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News: One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting Egyptians storm Shafiq campaign office: state website German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse Raul Castro turning 81, trying to preserve communism Insight: Malaysia government losing Chinese support, putting reforms at risk Several wounded in Toronto mall shooting : reports Queen Elizabeth to lead giant jubilee flotilla in London Italian sailors freed on bail in India murder case Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad Cargo jet hits van in Ghana, at least 10 dead Canadian miner's complaint can proceed under El Salvador law Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops Clinton tours Arctic as nations vie for resources Spain calls for new euro fiscal authority Cargo jet hits bus in Ghana, at least 10 dead Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality Merkel lauds wage deals, signals backing growth moves Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt Verdict on Egypt's Mubarak sparks courtroom chaos Seven dead, 30 wounded in north Lebanon clashes German Left leader warns of party collapse Afghan mission will prompt NATO reform: Canada minister U.S. will put more warships in Asia: Panetta Clashes kill four, injure 25 in north Lebanon Egypt's Mubarak hit by "health crisis" after verdict : TV French warming to armed intervention in Syria : poll Annan warns of "all-out" sectarian war in Syria Syrian rebels kill 14 soldiers in Deraa, Damascus Turkey reports further influx of Syrian refugees Iran threatens to target U.S. bases if attacked Egypt's Brotherhood calls for Mubarak retrial NATO forces rescue four aid workers in north Afghanistan Egypt's Mubarak to go to Cairo prison: agency Myanmar abandons nuclear research: defense minister Mauritius set to try suspected pirates seized by UK Egypt police, protesters clash at Mubarak court Mubarak ordered moved to prison: state TV Overnight clashes kill one in north Lebanon One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:23 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - One man was killed and six other people were wounded, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall on Saturday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada's largest city. One of the victims in critical condition was a 13-year-old boy, a police spokesman said. Seven people in total were shot or grazed, while a pregnant woman was knocked down in the melee that followed and went into labor. Police said the shooter was still at large. ... Full Story Top Egyptians storm Shafiq campaign office: state website Sat,2 Jun 2012 06:43 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Dozens of young Egyptians ransacked the campaign office of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Fayoum city south of Cairo on Sunday, the state's Al-Ahram news website reported. "Tens of young Egyptians stormed into the headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Fayoum destroying all the contents of the headquarters including furniture and computer devices," Al-Ahram online said. It was the second attack on a Shafiq campaign office in recent days. ... Full Story Top German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse Sat,2 Jun 2012 06:12 PM PDT Reuters - GOETTINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Left party spurned an experienced campaign manager and instead picked two little-known candidates to lead the far-left alliance through the worst crisis in its four-year history at a tumultuous party congress on Saturday. Amid warnings from other leaders that the party was showing signs of disintegration, delegates to the Left party's annual congress elected western German hard-line leftist Bernd Riexinger and little-known easterner Katja Kipping as co-leaders of the second largest opposition party in parliament. ... Full Story Top Raul Castro turning 81, trying to preserve communism Sat,2 Jun 2012 05:33 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro turns 81 on Sunday, another year on in his race against time to reform Cuba's economy and try to assure the survival of communism after he and his elderly colleagues are gone. Their task, he has said, is to correct mistakes made during their 53 years of leadership, which will require "days and years of work" that he intends to finish. ... Full Story Top Insight: Malaysia government losing Chinese support, putting reforms at risk Sat,2 Jun 2012 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Ethnic Chinese voters, upset over policies that favor majority Malays, have become increasingly alienated from Malaysia's ruling coalition, raising the risk of racial polarization and a slowdown in the pace of reforms. Support for Prime Minister Najib Razak among Chinese voters plunged to 37 percent in May from 56 percent in February, a survey by the independent Merdeka Center showed on Friday. It found 56 percent of Chinese were dissatisfied with the government, compared to 30 percent of Indians and 23 percent of Malays. ... Full Story Top Several wounded in Toronto mall shooting : reports Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Several people were wounded in a shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre, one of the city's top tourist destinations and its main downtown mall, local media reported on Saturday. The Toronto Star website reported that three people were said to be wounded, at least one seriously. Shots were heard in the mall's food court and the entire mall was being evacuated, the report said. Pictures on several television and newspaper websites showed large numbers of police and emergency crews at the scene. (Reporting by Jeffrey Hodgson and Janet Guttsman; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story Top Queen Elizabeth to lead giant jubilee flotilla in London Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - A beaming Queen Elizabeth arrived at the races on Saturday to indulge a lifelong passion for horses and launch four days of nationwide Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking her 60 years on the British throne. Wearing a blue coat and matching hat on a chilly summer's day, the 86-year-old was greeted by tens of thousands of flag-waving well-wishers at the Epsom Derby in southern England to watch one of the racing calendar's richest events. ... Full Story Top Italian sailors freed on bail in India murder case Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italian sailors charged with murdering two Indian fishermen were released on bail on Saturday to await trial, one step closer to the climax of a major diplomatic row between Rome and New Delhi. An Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the two marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, had moved to a hotel in the port city of Kochi in the western Indian state of Kerala, where they are obliged to stay under conditions of their bail. ... Full Story Top Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli on Saturday, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence. Mikati held talks with ministers and officials in the northern city, as gunmen a few kilometers (miles) away fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Residents and a doctor said 42 people had been wounded. ... Full Story Top Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - DOHA (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of atrocities and arbitrary arrests, and said on Saturday he had delivered a blunt message to Assad to act now to implement all points of a peace plan. Annan, appointed as envoy on Syria by both the United Nations and the Arab League, said the specter of an all-out civil war was growing daily to the concern of other Middle East countries. ... Full Story Top Cargo jet hits van in Ghana, at least 10 dead Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - ACCRA (Reuters) - A cargo jet slammed into a minivan at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, airport officials said. The Boeing 727-200 was operated by Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, Doreen Owusu Fianko, managing director of Ghana Airport Company, told reporters. "The aircraft collided with a mini Mercedez van resulting in 10 confirmed fatalities," she said, adding all four crew of the aircraft survived the accident. ... Full Story Top Canadian miner's complaint can proceed under El Salvador law Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian company Pacific Rim can move forward under El Salvador law with a case against that country's government for blocking a gold mining project, but cannot file suit under a regional trade agreement, a World Bank arbitration panel ruled. The panel, known as the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, found Pacific Rim "did not and does not have substantial activities in the USA" to argue its case under the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States, or CAFTA. ... Full Story Top Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on Saturday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), part of a rebel alliance that wants to topple the government in Khartoum, said it attacked an army camp in Wad Ganja in northeastern Darfur, killing several soldiers, destroying 15 army vehicles and taking several prisoners. Army spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid confirmed the attack but said the rebels had been defeated. "They suffered heavy losses. ... Full Story Top Clinton tours Arctic as nations vie for resources Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:44 PM PDT Reuters - TROMSO, Norway (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sailed on Saturday through a sliver of the Arctic Ocean, where the world's big powers are vying for vast oil, gas and mineral deposits becoming available as polar ice recedes. Clinton boarded a research ship in Tromso, a Norwegian town north of the Arctic Circle, to illustrate U.S. interests in a once inaccessible region where resources are up now for grabs and new sea routes between Europe and Asia are opening up. ... Full Story Top Spain calls for new euro fiscal authority Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, the latest combat zone in Europe's long-running debt wars, urged the euro zone to set up a new fiscal authority to manage the bloc's finances and send a clear signal to markets that the single currency project is irreversible. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the authority would also go a long way to alleviating Spain's woes which, along with the prospect of a Greek euro exit, have threatened to derail the single currency project. ... Full Story Top Cargo jet hits bus in Ghana, at least 10 dead Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - ACCRA (Reuters) - A cargo jet slammed into a minibus at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, according to a Reuters witness and an aviation official. The plane belonged to Nigerian cargo airline Allied Air, according to a civil aviation authority official who asked not to be named. A Reuters witness at the airport said the plane had the words Allied Air on the side. A badly mangled minibus was beside the plane wreckage, and ten bodies lay nearby, the witness said. Ambulances, police and military were at the scene, he said. ... Full Story Top Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn't exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but he has disappointed marijuana advocates by opposing its legalization, regulation and taxation like alcohol. And the Justice Department's occasional crackdown under his administration on medical marijuana dispensaries, which 17 states and the District of Columbia allow, has angered others. ... Full Story Top Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality Sat,2 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti believes eurobonds will become a reality in the 17-nation euro zone and that Greece will remain in the single currency, he told a Greek newspaper on Saturday. Monti, a respected former European commissioner who became Italy's prime minister in November, was known to be a supporter of eurobonds - unlike politicians in European Union paymaster Germany - but his comments were some of his strongest on the subject yet and looked like an attempt to sway Berlin. ... Full Story Top Merkel lauds wage deals, signals backing growth moves Sat,2 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel praised higher German wage deals and signaled flexibility on a financial transaction tax on Saturday, in a sign she is open to new measures to boost growth in Europe. A day after Germany said it supported giving Spain an extra year to cut its deficit to the 3 percent of GDP threshold, Merkel sent the message she was ready to compromise with the opposition SPD and European partners in other areas. ... Full Story Top Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt Sat,2 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account. But it was not enough for thousands of Egyptians who poured onto the streets afterwards in a nation already on edge before a deciding presidential vote in two weeks. Some wanted Mubarak executed, others feared the judge's ruling exposed weaknesses in the case that could let the ex-military strongman off on appeal. ... Full Story Top Verdict on Egypt's Mubarak sparks courtroom chaos Sat,2 Jun 2012 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - A judge handed down life terms to former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his interior minister for their part in the killings of protesters last year, but Saturday's long-awaited verdict produced some curious reactions. Lawyers on the defense team congratulated each other. Those representing the families of the dead were downcast. Moments later, the courtroom dissolved into chaos, as the plaintiff lawyers chanted slogans against the judiciary in one area and unrelated fistfights breaking out in another. ... Full Story Top Seven dead, 30 wounded in north Lebanon clashes Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and 30 wounded in Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Saturday in clashes between Lebanese supporters and opponents of a popular uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an army doctor at the scene said, Residents of neighboring districts have fought on-off skirmishes in recent weeks, but Saturday's death toll is the highest in a single day in Tripoli, raising fears that Syria's unrest will spill over into its smaller neighbor. (Reporting by Nazih Saddiq) Full Story Top German Left leader warns of party collapse Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - GOETTINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's radical Left party risks disintegration, one of its leaders warned on Saturday, in a fight for supremacy between eastern and western wings which could undermine the re-election prospects of Chancellor Angela Merkel. The party, the second largest opposition group in parliament with 76 of 622 seats, could fall below the 5 percent threshhold for voter support and so boost the chances of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens winning a majority over Merkel's conservatives in 2013. The Left party polled 11. ... Full Story Top Afghan mission will prompt NATO reform: Canada minister Sat,2 Jun 2012 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The NATO alliance will emerge strengthened from its decade-long mission to crush Taliban militants in Afghanistan with a general will to reform the 28-nation bloc, Canada's defense minister said on Saturday. Peter MacKay, in an interview with Reuters, said both Canada and NATO had learned tough lessons about counter-insurgency during their efforts to maintain stability after the removal of the Taliban from power in 2001. ... Full Story Top U.S. will put more warships in Asia: Panetta Sat,2 Jun 2012 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday, giving the first details of a new U.S. military strategy. Fleshing out details of a strategic pivot to Asia announced in January, Panetta said the United States would reposition its Navy fleet so 60 percent of its battleships would be assigned there, up from about 50 percent now, while maintaining six aircraft carriers in the region. The U.S. ... Full Story Top Clashes kill four, injure 25 in north Lebanon Sat,2 Jun 2012 06:35 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of a popular uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad clashed in neighboring Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Saturday, leaving four dead and 25 wounded, residents and a doctor said. A Reuters journalist said the sides fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other and that the army moved into the area with armored vehicles to try and quell the violence, but did not open fire. Residents said the fatalities included civilians caught in the crossfire and that a Lebanese soldier was among the wounded. ... Full Story Top Egypt's Mubarak hit by "health crisis" after verdict : TV Sat,2 Jun 2012 05:09 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak suffered "a health crisis" on Saturday upon arrival at prison after he was sentenced to life in prison over the killing of protesters in the uprising against his rule, state television reported. "Mubarak was afflicted by a health crisis upon his arrival at Torah Prison and is being treated in the helicopter," the report said, quoting a medical source, referring to the helicopter that transferred him to the jail. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Jon Hemming) Full Story Top French warming to armed intervention in Syria : poll Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - A widening majority of French people favor military intervention in Syria and more believe France should participate, according to the first poll on the issue since a recent massacre in the country. The Ifop poll on Saturday showed backing for military intervention at 58 percent, up from 51 percent in February, and support for French involvement surging to 50 percent from 38 percent. Ifop said that the increase "is undoubtedly linked to the multiplication of war crimes blamed on Bashar al-Assad's regime and their recent media coverage". ... Full Story Top Annan warns of "all-out" sectarian war in Syria Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT Reuters - DOHA (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war, and a Syrian opposition figure said Russia had become part of the problem and should urge President Bashar al-Assad to quit power. "The specter of an all-out war, with an alarming sectarian dimension, grows by the day," Annan told a meeting of members of the Arab League, co-sponsor with the United Nations of a peace plan aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria. ... Full Story Top Syrian rebels kill 14 soldiers in Deraa, Damascus Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad killed six soldiers in the southern province of Deraa on Saturday and at least eight others in clashes on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, a monitoring group reported. "There were heavy clashes between Syrian forces and fighters from the opposition in (Deraa)... resulting in the death of at least 6 Syrian troops," the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement. "At dawn, there were violent clashes in al-Ghouta (near Damascus), killing at least eight Syrian troops," it added. ... Full Story Top Turkey reports further influx of Syrian refugees Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Another 400 Syrian refugees have crossed into Turkey to escape escalating fighting in Syria, state-run Anatolia new agency said on Saturday, raising the total to more than 24,500. Anatolia said 396 refugees from Syria's Idlib province, one of the hotbeds of a 14-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, had entered Turkey's Hatay province and registered in the villages of Kavalcik, Kusakli and Bukulmez. Four of the new arrivals were hospitalized with injuries, according to Anatolia. ... Full Story Top Iran threatens to target U.S. bases if attacked Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:13 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has warned the United States not to resort to military action against it, saying U.S. bases in the region were vulnerable to the Islamic Republic's missiles, state media reported on Saturday. The comments by a senior Iranian military commander were an apparent response to U.S. officials who have said Washington was ready to use military force to stop what it suspects is Iran's goal to develop a nuclear weapons capability. ... Full Story Top Egypt's Brotherhood calls for Mubarak retrial Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:00 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and other defendants standing trial with him must be retried with solid evidence, the Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement issued on Saturday by the campaign of its presidential candidate. "The public prosecutor did not carry out its full duty in gathering adequate evidence to convict the accused for killing protesters," said Yasser Ali, official spokesman for the Mohamed Mursi campaign. ... Full Story Top NATO forces rescue four aid workers in north Afghanistan Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:28 AM PDT Reuters - KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A NATO rescue team dropped by helicopter in the remote mountains of northern Afghanistan early on Saturday freed four aid workers, including two foreigners, who had been seized by the Taliban last month, the alliance said. The aid workers, employed by Swiss-based Medair, were en route to flood-stricken parts of Badakhshan province when they were kidnapped. ... Full Story Top Egypt's Mubarak to go to Cairo prison: agency Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:01 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's general prosecutor ordered Hosni Mubarak, who has been held during his trial at a military hospital, to be transferred to Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo after he was sentenced on Saturday to life in prison, the state news agency reported. Arabic satellite television channels reported that the helicopter that took him from court had landed at Tora. Protesters have long demanded that Mubarak be moved from the hospital to Tora, where other defendants have been held during the trial. ... Full Story Top Myanmar abandons nuclear research: defense minister Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:58 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Myanmar has abandoned research on a nuclear program that never progressed very far, and has stepped back from close military and political ties with North Korea, the Southeast Asian country's defense minister said on Saturday. News reports two years ago indicated Myanmar obtained technology for enriching uranium from North Korea along with parts for a nuclear weapons program. The reports were based on interviews with an army major who was involved in the program and defected with files he said documented the project. ... Full Story Top Mauritius set to try suspected pirates seized by UK Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius has said it will receive and try suspected pirates captured by British forces patrolling the Indian Ocean under an agreement with the United Kingdom. The Indian Ocean nation's Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in London this weekend, helping overcome one of the hurdles to cracking down on the wave of piracy that has hit international shipping. ... Full Story Top Egypt police, protesters clash at Mubarak court Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:49 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters angered at the outcome of the trial against deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and high-level security officials clashed with police outside the building where the verdicts were read on Saturday, witnesses said. Protesters threw rocks at riot police standing guard outside the building and the security forces gave chase, witnesses said. Full Story Top Mubarak ordered moved to prison: state TV Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:32 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutor general ordered the transfer of deposed President Hosni Mubarak to prison on Saturday after he was sentenced to life in prison for complicity in the murder of protesters, state television reported. It did not give further details. Mubarak has been in a military hospital since the start of the trial. There have been calls to transfer him to a prison with other defendants have been held. Full Story Top Overnight clashes kill one in north Lebanon Sat,2 Jun 2012 12:42 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of a popular uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad clashed in neighboring Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Saturday, leaving one dead and ten others wounded, residents said. They said the fatality was a civilian caught in the crossfire, adding that a Lebanese soldier was wounded when the army tried to intervene. ... Full Story Top

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