YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - The motorcycle bomb burned the 27-year-old woman so badly her father only recognized her by a tattoo. She lost half her face and an arm in the attack by shadowy Muslim separatists in Thailand's troubled deep south. Indonesia bars workers travelling to Saudi after beheading Wed,22 Jun 2011 09:44 PM PDT Reuters - JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia, which has come under fire from abroad for its use of the death sentence, has decided is to bar its citizens from Saudi Arabia to work after an Indonesian maid was beheaded for murdering her Saudi employer. The beheading has also renewed complaints against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government over the lack of protection for its citizens working overseas, mostly as maids and construction workers. ... Full Story1 |
 BEIJING (Reuters) - The numbers for China's relentless push for a high-speed rail network are impressive -- in terms of debt, not passengers. |
 AMMAN, Jun (Reuters) - Syrian troops have deployed on a main road leading from the commercial hub of Aleppo to Turkey as protests expand to border regions, residents said, while Ankara grows increasingly critical of President Bashar al-Assad's military crackdown. |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - The most verbose president on the planet is strangely silent. |
House to vote on bill cutting funds for Libya Wed,22 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a proposal to cut off funds for U.S. military hostilities in Libya, lawmakers in the Republican majority said Wednesday. Full Story1 |
 MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - A split has opened within the NATO-led air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with France and Britain rejecting an Italian call for a halt to military action to allow aid access. |
Libya's Gaddafi accuses NATO of civilian "murders" Wed,22 Jun 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - RABAT (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi accused NATO states of murder in an audio speech broadcast late Wednesday, days after the alliance acknowledged for the first time its bombs may have caused civilian casualties. Full Story1 |
Bahrain opposition figures given life sentences Wed,22 Jun 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain sentenced eight prominent Shi'ite Muslim activists and opposition leaders to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of plotting a coup during protests in the Gulf island kingdom earlier this year. Full Story1 |
Canada says documents clear troops of wrongdoing Wed,22 Jun 2011 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada released thousands of pages of declassified documents on Wednesday, which it said supported its claims that its soldiers played no role in the mistreatment of prisoners in Afghanistan. Full Story1 |
Syria leader's cousin warns of civil, regional war Wed,22 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Syria could slip into civil war and spark regional conflict if there is no rapprochement between President Bashar al-Assad and an uprising against his autocratic rule, Assad's dissident cousin said Wednesday. Full Story1 |
Authors urge U.N. Security Council to condemn Syria Wed,22 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Seven well-known authors, including Salman Rushdie and Umberto Eco, have sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council urging it to adopt a resolution condemning Syria for a crackdown on its citizens. Full Story1 |
 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Signs of strain in Argentina's prolonged economic boom point to a turbulent second term for President Cristina Fernandez in the likely event she wins re-election in October. |
Northern Irish police warn Belfast riots may cause fatalities Wed,22 Jun 2011 11:40 AM PDT Reuters -  BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police said on Wednesday they fear rioting in Belfast could escalate to the point where someone gets killed, threatening to upset a delicate peace between Catholics and Protestants in the British-controlled province. |
U.S. concerned about Bahrain opposition sentences Wed,22 Jun 2011 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the severity of the sentences given to opposition leaders in Bahrain related to protests in the Gulf state. Full Story1 |
 KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday 73,000 people had fled violence in Sudan's Southern Kordofan border state after more than two weeks of fighting between the northern army and southern-aligned troops. |
Four Pakistani majors questioned over Islamist links Wed,22 Jun 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistan army has extended an investigation into officers with links to the Hizb-ul-Tahrir, a spokesman said on Wednesday, in what analysts said was a long overdue move to root out sympathizers of the banned Islamist group. Full Story1 |
 SANAA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official held talks on Wednesday with government officials in Yemen, which is teetering on the brink of civil war over President Ali Abdullah Saleh's refusal to meet protesters' demands to step down. |
 LIMA (Reuters) - Three people died when police clashed with students who set fire to government buildings in a remote province, officials said on Wednesday, a sign of social conflict looming for leftist President-elect Ollanta Humala. |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army rulers rejected the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Yehia el-Gamal, who had cited health problems, the government said Wednesday. |
Analysis: Egypt army may pull strings from barracks in future Wed,22 Jun 2011 09:54 AM PDT Reuters -  CAIRO (Reuters) - Hossam el-Hamalawy is used to being in trouble with the authorities. State security hauled him in three times for his activism when Hosni Mubarak was in power. He hoped Egypt's uprising would end such summonses. It didn't. |
Analysis: Vague agenda fuels doubts over Egypt's Brotherhood Wed,22 Jun 2011 09:54 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Few things better sum up Egypt's uncharted future than the vague policy platform of the Muslim Brotherhood, a long-repressed Islamist movement poised to become a decisive force in mainstream politics. Full Story1 |
Syria's Assad running low on credibility: U.N. chief Wed,22 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has pledged to reform the country and engage in a dialogue with pro-democracy protesters, is running low on credibility, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday. Full Story1 |
 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's leaders hope the country's still largely untapped oil wealth can one day rival Saudi Arabia and provide a decent living to its citizens after years of conflict and chaos. |
 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Standing beside the dust- covered machines of his idle biscuit and sweet factory in eastern Baghdad, Fadhil al-Abboudi says Iraq's small private manufacturers are feeling abandoned. |
Analysis: "Lulismo" appeals in Latin America but hard to copy Wed,22 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - RIO DE JANEIRO/LIMA (Reuters) - It was a political pilgrimage that surprised no one. Full Story1 |
 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez called a meeting on Wednesday with Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich, a close ally tipped as her possible running mate for an October election, an official said. |
 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday scorned the European Union's criticism of Damascus over its violent crackdown on popular unrest, saying this showed Europe wanted to sow chaos in the country. |
Factbox: Sanctions imposed on Syria Wed,22 Jun 2011 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - EU states reached a political agreement on Wednesday to extend sanctions against Syria EU diplomats said. Full Story1 |
Syria scorns EU criticism of Assad reform offer Wed,22 Jun 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria scorned the European Union dismissal of its president's promises of reform on Wednesday, saying it showed Europe wanted to sow chaos in the country and threatening to turn to other regions for trade and support. Full Story1 |
EU agrees to extend Syria curbs to include Iranians Wed,22 Jun 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU states reached a political agreement on Wednesday to extend sanctions against Syria to four military-linked entities and seven individuals, including three Iranians, linked to suppression of dissent, EU diplomats said. Full Story1 |
 MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia and the European Union signed a deal agreeing conditions for the resumption of EU fresh vegetable imports to Russia, which banned them because of a deadly E.coli outbreak, both sides said on Wednesday. |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Jalloul Ayed describes it, he literally answered the call of his country... in the lobby of a random London office building on a Thursday afternoon in January. |
Iranian oil delegation attacked in Baghdad Wed,22 Jun 2011 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked an Iranian oil delegation visiting Baghdad on Wednesday, the Iranian Oil Ministry said. Full Story1 |
Iranian oil delegation attacked in Baghdad Wed,22 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked an Iranian oil delegation visiting Baghdad on Wednesday, the Iranian Oil Ministry said. Full Story1 |
Factbox: International recognition of Libya's rebel movement Wed,22 Jun 2011 06:25 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Libya's rebel National Transitional Council has declared itself the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people and formed an interim government while it conducts military operations aimed at removing Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story1 |
Analysis: NATO counts on Tripoli uprising to break deadlock Wed,22 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT Reuters - ALGIERS (Reuters) - NATO is trying to lay the groundwork for an armed uprising inside the Libyan capital to oust Muammar Gaddafi because it has lost hope that rebels elsewhere in the country can advance on Tripoli any time soon. Full Story1 |
 CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Like tens of thousands of migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean in the six months since the beginning of the Arab Spring, Yohanes came looking for a safer, more prosperous life. The 25-year-old Eritrean had been living in Libya for four years and planned to stay; violence forced him into a smuggler's boat and a perilous sea voyage to Europe. |
Denmark stiffens sentence for cartoonist attacker Wed,22 Jun 2011 05:39 AM PDT Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish appeals court Wednesday lengthened the prison sentence of a Somali man to 10 years from nine for attempting to kill a cartoonist whose 2005 drawing of the Prophet Mohammad provoked Muslim outrage. Full Story1 |
 TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court has sentenced the nephew of the former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to 15 years in absentia, the state news agency said Wednesday, after a court issued a first sentence against Ben Ali this week. |
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