  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders will scramble to rescue their budget deficit-cutting plan on Friday after conservatives mounted a rebellion that heaped uncertainty on efforts to avert a catastrophic debt default. | |
| South Korean envoy downbeat on nuclear talks Thu,28 Jul 2011 11:42 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's nuclear envoy said on Friday it would be very difficult to persuade North Korea to give up its atomic program, and that a flurry of diplomacy aimed at restarting nuclear talks was unlikely to produce major breakthroughs. Full Story | |
 WENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Angry families of people killed in last weekend's train crash in eastern China gathered to mourn on Friday, directing ire at the Railways Ministry for its botched handling of the disaster. | |
| Blast at Ukrainian coal mine kills 16 Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:09 PM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - A blast at a coal mine in the Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine killed at least 16 miners on Friday, the Emergencies Ministry of the former Soviet republic said. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Key facts on Libyan rebel commander Younes Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:12 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are key facts on Abdel Fattah Younes, the rebel military chief who Libya's opposition said was shot dead in unexplained circumstances Thursday.Full Story | |
| China piracy sweep nets fake Tibetan books, porn films Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:54 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's latest crackdown on intellectual property piracy has netted more than 20,000 fake Tibetan-language text books, 90,000 copies of a well-known Chinese film as well as porn films, state media said on Friday. Full Story | |
| Snapshot: What is happening in the debt crisis Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:06 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Thursday as lawmakers try to close in on a deal for Congress to raise the U.S. government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit by an August 2 deadline and avoid a debt default: Full Story | |
| Cocaine recovered from sunken sub off Honduras Thu,28 Jul 2011 07:46 PM PDT Reuters - TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Combined Honduran and U.S. naval forces recovered 2.5 metric tons of cocaine from a submarine intercepted on its way from Colombia to the United States, authorities said Thursday. Full Story | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Membership of Norway's political parties has surged in response to calls to counter last week's massacre with more democracy and political participation, and some warn that the debate must shed traces of xenophobia. | |
 NALUT/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's rebels say their military chief was shot dead in an incident that remains shrouded in mystery and may point to deep divisions within the movement trying to oust Muammar Gaddafi. | |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - Looking stronger after cancer treatment, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez declared himself reborn phoenix-like for his 57th birthday Thursday in a sign the socialist president believes he is overcoming his illness. | |
| Analysis: Libyan leader holds firm amid diplomacy, rebel backing Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi shows no sign of giving any ground as rebels win wider recognition abroad, so, with no breakthrough likely in the war, a stalemate looks set to extend well into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Full Story | |
| Libyan rebels sell second oil cargo, last for now Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - A tanker carrying crude oil has sailed from Benghazi, headed toward Sardinia, as Libya's rebels sell the last of their stockpile to raise urgently needed funds, industry sources and ship tracking data said on Thursday. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. Full Story | |
 MITROVICA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian police and NATO troops reinforced checkpoints on both sides of the Kosovo border on Thursday to deter further ethnic violence after a frontier post was burned down and a policeman killed. | |
 NALUT/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's rebels said their military chief was shot dead on Thursday, a blow to Muammar Gaddafi's rivals as they launched a military offensive in the west and won further international recognition of their cause. | |
| Venezuela's ailing Chavez "like phoenix" on birthday Thu,28 Jul 2011 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Looking stronger after cancer treatment, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez declared himself reborn phoenix-like for his 57th birthday on Thursday in a sign the socialist president believes he is overcoming his illness. Full Story | |
| Tunisian court sentences Ben Ali for corruption Thu,28 Jul 2011 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced ousted president Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali and his son-in-law to 16 years each in jail Thursday, on charges of corruption that helped fuel a revolution that spread across the Arab world. Full Story | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea on Thursday began exploratory talks in which Washington is looking for concrete signs that Pyongyang is ready to discuss its nuclear program after a more than two-year hiatus. | |
| Republicans delay vote on Boehner debt bill Thu,28 Jul 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday delayed a vote a short-term bill to raise the nation's debt limit by $900 billion, Democratic sources said. Full Story | |
| Obama aide says premature to say if U.S. will prioritize debt Thu,28 Jul 2011 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said it was too early to say if the government would prioritize debt payments if Congress cannot meet an August 2 deadline to lift the debt limit. Full Story | |
| Analysis: Return of Guatemalan military looms as left falters Thu,28 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters -  GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The uphill struggle of Guatemala's ruling leftists to field a candidate puts the military establishment on the verge of regaining the presidency just as probes into the country's brutal civil war begin. | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - The mother of a murdered British schoolgirl was targeted by a private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, her charity said on Thursday, reigniting a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken his global media empire. | |
| Syrian forces kill 5 people in two towns: residents Thu,28 Jul 2011 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead three civilians in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Thursday, residents said, in a new effort to try to crush widening Sunni Muslim unrest against President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police on Thursday ended a six-day search for bodies on the island where Anders Behring Breivik shot dead 68 people, and said they were increasingly certain he acted alone. | |
| Libyan rebels sell second oil cargo, last for now Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - A tanker carrying crude oil has sailed from Benghazi, headed toward Sardinia, as Libya's rebels sell the last of their stockpile to raise urgently needed funds, industry sources and ship tracking data said on Thursday. Full Story | |
| Factbox: International recognition of Libya's rebel movement Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Portugal on Thursday followed Britain in granting recognition to Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC). Full Story | |
| Analysis: Libyan leader holds firm amid diplomacy, rebel backing Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi shows no sign of giving any ground as rebels win wider recognition abroad, so, with no breakthrough likely in the war, a stalemate looks set to extend well into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. Full Story | |
| Captured Libyan soldiers say army morale is low Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's army is so demoralized that officers have to threaten soldiers and their families with death to force them to fight, government forces captured by rebels told Reuters Thursday. Full Story | |
| EU extends Somalia military mission by one year Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union extended on Thursday by a year its military mission to train Somali's security forces and said it was considering other measures to help develop the country's maritime capacity. Full Story | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Membership of Norway's political parties has surged in response to calls to counter last week's massacre with more democracy and political participation, and some warn that the debate must shed traces of xenophobia. | |
 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni security forces fired on protesters in the southern city of Taiz on Thursday and fierce clashes erupted between tribesmen and army troops outside the capital Sanaa, opposition sources said. | |
 LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's leftist President Ollanta Humala promised on Thursday to ensure the poor take part in the country's economic boom and sought to show investors he will govern as a moderate who has abandoned his radical past. | |
| EU watchdog calls for debt transparency at banks Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:26 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Banks in the European Union should spell out clearly their exposures to sovereign debt in their upcoming quarterly earnings reports, the bloc's markets watchdog said on Thursday. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Key political risks to watch in Peru Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Investors will closely watch left-wing President Ollanta Humala's first 100 days in office after he picked surprisingly pro-market, even conservative ministers to run his Cabinet. Full Story | |
 NAIROBI, July 28 (AlertNet) - Thousands of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is increasingly concerned about bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis. | |
| Teenage Somali famine refugee gives birth in the bush Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT Reuters - Dadaab, Kenya (Reuters) - Fifteen year-old Habiba Isak had barely recovered from trekking hundreds of kilometers to refuge in Kenya from drought-hit Baidoa, the nerve-center of Islamist rebels fighting in southern Somalia, when the contractions started. Full Story | |
| Factbox: Ships held by Somali pirates Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:53 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A small United Arab Emirates-owned oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates off the Yemen coast on July 17 was released, UAE's state news agency WAM said on Thursday. Full Story | |
| Q+A: The headaches of getting aid to famine-stricken Somalia Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:53 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON/NAIROBI, July 28 (AlertNet) - Aid groups, which have been clamoring for money to help famine-stricken Somalia, are struggling to reach millions in the affected areas. Full Story |
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