SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's fast-rising economies set their sights on securing key IMF appointments under newly named chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, hopeful she would be the one to make good on oft-heard pledges to swing more power to emerging markets. KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties or security threats after an overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers killed 10 Afghan civilians and police. |
Myanmar government warns Suu Kyi planned tour could cause riots Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:47 PM PDT Reuters -  YANGON (Reuters) - A possible tour of Myanmar by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could cause riots, state media warned on Wednesday, implying she would be responsible for her own safety. |
Chinese communist site now a bastion for capitalism Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:36 PM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The grey brick building where China's Communist Party held its first congress 90 years ago in the glitzy former French Concession area of Shanghai doesn't betray any trace of its peasant-proletariat past. Full Story1 |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hailed the release of new footage of the socialist leader as evidence he was recovering from surgery in Cuba despite speculation he may have cancer. |
First Atlantic storm powers toward Mexico Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:23 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Arlene, the first tropical storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, churned through the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but looked set to spare Mexico's oilfields from a direct hit. Full Story1 |
Special Report:China migrant unrest exposes generation faultline Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT Reuters -  ZENGCHENG, China (Reuters) - In a backstreet pool hall in southern China's factory belt, young migrant workers gather around the tables, their eyes flitting between the worn green baize and the anti-riot police patrolling the grimy alleys. |
Q+A: Who are China's young rural migrants and what do they want? Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A recent riot in southern China's factory belt exposed the frustrations of young migrant workers who make up a growing share of the country's workforce. Full Story1 |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - The governments of Cuba and Venezuela released new pictures and video footage of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday showing him chatting with Fidel Castro and walking outside after undergoing surgery in Havana. |
India sought to join IMF Lagarde consensus Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India supported France's Christine Lagarde as the International Monetary Fund's next leader because it wanted to be part of the consensus that was forming around her, Indian Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.Full Story1 |
Syrian tanks shell villages, Assad offers dialogue Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks shelled a hill region in the northwestern province of Idlib, residents and activists said, in a military assault to suppress protests in rural areas that have already driven thousands of refugees to Turkey. Full Story1 |
Suicide bombers attack landmark hotel in Afghan capital Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Up to seven Taliban fighters, including suicide bombers, attacked a hotel frequented by Westerners in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday, Afghan officials said, before NATO helicopters killed the last three insurgents in a final rooftop battle.Full Story1 |
 CAIRO, June 29 (Reuters) - Police fired teargas in Cairo's central Tahrir Square overnight on Wednesday at several hundred mainly Egyptian youths, some of whom threw stones and demanded that trials of former senior officials proceed more swiftly. |
 TRIPOLI/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi could fall within two to three months, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Tuesday, as rebels sought to build on a gradual advance toward Tripoli. |
Syrian tanks shell villages in Idlib region-residents Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks shelled a hill region in the northwestern province of Idlib, residents and activists said on Tuesday, in a widening military assault to suppress protests in rural regions that have already driven thousands of refugees to Turkey. Full Story1 |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police with teargas and batons fought hooded youths near parliament on Tuesday as violence broke out at a rally against anti-austerity measures international lenders have demanded from the Athens government. |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested 14 missiles on Tuesday, the second day of war games intended as a show of strength toward enemies Israel and the United States. |
Gaddafi forces should not be disbanded after war: UK Tue,28 Jun 2011 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A British-led team planning for a post-conflict Libya has recommended that Muammar Gaddafi's security forces should be left largely intact after a rebel victory, avoiding an error made after the Iraq war, a minister said Tuesday. Full Story1 |
 NAIROBI (Reuters) - A U.N. Court trying the masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide said on Tuesday it had for the first time referred one of its cases to be tried in Rwanda itself. |
 KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistan called on Tuesday for the "blame game" to stop as the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan met to discuss security in the region amid a Taliban insurgency and heightened tensions over cross border shelling. |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - The guessing game over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health took new twists on Tuesday with rumors ranging from a possible takeover push by his brother to a homecoming by the end of this week. |
Libya rebels says ICC decision rules out Gaddafi talks Tue,28 Jun 2011 11:52 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - A spokesman for the rebel Libyan National Transitional Council said on Tuesday there was no room for talks with Muammar Gaddafi after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the Libyan leader's arrest. Full Story1 |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's surgery and secretive stay in Cuba has set off speculation the socialist leader's health may be worse than the government is acknowledging. |
Sudan to appoint vice president from Darfur Tue,28 Jun 2011 11:38 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will appoint a vice president from the war-battered western Darfur region, state media said Tuesday, in a possible move toward meeting the demands of rebels there who complain of being marginalized. Full Story1 |
Sudan to let ex-rebels join army when south secedes Tue,28 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT Reuters - ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Khartoum agreed with southern Sudan's dominant party on Wednesday to integrate former rebels in northern territory into the national army when the south secedes, and laid out plans to start ceasefire talks. Full Story1 |
Russia successfully tests new nuclear missile Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:43 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully tested on Tuesday its new Bulava intercontinental missile which Moscow aims to make the cornerstone of its nuclear arsenal over the next decade. Full Story1 |
Bahrain releases 20 more detained medics Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain has released 20 more medical staff detained in connection with a wave of protests that hit the Gulf island kingdom earlier this year, relatives and lawyers said on Tuesday, but they still face military trial. Full Story1 |
U.N. council renews Congo peacekeepers' mandate Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of U.N. peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of the Congo, making clear they would stay put until Kinshasa shows it can govern its turbulent east. Full Story1 |
Brazil backs France's Lagarde in IMF race Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday backed French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the next head of the International Monetary Fund, aligning itself with other big emerging markets such as China instead of its Latin American neighbors. Full Story1 |
 BEIJING (Reuters) - A vain "screen idol" or a prophet of Chinese political change? |
U.S., EU condemn violence in northeastern Nigeria Tue,28 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT Reuters - MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The United States and European Union on Tuesday condemned a spate of bombings and assassinations in northeastern Nigeria which independent sources estimate have killed more than 150 people so far this year. Full Story1 |
Most Egyptians would keep peace with Israel: poll Tue,28 Jun 2011 09:12 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Egyptians think their country should keep a peace treaty with its neighbor Israel, a government poll indicated on Tuesday. Full Story1 |
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six astronauts were forced to take refuge aboard the International Space Station's "lifeboat" crafts Tuesday, bracing for the threat of a collision with floating space debris, the Russian space agency said. |
 DUBAI/ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen is considering using force to secure and repair its main oil pipeline, blown up in an attack by angry tribesmen in mid-March, a senior Yemeni official told Reuters on Tuesday. |
Swine fever may hit all European Russia: chief veterinarian Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - African Swine Fever (ASF), lethal to pigs though harmless to humans, has reached central Russia and may spread to all European parts of the country, the country's chief veterinarian said on Tuesday. Full Story1 |
Egypt agrees to retrial for Qaeda leader's brother Tue,28 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian military court on Tuesday ordered a retrial for al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri's brother, who has spent a decade in jail on charges of joining the banned organization, the state news agency MENA reported. Full Story1 |
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Exiled Syrian opposition figures urged Russia on Tuesday to persuade Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to resign, warning that Moscow risked being left behind by history unless it withdrew its support for the leader. |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested 14 missiles on Tuesday, the second day of war games intended as a show of strength toward the Islamic Republic's enemies Israel and the United States. |
 DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal deployed troops at ministry buildings, armored personnel carriers near the presidential palace and at least one helicopter gunship in the capital Dakar on Tuesday after riots over lengthy power cuts. |
 BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez canceled a trip to Paraguay on Tuesday on doctors' advice she should not fly following a minor fall last week in which she hit her head.
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