Top photo award for Arab Spring portrait
Feb 10 2012 2:17AM
Posted 18 hrs 56 mins ago
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in her arms, taken in Yemen by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda for The New York Times, won the top World Press Photo prize on Friday.
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Analysis: China wrestles with role in Syria and beyond
Feb 10 2012 1:04AM
Posted 20 hrs 9 mins ago
By Sui-Lee Wee and Chris Buckley
BEIJING (Reuters) - After bowing to Western pressure over Libya a year ago, China blocked a move pressing Syria's leader to step down, exposing the difficulties Beijing faces...
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EU asks India to help bring Iran to nuclear talks
Feb 10 2012 12:22AM
Posted 20 hrs 51 mins ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The European Union has asked India to use its leverage to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday, as Asia's third-largest economy prepares to increase trade with Tehran.
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Pakistan turmoil expected after PM's contempt appeal rejected
Feb 9 2012 11:00PM
Posted 22 hrs 13 mins ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the prime minister in a contempt case on Friday and is set to charge him on Monday, a move likely to bring fresh political turmoil to the chronically unstable country.
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Pakistan court rejects PM appeal, to indict Monday
Feb 9 2012 11:00PM
Posted 22 hrs 13 mins ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the prime minister on Friday and is set to indict him for contempt of court on Monday, a move likely to bring fresh political turmoil to the chronically unstable country.
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South Africa's Zuma squashes mine nationalization talk
Feb 9 2012 10:54PM
Posted 22 hrs 19 mins ago
By Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Sherilee Lakmidas
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Jacob Zuma squashed more than two years of talk on Friday about the nationalization of South Africa's massive mining sector, saying state control or...
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Mines nationalization not South Africa's policy: Zuma
Feb 9 2012 10:54PM
Posted 22 hrs 19 mins ago
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Friday nationalizing mines was not the policy of his African National Congress (ANC)government, as he sought to lay to rest speculation over government intentions for the mining industry.
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Police strike threatens Rio carnival crime wave
Feb 9 2012 9:58PM
Posted 23 hrs 15 mins ago
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police went on strike in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, risking a surge in crime just days before the beach city's famed carnival celebrations.
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Japan priest fights invisible demon: radiation
Feb 9 2012 7:33PM
Posted 1 day 1 hr 40 mins ago
By Ruairidh Villar and Yuriko Nakao
FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) - On the snowy fringes of Japan's Fukushima city, now notorious as a byword for nuclear crisis, Zen monk Koyu Abe offers prayers for the souls...
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Yemen army kills two at anti-election protest
Feb 9 2012 10:47AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 26 mins ago
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed two people on Thursday when they opened fire on a rally in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, activists said.
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Italy cruise lawsuits will force higher standards: lawyer
Feb 9 2012 10:40AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 33 mins ago
By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Insurers stung by multi-million dollar claims over the Concordia shipwreck will demand higher safety standards from the cruise industry, a lawyer who will file suits this month against...
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Italy cruise lawsuits will force higher standards-lawyer
Feb 9 2012 10:40AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 33 mins ago
* U.S. lawyer won big payouts for 1998 Italy tragedy
* Says Carnival responsible for actions of Italian unit
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Romania's new government wins parliamentary approval
Feb 9 2012 9:51AM
Posted 1 day 11 hrs 22 mins ago
By Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu won parliamentary approval on Thursday for a government that offers little political change but might ease some austerity...
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Garzon trial forces Spain to confront painful past
Feb 9 2012 6:32AM
Posted 1 day 14 hrs 41 mins ago
By Sarah Morris
MADRID (Reuters) - Sitting at a wooden table before the judges of Spain's Supreme Court, Maria Martin Lopez recalls the day a lifetime ago when fascists loyal to General Francisco Franco...
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Spain's crusading Judge Garzon disbarred for 11 years
Feb 9 2012 6:32AM
Posted 1 day 14 hrs 41 mins ago
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court disbarred Judge Baltasar Garzon for 11 years on Thursday for illegally tapping defense lawyers' conversations, which may effectively end his career of international human rights trials.
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