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News: Colombia rebels set to release French reporter: Red Cross Austerity blow for Merkel in German state election Leftist Mexican presidential candidate rises in poll Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen Forty-nine headless corpses found in northern Mexico Leftist Mexican presidential candidate rises in poll Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul UK's Royal Mail eyes London property cash boost Gulf Arabs to weigh unity vs perceived Iran threat Syrian forces kill 7 civilians in rural attack: activists Iran says pressures may damage nuclear talks Greek president to continue coalition talks Monday: official Coalition talks stall, Greece faces "moment of truth" California budget hole deepens to $16 billion: governor Spain's banks detail new cost of property clean-up Monti warns of tears in Italy's social fabric Austerity blow for Merkel in German state election Obama aide in Yemen in anti-al Qaeda drive Top aide to Florida governor resigns amid scrutiny Al Qaeda bomb maker is top threat, must be killed: U.S. senator Spaniards keep up anniversary rally against crisis Hollande's camp sharpens tone before Merkel meet Merkel's party routed in big German state Taliban can be defeated, but Pakistan must do more: U.S. senator Syrian forces kill seven civilians in rural attack: activists Alawite-Sunni fighting erupts in Lebanon, 3 killed Protesters in mass "stroll" to test Putin's police Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup Uganda captures Lord's Resistance Army commander Dalai Lama: China may have plotted to poison me Merkel faces rout in state vote over austerity Uganda captures Lord's Resistance Army commander ANALYSIS: Nigeria president unlikely to risk oil graft crackdown Factbox: Nigeria's $6.8 billion fuel subsidy scam Analysis: Nigeria president unlikely to risk oil graft crackdown Influential German magazine calls for Greek exit from euro Hollande's DS ride foreshadows auto industry test Syrian rebels swap officer for comrades' bodies Fears over Spain linger despite banking plan Palestinians: Netanyahu letter on peace a non-starter Colombia rebels set to release French reporter: Red Cross Sun,13 May 2012 07:52 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrilla group has decided to free a French reporter they kidnapped two weeks ago, although they have not given a date for his release, a Red Cross official said on Sunday citing a statement from the rebels. Heavily armed members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kidnapped Romeo Langlois, a reporter for France 24, during a firefight with troops carrying out an anti-drug raid in Caqueta, a rebel-stronghold in the south. ... Full Story Top Austerity blow for Merkel in German state election Sun,13 May 2012 07:13 PM PDT Reuters - DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday in an election in Germany's most populous state, a result which could embolden the left opposition to step up attacks on her European austerity policies. The election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a western German state with a bigger population than the Netherlands and an economy the size of Turkey, was held 18 months before a national vote in which Merkel will be fighting for a third term. ... Full Story Top Leftist Mexican presidential candidate rises in poll Sun,13 May 2012 05:59 PM PDT Reuters - Leftist Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has moved up into a second-place tie in the latest voter survey by pollster BGC, but front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto maintains a large lead. With seven weeks to go until the July 1 election, Lopez Obrador, the 2006 runner-up, rose 3 percentage points to 26 percent, according to the poll for Monday's edition of newspaper Excelsior, which BGC published on its website on Sunday. Josefina Vazquez Mota, of President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party (PAN), slipped 2 points to 26 percent. ... Full Story Top Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen Sun,13 May 2012 05:06 PM PDT Reuters - California Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010 on a promise to fix the state's chronic fiscal crisis. His weekend announcement of a much bigger-than-expected shortfall in the state budget signals how far he still has to go. In an unusual move that underscored the highly politicized nature of the state budget, Brown took to YouTube on Saturday to deliver the bad news: the state's projected budget deficit for the fiscal year starting July 1 is now $16 billion, up from the $9 billion anticipated in January. ... Full Story Top Forty-nine headless corpses found in northern Mexico Sun,13 May 2012 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey in one of the country's worst atrocities in recent years. The mutilated corpses of 43 men and 6 women, whose hands and feet had also been cut off, were found in a pile on a highway in the municipality of Cadereyta Jimenez in the early hours of Sunday, officials from the state of Nuevo Leon said. ... Full Story Top Leftist Mexican presidential candidate rises in poll Sun,13 May 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has moved up into a second-place tie in the latest voter survey by pollster BGC, but front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto maintains a large lead. With seven weeks to go until the July 1 election, Lopez Obrador, the 2006 runner-up, rose 3 percentage points to 26 percent, according to the poll for Monday's edition of newspaper Excelsior, which BGC published on its website on Sunday. ... Full Story Top Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul Sun,13 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen shot dead a top Afghan peace negotiator in the capital Kabul on Sunday, police said, dealing another blow to the country's attempts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban. Maulvi Arsala Rahmani was one of the most senior members on Afghanistan's High Peace Council, set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with insurgents. "He (Rahmani) was stuck in heavy traffic when another car beside him opened fire," said General Mohammad Zahir, head of the investigations unit for Kabul police. ... Full Story Top UK's Royal Mail eyes London property cash boost Sun,13 May 2012 04:02 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail said plans to turn over half of its main London sorting office - Mount Pleasant - into a prime residential hub will be submitted next spring, as the group tries to boost its value ahead of a 2014 privatisation. The 12-acre former prison site in north London is undergoing a 32 million pound ($51.72 million) facelift to increase production, move operations and parking into the building from elsewhere and free up as much as 6.5 acres of land for housing. ... Full Story Top Gulf Arabs to weigh unity vs perceived Iran threat Sun,13 May 2012 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will weigh closer political union at a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday aimed at pooling efforts to neutralize Shi'ite Muslim protests in the region that they believe is instigated by Iran. Iran denies that it is behind unrest among Shi'ites in oil-producing, Sunni Muslim-led monarchies across the Gulf. But after popular uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world over the past year, U.S.-allied Gulf Arab leaders are increasingly concerned that an uprising in Bahrain could bring a Gulf Arab nation under Iranian sway. ... Full Story Top Syrian forces kill 7 civilians in rural attack: activists Sun,13 May 2012 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by tanks shot dead seven civilians when they overran a rebellious Sunni Muslim village west of the city of Hama on Sunday, activists' organizations said, in a crackdown on the rural epicenter of the 14-month anti-government revolt. In neighboring Lebanon, three people were killed when fighting erupted in the city of Tripoli between members of the Alawite minority loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and members of the Sunni majority. ... Full Story Top Iran says pressures may damage nuclear talks Sun,13 May 2012 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran warned Western powers on Sunday that applying pressure on Tehran could jeopardize talks on its nuclear program, state television reported. "The era of a pressure strategy is ended. Any strategic miscalculations would endanger success at the Baghdad negotiations," said Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, quoted by state television. Jalili was speaking with French former prime minister Michel Rocard who visited Iran ahead of the talks on May 23 in Baghdad with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany. ... Full Story Top Greek president to continue coalition talks Monday: official Sun,13 May 2012 01:35 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's president will continue talks with the country's political leaders on Monday evening to try to form a government, a senior presidency official said. "The meetings will continue tomorrow at 7:30 pm (1630 GMT)," the official told reporters after President Karolos Papoulias concluded a fruitless first round of meetings with the leaders of all seven parties that made it into parliament in an inconclusive election on May 6. (Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Karolina Tagaris; Editing by Peter Graff) Full Story Top Coalition talks stall, Greece faces "moment of truth" Sun,13 May 2012 01:35 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders on Sunday ignored a final plea from the president to form a coalition government to avert a repeat election, pushing the debt-stricken nation closer to bankruptcy and a possible exit from the euro zone. Leaders of the three biggest parties met at the presidential mansion for a final attempt to bridge their differences, but the talks quickly hit an impasse as they traded accusations on a deeply unpopular bailout package tied to harsh spending cuts. ... Full Story Top California budget hole deepens to $16 billion: governor Sun,13 May 2012 01:14 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - California's budget deficit will swell to nearly $7 billion greater than expected due to weak tax revenues and slow progress in cutting spending, Governor Jerry Brown said on Saturday. Brown said the shortfall for the state's 2012-2013 fiscal year now stands at $16 billion, up from a previous estimate of $9.2 billion made in January. "We are now facing a $16 billion shortfall, not the $9 billion we thought in January," Brown announced in a video posted on YouTube. "This means we will have to go much further and make cuts far greater than I asked for at the beginning of the year. ... Full Story Top Spain's banks detail new cost of property clean-up Sun,13 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish banks unveiled fresh funds on Sunday to meet new government demands aimed at cleaning up the country's sickly property market and easing international markets' concerns about the troubled financial sector. In its fourth attempt to mend the fall-out from a property crash four years, Spain's government said on Friday lenders must set aside 30 billion euros ($39 billion), on top of 54 billion euros ordered in February, as provisions against toxic real estate assets. Spain's biggest bank Santander said it would set aside an extra 2. ... Full Story Top Monti warns of tears in Italy's social fabric Sun,13 May 2012 11:56 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italy's social fabric is being torn by recession and tensions are growing among its citizens, Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Sunday. Speaking to a group of students in the central Italian town of Arezzo, Monti urged Italians to stick together and "not give up" in the face of a shrinking economy and rising unemployment. Monti's technocrat government has imposed painful austerity measures since taking office last year, and in recent days ministers have responded to calls from politicians and the media to show more compassion for the plight of ordinary Italians. ... Full Story Top Austerity blow for Merkel in German state election Sun,13 May 2012 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday in an election in Germany's most populous state, a result which could embolden the left opposition to step up attacks on her European austerity policies. The election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a western German state with a bigger population than the Netherlands and an economy the size of Turkey, was held 18 months before a national vote in which Merkel will be fighting for a third term. ... Full Story Top Obama aide in Yemen in anti-al Qaeda drive Sun,13 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - A senior aide to President Barack Obama flew to Yemen on Sunday to meet the leader of a country battling with al Qaeda insurgents that Washington believes has also targeted the United States, U.S. and Yemeni officials said. The visit by John Brennan, Obama's counter-terrorism adviser, comes as Yemen is on a new offensive against Islamist rebels and after Washington said it had foiled an airliner bomb plot linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate. ... Full Story Top Top aide to Florida governor resigns amid scrutiny Sun,13 May 2012 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - A top aide to Florida Governor Rick Scott has resigned after a recent flurry of media reports focused on his alleged steering of state government contracts to longtime acquaintances or friends. Steve MacNamara, Scott's chief of staff and a seasoned Tallahassee insider, sent a letter of resignation to the governor on Saturday. "It has been a pleasure and honor serving you," he said. "But the recent media attention I have been receiving has begun to interfere with the day-to-day operations of this office. ... Full Story Top Al Qaeda bomb maker is top threat, must be killed: U.S. senator Sun,13 May 2012 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the top security threat to the United States and the bomb maker thought to have created at least two non-metallic explosive devices must be killed to safeguard U.S. national security, a top senator said on Sunday. "I am hopeful that we will be able to, candidly, kill this bomb maker and kill some of these other associates, because there is a dangerous process in play at the present time," Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told "Fox News Sunday. ... Full Story Top Spaniards keep up anniversary rally against crisis Sun,13 May 2012 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards kept up protests against politicians' handling of the economic crisis in Madrid's Puerta del Sol on Sunday after police evicted people from the central square in the pre-dawn hours and made 18 arrests. As civic activists lamented Spain's worsening economy, authorities sought on the first anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" movement to pre-empt a repeat of last year's encampment in the square that went on for a month. Police arrested 18 people in Puerta del Sol overnight for resisting an order to leave. ... Full Story Top Hollande's camp sharpens tone before Merkel meet Sun,13 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French Socialists said on Sunday that austerity was pushing the European Union toward economic ruin and warned Germany to accept changes to a budgetary treaty, raising tensions days before president-elect Francois Hollande takes a maiden trip to Berlin. Hollande, who will be sworn in as president on May 15, is due to take off shortly after the ceremony to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in his first trip abroad designed to highlight the continuity of Franco-German relations. ... Full Story Top Merkel's party routed in big German state Sun,13 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT Reuters - DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday in an election in Germany's most populous state, a result which could embolden the left opposition to step up its criticism of her European austerity policies. The election in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a western German state with a bigger population than the Netherlands and an economy the size of Turkey, was held 18 months before a national election in which Merkel is expected to fight for a third term. ... Full Story Top Taliban can be defeated, but Pakistan must do more: U.S. senator Sun,13 May 2012 09:21 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban can be defeated militarily in Afghanistan but the job is not done, a key U.S. senator said on Sunday, noting that the insurgents still control more than a third of the populated areas of the country and have a "safe harbor" in Pakistan. Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, told "Fox News Sunday" that Pakistan is key to defeating the Taliban in both countries and expressed frustration that Pakistan has failed to deprive them of a safe haven in the rugged mountain areas along its Afghan border. ... Full Story Top Syrian forces kill seven civilians in rural attack: activists Sun,13 May 2012 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by tanks shot dead seven civilians when they overran a rebellious Sunni Muslim village west of the city of Hama on Sunday, activists' organizations said, in a crackdown on the rural epicenter of the 14-month anti-government revolt. In neighboring Lebanon, three people were killed when fighting erupted in the city of Tripoli between members of the Alawite minority loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and members of the Sunni majority. ... Full Story Top Alawite-Sunni fighting erupts in Lebanon, 3 killed Sun,13 May 2012 09:12 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Three people were killed when fighting erupted overnight in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between members of the Alawite minority loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and members of the Sunni majority, witnesses and security officials said. Rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles were used in the fighting in an Alawite enclave and surrounding Sunni neighborhoods in the port city, 70 km (45 miles) north of Beirut. "The clashes peaked at dawn. The sound of gunfire is still echoing in the city," a Lebanese security official said. ... Full Story Top Protesters in mass "stroll" to test Putin's police Sun,13 May 2012 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 10,000 people staged a mass "stroll" through central Moscow on Sunday to test the state's tolerance a week after police beat and scattered demonstrators upset over Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency. With few police in evidence, demonstrators gathered at a statue of revered poet Alexander Pushkin and walked down Moscow's Boulevard Ring to the site of an Occupy-style, 24-hour protest two km (1.25 miles) away. Police took no action. ... Full Story Top Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup Sun,13 May 2012 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the Kiev-based Femen women's rights group which believes the Euro-2012 soccer tournament being played in Ukraine next month will encourage sex tourism. ... Full Story Top Uganda captures Lord's Resistance Army commander Sun,13 May 2012 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic (Reuters) - U ganda has captured one of the top five members of the Lord's Resistance Army, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes, the military said on Sunday. The Ugandan army said it caught Caesar Achellam, a major general in Kony's outfit of about 200 fighters, in an ambush along the banks of the River Mbou in Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday. Achellam was armed with just an AK-47 rifle and eight rounds of ammunition, a spokesman for the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), said. ... Full Story Top Dalai Lama: China may have plotted to poison me Sun,13 May 2012 08:22 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Tibet's Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, fears China may have plotted to kill him by training female agents with poison in their hair and on their clothing, he told Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. China has ruled Tibet since 1950, and the Chinese government has repeatedly accused exiled Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, of stoking dissent against its rule. The spiritual leader fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising. Last year he was warned that Chinese agents had trained Tibetan women to kill him, the Sunday Telegraph reported. ... Full Story Top Merkel faces rout in state vote over austerity Sun,13 May 2012 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives looked set for a heavy election loss in Germany's most populous state on Sunday that could give the left momentum before next year's federal election and fuel criticism of the chancellor's European austerity drive. North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), an industrial state in western Germany with an economy and population roughly the size of the Netherlands, has a history of influencing national politics. ... Full Story Top Uganda captures Lord's Resistance Army commander Sun,13 May 2012 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic (Reuters) - Uganda has captured one of the top five members of the Lord's Resistance Army, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes, the military said on Sunday. The Ugandan army said it caught Caesar Achellam, a major general in Kony's outfit of about 200 fighters, in an ambush along the banks of the River Mbou in Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday. Achellam was armed with just an AK-47 rifle and eight rounds of ammunition, a spokesman for the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), said. ... Full Story Top ANALYSIS: Nigeria president unlikely to risk oil graft crackdown Sun,13 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is coming under pressure to prosecute top officials implicated in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud, but many of the suspects are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his power base intact. It has been three weeks since parliament produced a report detailing massive corruption in a state subsidised petrol import scheme and Jonathan has yet to indicate how he intends to respond. ... Full Story Top Factbox: Nigeria's $6.8 billion fuel subsidy scam Sun,13 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud scandal is heaping pressure on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute top officials or face protests, but many of those implicated are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his power base intact. A string of investigations, audits and committees were set-up to investigate the fuel subsidy scheme. The first major report was produced by the lower house of parliament and is shortly going to be delivered to Jonathan and his government. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Nigeria president unlikely to risk oil graft crackdown Sun,13 May 2012 07:51 AM PDT Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is coming under pressure to prosecute top officials implicated in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud, but many of the suspects are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his power base intact. It has been three weeks since parliament produced a report detailing massive corruption in a state subsidized petrol import scheme and Jonathan has yet to indicate how he intends to respond. ... Full Story Top Influential German magazine calls for Greek exit from euro Sun,13 May 2012 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - "Acropolis, Adieu! Why Greece must leave the euro," reads the front-page headline of Germany's most influential magazine Der Spiegel, joining a chorus of voices in Europe's paymaster country suggesting an exit may now be the best option. In a sign Germany is coming to terms with a possible Greek departure, senior players in both business and political communities said this week the euro zone could survive without Greece because the bloc is now more resilient to shocks. ... Full Story Top Hollande's DS ride foreshadows auto industry test Sun,13 May 2012 06:57 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande will arrive at his first appearance as French president in one of Citroen's flagship cars, handing the struggling company some welcome television exposure. Hollande has picked out a hybrid from PSA Peugeot Citroen's upscale DS line for the ride to his inauguration on Tuesday - a seemingly auspicious start to relations between France's biggest automaker and its new Socialist head of state. Few doubt they are bound to degenerate fast. ... Full Story Top Syrian rebels swap officer for comrades' bodies Sun,13 May 2012 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces have released the bodies of seven young men killed in a military raid on a conservative Sunni district of Damascus in exchange for an army officer abducted by rebels, opposition sources in the capital said on Sunday. The army had refused until Friday to release the bodies of the seven, who were killed on May 5 in a sweep of the Barzeh neighborhood, prompting the rebels to abduct the officer, Youssef Zaghbour, days later, they said. The area in the north of the capital has been the scene of regular street demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule. ... Full Story Top Fears over Spain linger despite banking plan Sun,13 May 2012 06:53 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's clean-up plan for its troubled banks lacks some of the key ingredients that helped other governments restore faith in their financial sectors, restructuring experts said, pointing to a potential need for heavier state intervention. Madrid told lenders on Friday to put aside even more funds against potential losses from dubious property loans, but limited its role in the rescue to providing high-interest financing for the weakest banks. ... Full Story Top Palestinians: Netanyahu letter on peace a non-starter Sun,13 May 2012 06:20 AM PDT Reuters - RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The formal response of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Palestinian grievances over frozen peace negotiations contains nothing that could revive the talks, Palestinian officials said on Sunday. Netanyahu's reply on Saturday to a letter he received last month from Mahmoud Abbas rejected the Palestinian president's demand to halt Jewish settlement building in occupied territories and repeated a call for an unconditional return to talks that collapsed in 2010, according to the officials. ... Full Story Top

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