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| S.Korea says finds no GMO in initial tests of U.S. wheat Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 08:00 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has not detected genetically modified wheat in initial tests of imports of the grain and flour from Oregon, after news last week that a rogue strain of the crop had been discovered in the U.S. state spooked buyers globally. Korean millers on Friday suspended imports of U.S. wheat until the final results of government tests on shipments from around the United States, now expected on Wednesday. The wheat found in a northeast Oregon field in late April was developed by biotech giant Monsanto Co more than a decade ago but never put into commercial production. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. takes Apple to trial over e-books price-fixing Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 05:05 AM PDT  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc goes to trial Monday over allegations by federal and state authorities that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books. The trial pits the maker of the popular iPad and iPhone against the U.S. Justice Department in a case that tests how Internet retailers interact with content providers. "This case will effectively set the rules for Internet commerce," said David Balto, a former policy director for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The Justice Department filed its case against Apple and five of the six largest U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Thousands take to streets in Turkey, clash with police Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Jonathon Burch and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. The din of car horns and residents banging pots and pans from balconies in support of the protests resonated across neighborhoods in Istanbul and Ankara late into the night, as hundreds of demonstrators skirmished with riot police. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syrian rebels, Hezbollah in deadly fight in Lebanon Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:11 PM PDT  By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah guerrillas fought a deadly battle with Syrian rebels in Lebanon's eastern border region early on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest eruption of Syria's conflict on Lebanese soil. Lebanese security sources said at least 12 rebels were killed in the fighting east of the Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek, but the toll would not be clear until bodies were retrieved from the remote and rugged border area. One Hezbollah fighter also died, they said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela's Capriles says Maduro government will fall Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 10:43 AM PDT  By Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Ore SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says President Nicolas Maduro's government will "cave in" under the pressure of growing economic troubles, in-fighting and a belief by many Venezuelans that it stole the April election. Capriles is still disputing the election, which he lost to Maduro by a narrower-than-expected 1.5 percentage points. But if, as expected, the fraud claims get nowhere in Venezuela's courts, Capriles says other forces may sink the successor to the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama must follow Guantanamo promise with action: Yemen Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 09:59 AM PDT  JEDDAH (Reuters) - Yemen gave a qualified welcome on Sunday to President Barack Obama's promise to lift a ban on repatriating Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, saying he now had to back up his words with actions. Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said his government was building a "rehabilitation center" to house Yemenis who have been detained at the U.S. camp in Cuba for more than a decade. Obama promised last month to end the ban on transferring Yemenis back home, one of the main obstacles to clearing out the detention camp, and altered the rules for U.S. drone strikes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Kerry pushing for Middle East peace, but is he a Lone Ranger? Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 05:02 AM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four months into his term, Secretary of State John Kerry is trying, simultaneously, to end two of the world's most intractable conflicts: the Syrian civil war and the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. The two issues, according to an aide, have consumed the vast majority of Kerry's time and energy - he has already flown more than 100,000 miles to 23 countries, including four trips to Israel - since he took office February 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Thousands march for rights in rare Ethiopia protest Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 09:05 AM PDT By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - About 10,000 Ethiopians staged an anti-government procession on Sunday in the first large-scale protest since a disputed 2005 election ended in street violence that killed 200 people. The demonstrators marched through Addis Ababa's northern Arat Kilo and Piazza districts before gathering at Churchill Avenue in front of a looming obelisk with a giant red star perched on top, a relic of Ethiopia's violent Communist past. Some carried banners reading "Justice! Justice! Justice!" and some bore pictures of imprisoned opposition figures. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Cash for access' scandal hits Britain's parliament Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 06:51 AM PDT  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Three members of Britain's upper house of parliament were suspended from their parties on Sunday after media sting operations caught them apparently offering to use their influence for personal gain. The undercover investigations have thrust the issue of lobbying into the limelight and had already forced a member of the lower house of parliament, Patrick Mercer, to resign from the ruling Conservative Party and seek legal advice. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt parliament ruled illegal, but to stay on Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 07:19 AM PDT  By Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's top court ruled on Sunday that parliament's Muslim Brotherhood-led upper house was illegal but could stay on until elections, dealing the Islamists a moral blow but letting them keep their grip on lawmaking for now. The decision resolves an area of legal uncertainty hanging over a political transition repeatedly upset by the courts. The ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court upheld the upper house's right, as set out in a new constitution, to legislate in the absence of a lower house. ... Full Story | Top |
| One dead, two missing in Austrian floods, landslides Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 06:59 AM PDT  VIENNA (Reuters) - Torrential rain caused widespread flooding and landslides across Austria on Sunday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. At least one person died and two were missing in the deluge, which in some places has dumped up to two months' worth of rain in just days. One clean-up worker was killed in a mudslide in the town of St Johann near Salzburg, the Austrian Press Agency reported, while two other people were missing in the province after being swept into raging streams. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:20 AM PDT  By Fredrik Dahl and Dan Williams VIENNA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle East before, may try to stop the plant being completed. The timetable for the planned start-up of the Arak heavy-water research plant is closely watched: Israeli and Western experts say any attacker would probably prefer to act before it becomes operational - to avoid generating radioactive fallout. The Islamic Republic says it will make isotopes for medical and agricultural use. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon chief tours ship at cutting edge of U.S. pivot to Asia Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 03:37 AM PDT  By David Alexander SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday toured the new combat ship at the leading edge of the U.S. military's pivot to Asia, a modest little vessel whose development over the past decade has been beset by cost overruns, mishaps and criticism. Hagel spoke with the crew of the USS Freedom, the Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a class of shallow-draft vessels built to patrol in coastal waters while tackling threats like mines, quiet diesel-electric submarines and other systems used to deny access to big warships. ... Full Story | Top |
| Austerity-weary Spaniards crave political change Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 02:46 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards tired of spending cuts and allegations of high-level corruption want new parties to shake up the current political scene, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. In Spain, where 27 percent of the workforce is jobless owing to a painful recession, power has switched between the center-right People's Party (PP) and the socialist PSOE since 1982. The country was ruled by dictator Francisco Franco for decades until his death in 1975. Spaniards have become disenchanted with their politicians, especially since the ruling PP was accused of graft. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: China turns on the charm at regional security forum Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:40 AM PDT  By John O'Callaghan and David Alexander SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Senior Chinese military officials came ready to talk at a major regional security forum over the weekend, surprising delegates with a new sense of openness at a time when Beijing is making strident claims to territory across Asia's seas. No one expected any resolution of disputes over maritime boundaries, accusations of Chinese cyber-espionage, Beijing's suspicions about the U.S. "pivot" to Asia or other prickly issues at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fighting in Syria's Qusair, U.N. says world watching Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:54 AM PDT  By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas besieging the border town of Qusair fought with rebels on Saturday as the United Nations warned all sides they would be held accountable for the suffering of trapped civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting was taking place inside Qusair and in villages around it, largely controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's forces who have cut off access to the town. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three storm chasers among 13 killed by Oklahoma tornadoes Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 04:32 PM PDT  By Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink how they cover deadly twisters. Tim Samaras, 55, a leading storm chaser and founder of the tornado research company Twistex, was killed in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno along with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and Carl Young, 45, a Twistex meteorologist, according to a statement from Tim Samaras' brother, Jim Samaras. ... Full Story | Top |
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