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India gang rape victim dies in Singapore hospital Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:02 PM PST | Top |
Senate leaders to make last-ditch "fiscal cliff" effort Friday, Dec 28, 2012 05:21 PM PST | Top |
Analysis: U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:42 PM PST | Top |
Obama: "modestly optimistic" fiscal cliff deal can be reached Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:42 PM PST | Top |
U.S. Senate leaders aim to craft "fiscal cliff" bill by Sunday Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:16 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are working to craft legislation by Sunday that averts the year-end "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts, but many details needed to be worked out after a crucial meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday. U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell, termed the meeting "constructive" and "positive" and said they would keep working on trying to find a solution over the weekend. After adjourning on Friday, Reid he would probably not call the Senate back into session until about 1 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
Alleged militants detained in Djibouti charged by U.S. court Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:00 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sign of evolving U.S. legal tactics in counter-terrorism operations, two Swedish citizens and a former British citizen detained in Africa in August have been charged in a U.S. court with supporting Somali-based Islamist militants. The charges were filed in Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, even though court papers and a press release from the U.S. Attorney's office make no specific allegation that the three - all of whom are of Somali extraction - posed threats to Americans or U.S.-related targets. ... Full Story | Top |
South Sudan says president ready to meet Sudan's Bashir Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:41 PM PST | Top |
"Fiscal cliff" impasse doesn't affect U.S. sovereign rating: S&P Friday, Dec 28, 2012 01:19 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Friday it does not expect U.S. lawmakers' negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" to have an impact on the sovereign credit ratings of the U.S. federal government. The credit ratings agency said it believes the same general conditions under which it downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA-plus/A-1-plus from AAA in August 2011 continue to exist. S&P said the additional tax revenues and lower government spending that will come into force if no deal is reached to avert the fiscal cliff "would likely result in the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Monti says will lead centrists in Italian vote Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:55 PM PST | Top |
Hunger strike pressures Canada PM, aboriginal protests spread Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:18 PM PST | Top |
Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:16 PM PST | Top |
Putin signs ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children Friday, Dec 28, 2012 11:52 AM PST | Top |
Egypt opposition says Islamists trying to stifle dissent Friday, Dec 28, 2012 11:18 AM PST | Top |
Canadian job creation seen sharply lower in December Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:50 AM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's job market is expected to slow markedly in December to reflect the sluggish economy and employers' fears about the U.S. fiscal crisis following outsized gains of over 50,000 jobs in two of the previous three months. The median forecast in a Reuters poll is for the economy to add just 5,000 jobs in the month, with forecasts ranging from a loss of 20,000 positions to a gain of 21,000. The forecast compares with employment growth of 59,600 in November, 1,800 in October and 52,100 in September. ... Full Story | Top |
Ghana's opposition asks top court to overturn poll results Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:27 AM PST | Top |
Ex-miners seek silicosis class action vs. South African firms Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:21 AM PST | Top |
Magnitude 5.6 quake off Sulawesi, Indonesia Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:01 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Indonesia, off the island of Sulawesi, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 102 km (63 miles), 90 km south of Gorontalo, at 1:32 a.m. on Saturday (1732 GMT Friday). There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property. (Writing by Alison Williams; Editing by Jon Hemming) Full Story | Top |
Gunmen kill five in Nigerian Islamist stronghold Friday, Dec 28, 2012 09:05 AM PST MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five people in Nigeria on Friday, including a policeman, on the edge of the town of Maiduguri, a long-time stronghold of Islamist sect Boko Haram, the military said. Boko Haram, which is loosely based on the Afghan Taliban, has killed hundreds this year in a campaign to impose sharia, Islamic law, in Nigeria, a country of more than 160 million split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims. The sect is the biggest threat to stability in Africa's biggest oil exporter. "Five people have been killed by unidentified gunmen in Musari ... ... Full Story | Top |
Iraqi Sunnis stage big anti-government rallies Friday, Dec 28, 2012 09:02 AM PST | Top |
Residents flee Bangui as rebels pause for talks Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:51 AM PST | Top |
Colombian president has urinary infection, at no risk Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:50 AM PST | Top |
Brazil president, cancer survivor, pronounced healthy Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:22 AM PST | Top |
Scores feared dead after boat sinks off Bissau Friday, Dec 28, 2012 08:15 AM PST BISSAU (Reuters) - Twenty-two people died and more than 75 were missing after an overloaded boat sank off the coast of Guinea-Bissau on Friday, hospital and port officials said. The narrow wooden boat was ferrying 97 passengers and their luggage to the West African nation's capital Bissau from the island of Bolama when it began taking on water and sank around 11 a.m. (1100 GMT), Bissau Port Director Mario Domingos Gomes said. Hospital sources said 22 bodies had arrived at the morgue in Bissau. ... Full Story | Top |
Two al Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen drone strike-official Friday, Dec 28, 2012 07:43 AM PST | Top |
Berlusconi to pay 36 million euros a year divorce settlement: press Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:30 AM PST | Top |
MSF warns Kenya not to send more refugees to stricken camp Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:28 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Conditions in a camp for Somali refugees in Kenya are deplorable and a government plan to send in thousands more would pose a major risk to health, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday. Kenya has more than half a million refugees from Somalia, which has lacked an effective central government since the outbreak of civil war in 1991. A series of bombings, shootings and hand-grenade attacks blamed on Somali militants prompted the government on December 18 to stop registering asylum seekers and refugees in urban areas. ... Full Story | Top |
Syria opposition leader rejects Moscow invitation Friday, Dec 28, 2012 06:25 AM PST | Top |
Egypt's Mubarak to stay in army hospital as health worsens Friday, Dec 28, 2012 05:41 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence for his role in killing protesters during a 2011 revolt, will stay in an army hospital for at least two weeks after his health deteriorated, his lawyer said on Friday. The state of Mubarak's already fragile health has been the subject of intense speculation in Egypt and he has spent much of the time before and after his trial in various hospitals. On Thursday evening, the 84-year-old former leader was transferred to an army hospital from his prison clinic after fracturing a rib in a recent fall. ... Full Story | Top |
After decades muzzling media, Myanmar to allow private dailies Friday, Dec 28, 2012 04:13 AM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar will allow private daily newspapers from April next year, the government announced on Friday, a big leap forward for a country that had barely any press freedom under its decades of military dictatorship. Before the military seized power in a 1962 coup, there were more than a dozen local private dailies in multiple languages. At present, only state-controlled newspapers, mostly considered dull, propaganda-filled mouthpieces of the government, are allowed to publish on a daily basis. ... Full Story | Top |
Spain doctors end strike over hospital privatization Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:59 AM PST MADRID (Reuters) - Doctors in Spain's Madrid region called off a strike on Friday after failing to halt plans to privatize six hospitals and dozens of clinics. The Madrid regional government aims to save 200 million euros ($265 million) by putting the hospitals and clinics under private management. The region's elected assembly approved the plan on Thursday. Spain has implemented tough austerity measures this year to help it reach a European Union-agreed budget deficit target and stave off a bailout. The country's 17 autonomous regions control their own spending on healthcare and education. ... Full Story | Top |
China tightens loophole on hiring temporary workers Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:59 AM PST | Top |
Pakistan Taliban chief says group will negotiate, but not disarm Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:38 AM PST | Top |
Netanyahu set to win Israel election but rightists gain: polls Friday, Dec 28, 2012 03:27 AM PST | Top |
Iran starts navy drills in Strait of Hormuz: IRNA Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:55 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran started on Friday six days of naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the official IRNA news agency reported, maneuvers aimed at showcasing its military capabilities in what is a vital oil and gas shipping route. Naval commander Habibollah Sayyari said the "Velayat 91" drills would last until Wednesday across an area of about 1 million square kilometers in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and northern parts of the Indian Ocean, IRNA said. ... Full Story | Top |
Man shot dead as police clash with Shi'ites in Saudi Arabia Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:54 AM PST RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian police shot dead a Shi'ite protester in the country's oil-producing east late on Thursday, local activists said on Friday, bringing the death toll from clashes in the restive area to 12 this year. They said police had opened fire on protesters demonstrating about the detention of people from the Qatif district, killing 18-year-old Ali al-Marar and injuring six others. The authorities confirmed in a statement that a man had died but contradicted the activists' account, saying a security patrol had come under fire and shot back in self defense. ... Full Story | Top |
New Japan PM to send envoys to South Korea amid territory dispute Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:54 AM PST | Top |
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