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WORLD News, Jul 14, 2011

No warnings, clues in deadly triple Mumbai blasts
Wed,13 Jul 2011 11:05 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoMUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian intelligence agencies received no warnings before the three bomb blasts that killed 18 people in Mumbai, the biggest attack since Pakistani-based militants rampaged through the financial hub in 2008, a top official said on Thursday.

Timeline: Major militant attacks in India
Wed,13 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Three near simultaneous blasts ripped through India's financial city of Mumbai on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, in the biggest attack in the city since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Full Story

Q+A: Who could be behind the Mumbai blasts?
Wed,13 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three bombs rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in the biggest militant attack on India's financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Full Story

China calls on world to normalize ties with Sudan
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:21 PM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - The world should recognize the efforts made by Sudan in bringing peace to its southern region, now an independent state, and normalize relations with Khartoum, state media on Thursday quoted a senior Chinese diplomat as saying. Full Story

Syrian military kills four in renewed assaults
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:17 PM PDT
Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed four villagers on Wednesday near Turkey, rights campaigners said, in an expansion of a military campaign to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story

French writer denies pressured into DSK complaint
Wed,13 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT
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photoPARIS (Reuters) - A French writer who has accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in 2003 denied on Wednesday she had come under political pressure to go press charges.

Murdoch, savaged in parliament, pulls British TV bid
Wed,13 Jul 2011 03:12 PM PDT
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photoLONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday, as outrage over alleged crimes at his newspapers galvanized a rare united front in parliament against a man long used to being courted by Britain's political elite.

U.N. council split likely on Syria atomic issue: U.S.
Wed,13 Jul 2011 03:02 PM PDT
Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Divisions in the Security Council are likely to prevent any immediate concrete outcome when the body discusses Syria's alleged covert atomic work on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. Full Story

Irish Catholic Church still hid child abuse until 2009
Wed,13 Jul 2011 02:43 PM PDT
Reuters - DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Catholic Church in Ireland concealed the sexual abuse of children by priests as recently as 2009, a decade after it introduced rules to protect minors, and the Vatican was complicit in the cover-up, a government report said on Wednesday. Full Story

Russia lays out "step-by-step" approach on Iran
Wed,13 Jul 2011 02:42 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday laid out a "step-by-step" approach under which Iran could address questions about its nuclear program and be rewarded with a gradual easing of sanctions. Full Story

Libya rebels retake village south of Tripoli
Wed,13 Jul 2011 01:26 PM PDT
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photoZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - Rebel fighters said on Wednesday they had retaken a village south of the capital they lost to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi earlier in the day, boosting rebel plans for a march on Tripoli.

Romney leads Bachmann in matchup: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Wed,13 Jul 2011 01:19 PM PDT
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photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney easily leads rival Michele Bachmann in a head-to-head matchup of the two top declared candidates for the party's 2012 presidential nomination, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

Q+A: Who could be behind the Mumbai blasts?
Wed,13 Jul 2011 01:09 PM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three bombs rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in the biggest militant attack on India's financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Full Story

Syrian military kills four in renewed assaults
Wed,13 Jul 2011 12:38 PM PDT
Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed four villagers Wednesday in a northwestern region near Turkey, rights campaigners said, in an expansion of a military campaign to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story

Obama condemns Mumbai attacks, offers support
Wed,13 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama strongly condemned the attacks in Mumbai on Wednesday and offered support to bring the perpetrators to justice, according to a statement read by White House spokesman Jay Carney. Full Story

Brazil plane crashes after take-off, 16 dead
Wed,13 Jul 2011 11:39 AM PDT
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photoRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An airplane crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from Brazil's northeastern city of Recife early on Wednesday, killing all 16 people on board, rescue and air force officials said.

Hugo Chavez: I may need chemotherapy
Wed,13 Jul 2011 11:16 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday he may need radiotherapy or chemotherapy to treat his cancer, which has rattled the OPEC member nation he has dominated for 12 years.

Yemeni security forces, opposition clash in Taiz
Wed,13 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT
Reuters - TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - Security forces battled opposition protesters on Wednesday in Yemen's third largest city of Taiz, while thousands more marched in fresh protests in Sanaa to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down. Full Story

Syrian forces kill 4 villagers in renewed assaults
Wed,13 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT
Reuters - - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed four villagers on Wednesday in assaults on a northwestern region near Turkey, rights campaigners said, in an expansion of a military campaign to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story

Afghan president weeps as slain brother is buried
Wed,13 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT
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photoKARZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wept and kissed his dead brother's face as thousands of mourners gathered on Wednesday for the burial of Ahmad Wali Karzai, whose assassination a day earlier has left a power vacuum in Afghanistan's volatile south.

Death toll in Russian boat disaster reaches 100
Wed,13 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT
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photoKAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Divers widened their search for 29 remaining missing boat passengers after the death toll in Russia's worst river disaster in three decades reached 100, the Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday.

British court defers Assange extradition decision
Wed,13 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT
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photoLONDON (Reuters) - Two judges deferred a decision Wednesday over whether to allow WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden from Britain over allegations of sexual misconduct.

Timeline: Major militant attacks in India
Wed,13 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Three near simultaneous blasts ripped through India's financial city of Mumbai on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, in the biggest attack in the city since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Full Story

Israel PM defends law against settlement boycott
Wed,13 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT
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photoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended a contentious new law which could lead to financial penalties for anyone in Israel advocating a boycott of West Bank settlements.

Turkey says EU ties will freeze if no Cyprus solution
Wed,13 Jul 2011 08:48 AM PDT
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photoANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish relations with the European Union "will freeze" if Cyprus takes over the EU presidency in July 2012 without a solution to the divided island's future, Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Improvised explosive used in at least one India blast: police
Wed,13 Jul 2011 08:39 AM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - An improvised explosive device was used to carry out at least one of the three near simultaneous blasts that ripped through populated areas of India's financial capital of Mumbai on Wednesday, the city's police chief said. Full Story

Egypt shakes up police after protests
Wed,13 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT
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photoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said Wednesday more than 650 senior officers would end their police service, an unprecedented shake up after protesters demanded reform of a force blamed for killing protesters who ousted Hosni Mubarak.

Timeline: WikiLeaks' Assange fights extradition
Wed,13 Jul 2011 07:02 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the main elements in the WikiLeaks saga as founder Julian Assange appears in a British court for a second time on Tuesday to block his extradition from Britain to Sweden. Full Story

Tunisia looks to recast ties with West after Ben Ali
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:58 AM PDT
Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - - Tunisians are debating what kind of relationship they will have with Europe and the United States after an uprising this year unmasked the police state behind what was once touted in the West as an "economic miracle." Islamists, leftists and nationalists from the major political parties agree that Tunisia should push for relations on a more equal footing with the West, for better trade arrangements and avoiding debt. Full Story

Death toll in Russian boat disaster reaches 100
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:31 AM PDT
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photoKAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Divers widened their search for the remaining 29 missing boat passengers after the death toll in Russia's worst river disaster in three decades reached 100, the Emergencies Ministry said.

Afghan suicide bombing kills five French troops
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:22 AM PDT
Reuters - CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide attack killed five French soldiers and seriously wounded four others in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the French president's office said on Wednesday, France's biggest one-day troop loss since 2008. Full Story

Six months on, Tunisian revolution disappoints some
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:17 AM PDT
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photoTUNIS (Reuters) - A short while ago, Adel Klaifa was used to members of the Tunisian president's family coming to the beach and riding on his camels.

Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots
Wed,13 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was aware of the plot in which al Qaeda militants bombed London transport facilities on July 7, 2005, but it was the last successful operation he played a role in, U.S. government experts have concluded.

European summit needs to be game-changer: Irish PM
Wed,13 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT
Reuters - DUBLIN (Reuters) - European Union leaders need to come up with a comprehensive plan for tackling the region's debt crisis if they hold an emergency summit on Friday, the Irish Prime Minister said on Wednesday after Ireland had to swallow its first ever junk credit rating. Full Story

Putin must reform or become Russia's Mugabe: Lebedev
Wed,13 Jul 2011 05:05 AM PDT
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photoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin could follow the path of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev or Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe unless he can open up Russia's political system and fight rampant corruption, according to tycoon Alexander Lebedev.

Libya rebels loot seized towns, says rights group
Wed,13 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT
Reuters - ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libyan rebel fighters who capture villages from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have looted shops, burned homes and beaten people suspected of supporting the Libyan leader, Human Right Watch said. Full Story

Turkey says EU ties will freeze if no solution to Cyprus
Wed,13 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT
Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday relations between Turkey and the European Union "will freeze" if Cyprus takes on the EU presidency in July 2012 without a solution to the divided island. Full Story

Benelux countries recognize Libyan rebel council
Wed,13 Jul 2011 04:14 AM PDT
Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have recognized the Libyan rebel council based in Benghazi as the legitimate representative of Libyans, officials said on Wednesday. Full Story

photoBANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's military is forcing convicted criminals to serve as porters and human shields during armed conflicts, amounting to war crimes worthy of a United Nations-led investigation, a report released on Wednesday said.

Syria gas pipelines damaged by fires
Wed,13 Jul 2011 03:55 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two explosions hit two minor gas pipelines in eastern Syria Wednesday, residents said, but the official state news agency said a pipeline had caught fire due to either dry weather conditions or a leakage in the line. Full Story
 

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