| Train crash could curb China rail equipment exports Sun,24 Jul 2011 11:17 PM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - A deadly train crash in China over the weekend has raised concerns about the safety of the country's fast-growing rail network and threatens to undermine its plans to export high-speed train technology. Full Story | |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will seek another six-year term in an election next year despite recent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, he told a state newspaper in an interview published late on Sunday. | |
| Norway killer intended to target former PM Brundtland: report Sun,24 Jul 2011 10:26 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The man who bombed Norway's capital and gunned down Labour Party youths on an island, killing at least 93, told police he intended to target former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, Oslo newspaper Aftenposten said. Full Story | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the world why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage when he appears in court on Monday, his lawyer said. | |
| Boehner weighs balanced-budget amendment Sun,24 Jul 2011 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans on Sunday that he is considering a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution as part of a bill that would raise the debt ceiling, a source who heard his message said. Full Story | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struggled on Sunday to break a partisan deadlock on a budget deal to avoid a U.S. debt default and reassure global markets, with no sign of a deal emerging. | |
| Analysis: Norway massacre exposes incendiary immigration issue Sun,24 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters -  OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik said he killed 93 people to spark a "revolution" against the multiculturalism he believed was sapping Europe's heritage, and experts say a frank debate about immigration may be the best way to prevent similar explosions of violence. | |
| Bahrain commission to investigate army, torture claims Sun,24 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - A commission tasked by Bahrain to investigate weeks of protests that rocked the Gulf island kingdom said Sunday it would look at the role of the security forces in the unrest and examine charges of torture. Full Story | |
| Norway's mass killer pursuing anti-Islam crusade Sun,24 Jul 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The blond killer of at least 93 people in Norway sees himself as a righteous crusader on a mission to save European "Christendom" from a tide of Islam. Full Story | |
| SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (Reuters) - Norway mourned on Sunday 93 people killed in a shooting spree and car bombing by a Norwegian who saw his attacks as "atrocious, but necessary" to defeat liberal immigration policies and the spread of Islam. | |
 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Explosions rocked central Tripoli for the second night in a row and Britain said weeks of NATO bombardment had inflicted extensive damage on Muammar Gaddafi's heavily-fortified compound. | |
| Iraqi forces arrest 16 suspected al Qaeda members Sun,24 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have arrested 16 suspected al Qaeda members accused of being behind more than 100 killings in the capital, a senior security official said Sunday. Full Story | |
 WENZHOU, China (Reuters) - China sacked three senior railway officials Sunday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network. | |
| Norway police say UK crime technician aids probe Sun,24 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said Sunday that a British police expert was aiding a probe of attacks that killed at least 93 people as part of cooperation with foreign forces. Full Story | |
| Norway police haven't sought attack probes abroad Sun,24 Jul 2011 10:05 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have not requested any separate investigations in foreign countries after attacks in Norway that killed at least 93 people, a spokesman told Reuters. Full Story | |
| Assad replaces eastern governor after demonstrations Sun,24 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad replaced the governor of the eastern tribal province of Deir al-Zor Sunday, two days after the biggest protests demanding an end to Assad's rule in the oil producing region. Full Story | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said Sunday that a British police expert was aiding a probe of attacks that killed at least 93 people as part of cooperation with foreign forces. | |
| Algeria denies reports of arms ship for Gaddafi Sun,24 Jul 2011 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria denied charges that a Libyan ship offloaded weapons for Muammar Gaddafi's troops at one of its ports. Full Story | |
| Russia says three rebels killed in Dagestan raid Sun,24 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT Reuters - MAKHACHKALA, Dagestan (Reuters) - Russian security forces killed three suspected militants in a gunfight in its restive North Caucasus province of Dagestan, authorities said on Sunday. Full Story | |
 KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan began circulating a new currency on Sunday, days after the newly independent south issued its own new money, in a move likely to heighten differences over handling the economic fallout from the split. | |
| Timeline: Excerpts from Norway attacker's diary Sun,24 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian arrested for the killing of at least 93 people, wrote a diary setting out his preparations to mount the bomb and gun attack. Full Story | |
| Leaky boat slowed Norway police access to island Sun,24 Jul 2011 06:13 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The near-sinking of a police boat and a decision to await a specially armed unit from Oslo some 45 km (28 miles) away delayed the Norwegian police response to an island where a gunman killed 86 people. Full Story | |
| Leaky boat slowed Norway police access to island Sun,24 Jul 2011 06:02 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The near-sinking of a police boat and a decision to await a specially armed unit from Oslo some 45 km (28 miles) away delayed the Norwegian police response to an island where a gunman killed 86 people. Full Story | |
| Germany grants 100 million euro loan to Libya rebels Sun,24 Jul 2011 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will lend Libya's rebel council 100 million euros ($143 million) for civil and humanitarian purposes, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Sunday. Full Story | |
 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German insolvency administrator was on Sunday quoted as saying he was considering impounding a second jet used by the Thai Crown Prince, reported German tabloid Bild am Sonntag. | |
| Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Sun,24 Jul 2011 05:24 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis: Full Story | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Right-wing "nutters" in the United States Congress holding up a deal to prevent a catastrophic debt default are a greater risk to the global financial system than problems in the euro zone, a British minister said Sunday. | |
 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday he would not quit the coalition government if it decides to apologize to Turkey for killing 9 Turks aboard a pro-Palestinian activist ship last year. | |
| Death toll in Norway attack rises to 93: report Sun,24 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The death toll in Norway's bomb and gun attacks rose to 93 from 92 after one injured person died in hospital Sunday, public broadcaster NRK said. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Excerpts from 1,500-page Norway killer manifesto Sun,24 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - A 1,500-page manifesto published on the Internet by Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian arrested for the killing of at least 93 people, sets out his reasons for Friday's bomb and gun attacks. Full Story | |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official on Sunday blamed the United States and Israel for the killing of an Iranian scientist, who the deputy interior minister said was not linked to Iran's nuclear program as reported by media. | |
 ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said. | |
| Sri Lanka's northern Tamils elect ex-rebel Tamil party at polls Sun,24 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT Reuters -  KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Tamils in Sri Lanka's war-weary north elected the political proxy of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels in local polls held for the first time since at least 1999, drubbing President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party, election results showed Sunday. | |
 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Divers pulled five more bodies from a tourist boat that sank in the Volga River two weeks ago, raising the death toll to 119 in Russia's worst river disaster in decades, officials said Sunday. | |
| Woman, girl killed in Yemen government-opposition fighting Sun,24 Jul 2011 04:11 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 Friday, with both sides blaming the other. Full Story | |
| Father of Norway attack suspect says in shock Sun,24 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The father of a Norwegian man charged with attacks that killed at least 92 people says he is in shock and only learnt of his son's involvement via online newspapers, a Norwegian daily said. Full Story | |
 NAIROBI (Reuters) - Australia urged the international community Sunday to rally behind the U.N. relief effort in the famine-struck Horn of Africa or risk hundreds of thousands of people starving to death. | |
| Senior North Korean diplomat set to visit U.S.: Clinton Sun,24 Jul 2011 03:16 AM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - A high-ranking North Korean diplomat plans to visit New York later this week for talks with United States officials, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday. Full Story | |
| Norwegian police stage Oslo action tied to attacks Sun,24 Jul 2011 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Armed Norwegian police staged an action in Oslo on Sunday linked to Friday's shootings and bombing that killed at least 92 people, a police lawyer said.Full Story | |
| Japanese support PM's call to do away with nuclear power: poll Sun,24 Jul 2011 02:41 AM PDT Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Japanese support Prime Minister Naoto Kan's call to do away with nuclear power, a media poll showed on Sunday, underscoring growing opposition to atomic energy in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. |
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