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WORLD News, Jul 24, 2011

Senior North Korean diplomat set to visit U.S.: report
Sat,23 Jul 2011 11:51 PM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - A high-ranking North Korean diplomat plans to visit New York later this week for talks with United States officials, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Sunday. Full Story

Congress scrambles for debt deal
Sat,23 Jul 2011 10:04 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress will struggle Sunday to hammer out a deficit deal and assure investors before Asian markets open that America can avert a catastrophic default and hold onto its prized credit rating.

Chavez back in Venezuela after cancer treatment
Sat,23 Jul 2011 09:34 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela on Saturday a week after leaving for chemotherapy in Cuba, saying no malignant cells were found and that he was arriving home in better health than when he left.

photoWENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Sunday dug through the tangled wreckage of two trains that crashed in eastern China, killing at least 35 and injuring 210 in China's deadliest train disaster since 2008.

Norway suspect deems killings atrocious but needed
Sat,23 Jul 2011 06:33 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoSUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - A suspected right-wing fanatic accused of killing at least 92 people deemed his acts "atrocious" yet "necessary" as Norway mourned victims of the nation's worst attacks since World War Two.

Snapshot: Developments in debt talks
Sat,23 Jul 2011 06:27 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Saturday in negotiations to raise the government's $14.3 trillion debt limit by August 2 and avoid a credit default: Full Story

YouTube video apparently shows Norway killer with gun
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:56 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - A video on the YouTube website promoting a fight against Islam apparently shows pictures of the man suspected of a gun and bomb attack in Norway, wearing a wetsuit and pointing an automatic weapon. Full Story

Police search rural idyll for clues to Norway killings
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:55 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoRENA, Norway (Reuters) Police forensic teams on Saturday searched an idyllic small farm leased by a Norwegian man suspected of killing at least 92 people in a bomb blast and a shooting rampage Friday.

Blasts rock Tripoli, Libya state TV says NATO strikes
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Explosions rocked the Libyan capital early on Sunday, Reuters witnesses said, sending a giant plume of smoke into the air.

Norway massacre suspect driven by "crusade"
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The man suspected of Norway's gun and bomb massacre had belonged to an anti-immigration party and opposed multi-culturalism, Islam and the "cultural Marxists" of the establishment, web postings, acquaintances and officials said Saturday.Full Story

Obama, lawmakers scramble to salvage debt deal
Sat,23 Jul 2011 04:01 PM PDT
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photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scolded by President Barack Obama, Congress scrambled on Saturday to produce a deficit plan within 48 hours that keeps the United States from a catastrophic debt default now days away.

Gunmen kill two Mexican cops who guarded U.S. diplomats
Sat,23 Jul 2011 03:26 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican police officers who acted as guards for diplomats at the U.S. consulate in the northern city of Monterrey were killed while off duty, a U.S. official said on Saturday. Full Story

Bomb rocks troubled northeastern Nigerian city
Sat,23 Jul 2011 03:23 PM PDT
Reuters - MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in a bomb blast in Maiduguri on Saturday, a city in remote northeastern Nigeria which has been plagued by almost daily attacks from a radical Islamist sect. Full Story

Norway shooter traumatizes nation, up to 98 dead
Sat,23 Jul 2011 03:10 PM PDT
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photoSUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - Norwegian police searched for more victims and a possible second gunman on Saturday after a suspected right-wing zealot killed up to 98 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack.

Norway massacre suspect calls deed necessary: lawyer
Sat,23 Jul 2011 02:48 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The man suspected of a gun and bomb attack in Norway has called his deeds atrocious yet necessary, his defense lawyer said on Saturday. Full Story

Scores hurt in clashes, Egypt rulers promise democracy
Sat,23 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT
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photoCAIRO (Reuters) - Scores of people were injured in Cairo on Saturday when thousands of demonstrators fought opponents with stones on their march to the Defense Ministry to urge their military rulers to speed up reforms, witnesses said.

Snapshot: Developments in debt talks
Sat,23 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Saturday in negotiations to raise the U.S. government's $14.3 trillion debt limit by August 2 and avoid a credit default:Full Story

At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash
Sat,23 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT
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photoBEIJING (Reuters) - At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in China's eastern Zhejiang province Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

Fringe group barred suspected Norway killer from forum
Sat,23 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A fringe European anti-Islamist lobby group said Saturday the man suspected of Norway's gun and bomb massacre had tried to join their Facebook group on the Internet but had been rejected over his apparent neo-Nazi links. Full Story

YouTube video apparently shows Norway killer with gun
Sat,23 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoOSLO (Reuters) - A video on the YouTube website promoting a fight against Islam apparently shows pictures of the man suspected of a gun and bomb attack in Norway, wearing a wetsuit and pointing an automatic weapon.

France's Sarkozy approval rating at 11-month high: poll
Sat,23 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT
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photoPARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval rating continued to rebound ahead of a 2012 election, a new poll found on Saturday, vaulting France's center-right leader to his highest popularity rating since last August.

Pope urges Norwegians to reject hatred and conflict
Sat,23 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT
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photoROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict expressed sympathy Saturday for the victims of a suspected right-wing zealot who killed up to 98 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack and urged Norwegians to reject hatred and violence.

Norway island survivors: screams, shots and death
Sat,23 Jul 2011 10:49 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoSUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - "I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots. He just blew them away. I was certain I was going to die."

Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran: report
Sat,23 Jul 2011 10:42 AM PDT
Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian physicist was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday and Iran's student news agency ISNA quoted an unnamed police official as saying the man was a nuclear scientist. Full Story

Norway PM says terror threat level not raised
Sat,23 Jul 2011 10:41 AM PDT
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photoOSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have not recommended raising the terrorism threat level despite a lack of clarity after shootings and a bomb attack that killed at least 92 people, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.

Aid groups can't reach 2 million drought-hit Somalis
Sat,23 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT
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photoDADAAB, Kenya (Reuters) - Aid agencies cannot reach more than two million Somalis facing starvation in the famine-struck country where Islamist militants control much of the worst-hit areas, the U.N.'s food agency said Saturday.

Norway police focus on whether gunman was alone
Sat,23 Jul 2011 09:25 AM PDT
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photoOSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said they were focusing their investigation on whether a gunman acted alone or with others in a shooting and bombing that they said may have claimed up to 98 lives.

Turkey PM demands Israeli apology for flotilla dead
Sat,23 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT
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photoISTANBUL (Reuters) - Normal ties between Turkey and Israel are "unthinkable" until Israel apologizes for the nine Turks killed when Israeli troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Prime Miniser Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

Norway killer attacked multiculturalism online
Sat,23 Jul 2011 08:53 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoOSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian charged with killing at least 92 people in a gun and bomb massacre had belonged to an anti-immigration party and wrote blogs attacking multi-culturalism and Islam.

Norway island survivors: screams, shots and death
Sat,23 Jul 2011 08:46 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoSUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - "I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots. He just blew them away. I was certain I was going to die."

Peru's next economy chief says goal is 6 pct growth
Sat,23 Jul 2011 08:44 AM PDT
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photoLIMA (Reuters) - Peru's leftist President-elect, Ollanta Humala, aims to keep economic growth rates above 6 percent and reduce poverty by reforming social programs, the incoming finance minister said on Saturday.

China train crash kills 11 people and 89 hospitalized
Sat,23 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday, causing two carriages to fall off a bridge, state news agency Xinhua said. Full Story

Senegalese take to streets urging leader to quit
Sat,23 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT
Reuters - DAKAR (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Senegal on Saturday to urge President Abdoulaye Wade to abandon plans to stand for re-election next year, hours ahead of a planned rally by his supporters. Full Story

Libya wants more talks as NATO strikes hit capital
Sat,23 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoTRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya is ready to hold more talks with the United States and with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, but the Libyan leader will not bow to demands he quit, a government spokesman said.

Factbox: Comments from world leaders on Norway attacks
Sat,23 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some comments made by politicians and world leaders about the attack on a Norwegian youth summer camp by a suspected far-right gunman which killed 85 people, hours after a bomb killed seven in Oslo. Full Story

photoJAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Citizens in Sri Lanka's old war zone voted for local leaders for the first time in at least a dozen years, in a poll marked by intimidation, vote-buying and skepticism by the mostly Tamil electorate of any kind of post-war political change.

Norway killer attacked multicuturalism, Islam online
Sat,23 Jul 2011 06:24 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoOSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian charged with going on a killing spree in which at least 91 people died is a former member of a populist anti-immigration party who wrote blogs attacking multiculturalism and Islam.

PM says Norway cooperating with foreign intelligence
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:45 AM PDT
Reuters - SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Norwegian officials are working with foreign intelligence agencies to see if there was any international involvement in the bomb and shooting that together have killed 91 people. Full Story

Woman, girl killed in Yemen government-opposition fighting
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:27 AM PDT
Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - A young woman and a girl were killed in Yemen during fighting between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his opponents Saturday, with both sides blaming the other. Full Story

Norway PM says whole world thinks of victims
Sat,23 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT
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photoOSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the whole world was thinking of victims of a shooting and bomb blast in Norway after meeting survivors and relatives of the dead.

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