 BEIJING (Reuters) - No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year -- these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's release from more than two months in detention, a source close to the family told Reuters on Friday. |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cell phone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan's intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior U.S. officials briefed on the findings. |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders distanced themselves on Thursday from President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing forces from Afghanistan, telling Congress they had sought a slower, less risky drawdown. |
 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon apologized to victims of Mexico's war on drugs in an emotional meeting with bereaved families on Thursday that sought to try and quell rising anger over violence sweeping the nation. |
Libyan students in U.S. get funds to stay in school Thu,23 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan students in the United States on Libyan government-funded scholarships will be able to continue their studies despite sanctions against Libya, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. Full Story1 |
 AMMAN, June 24 - The United States is concerned by reports that Syria is massing troops near the border with Turkey, which could escalate the crisis in the region, and is discussing the issue with Turkish officials, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. |
U.S. concerned at Syria border moves, fears escalation Thu,23 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned by reports that Syria is massing troops near the border with Turkey, which could escalate the crisis in the region, and is discussing the issue with Turkish officials, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. Full Story1 |
 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO's chief on Thursday dismissed a call from Italy for a suspension of hostilities in Libya and tried to reassure wavering members of the Western coalition that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi can be beaten. |
 HAVANA (Reuters) - Jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross is awaiting a decision on his case by Cuba's highest court and trying to stay strong while his family's situation worsens back home, wife Judy Gross said Thursday. |
 DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade backed down on a proposed change to the election rules on Thursday, completely withdrawing a bill that sparked violent clashes between riot police and protesters in the capital. |
U.S. draft requests 4,200 Ethiopia troops for Abyei Thu,23 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian troops to Sudan's disputed Abyei region. Full Story1 |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops massed near the Turkish border, witnesses said on Thursday, raising tensions with Ankara as President Bashar al-Assad increases the use of military force against a popular revolt. |
 THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The world's top war crimes prosecutor said forces loyal to ousted Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo as well as those backing his rival, Alassane Ouattara, committed war crimes in the post-election violence. |
 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Kurdish party on Thursday threatened to boycott parliament, which might force by-elections that could enable the newly re-elected government to reach the majority it covets to pass a new constitution. |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks seething after two years of belt-tightening reacted in anger Thursday against a new round of tax rises and spending cuts worth some 3.8 billion euros which they said would again hit honest taxpayers hardest. |
 LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's privately-run pension funds are uniting to ward off any sweeping changes to the country's retirement system once proposed by President-elect Ollanta Humala. |
 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is not likely to return home soon from Saudi Arabia, where he is recovering from serious injuries suffered in an attack on his palace this month, a Western diplomat said on Thursday. |
UK says military operations in Libya cost $420 million Thu,23 Jun 2011 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's military operations in Libya have cost 260 million pounds ($420 million), with expended munitions accounting for more than half the total expenditure, Defense Secretary Liam Fox said Thursday. Full Story1 |
Ivory Coast Ouattara troops kill 8, some executed: U.N. Thu,23 Jun 2011 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Former rebels loyal to Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara were last week still committing abuses such as executions and torture in which they killed at least 8 people, the United Nations said on Thursday. Full Story1 |
 PARIS (Reuters) - France should make its decision on whether to extradite former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega by the end of June, after Washington consented to a Panamanian extradition request, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday. |
Four jailed for touting tainted milk in China Thu,23 Jun 2011 10:38 AM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI, Jun (Reuters) - Four people were sentenced to prison on Thursday for producing and selling melamine-tainted milk powder in north China's Hebei Province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Full Story1 |
Amnesty head says Egypt needs more than fair vote Thu,23 Jun 2011 10:27 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Free elections this year could set Egypt on a new democratic course, but the government must also end emergency law and military trials for civilians, the head of Amnesty International said Thursday. Full Story1 |
 ROME (Reuters) - A former Libyan foreign minister who has defected to the opposition said on Thursday he believed Muammar Gaddafi realized he could no longer stay in Libya and may leave within a few weeks. |
Iraq blasts kill at least 23, scores wounded Thu,23 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded near a busy street market and a religious site in a mainly Shi'ite area of southwestern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding scores of others, security sources said. Full Story1 |
Congo court sentences policemen to death over murder Thu,23 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday sentenced four policemen to death and jailed a fifth for life for the killing last year of a prominent human rights campaigner. Full Story1 |
U.N. chief alarmed by Bahrain opposition sentences Thu,23 Jun 2011 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced alarm on Thursday about conditions in Bahrain where activists and opposition leaders have received long prison sentences for protesting in the Gulf state. Full Story1 |
 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders was acquitted of inciting hatred of Muslims in a court ruling on Thursday that may strengthen his political influence and exacerbate tensions over immigration policy. |
 The following story headlined "In Damascus, calm at the eye of the storm" was filed by a writer who has spent several weeks reporting in the Syrian capital during a period in which foreign journalists have been barred from entering the country. |
Cyprus bans all sailings to Gaza ahead of flotilla plan Thu,23 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT Reuters - NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Thursday it had banned all sailings to Gaza, serving notice to any pro-Palestinian activists who might use the Mediterranean island as a springboard to challenge Israel's blockade of the territory. Full Story1 |
 MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus police have released most of the 200 or so protesters they detained Wednesday night at a rally against President Alexander Lukashenko in the capital Minsk, human rights activists said Thursday. |
Putin says cannot find money for Medvedev's tax cut Thu,23 Jun 2011 08:26 AM PDT Reuters - ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the government has not yet found the money to pay for a payroll tax cut proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev. Full Story1 |
 GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Red Cross called on Hamas Thursday to provide proof that Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive nearly five years after his capture by Palestinian militants. |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's new troop drawdown plan for Afghanistan may be too slow to satisfy the growing ranks of war-weary U.S. lawmakers and too fast to sit well with military leaders. |
Iraq's Maliki wants to downsize government Thu,23 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday he wanted to shrink his government and fire weak ministers to meet protesters' demands for improved government services. Full Story1 |
UK PM: Afghan drawdown won't ease pressure on Taliban Thu,23 Jun 2011 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - PRAGUE (Reuters) - The planned U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan does not mean any relaxation in pressure on the insurgency, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday, while his government resisted calls to detail its own withdrawal timeline.Full Story1 |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran arrested an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, the latest move by opponents of the president to try to weaken his position. |
Belarus central bank head to quit: report Thu,23 Jun 2011 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus' central bank chairman Pyotr Prokopovich will step down, President Alexander Lukashenko was quoted by BELTA state news agency as saying on Thursday. Full Story1 |
 MANAMA (Reuters) - Some Sunni groups taking part in Bahrain's national dialogue say the Shi'ite-led opposition is serving Iran. Most participants have yet to announce their stance, and the largest opposition bloc may not even take part. |
 PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday he would follow the United States in starting a gradual troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a move that could shore up his popularity before a 2012 election. |
Bangladesh court sentences ex-PM's son to jail for graft Thu,23 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT Reuters - DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court sentenced on Thursday Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, to six years in prison for laundering $2.7 million received as kickbacks from foreign companies, court officials said.Full Story1 |
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