 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government plans additional spending of 13 trillion yen ($165 billion) for reconstruction projects after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on top of a combined 6 trillion yen already set aside in two extra budgets, a government source said on Thursday. | |
| Japan man given life over 2007 murder of Briton Lindsay Hawker Wed,20 Jul 2011 11:10 PM PDT Reuters -  CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - A Japanese man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for raping and killing Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker and burying her naked body in a sand-filled bathtub in a case that horrified Japan and sparked a media frenzy. | |
 BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany and France have reached a common position on a second bailout of Greece in their effort to prevent the country's debt crisis from spreading through Europe, officials said Thursday. | |
| Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in 3 stages Wed,20 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Parliamentary elections to smooth Egypt's transition from military to civilian rule will take place in stages to make it easier for monitors to oversee voting, an army general said on Wednesday. Full Story | |
| Who is paying News Corp's legal bills? Wed,20 Jul 2011 07:06 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - With executives from News Corp and some of its subsidiaries heading for the exits, legal bills from the phone-hacking scandal rocking the company are no doubt stacking up. Full Story | |
| Factbox: UK panel probes newspaper wrongdoing Wed,20 Jul 2011 07:06 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday named the six members of a panel who will advise a judge-led inquiry into allegations of phone-hacking, bribery and other illegal activities at Rupert Murdoch's News International and other UK newspaper groups. Full Story | |
| Smackdown? Humble Pie? Not in Murdoch's NY Post Wed,20 Jul 2011 07:06 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now it's Rupert Murdoch's New York tabloid that has pie in the face. Full Story | |
 BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia arrested the last major war crimes suspect from the 1990s Yugoslav conflicts on Wednesday, closing what its president called a "burdensome" page in the country's history and boosting its hopes of joining the European Union. | |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Loyalist troops commanded by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother surrounded a suburb in the capital Damascus on Wednesday, residents said, part of a campaign to crush growing protests against Assad's rule. | |
| BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia arrested the last major war crimes suspect from the 1990s Yugoslav conflicts on Wednesday, closing what its president called a "burdensome" page in the country's history and boosting its hopes of joining the European Union. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has made headway in building up Afghanistan's counternarcotics forces, but the war-torn country needs more international help to hold onto those fragile gains, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. | |
| I.Coast's Ouattara sets up inquiry into war crimes Wed,20 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara signed a decree on Wednesday establishing a commission of inquiry into crimes committed during the country's violent post-election turmoil, giving it six months to reach conclusions. Full Story | |
 LONDON/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - The accelerating dash for natural gas risks a bitter backlash as the environmental cost of exploiting new shale deposits and of transporting it in liquid form spoil its credentials as the greenest fossil fuel. | |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian parliamentary elections to smooth transition to civilian rule will take place in three stages to make it easier for monitors to oversee voting, a member of the ruling military council said on Wednesday. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors investigating the attempted rape of a hotel maid by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked whether his French accuser, writer Tristane Banon, would testify against him and if they could see her file, her lawyer said on Wednesday. | |
| CIA's Petraeus says trusts Pakistan in fight vs al Qaeda Wed,20 Jul 2011 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - General David Petraeus, Washington's new intelligence chief, said on Wednesday he trusted Pakistan as an ally in the fight against al Qaeda and gave a cautiously upbeat overview of the war in Afghanistan which he led for the past year. Full Story | |
 NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday two regions of southern Somalia had been hit by the worst famine in the area for 20 years and that 3.7 million people in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation risked starvation. | |
 ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - A blast in a booby-trapped car killed a Briton living in Yemen's southern port city of Aden Wednesday, officials said, and the British government urged its citizens to leave the country. | |
 PARIS (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi could stay in Libya if he gives up power, France said Wednesday, signaling a new effort to find a diplomatic solution to a five-month-old war that has failed to oust the resilient leader. | |
| U.N. raises aid fund appeal over Africa famine, Libya Wed,20 Jul 2011 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday it needs $7.9 billion this year, $500 million more than it had originally sought, to fund relief operations in the face of spreading humanitarian crises in Africa and Asia. Full Story | |
| Analysis: Legal safeguards for U.S. troops key to an Iraq deal Wed,20 Jul 2011 10:48 AM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legal safeguards for U.S. troops could become a major stumbling block to any potential deal with Iraq to keep some American forces in the country beyond a year-end withdrawal deadline. | |
 HAVANA (Reuters) - Future prospects for improving U.S.-Cuba ties will be at stake when Cuba's highest court hears an appeal on Friday from jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross against his 15-year sentence for crimes against the state. | |
 BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Riots broke out in several cities in Malawi Wednesday after police and the army tried to disperse protesters demanding the resignation of President Bingu wa Mutharika, whom they accuse of ignoring civil liberties and damaging the economy. | |
| U.S. says up to Libyans whether Gaddafi stays in Libya Wed,20 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi must give up power but it is up to the Libyan people to decide whether he would be allowed to remain in Libya, the White House said on Wednesday. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Wed,20 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Famines blight the last 100 years Wed,20 Jul 2011 10:08 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia, and warned that this could spread further within two months in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country unless donors step in. Full Story | |
| Militants plan al Qaeda cartoon for kids, monitors say Wed,20 Jul 2011 09:57 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda sympathizers are planning to produce a children's cartoon film to inspire young Muslim viewers to take up armed violence against the West, security specialists who monitor militant websites say. Full Story | |
 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In the end, British and U.S. armored vehicles only drove a few kilometers outside the capital of one of Afghanistan's most violent cities, but their departure was heavy with symbolism as they marked a security handover to Afghan forces. | |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Parliamentary elections to smooth Egypt's transition from military to civilian rule will take place in stages to make it easier for monitors to oversee voting, an army general said on Wednesday. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a tiger-like swipe at a protester, Wendi Deng became an unlikely hero in defense of her octogenarian husband Rupert Murdoch. | |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Loyalist troops commanded by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother surrounded a suburb in the capital Damascus on Wednesday, residents said, part of a campaign to crush growing protests against Assad's rule. | |
 GAZA (Reuters) - Most safe-houses in the Gaza Strip are meant to provide protection for armed militants on Israel's target list. Now Gaza is offering protected shelter to battered Palestinian women. | |
 ROME (Reuters) - As Italy struggles to escape the euro zone debt crisis and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi slides into decline, an octogenarian former communist has taken center stage in warding off the danger. | |
| Over 1,000 cows fed nuclear-contaminated feed shipped in Japan Wed,20 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 1,000 beef cattle that ate feed contaminated with radioactive cesium have been shipped all over Japan from Fukushima and other prefectures, Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday, adding to anxiety after the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. | |
| Gaddafi could stay in Libya: France's Juppe says Wed,20 Jul 2011 05:55 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi could remain in Libya if he relinquishes power, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a fresh drive to find a political solution to the dragging conflict. Full Story | |
 LONDON (AlertNet) - Global spending on humanitarian aid hit a record $16.7 billion in 2010 despite the financial crisis, but devastating disasters and rising delivery costs meant almost 40 percent of needs still went unmet, new data showed on Wednesday. | |
 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will meet Jews and Muslims on his visit to his German homeland in September, the Vatican said on Wednesday. | |
| Factbox: Where is the Ferghana valley? Wed,20 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley Wednesday, shaking homes and sending residents of several Uzbek and Kyrgyz cities onto the streets in panic. Full Story | |
| Powerful earthquake hits Central Asian valley Wed,20 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT Reuters - OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley on Wednesday, shaking houses and sending residents of several Uzbek and Kyrgyz cities onto the streets in panic. Full Story | |
| China, ASEAN set "guidelines" on sea row, but no deal expected Wed,20 Jul 2011 04:05 AM PDT Reuters -  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - China and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Wednesday to a preliminary set of guidelines in the South China Sea dispute, a tiny but rare sign of cooperation in a row that has plagued relations in the region for years. |
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