| Kansai Elec asks users to save power with reactors Thu,9 Jun 2011 08:35 PM PDT Reuters - OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Western Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co has asked its customers to cut power use by 15 percent during peak hours this summer as public worries over safety are keeping nuclear reactors offline, pushing the country's power crunch beyond the quake-hit northeast. Full Story1 |
| China accuses Vietnam in escalating sea tensions Thu,9 Jun 2011 08:15 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused Vietnam of "gravely violating" its sovereignty and endangering Chinese sailors in the South China Sea in an escalating row over territorial claims in the resource-rich region. Full Story1 |
| Factbox: Venezuela's indigenous groups and their struggles Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Mining, ranchers, religious conversion and socialist politics in some of the world's deepest forests are changing Venezuela's Indian tribes at the same time they push for the implementation of laws protecting their land. Full Story1 |
| Barefoot college helps Venezuela Indians fight back Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT Reuters -  CANO TAUCA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Every morning, groups of tribespeople cross a jungle creek from their adobe student homes and wander barefoot through savanna inhabited by boa constrictors to reach class at Venezuela's first indigenous university.Full Story1 |
| Venezuela assembly OK's doubling of government debt Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's parliament approved on Thursday a near-doubling of borrowing in 2011 by President Hugo Chavez's government, which wants the extra debt to finance social projects the year before an election.Full Story1 |
| Libyan rebels get aid, blast heard in capital Thu,9 Jun 2011 03:53 PM PDT Reuters -  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO warplanes pummeled a town west of Libya's capital, state media said soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than $1 billion to help rebels fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule.Full Story1 |
| European push for U.N. Syria rebuke hits resistance Thu,9 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain and France met determined resistance on Thursday from Russia, China and other U.N. Security Council members on a proposal to rebuke Syria for its crackdown on anti-government protests, U.N. envoys said. Full Story1 |
| Syrians flee as troops mass, West concern grows Thu,9 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT Reuters -  AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians fled into Turkey fearing a military assault, officials said, as the country braced for the prospect of more violent protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad on Friday.Full Story1 |
| Peru's Humala burnishes moderate image in Brazil Thu,9 Jun 2011 02:29 PM PDT Reuters -  BRASILIA/LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala praised Brazil on Thursday for fighting poverty while fostering economic growth, seeking to show he will lead as a moderate leftist who has shed his radical past.Full Story1 |
| Start of Afghan transition on track for July: NATO Thu,9 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Plans are on track for Afghan forces to take charge of security in seven areas of Afghanistan from late July with a second phase of the handover starting in December, NATO commanders said on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Over 10,000 flee clashes in Sudan border state: U.N. Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters -  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan were staying near a U.N. compound on Thursday, the country mission spokesman said, after nearly a week of clashes in the tense border state.Full Story1 |
| 21 bodies found in Mexican president's home town Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT Reuters -  MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Police in the western Mexican city of Morelia have found the bodies of 21 men next to notes identifying them as criminals and warning of more killings to come, authorities said Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Guatemala arrests ex-police chief in war crime probe Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces on Thursday arrested a former national police chief wanted in the disappearance of a student union leader in 1984 during the country's civil war. Full Story1 |
| Factbox: U.S., EU, and U.N. sanctions against Iran Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are details of sanctions imposed against Iran in recent years by the United States, the United Nations and the European Union. Full Story1 |
| Six powers push defiant Iran to address nuclear fears Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:06 PM PDT Reuters -  VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia and China joined Western powers Thursday in telling Iran its "consistent failure" to comply with U.N. resolutions "deepened concerns" about possible military dimensions to its nuclear program.Full Story1 |
| Yemen awaits possible Saleh return after surgery Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT Reuters -  SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Loyalists to wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh celebrated reports that he would soon return to Yemen, but opponents said they were working to ensure that, even if he does, he will no longer be in power.Full Story1 |
| Opposition: 400 Bahrainis on trial after protests Thu,9 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT Reuters -  MANAMA (Reuters) - About 400 people have been put on trial in Bahrain for their roles in weeks of protests that rocked the Gulf island kingdom this year, a leading opposition group said on Thursday, but the government disputed the figure.Full Story1 |
| Madoff's French victims' fate tied to Luxembourg case Thu,9 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - A group of 78 French victims of Bernard Madoff's giant Ponzi scheme must await the outcome of legal proceedings in Luxembourg to find out if they stand to recoup some $40 million in investments from Swiss bank UBS, a Paris court said on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Somalia rival leaders agree to defer elections Thu,9 Jun 2011 10:24 AM PDT Reuters -  KAMPALA (Reuters) - Somalia's feuding leaders agreed on Thursday to extend the mandate of a transitional government for a year rather than hold elections, a move sought by Uganda which has peacekeepers stationed in the anarchic state.Full Story1 |
| Israel rocket victims fail in bid to sue Al Jazeera Thu,9 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victims of 2006 rocket strikes on Israel cannot sue Al Jazeera on grounds the broadcaster intentionally helped Hezbollah attack civilians by reporting the sites of explosions, a U.S. judge ruled this week. Full Story1 |
| UK PM says segregation in Northern Ireland must end Thu,9 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT Reuters -  BELFAST (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron told Northern Irish politicians on Thursday that segregation between Protestant and Catholics in the British-controlled province must come to an end.Full Story1 |
| Up to 15,000 killed in Libya war: U.N. rights expert Thu,9 Jun 2011 09:58 AM PDT Reuters -  GENEVA (Reuters) - An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people have been killed on both sides in four months of fighting in Libya, according to Cherif Bassiouni, who led a U.N. Human Rights Council mission to Tripoli and rebel-held areas in late April.Full Story1 |
| U.S. sanctions Iranian police for rights abuses Thu,9 Jun 2011 09:43 AM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had sanctioned Iran's national police force and police chief and two other security forces for serious rights violations since Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election.Full Story1 |
| U.S. says transition talks under way with Gaddafi aides Thu,9 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT Reuters -  ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday talks were under way with people close to Muammar Gaddafi and there was "the potential" for a transition of power in Libya.Full Story1 |
| Gaddafi will ultimately yield to international pressure: CIA Thu,9 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will ultimately step down if the international community keeps up pressure on his crumbling regime, CIA chief Leon Panetta told the Senate on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Selling Libya's rebels to the European Union Thu,9 Jun 2011 08:14 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a spartan office on a quiet tree-lined street near the power centers of Brussels sits a man whose role is to promote Libya's opposition movement in Europe. Full Story1 |
| France says to give Libya rebels 290 million euros Thu,9 Jun 2011 07:21 AM PDT Reuters - ABU DHABI (Reuters) - France is ready to deliver 290 million euros ($423.6 million) to Libya's rebel Transitional National Council within a week, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday. Full Story1 |
| Croatia charges former official with war crimes Thu,9 Jun 2011 07:11 AM PDT Reuters - ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia indicted a former senior interior ministry official on Thursday, charging him with war crimes against Serb civilians at the beginning of the country's independence war in the early 1990s. Full Story1 |
| U.N. rights boss calls on Syria to halt "assault" Thu,9 Jun 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official called on Syria on Thursday to halt its "assault on its own people" and said more than 1,100 people may have been killed and up to 10,000 detained since March. Full Story1 |
| Germans find E.coli uncertainty adds to suffering Thu,9 Jun 2011 06:50 AM PDT Reuters -  HAMBURG (Reuters) - Some are too weak to talk, others drift in and out of consciousness, but for many in German isolation wards the most difficult thing to deal with in a fight with a new strain of E.coli is not knowing what happens next.Full Story1 |
| Analysis: Risks too great for full Japan nuclear shutdown Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:53 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Economic risks are too high for Japan to pull the plug on its 54 nuclear plants next year despite intense public pressure on Tokyo to cut reliance on atomic power in favor of other clean energy sources. Full Story1 |
| Special Report: After Japan, where's the next nuclear weak link? Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT Reuters -  DETROIT (Reuters) - Imagine a country where corruption is rampant, infrastructure is very poor, or the quality of security is in question. Now what if that country built a nuclear power plant?Full Story1 |
| Special Report: Qatar's big Libya adventure Thu,9 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters -  BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - To get an idea of who might wield influence in post-civil war Libya, take a look at the flags flying in the rebel-held east of the country.Full Story1 |
| Over 100 militants attack Pakistan's northwest Thu,9 Jun 2011 04:21 AM PDT Reuters - MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Around 150 militants armed with rockets attacked a security checkpost in Pakistan's Waziristan on Thursday, killing eight soldiers, intelligence officials said, as tensions rise in the volatile northwestern region along the Afghan border. Full Story1 |
| Insurgents shoot dead nine wedding guests in Afghan Thu,9 Jun 2011 03:19 AM PDT Reuters -  JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Insurgents shot dead nine wedding guests and wounded five more in Afghanistan's turbulent east, local officials said on Thursday, the latest attack on revelers who engage in what militants say is un-Islamic activity.Full Story1 |
| Factbox: Five facts about possible Japan PM candidate Noda Thu,9 Jun 2011 01:49 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, an advocate of fiscal discipline who backs a rise in sales tax to contain mounting debt, has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Naoto Kan as prime minister, a newspaper said on Thursday. Full Story1 |
| China says Libyan rebels welcome to visit soon Thu,9 Jun 2011 01:46 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would welcome a visit by Libyan rebels seeking to oust leader Muammar Gaddafi, a fresh sign Beijing is courting opposition forces fighting for power in the north African country. Full Story1 |
| Sectarian divide widens after Bahrain unrest Thu,9 Jun 2011 01:05 AM PDT Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - Sectarian tension between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims has reached new heights in Bahrain after pro-democracy protests that the Sunni minority government crushed with martial law and foreign military forces. Full Story1 |
| More vaccines for poor could save 6.4 million lives Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:47 AM PDT Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of children's lives and billions of dollars could be saved if vaccines were more widely available in 72 of the world's poorest countries, according to research published on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Bahrain's unseen protests fall on deaf ears Thu,9 Jun 2011 12:31 AM PDT Reuters -  MANAMA (Reuters) - In a poor district of Bahrain's capital, a few hundred people marched through cramped, crumbling alleyways banging pans and screaming, "Down with the regime."Full Story1 |
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