European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine
Feb 4 2012 10:56AM
Posted 3 hrs 32 mins ago
By Richard Balmforth
KIEV (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time...
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Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on
Feb 4 2012 8:12AM
Posted 6 hrs 16 mins ago
By Marwa Awad
CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and riot police eased in Egypt on Saturday as activists argued over how to build momentum in their push to oust the country's ruling...
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South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension
Feb 4 2012 5:51AM
Posted 8 hrs 37 mins ago
By Jon Herskovitz
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political...
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South Africa's Malema loses appeal, expelled from ANC
Feb 4 2012 5:51AM
Posted 8 hrs 37 mins ago
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An appeals panel of South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political wilderness one of the leading voices for nationalizing mines.
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Russians stage rival protests over Putin
Feb 4 2012 2:26AM
Posted 12 hrs 2 mins ago
By Alissa de Carbonnel and Thomas Grove
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule,...
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Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts
Feb 4 2012 1:09AM
Posted 13 hrs 19 mins ago
By David Alexander and Sebastian Moffett
MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for...
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Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work
Feb 4 2012 12:52AM
Posted 13 hrs 36 mins ago
By Parisa Hafezi and Ramin Mostafavi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the...
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Iran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision
Feb 4 2012 12:52AM
Posted 13 hrs 36 mins ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's oil minister called on the European Union to review its decision to impose sanctions on the Islamic state's oil exports and said that the international oil market was balanced.
"Unfortunately...
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Pakistan PM to discuss Afghanistan reconciliation in Qatar
Feb 3 2012 11:20PM
Posted 15 hrs 8 mins ago
(Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with officials from the Gulf Arab state on the Afghan reconciliation process, a senior government official said on Saturday.
The Afghan...
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Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese
Feb 3 2012 9:09PM
Posted 17 hrs 19 mins ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.
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Nepal Maoists leave camps, first step to reintegration
Feb 3 2012 8:34AM
Posted 1 day 5 hrs 54 mins ago
By Gopal Sharma
SHAKTIKHOR, Nepal (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist former rebels shed their camouflage uniforms Friday and began leaving their camps to join their families in a first step to their reintegration five years...
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Insight: Syria's Assad set for long conflict
Feb 3 2012 8:31AM
Posted 1 day 5 hrs 57 mins ago
By Mariam Karouny
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - With the enemy at the gates, Bashar al-Assad was dining out.
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Libya enjoys political flowering ahead of elections
Feb 3 2012 6:45AM
Posted 1 day 7 hrs 43 mins ago
By Mahmoud Habboush
GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - As explosions reverberated from the hills near Gharyan, a group met in a college auditorium to hear how one party wants to ensure democracy takes root in...
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U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released
Feb 3 2012 3:47AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 41 mins ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said.
The gunmen in the isolated desert region...
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U.S. tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai released
Feb 3 2012 3:47AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 41 mins ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two American women kidnapped by gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday were released into army custody a few hours later, security sources said.
The gunmen in the isolated desert region...
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