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 BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will continue to let the baht appreciate against the dollar to limit import price inflation, the country's incoming prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Thursday. | |
| China deepens engagement with Libyan rebels Wed,6 Jul 2011 08:33 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese diplomat met with leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) at their base in Benghazi, state media said on Thursday, building deeper relationships with rebels seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story1 | |
| Israel, protesters at fault in Lebanese border clash: U.N. Wed,6 Jul 2011 07:59 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel used force "not commensurate to the threat" when it fired live ammunition during a Palestinian demonstration in May, but the protestersFull Story1 | |
 PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Shares in South Korean casino and resort operators and construction firms spiked on Thursday, buoyed by expectations that Pyeongchang's hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics could pump tens of billions of dollars into the economy. | |
 BOGOTA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear chief said on Wednesday that he planned to meet with Iran's foreign minister next week and that he was "quite concerned" over plans by Tehran to triple uranium production capacity. | |
| Transocean evacuates Ghana rig as water on board Wed,6 Jul 2011 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd evacuated 108 nonessential personnel from a deepwater rig working off Ghana for Eni SpA after it took on water on Wednesday. Full Story1 | |
| Somali arrested by U.S. sought to expand al Shabaab Wed,6 Jul 2011 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An accused leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab captured by U.S. forces and charged in a federal court sought to expand the group's operations beyond his home country, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. Full Story1 | |
| U.S. Afghanistan drawdown begins slowly, 800 Marines out in fall Wed,6 Jul 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's drawdown in Afghanistan will begin slowly, with the departure of just 800 National Guard troops this summer, followed by some 800 Marines in the fall, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. | |
 AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters seized a village south of the Libyan capital and another group advanced toward Tripoli from the east on Wednesday in the biggest push in weeks toward Muammar Gaddafi's main stronghold. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is close to clinching a top-level post at the International Monetary Fund, IMF sources said on Wednesday after the Fund's new chief pledged to give more power to emerging economies. | |
| Rebel city chants "Gaddafi, go!" in show of strength Wed,6 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Libyans waving European and rebel flags marched through the rebel capital of Benghazi on Wednesday in a noisy bid to boost morale in an increasingly stale war against Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story1 | |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition front-runner to face President Hugo Chavez in an election next year said on Wednesday he hopes Chavez recovers quickly from cancer so he could be beaten in the 2012 vote. | |
| Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to join Friday protest Wed,6 Jul 2011 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's best-organised political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, said Wednesday it would join mass rallies Friday aimed at pushing for faster reforms and swift punishment for allies of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story1 | |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister George Papandreou warned on Wednesday that violent protests against spending cuts to satisfy international lenders threatened to lead to the kind of barbarism that in the past had derailed democracy in Greece. | |
| U.N. says Congo mass rapes may constitute war crimes Wed,6 Jul 2011 10:56 AM PDT Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - The mass rape of nearly 400 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last year could constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. Full Story1 | |
| NATO says has no confirmation Gaddafi seeking way out Wed,6 Jul 2011 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Wednesday he had no confirmed information Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was looking for a way to step down after more than four months fighting a rebellion and sustained Western bombing. Full Story1 | |
| Iran opposition head rejects U.S. plan for Iraq camp Wed,6 Jul 2011 10:03 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - The leader of an exiled Iranian opposition group rejected a U.S. proposal to move the residents of a dissident camp in Iraq to a new location following deadly clashes in April, saying the plan would lead to a "massacre." Full Story1 | |
 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces rounded up dozens of people around Hama on Wednesday, a day after shooting dead 22 people, activists said, and Amnesty International said Syria may have committed crimes against humanity in an earlier crackdown. | |
| For Israel, a Balkan bloom despite Palestine chill Wed,6 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Stagnant peacemaking with the Palestinians has not stopped a blossoming of Israel's relations with Balkan states focused on liberalizing their societies and economies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. Full Story1 | |
| Libya lays up oil tankers, Gaddafi feels trade heat Wed,6 Jul 2011 09:03 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Many oil tankers in Libya's state-owned fleet remain anchored and unable to trade as cash flow issues continue to bite, a company managing some of their vessels said on Wednesday. Full Story1 | |
| Turkey rallies round Libyan opposition for Ramadan Wed,6 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey pledged on Wednesday to help the beleaguered Libyan people through the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, by setting up tents for the breaking of fast and funneling aid through the rebel administration. Full Story1 | |
 KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday denounced new accusations of attempted theft as being based on "fake" documents, while wrangling intensified in her trial on abuse-of-office charges. | |
| South Sudan mulls link to Kenya oil pipeline Wed,6 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT Reuters - JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan on Wednesday said it was considering building a link to an oil pipeline in Kenya, a move that would allow its oil to bypass old civil war foe north Sudan after it secedes. Full Story1 | |
 DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's opposition said on Wednesday the first session of a national dialogue for reforms in the Gulf island kingdom raised questions over whether talks aimed at easing tensions after unrest this year can succeed. | |
| Hundreds of Afghans protest NATO air raid deaths Wed,6 Jul 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in a restive Afghan province to protest the deaths of two young shepherds they said were killed by a foreign air strike on Wednesday, an Afghan official said. Full Story1 | |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Activists, whose flotilla to challenge an Israeli blockade on Gaza has been confined to Greek ports, vowed on Tuesday to complete their mission but accused Athens of being deaf to appeals to let their ships go. | |
 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's family, detained in Pakistan, will only be repatriated once a government-appointed commission investigating the al Qaeda leader's killing allows them to leave, the panel said, a move that could set it on a collision course with the army. | |
| Scenarios: South Sudan's independence - deal, divorce or war? Wed,6 Jul 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudan is due to declare independence from the north on Saturday - a split agreed as the climax of a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of north/south civil war. Full Story1 | |
| Afghan refugees lose homes, family to Pakistan shells Wed,6 Jul 2011 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - SHULTAN VALLEY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A rocket fired from Pakistan struck a small mud house in the mountain-top Afghan village of Chogam two weeks ago, killing Juma Gul's son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren. Full Story1 | |
 DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 50 people were injured in Bangladesh in clashes between protesters and police on Wednesday, the first day of a two-day strike called by opposition parties to protest against the abolition of a system of holding national elections under a non-partisan caretaker administration. | |
 PARIS (Reuters) - Paris prosecutors received a legal complaint on Wednesday filed by French writer Tristane Banon alleging that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her in 2003, a judicial source said. | |
| Karzai mulls election body plan to solve poll dispute Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's election body has presented a 6-point plan to President Hamid Karzai in a bid to end a standoff between the incumbent and the country's lower house that has thrown the country into political crisis, his palace said on Wednesday.Full Story1 | |
| Analysis: South Sudan needs African neighbors to survive Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:42 AM PDT Reuters - KAMPALA (Reuters) - When South Sudanese president Salva Kiir joins Africa's not so exclusive rebels-turned-leaders club on Saturday, he will find his new state dependent on similar men for trade, investment -- and survival. Full Story1 | |
 KAMPALA (Reuters) - When South Sudanese president Salva Kiir joins Africa's not so exclusive rebels-turned-leaders club on Saturday, he will find his new state dependent on similar men for trade, investment -- and survival. | |
| Arab unrest puts focus on UAE's northern emirates Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:29 AM PDT Reuters - RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Driving north from Dubai, the gleaming glass-and-chrome skyscrapers fade away and in their place are low-rise, dusty concrete buildings that few visitors to the United Arab Emirates would expect to see. Full Story1 | |
| Iraq's foreign workers fret over labor crackdown Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One of the legions of foreign laborers in Iraq, Bangladeshi mechanic Rajauol Abdul Haq managed to provide for his three children back home despite his meager pay and long, hard hours at a Baghdad auto repair shop. Full Story1 | |
| UK to pull out 500 more troops from Afghanistan Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will pull an extra 500 soldiers from Afghanistan next year, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday, cutting the number of British troops there to 9,000 as NATO begins to hand responsibility for security to Afghan forces. Full Story1 | |
| Iranians rich and poor caught in sanctions net Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Sanctions on Iran are aimed at hampering its nuclear program, but ordinary people both rich and poor are getting caught in their tightening net.Full Story1 | |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Leafing through an old family photo album, 74-year-old Molook Amini wished she could afford to buy a gold coin as a wedding gift for her youngest grandchild as did for others. |
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