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WORLD News, Jul 17, 2011

Japanese nuclear-contaminated beef "sold in and around Tokyo"
Sat,16 Jul 2011 11:49 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's second-biggest retailer said on Sunday it had sold beef from cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed, the latest in a series of health scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear power plant. Full Story

UK police under scrutiny as Murdoch tries to damp fire
Sat,16 Jul 2011 08:17 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business, mired in a widening scandal stemming from phone hacking, pledged Sunday to fully cooperate with inquiries by police, who themselves are under mounting pressure for being too close to his media empire.

Tunisian police fire in air to disperse rioters
Sat,16 Jul 2011 06:31 PM PDT
Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired in the air and used teargas early Sunday to disperse a crowd of about 200 people who had set fire to a police station in a suburb of the capital. Full Story

Venezuela's Chavez heads to Cuba for chemotherapy
Sat,16 Jul 2011 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed to Cuba Saturday for an unknown period of time for chemotherapy after giving up some powers and saying doctors had found no malignant cells in his body after cancer surgery last month.

Syrian opposition forms council to counter Assad
Sat,16 Jul 2011 04:54 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's fractured opposition elected a National Salvation Council to present a united challenge to President Bashar al-Assad's rule as he intensified a military campaign to crush an uprising against his rule.

Heavy casualties reported in Libya fighting
Sat,16 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoFRONT LINE NEAR BIR GHANAM, Libya (Reuters) - Ten Libyan rebels were reported killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the eastern oil port of Brega on Saturday, while insurgents drove back forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the west.

Syrian opposition forms council to counter Assad
Sat,16 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrian opposition factions meeting in Istanbul on Saturday formed a broad-based council in the hope of creating a government-in-waiting to fill a void if street protests succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad.

Murdoch says "sorry"; pressure mounts on UK police
Sat,16 Jul 2011 03:50 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - "We are sorry," Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as he tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has claimed his top two newspaper executives and put pressure on police and politicians.

Egypt PM picks two deputies ahead of cabinet change
Sat,16 Jul 2011 03:44 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAIRO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has chosen a leader of one of Egypt's oldest political parties and an economist to be his deputies as part of a planned cabinet reshuffle, state news agency MENA said Saturday.

Syria opposition group form council to counter Assad
Sat,16 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A meeting of Syrian opposition figures in Istanbul ended late Saturday with the election of a 25-member National Salvation council composed of Islamists, liberals and independents. Full Story

Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox protesters
Sat,16 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT
Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on horseback Saturday clashed with hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters hurling stones and garbage bins as part of a campaign to stop a public parking lot from opening on the Jewish sabbath. Full Story

German prize cancelled after Putin choice criticized
Sat,16 Jul 2011 10:25 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoBERLIN (Reuters) - A prominent German prize for freedom and democratic change will not be awarded this year after the independent award committee's decision to give it to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was criticized.

Venezuela anti-Chavez leader rejects graft case
Sat,16 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - The front-runner to face Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in an election next year said on Saturday a corruption investigation ordered by the country's top judge showed the government feared his growing popularity.

Afghan army soldier kills NATO service member
Sat,16 Jul 2011 06:22 AM PDT
Reuters - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An Afghan army soldier killed at least one foreign soldier in southern Helmand province on Saturday, a senior police source said, underlining persistent insecurity as NATO prepares to hand over to Afghan troops. Full Story

Israeli air strike wounds Gaza gunman: medics
Sat,16 Jul 2011 05:58 AM PDT
Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike wounded a Palestinian gunman in the Gaza Strip before dawn on Saturday, and remains were found of another man killed in an earlier attack, medics in the Hamas Islamist controlled territory said. Full Story

Vatican excommunicates China bishop, criticizes Beijing
Sat,16 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT
Reuters - VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Chinese bishop ordained without papal approval has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Saturday, bringing relations between the Vatican and Beijing to a new low. Full Story

Algeria bombing kills at least two: security source
Sat,16 Jul 2011 04:25 AM PDT
Reuters - ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two people were killed in Algeria on Saturday when a suicide bomber targeted a police headquarters in a town 70 km (45 miles) east of the capital, a local security source told Reuters. Full Story

Special Report: Inside Rebekah Brooks' News of the World
Sat,16 Jul 2011 04:01 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - "It was the kind of place you get out of and you never want to go back again." That's how one former reporter describes the News of the World newsroom under editor Rebekah Brooks, the ferociously ambitious titian-haired executive who ran Britain's top-selling Sunday tabloid from 2000 to 2003.

Turkey jails 14 over alleged anti-U.S. attack plan
Sat,16 Jul 2011 03:20 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court has jailed 14 people pending trial on charges of al Qaeda membership for allegedly planning an attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara, state media said on Saturday. Full Story

China jails 11 over south China riots: Xinhua
Sat,16 Jul 2011 02:34 AM PDT
Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Eleven people have been jailed for their roles in riots that hit a city in the southern Chinese export hub of Guangdong province last month, state media said on Saturday. Full Story

Bombs hit Iraq holy city during Shi'ite rite
Sat,16 Jul 2011 02:32 AM PDT
Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb attached to a policeman's car blew up Saturday in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others during an annual Shi'ite pilgrimage, officials said. Full Story

32 killed in Syria protests, Damascus moves: activists
Fri,15 Jul 2011 08:00 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least 32 civilians on Friday, including 23 in the capital Damascus, in an intensifying crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

Snap Analysis: Chavez chemotherapy raises re-election doubts
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:53 PM PDT
Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba this weekend for chemotherapy to treat cancer, raising questions about his fitness to fight a campaign for re-election in a 2012 vote. Full Story

Venezuela's Chavez to go to Cuba for chemotherapy
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:53 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he would return to ally Cuba for chemotherapy, raising doubts about his fitness to fight for re-election next year in the OPEC-member nation.

U.S. warns of possible attacks in Ciudad Juarez
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:25 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent drug war city, warned on Friday that cartels may be seeking U.S. targets in a possible escalation of violence.

Murdoch lieutenant Hinton quits Dow Jones
Fri,15 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co, resigned on Friday after becoming a target of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp's British newspapers.

USGS reports 6.0 magnitude quake off Chilean coast
Fri,15 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT
Reuters - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.0 magnitude earthquake on Friday just off the coast of Chile, 56 miles south-southwest of Valparaiso, at 20:26 local time (8:26 p.m. EDT). Full Story

U.N. sanctions panel delists 14 ex-Taliban figures
Fri,15 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT
Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council Friday removed 14 former Taliban from its sanctions list as part of moves to induce the insurgent group into talks with Kabul on a peace deal in Afghanistan. Full Story

Chavez plans to have more cancer treatment in Cuba
Fri,15 Jul 2011 04:13 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he plans to return to Cuba for more cancer treatment, in a move that will raise further concerns about his illness that has upended the OPEC nation's politics.

Israeli blast hurts 14; police suspect accident
Fri,15 Jul 2011 01:46 PM PDT
Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion which ripped through a building in the Israeli city of Netanya north of Tel Aviv on Friday igniting a fire and injuring 14 people was likely caused by accident, police said. Full Story

World's top asylum spot South Africa plans crackdown
Fri,15 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT
Reuters - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has set the stage for the mass deportation of more than one million Zimbabwean immigrants later this month in a move that could alter its status as the world's largest country of refuge. Full Story

Italy parliament passes austerity package
Fri,15 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT
Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italy's lower house of parliament approved a 48 billion euro austerity package on Friday in a vote rushed through to try to calm a financial market storm which has sent Italian borrowing costs soaring in recent days. Full Story

Police uses batons to disperse Jordan protest
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoAMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian police armed with batons clashed with hundreds of protesters shouting "the people want the reform of the regime" as the crowds attempted to march in downtown Amman on Friday, a Reuters witness said.

Analysis: Cancer may further dim Chavez's global influence
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:21 AM PDT
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photoCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's public battle with cancer has added to his global fame but it may also weaken his already waning influence in Latin America and beyond.

World's biggest diamond hub suffers hit in Mumbai blasts
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:18 AM PDT
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photo(Reuters) - One of this week's deadly Mumbai blasts scattered diamonds, possibly worth millions of dollars, onto the street but has not convinced traders to abandon their hub in the heart of the city for a purpose-built diamond bourse in the suburbs.

U.N. envoy to present Gaddafi departure terms: Italian FM
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An international Libya contact group meeting will recognize the Benghazi-based opposition council as the representative of the Libyan people, leaving Muammar Gaddafi no option but to step down, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Friday. Full Story

Military action against Gaddafi to intensify: Hague
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Military action against Muammar Gaddafi's government will be intensified while a U.N. envoy presses for negotiations to end the conflict in Libya, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Friday. Full Story

Britain says sending 4 more warplanes for NATO in Libya
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it will send four more Tornado warplanes to support the NATO mission in Libya, in addition to the 12 already deployed. Full Story

Debt crisis taxes cozy Greek Church-state ties
Fri,15 Jul 2011 07:01 AM PDT
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photoATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek Orthodox Church owns more land than anyone except the state, employs thousands on the public payroll, has a stake in the nation's biggest bank, but campaigners say its tax payments are derisory.

Mullah Omar, headscarves and bizarre Afghan peace talks
Fri,15 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT
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photoKABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's complex and often confusing business of talks with the Taliban took a surprisingly dramatic turn this week when a female lawmaker told a news conference she had recently met the militant group's leader, Mullah Omar, who agreed to make peace.