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| Indonesian cleric Bashir found guilty of terror charges Wed,15 Jun 2011 11:49 PM PDT Reuters -  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was found guilty on Thursday of charges he helped plan a paramilitary group which aimed to kill the country's president.Full Story1 |
| Zawahri appointed al Qaeda leader: report Wed,15 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT Reuters -  DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's long-time lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, is now the leader of al Qaeda, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday.Full Story1 |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou plans to form a new cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence from his fractious Socialist party to try to push through an austerity package and avoid default. |
| Analyst view: Greek prime minister to form new government Wed,15 Jun 2011 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister said on Wednesday he would form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his parliamentary group after violent protests against austerity measures. Full Story1 |
| Greeks of all ages want politicians to pay Wed,15 Jun 2011 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers of all ages and professions, pensioners, students, the old and young marched on parliament in Athens Wednesday to vent their anger at the country's politicians and their austerity plans. Full Story1 |
| China sends out patrol ship amid territorial disputes Wed,15 Jun 2011 11:25 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING, Jun (Reuters) - China has sent one of its biggest civilian maritime patrol ships into the South China Sea, official media said on Thursday, a move likely to raise tensions with neighbors staking rival claims to waters thought to hold vast reserves of oil and gas. Full Story1 |
 VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Riot police fired tear gas to control a mob that burned cars and looted shops in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins. |
 GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have pushed deeper into government-held territory from their base in the Western Mountains, taking two villages from which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had been shelling rebel-held towns. |
| China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead of anniversary Wed,15 Jun 2011 09:31 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China has closed Tibet to foreigners ahead of the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, travel agents said on Thursday of a restive region where many ethnic Tibetans have chafed under Chinese rule. Full Story1 |
 AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians have fled the historic town of Maarat al-Numaan to escape troops and tanks pushing into the north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad. |
 GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have pushed deeper into government-held territory from their base in the Western Mountains, taking two villages from which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had been shelling rebel-held towns. |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians have fled the historic town of Maarat al-Numaan to escape troops and tanks pushing into the north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad. |
| On the Caspian shore, a tale of two Turkmenistans Wed,15 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - AVAZA, Turkmenistan (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's all-powerful leader promises that, one day soon, he will build a Las Vegas on the windswept shores of the Caspian Sea.Full Story1 |
| Analyst view: Greek prime minister to form new government Wed,15 Jun 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister said on Wednesday he would form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his parliamentary group after violent protests against austerity measures. Full Story1 |
| U.N. chief urges end to fighting in Sudan border state Wed,15 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Wednesday at recent fighting in Sudan's oil-producing Southern Kordofan state ahead of southern Sudan's July 9 secession. Full Story1 |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he will form a new cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence from his fractious Socialist party to see through a harsh austerity bill, the target of major protests. |
 SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA BARRANCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police captured a group of suspected teenage assassins linked to the violent Zetas drug cartel, including two 16-year-old girls, authorities said on Wednesday. |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister said he would form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his parliamentary group after violent protests against austerity on Wednesday, with Athens teetering on the brink of default. |
| In rebel Libyan city, enemy given dignity in death Wed,15 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - The two bodies were so badly burned that one could not be distinguished from the other, so they were buried together in a single grave, faces turned toward Mecca in the Muslim tradition. Full Story1 |
| Kuwait ruler warns against unrest, security threats Wed,15 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT Reuters - KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir said Wednesday the Gulf state would show "zero tolerance" to anyone threatening the OPEC oil exporter's security, after the opposition held weekly rallies demanding that the prime minister step down. Full Story1 |
| Turkey's Erdogan presses Assad's envoy over unrest Wed,15 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan held crisis talks with an envoy of Syria's president on Wednesday as Ankara pressed its once well-regarded neighbor to end a crackdown on protesters that it has called "savagery." Full Story1 |
 KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's army said it clashed with northern troops in the disputed Abyei border region on Wednesday, in the latest sign of deteriorating relations in the build-up to the secession of the south in July. |
 LONDON (Reuters) - NATO risks sliding into a ground war in Libya and is trying to kill its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, Russia's ambassador to the alliance said on Wednesday. |
| Gunmen kill Mexican governor's guards, leave threat Wed,15 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen dumped the mutilated bodies of two bodyguards assigned to a Mexican state governor on Wednesday and left a message threatening more violence but the governor said he would not be cowed. Full Story1 |
 LONDON, June 15 (TrustLaw) - Violence, dismal healthcare and brutal poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country for women, with Congo a close second due to horrific levels of rape, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll said on Wednesday. |
 PARIS (Reuters) - The bodies of 104 victims of an Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago will arrive in France on Thursday, starting what promises to be a long process of identification. |
| Sudan border state airstrikes may have killed 64: U.N. Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Air strikes on Sudan's Southern Kordofan border state may have killed as many as 64 people and caused tens of thousands to flee, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Full Story1 |
 CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's continued absence in Cuba after surgery has laid bare his one-man dominance of Venezuelan politics and infuriated opponents hoping to dethrone him at next year's vote. |
| Tension beneath the calm in gateway town to Tripoli Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT Reuters - GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Despite an outward appearance of normality there is an undercurrent of tension in this town, gateway to Tripoli from Libya's Western Mountains where rebels are advancing toward Muammar Gaddafi's capital. Full Story1 |
| U.S. helicopters fire on attackers in Iraq oil hub: military Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:32 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. military helicopters fired on suspected militia fighters in southern Iraq on Wednesday, killing one, in a rare American air strike responding to a rocket attack on an airport, the U.S. military said. Full Story1 |
| U.N. rights chief concerned about new Ivory Coast army Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:28 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern on Wednesday over acts of violence allegedly carried out by members of Ivory Coast's new army, including reports of summary executions, rape and torture. Full Story1 |
| Interview: Tunisia tourist revenues to halve in 2011: minister Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:25 AM PDT Reuters -  TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's revolution in January scared off enough tourists to halve arrivals and slash revenues by almost half to 1.8 billion dinars ($1.3 billion), the tourism minister said Wednesday. |
| Iran puts satellite into orbit: state TV Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a second domestically built satellite into orbit, Iran's Arabic language al-Alam television reported Wednesday. Full Story1 |
| U.N. human rights office cites brutal Syrian repression Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrian security forces have used executions, mass arrests and torture to repress pro-democracy protests, the U.N. human rights office said on Wednesday, in a report that could add to calls for a stronger global response. Full Story1 |
| Greeks of all ages want politicians to pay Wed,15 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers of all ages and professions, pensioners, students, the old and young marched on parliament in Athens Wednesday to vent their anger at the country's politicians and their austerity plans. Full Story1 |
 ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Members of Yemen's political opposition dismissed an offer from Gulf Arab neighbors on Wednesday to resume mediation in the political crisis, which has brought the country to the brink of civil war. |
| Greek PM proposes forming national unity government: state TV Wed,15 Jun 2011 08:20 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proposed on Wednesday forming a national unity government on condition that it would support EU/IMF bailout plans, national broadcaster Net TV reported on Wednesday. Full Story1 |
 ROME (Reuters) - After 17 years, Italians finally seem to have had enough of Silvio Berlusconi. |
 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban seem more confident than the group has been in years, mounting large-scale attacks deploying hundreds of fighters, taking over a naval base and possibly preparing to return its fight to the capital, Islamabad. |
 DUBAI (Reuters) - Rashed al-Ali spent two hours hunting for petrol before ditching his car. He then walked to a highway to hail a taxi to try to find any place where he could fill his jerrycan with fuel. |
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