Death toll in Russian boat disaster reaches 100
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT
Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - The confirmed death toll in a Russian riverboat accident reached 100 on Wednesday after divers recovered more bodies from the sunken vessel, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said. Full Story |
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 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai led thousands of mourners under heavy security on Wednesday to the funeral of his influential brother whose assassination the previous day has left a power vacuum in the volatile southern province of Kandahar. |
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Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots
Tue,12 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was aware of the plot in which al Qaeda militants bombed London transport facilities on July 7, 2005, but it was the last successful operation he played a role in, U.S. government experts have concluded. Full Story |
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Mexico court rules soldiers can face civil trials
Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:34 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers accused of rights abuses in the army-backed fight against drug cartels can face civil trials instead of closed-door military tribunals, the nation's highest court ruled Tuesday. Full Story |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - The British parliament will back a motion on Wednesday urging Rupert Murdoch to drop plans to buy the whole of broadcaster BSkyB in a widening scandal over phone-hacking by one of his newspapers. |
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 BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was resting at home last week as rumors swirled that he had died, prompting at least two media outlets to report he had in fact passed away, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Wednesday. |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will back a motion on Wednesday urging Rupert Murdoch to drop plans to buy the whole of broadcaster BSkyB in a widening scandal over phone-hacking by one of his newspapers. |
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 SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Factional fighting in |
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 BELFAST (Reuters) - Police fired plastic bullets and water cannon at Catholic youths in Northern Ireland's provincial capital Belfast on Tuesday after rioting erupted when a Protestant parade passed their estate. |
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 NEW YORK/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Moody's cut Ireland's credit rating to junk on Tuesday, warning that the debt-laden country would likely need a second bailout -- just the latest move amid heightening concerns about Europe's ability to address its debt crisis and prevent it from spreading. |
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 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Countries and groups that attack schools and hospitals will be named and shamed by the United Nations and could be liable to sanctions under a resolution passed by the Security Council on Tuesday. |
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 CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Egyptians marched on the cabinet headquarters in central Cairo on Tuesday to demand the removal of the ruling military council. |
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead at his home on Tuesday by a senior and highly trusted family security guard. |
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 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Emissaries from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi have been in contact with NATO members to say he is ready to leave power, France said on Tuesday, the latest sign of a possible negotiated end to the crisis. |
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France extends Libya mission, PM sees solution
Tue,12 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to extend funding for France's military intervention in Libya after the prime minister said a political solution to end the crisis was taking shape. Full Story |
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Factbox: Key facts about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
Tue,12 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi, facing a major revolt against his rule, is the Arab world's longest serving leader. With no official government function, he is known as the "Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution." Full Story |
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U.N. torture sleuth raps U.S. on access to leaks suspect
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. torture investigator said Tuesday that the United States had violated U.N. rules by refusing to let him speak privately to Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks. Full Story |
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News International "worked with criminals": ex PM-Brown
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:38 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused Rupert Murdoch's News International media group on Tuesday of using criminals to obtain information illegally about his private life and spoke of the shock he felt when it published a story about his baby's ill health. Full Story |
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Gaddafi's government warns of food shortages
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT
Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya could face a shortage of food because a lack of fuel has prevented it from bringing in most of this season's grain harvest, Muammar Gaddafi's agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Full Story |
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U.S. sees "contradictory" messages on Gaddafi future
Tue,12 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday expressed doubts about contacts between emissaries for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and NATO members, saying the messages being received were contradictory and unclear. Full Story |
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 KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russian authorities faced growing anger on Tuesday over the sinking of an aging, overcrowded tourist boat in the Volga River after divers found the bodies of dozens of children in the wreckage. |
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 GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it was struggling to keep up with an exodus of hungry Somali refugees and many emaciated children were dying of malnutrition along the way or after arriving in neighboring countries. |
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 KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan's president said on Tuesday the country would launch a new currency, a day after newly independent South Sudan confirmed it would do the same, as both states worked to disentangle their economies after the split. |
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UK MP says doesn't have confirmation on Murdoch appearance
Tue,12 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a British parliamentary committee said he does not have final confirmation that Rupert Murdoch, son James and Rebekah Brooks would attend a hearing to answer questions about the growing phone-hacking scandal that has shaken News Corp's global television and newspaper empire. Full Story |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The question has floated in the background for nearly two months, ever since police arrested Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid: Would his accuser pursue a civil suit against him? |
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 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek journalists will file a lawsuit against the police minister Wednesday over violence by riot police against reporters during anti-austerity protests last month, their union said Tuesday. |
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 ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tried on Tuesday to calm fears that Italy could be swept into a full-scale financial crisis and the opposition pledged to smooth the passage through parliament of tough debt-cutting measures. |
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Riots in N. Ireland ahead of Protestant marches
Tue,12 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT
Reuters - BELFAST, Jul (Reuters) - Twenty-two police were injured when Irish nationalists rioted in Northern Ireland overnight, burning cars and firing petrol bombs to protest annual marches by pro-British Protestant groups. Full Story |
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 BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States and France heightened pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said he had lost legitimacy and was losing his grip on power, after Assad loyalists attacked their embassies in Damascus. |
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 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria denounced on Tuesday a statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy and was "not indispensable." |
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Residents flee Nigerian city hit by sect attacks
Tue,12 Jul 2011 05:12 AM PDT
Reuters - MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Thousands fled the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday and the local university was shut after a week of intensified clashes between an Islamist sect and military forces. Full Story |
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U.S. drone strikes kill 45 suspected militants in Pakistan
Tue,12 Jul 2011 05:01 AM PDT
Reuters - MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 45 suspected militants were killed by missiles launched by U.S. drone aircraft in Pakistan's northwest, local intelligence officials said on Tuesday, one of the largest death tolls to date in the controversial air bombing campaign. Full Story |
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 CAIRO (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Egyptians extended a protest in central Cairo to a fifth day on Tuesday after dismissing the prime minister's pledge to reshuffle the cabinet as falling short of demands for swifter reforms. |
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Assailants blow up Egypt gas pipeline station
Tue,12 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT
Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up an Egyptian pipeline distribution station in northern Sinai on Tuesday that supplies natural gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency said. Full Story |
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