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News: Argentine leader picks Boudou as running mate Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from Argentine leader picks Boudou as running mate NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Syrian forces kill 5 civilians in clampdown Ex-Ukraine PM to go on trial for abuse of power Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash Libyan soccer stars join rebels in blow to Gaddafi Nets' billionaire owner takes on Russian politics At least 10 killed in north Kenya clashes: police Yemen detains prison officials over al Qaeda escape Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens Dozens march for freedom in Saudi Arabia: YouTube Armenia, Azerbaijan blame each other for Karabakh failure At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Five Pakistani policemen killed in Taliban attack Egypt court sentences ex-trade minister to 5 years in jail Two explosions heard in Tripoli - Reuters witness Two explosions heard in Tripoli - Reuters witness Ex-Ukraine PM says court action targets opposition Saudi reformers may get verdicts next week: lawyer Mauritanian forces attack AQIM camp in Mali: source Lychees and salmon for Canada's desert soldiers Russian oligarch elected head of pro-Medvedev party Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds Released Chinese artist-activist Ai's associates freed Vietnam to switch to lethal injection for death penalty Egyptians injured in clashes over Mubarak's fate Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison Venezuela's Chavez reappears on Twitter from Cuba Yemenis pray for end to deadlock as blast rocks Aden Sarkozy defends Libya mission as House keeps funding Syrian forces kill 15 protesters, activists say Yemen blacklists 43 opponents for pipeline blasts Tunisia joins international war crimes court Factbox - Latest pro-democracy protests in Syria Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Peru protests turn deadly as govt halts mine project Argentine heirs hope DNA test ends identity fight Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Argentine leader picks Boudou as running mate Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:38 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez picked her economy minister, Amado Boudou, to be her vice presidential running mate as she seeks re-election in October, praising his role in a long economic boom. Full Story1 Top Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family in the early hours of Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he was not ready to speak in public, his wife said. Full Story1 Top Argentine leader picks Boudou as running mate Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:14 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said on Saturday Economy Minister Amado Boudou would be her running mate for an October 23 election that opinion polls suggest she could win easily. Full Story1 Top NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday its missiles had hit a site in Libya used by Muammar Gaddafi's forces to stockpile military supplies and vehicles, while Gaddafi's state media said 15 civilians had been killed. Full Story1 Top Syrian forces kill 5 civilians in clampdown Sat,25 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead five civilians during funerals which turned into protests against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Full Story1 Top Ex-Ukraine PM to go on trial for abuse of power Sat,25 Jun 2011 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko must stand trial next Wednesday on a charge of abuse of power, a judge ruled in a pre-trial hearing late on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport on Saturday, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police. Full Story1 Top Libyan soccer stars join rebels in blow to Gaddafi Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Four members of Libya's national soccer team and 13 other football figures have defected to rebels in a blow to Muammar Gaddafi's government, the rebel authority in eastern Libya said on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Nets' billionaire owner takes on Russian politics Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - The billionaire owner of basketball's New Jersey Nets took charge of a pro-business political party in his native Russia on Saturday, a move that could help reformists marginalized under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Full Story1 Top At least 10 killed in north Kenya clashes: police Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - Clashes over control of grazing land and water sources in drought-afflicted northern Kenya killed at least 10 people on Saturday, police said. Full Story1 Top Yemen detains prison officials over al Qaeda escape Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have detained the director of a prison for questioning over the escape of 63 al Qaeda inmates earlier this week, state television said Saturday. Full Story1 Top Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's political crisis worsened Saturday with lawmakers voting to sack the five most senior judicial officials and international consternation growing after a presidential tribunal threw out a quarter of parliament. Full Story1 Top Dozens march for freedom in Saudi Arabia: YouTube Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - Dozens of people wearing white shrouds have staged a peaceful march in the oil-producing region of eastern Saudi Arabia, demanding basic rights and the release of prisoners, according to a video posted on YouTube. Full Story1 Top Armenia, Azerbaijan blame each other for Karabakh failure Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other on Saturday for failing to reach an agreement on a framework document that would set the stage for an end to their two decade-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Full Story1 Top At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - PULE ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 20 people, and possibly as many as 35, in an attack at a hospital in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan on Saturday that damaged its maternity ward, officials said. Full Story1 Top Five Pakistani policemen killed in Taliban attack Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected Taliban militants stormed a police station in a town in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least five policemen, police and witnesses said. Full Story1 Top Egypt court sentences ex-trade minister to 5 years in jail Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court convicted former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid in absentia on Saturday and sentenced him to 5 years in prison for profiteering and squandering public funds, the state news agency MENA said. Full Story1 Top Two explosions heard in Tripoli - Reuters witness Sat,25 Jun 2011 06:41 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two loud explosions were heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday as jets flew over the city, a Reuters witness reported. Full Story1 Top Two explosions heard in Tripoli - Reuters witness Sat,25 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two loud explosions were heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday as jets flew over the city, a Reuters witness reported. Full Story1 Top Ex-Ukraine PM says court action targets opposition Sat,25 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko clashed angrily with the judge at a pre-trial hearing on Saturday, denouncing the court action as political maneuvering aimed at wiping out the opposition in Ukraine. Full Story1 Top Saudi reformers may get verdicts next week: lawyer Sat,25 Jun 2011 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - Some of 16 Saudi reform activists being tried on security and sedition charges may receive their verdicts next week after spending more than four years in detention, their lawyer said on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Mauritanian forces attack AQIM camp in Mali: source Sat,25 Jun 2011 05:01 AM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mauritanian soldiers attacked a camp belonging to Al Qaeda's African wing in neighboring Mali late Friday, a source close to Mali's Defense Ministry told Reuters Saturday. Full Story1 Top Lychees and salmon for Canada's desert soldiers Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - FOB SPERWAN GHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In the dusty heart of the Panjwai valley, there are waffles and real maple syrup for breakfast, salmon and tagliatelle for dinner, and lychees, ice-cream and home-made cookies for desert. Full Story1 Top Russian oligarch elected head of pro-Medvedev party Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:34 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, was elected leader of Russia's Right Cause party on Saturday and vowed to overtake the Communists as the No. 2 political party. Full Story1 Top Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not borrow from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after revising its budget and cutting the forecast deficit, even though a loan had been agreed, Finance Minister Samir Radwan said Saturday. Full Story1 Top Released Chinese artist-activist Ai's associates freed Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING, Jun (Reuters) - Four associates of Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei detained along with him in a controversial case were freed after Ai's release, friends of the artist said on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Vietnam to switch to lethal injection for death penalty Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:49 PM PDT Reuters - HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will carry out the death penalty using lethal injection from July instead of a firing squad, police said, to reduce suffering. Full Story1 Top Egyptians injured in clashes over Mubarak's fate Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO, June 25 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between two groups of protesters, for and against putting former president Hosni Mubarak on trial, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported Saturday. Full Story1 Top Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months, cutting his original 6 1/2-year sentence nearly in half for remaining fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. Full Story1 Top Venezuela's Chavez reappears on Twitter from Cuba Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, not seen in public for two weeks, ended his unusual silence with several Twitter messages on Friday, but said nothing about his health after an operation in Cuba. Full Story1 Top Yemenis pray for end to deadlock as blast rocks Aden Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - SANAA/ADEN, June 24 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa on a "Friday of the Revolutionary Will" to press for the overthrow of their wounded president. Full Story1 Top Sarkozy defends Libya mission as House keeps funding Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - France rejected on Friday U.S. criticism of Europe's performance in the NATO operation against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi while the U.S. administration survived Congressional anger in a funding vote. Full Story1 Top Syrian forces kill 15 protesters, activists say Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 15 people on Friday after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and activists said. Full Story1 Top Yemen blacklists 43 opponents for pipeline blasts Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - SANAA, June 24 (Reuters) - Yemen's Interior Ministry published the names of 43 members of the opposition it accuses of blowing up oil pipelines and attacks on power pylons, its news agency said on Friday. Full Story1 Top Tunisia joins international war crimes court Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tunisia, whose demonstrations inspired the so-called 'Arab Spring' uprisings across the region, on Friday became the first North African state to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full Story1 Top Factbox - Latest pro-democracy protests in Syria Fri,24 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets on Friday to protest against President Bashar al-Assad's rule in defiance of a military crackdown, witnesses and activists said. Full Story1 Top Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Fri,24 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. Full Story1 Top Peru protests turn deadly as govt halts mine project Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:58 PM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - Protests against mining and energy projects in southeastern Peru turned deadly on Friday, killing at least two people, hours after the government said a Canadian firm's mining license would be revoked in a bid to calm unrest. Full Story1 Top Argentine heirs hope DNA test ends identity fight Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The adopted children of one of Argentina's wealthiest women came forward to give blood samples on Friday, hoping to quell suspicions they were stolen as babies from murdered political prisoners during military rule. Full Story1 Top Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency . Full Story1 Top

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