on Sunday a NATO strike had hit a civilian house in the capital Tripoli, killing nine residents. NATO said it was investigating the claim, which could sow new doubts about its mission. |
 PONTIDA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's coalition allies said on Sunday they would stay in his struggling center-right government for just now despite two crushing electoral losses in recent weeks. |
Darfur rebels say Sudan army attacks their positions Sun,19 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region accused the government of attacking them with military vehicles, warplanes and troops on horses on Sunday. Full Story1 |
Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion Sun,19 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down. Full Story1 |
 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A planned announcement on Tuesday of a new Palestinian unity government has been delayed after the Fatah and Hamas movements failed to agree on a prime minister, Fatah officials said on Sunday. |
 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel appealed to the United States Sunday to allow imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard out of jail to attend his father's funeral, Israeli Army Radio reported. |
Citadel says Egypt lifts travel ban its chairman Sun,19 Jun 2011 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - Jun (Reuters) - CAIRO, June 19 (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor dropped a travel ban imposed in April on the chairman of private equity firm Citadel Capital, Ahmed Heikal, the company said on Sunday. Full Story1 |
 ADEN (Reuters) - At least 12 militants and nine soldiers were killed in three clashes on Sunday in southern Yemen, where Islamists and separatists have launched several attacks during the country's bloody political crisis. |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces swept through a northwestern border region on Sunday to stem an exodus of refugees to Turkey that is raising international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and a rights activist said. |
Tunisia's ousted leader says his trial is a sham Sun,19 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali said his trial in absentia, which starts on Monday, is an attempt by the country's new rulers to distract attention from their failure to restore stability. Full Story1 |
Egypt appoints new foreign minister Sun,19 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt appointed a new foreign minister Sunday to replace Nabil Elaraby, who was picked as the new Arab League chief last month, a cabinet official said. Full Story1 |
Pakistan says it drives militants into Afghanistan Sun,19 Jun 2011 07:33 AM PDT Reuters - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has driven a group of militants from a stronghold in its tribal areas into eastern Afghanistan, the army said on Sunday, in the latest flare-up along the Pakistan-Afghan border. Full Story1 |
Lawmakers want U.N. rights auditor barred from Iran Sun,19 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers urged the government on Sunday to prevent a U.N. investigator from coming to the country to look into allegations of human rights abuses. Full Story1 |
Analysis: U.N.'s Ban seen as U.S. ally and shoo-in for new term Sun,19 Jun 2011 06:35 AM PDT Reuters -  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon may have almost blown his chances for re-election by antagonizing Moscow over the Balkans in 2008 but he has since focused on pleasing the United States, Russia and other big U.N. powers, making his re-election on Tuesday a certainty. |
 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister said he had resigned on Sunday, paving the way for the formation of a new government whose priority will be quashing an Islamist rebellion ahead of elections due by August next year. |
Monitor says north army masses in Sudan oil state Sun,19 Jun 2011 06:12 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Satellite images taken on Friday showed northern Sudanese military vehicles including heavy transports and artillery massing in the capital of the conflict-stricken Southern Kordofan state, a monitor said. Full Story1 |
Afghanistan says will deal with IMF crisis after summer holiday Sun,19 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT Reuters -  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday it won't be able to address a key International Monetary Fund concern over a looming cash crisis, sparked by a corruption scandal at a failed bank, for more than a month because lawmakers are on holidays. |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said he backed delaying a parliamentary election due in September which the well-organized Islamists are widely expected to dominate. |
ICRC president says heading to Syria for aid talks Sun,19 Jun 2011 05:24 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, will arrive in Damascus on Sunday evening for talks with Syrian officials on expanding its relief effort there. Full Story1 |
Somalia jails Britons, American over pirate ransom Sun,19 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT Reuters - MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali court has jailed three Britons and an American for illegally bringing in millions of dollars in ransom for pirates, but the judge suggested the convicts could buy their freedom. Full Story1 |
 ZHUJI, China, Jun (Reuters) - Torrential rain across southern and eastern China which has killed more than 100 people and triggered the evacuation of half a million has left large areas of farmland devastated as food prices surge, state media said on Sunday. |
 ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - The Kremlin's annual investment pitch to the world was overshadowed by one uncomfortable fact: Tens of billions of dollars are fleeing Russian assets ahead of the March 2012 election. |
Yelena Bonner, Soviet critic, Sakharov widow, dies Sun,19 Jun 2011 03:20 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yelena Bonner, a relentless critic of human rights abuses by Soviet-era authorities and the widow of Nobel Peace laureate Andrei Sakharov, has died at the age of 88, her children said. Full Story1 |
Nigerian police unearth robbers' corpse-filled lair Sun,19 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian police have uncovered 20 corpses hidden in a tunnel in the southeastern town of Onitsha, and suspect they were victims of armed robbers. Full Story1 
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