Bombs kill 21 at local Iraqi governor's house
Mon,20 Jun 2011 11:46 PM PDT
Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's house in central Iraq, the latest attack targeting a government building, local authorities said. Full Story1
Mon,20 Jun 2011 11:46 PM PDT
Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's house in central Iraq, the latest attack targeting a government building, local authorities said. Full Story1
 MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Beatriz approached Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, putting tourist areas and major ports on alert for heavy rainfall and flash floods, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. |
 MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An ash cloud from a volcano in Chile wreaked havoc on Australian flights again on Tuesday, with Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia cancelling domestic flights in and out of Sydney and other key cities from Tuesday afternoon. |
 SURMAN, Libya (Reuters) - The Libyan government said on Monday 19 civilians were killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi's top officials, a day after NATO admitted killing civilians in a separate aerial attack. |
Forty dead in plane crash in northern Russia Mon,20 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed when a Tupolev-134 plane broke up and caught fire on landing in northern Russia, an Emergency Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Full Story1 |
 TUNIS, Jun (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the "Arab Spring." |
 OTTAWA (Reuters) - The government introduced legislation on Monday to force an end to a labor disruption at Canada Post and restore national mail service in a matter of days. |
 PARIS (Reuters) - A French court upheld on Monday earlier guilty verdicts against a Corsican separatist for the 1998 murder of the government's top official on the Mediterranean island. |
Rockets hit Libya's Misrata, kill child: witness Mon,20 Jun 2011 01:06 PM PDT Reuters - MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - A salvo of three rockets fired by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi killed a child in a built-up area near the port in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Monday, a witness said. Full Story1 |
Factbox: Ben Ali's two-decade rule in Tunisia Mon,20 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here are some facts about former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, whose trial in absentia began on Monday. Full Story1 |
 TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali said on Monday he was deceived into leaving the country, and denied giving orders for security forces to shoot at protesters who were demanding he step down. |
 TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, in absentia, to 35 years in jail each after finding them guilty of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewelry. |
 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Monday pledged to introduce reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen. |
Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Mon,20 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. Full Story1 |
 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice called on Monday for swift implementation of an agreement between north and south Sudan to demilitarize the disputed Abyei region. |
 ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities said government forces made progress on Monday in efforts to dislodge Islamist militants holding the southern city of Zinjibar. |
Quake hits Chile's mining north, no damage reported Mon,20 Jun 2011 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck copper-rich northern Chile on Monday, but there were no reports of damage at major mines and authorities reported no injuries or risk of tsunami. Full Story1 |
"Disappointed" EU prepares to expand Syria sanctions Mon,20 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union expressed disappointment at a speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday and said it was preparing to expand its sanctions on Syria in response to worsening violence against his opponents. Full Story1 |
 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An eight-year-old Pakistani girl was kidnapped by Islamist militants who forced her to wear a suicide vest to attack security forces, police said on Monday. |
Church should pay Dutch abuse victims: commission Mon,20 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Catholic Church should pay compensation of 5,000-100,000 euros each to victims who were sexually abused while in its care in the Netherlands, a report commissioned by Dutch bishops said on Monday. Full Story1 |
Timeline: Sudan's disputed Abyei region Mon,20 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of developments in Sudan's disputed, oil-producing Abyei region. Full Story1 |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defense lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to face trial. |
 RECHELIM, West Bank (Reuters) - The bulletproof van is extra. |
Analysis: Assad speech offers little to protesters Mon,20 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's promise on Monday to prepare a range of political reforms offers no prospect of appeasing the three-month-old uprising against his autocratic rule. Full Story1 |
 SHIVTHAR, India (Reuters) - Ajit Govind Sable's family have owned their farm in India's western Maharashtra state for 10 generations, which even for a region that has been farming for more than 10,000 years is long enough to witness plenty of changes. |
 HAMBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Libya's rebels have bought close to 100,000 metric tones of wheat and flour in recent weeks, the first major commercial food deals done by those fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, trade sources said. |
Afghan fighters threaten reprisals over bank raid executions Mon,20 Jun 2011 06:47 AM PDT Reuters - KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Insurgents in Afghanistan's violent east will target courts and judges after the execution of two fighters convicted over a brutal bank raid, one of the leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network said on Monday. Full Story1 |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday political reforms would stabilize Syria and defuse popular grievances. |
Street protests in Syria after Assad speech Mon,20 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets across Syria on Monday to denounce a speech by President Bashar al-Assad they said did not meet popular demands for sweeping political change, activists and witnesses said. Full Story1 |
 PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Monday it will begin proceedings to extradite former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to Panama, after the United States gave its consent. |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Monday delayed endorsing tax and social security reforms aimed at curbing huge public debt amid reports that unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan would not keep his pledge to quit until key legislation was enacted. |
Russia opposes U.N. vote on Syria, urges talks Mon,20 Jun 2011 05:19 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia Monday emphasized its opposition to a U.N. resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and urged the opposition to sit down with President Bashar al-Assad's government for talks on reform. Full Story1 |
 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. |
U.N. atom chief urges nuclear stress tests, inspections Mon,20 Jun 2011 04:18 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear chief called on Monday for national safety tests on all the world's reactors within 18 months, followed by international inspections to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis three months ago. Full Story1 |
U.S. missile strike kills 11 militants in Pakistan Mon,20 Jun 2011 03:56 AM PDT Reuters - PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into Pakistan's Kurram region on Monday, killing at least 11 militants, nine of them from a major Afghan militant group fighting Western forces in Afghanistan, local officials said. Full Story1 |
Bomb hits French embassy convoy in Baghdad Mon,20 Jun 2011 03:38 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seven people were wounded on Monday when a French embassy convoy was hit by a make-shift bomb in Baghdad in the second attack on the mission's vehicles in a month, an embassy official and local police said. Full Story1 |
NATO risks credibility with civilian deaths: Frattini Mon,20 Jun 2011 02:35 AM PDT Reuters - LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - NATO risks losing the propaganda war to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi because of actions which have killed civilians, the Italian foreign minister said on Monday. Full Story1 |
China says Libya rebel leader to visit Mon,20 Jun 2011 12:39 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A leader 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 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. |
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