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Syrian tanks storm Hama, 24 dead: doctor
Sat,30 Jul 2011 11:41 PM PDT
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photoAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks stormed the city of Hama at dawn on Sunday, killing at least 24 civilians, residents said, after besieging it for nearly a month to crush some of the biggest demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.


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Lawmakers race clock to clinch debt limit deal
Sat,30 Jul 2011 11:09 PM PDT
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photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - American lawmakers raced against the clock on Sunday to forge a last-minute deal that could raise the U.S. debt ceiling by $2.8 trillion and provide assurance to financial markets that the United States will avoid default.


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Warlords, government capacity threaten Afghan mining: watchdog
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:43 PM PDT
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photoKABUL (Reuters) - A giant Afghan iron ore deposit may provide hope for the prosperity of the country, but the Afghan government is not able to ensure the mine is managed properly and profiteering warlords could spark further violence, a graft watchdog said on Sunday.


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Timeline: Syrian protests and crackdown
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:39 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Syria since protests started in March. Full Story
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Anger still raw a year after Pakistani floods
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:33 PM PDT
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photoNOWSHERA/MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A year after deadly floods swept through the Pakistani town of Nowshera resident Imtiaz Ali is seething with anger as he struggles to rebuild his life with almost no help from the government.


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At least six Afghan police killed in Helmand blast
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:09 PM PDT
Reuters - LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An explosion killed at least six Afghan police in the southern city of Lashkar Gah on Sunday, said a spokesman for the Helmand provincial governor. Full Story
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Australia to send first asylum-seekers to Malaysia
Sat,30 Jul 2011 07:35 PM PDT
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photoSYDNEY (Reuters) - A boatload of asylum-seekers intercepted in Australian waters on Sunday will be the first sent to Malaysia under a controversial new swap deal, Australian officials said.


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Explosion at Mexican oil refinery kills two
Sat,30 Jul 2011 06:09 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through Mexico's second-largest oil refinery on Saturday, causing a massive fire and killing two workers, though production was not affected, state oil monopoly Pemex said. Full Story
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Mexico captures Juarez cartel hitmen leader: report
Sat,30 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have arrested an alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel's armed wing linked to a deadly car bomb last year, local media said on Saturday. Full Story
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Libyan rebel commander killed by allied militia
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT
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photoBENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions about divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks.


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Explosion at Mexican oil refinery kills two
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:39 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through Mexico's second-largest oil refinery on Saturday, causing a massive fire and killing two workers, though production was not affected, state oil monopoly Pemex said. Full Story
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Tanks shell east Syrian city, 5 killed
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:15 PM PDT
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photoAMMAN (Reuters) - At least five civilians were killed on Saturday when Syrian forces shelled the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, an activists' group said, in the latest attempt by authorities to crush protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.


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Top Republicans confident of debt deal with Obama
Sat,30 Jul 2011 03:08 PM PDT
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photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top congressional Republicans said on Saturday they were in serious talks with President Barack Obama to break a U.S. debt limit deadlock and were confident the risk of default by the world's largest economy could be avoided.


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Mubarak August 3 trial to be held in Cairo, protesters skeptical
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:53 PM PDT
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photoCAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for charges that include ordering the killing of protesters will take place at Cairo's Police Academy on Wednesday August 3, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.


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Protests against high costs put pressure on Israel PM
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT
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photoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday to protest against the high cost of living and demand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu undertake sweeping economic reforms.


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Libyans face Ramadan of shortages, fear as war drags on
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT
Reuters - MISRATA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - In rebel-held Misrata, the vegetable market is half empty; shoppers fret over shortages and soaring prices. A few miles away in Zlitan, controlled by Muammar Gaddafi, Libyans worry about sanctions and NATO strikes. Full Story
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Libyan TV still on air despite NATO bombing
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT
Reuters - TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday it had bombed three satellite dishes in Tripoli to stop "terror broadcasts" by Muammar Gaddafi, but Libyan state TV remained on air and condemned what it said was the targeting of journalists. Full Story
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Rebels attack last Gaddafi Western Mountain stronghold
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT
Reuters - HAWAMID, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels have encircled Muammar Gaddafi's last stronghold in Libya's Western Mountains region and hope to seize it soon, a commander said on Saturday. Full Story
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France to keep up pressure on Libya - defence minister
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - France's defense minister vowed on Saturday to keep up its aerial bombardment of Muammar Gaddafi's troops in Libya as it readies to withdraw the conflict's only aircraft carrier for maintenance. Full Story
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Strong earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no tsunami
Sat,30 Jul 2011 01:11 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted northeast Japan on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, at 3:54 a.m. local time Saturday, was also felt in Tokyo. Full Story
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Turkey's leaders deny crisis as top generals quit
Sat,30 Jul 2011 12:54 PM PDT
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photoISTANBUL (Reuters) - For Turkey's political leaders it was business as usual Saturday, denying any crisis, or simply not mentioning the resignation of the country's four top military commanders.


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Suspected rebels kidnap five oil workers in Colombia
Sat,30 Jul 2011 12:30 PM PDT
Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Suspected Colombian guerrillas kidnapped five oil workers for companies contracted by Occidental Petroleum in the eastern part of the Andean nation, the army and the company said on Saturday. Full Story
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Mexico captures Juarez cartel hitmen leader: media
Sat,30 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have arrested an alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel's armed wing linked to a deadly car bomb last year, local media reported on Saturday. Full Story
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Cuba readies new phase in retail sector reform
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT
Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will broaden private retail service beyond beauty parlors and barbers in October to include everything from coffee shops to locksmiths, and may even rent space on busy streets, an official told parliament. Full Story
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Boeing passenger jet crashes in Guyana, no deaths
Sat,30 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT
Reuters - GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - A packed Caribbean Airlines jet carrying 163 people crashed and broke in two on Saturday as it landed in Guyana at night, injuring several passengers but killing no one. Full Story
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Death toll rises to 32 in two Ukraine mine accidents
Sat,30 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT
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photoKIEV (Reuters) - President Viktor Yanukovich ordered a national day of mourning Sunday as the number of dead in two separate Ukrainian coal mine accidents rose to 32.


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Iraq says to buy 36 F-16 fighters from U.S
Sat,30 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT
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photoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday his government would buy 36 F-16 fighters from the United States, doubling the number it had initially planned to purchase to strengthen its weak air defenses.


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Political camp tradition resumes after Norway attack
Sat,30 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT
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photoTROMOEY, Norway (Reuters) - Record numbers of Young Liberals held Norway's first summer youth camp since last week's slaughter of 69 campers and the Oslo bomb that killed eight, but police were posted to guard the gathering.


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Six dead, 21 injured in Egyptian Sinai clash
Sat,30 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT
Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Six people were killed in fighting between an armed group and security forces in the north of Egypt's Sinai region, security sources and the state news agency MENA said on Saturday. Full Story
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Norway killer "more than willing to talk": police
Sat,30 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT
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photoOSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik is cooperating with interrogators, police said on Saturday, but they declined to confirm media reports he had plans to attack the royal palace and Labor Party headquarters.


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Air France pilots could have saved Rio-Paris plane: BEA
Sat,30 Jul 2011 08:22 AM PDT
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photoPARIS (Reuters) - The pilots at the helm of Air France flight AF447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, could still have saved the situation after the jet lost its speed data, the head of France's BEA authority said on Friday.


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How pilots wrestled in vain to save Air France jet
Sat,30 Jul 2011 08:22 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - "What do you think? What do you think? What should we do?" Full Story
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Russia to scrap E.coli checks on flights from EU
Sat,30 Jul 2011 08:12 AM PDT
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photoMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will stop checking flights from Europe for traces of the deadly E.coli bacteria as the number of new infections falls, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday.


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Fortunes differ among Somalia's famine refugees
Sat,30 Jul 2011 05:03 AM PDT
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photoLIBOI, Kenya (Reuters) - Even among refugees fleeing famine-stricken Somalia there are the "haves" and "have-nots" -- those who cross the border in a battle for survival and those who can pay for a car.


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Analysis: Turkish government strengthens control on military
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:57 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The resignations of Turkey's top four military commanders will enable the ruling AK Party to consolidate its power over the armed forces, reinforcing its gains in a decade-long struggle to exert control over the once-omnipotent military. Full Story
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South Yemen clashes kill 14; 15 die in friendly fire
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:33 AM PDT
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photoADEN (Reuters) - Two Yemeni army colonels, five soldiers and seven Islamist militants died overnight in fighting in southern Yemen, while artillery and air raids killed 15 pro-government tribesmen by mistake, local and tribal officials said on Saturday.


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Analysis: For Breivik, insanity tough to prove, hard to fake
Sat,30 Jul 2011 04:20 AM PDT
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photoLONDON (Reuters) - Assessing whether Norway's confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is insane, as his lawyer asserts, will take months of observation, interviews and analysis -- and experts say it's hard to fake mental illness.


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Syria's exiled opposition senses historic moment
Sat,30 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When former Syrian diplomat Bassam Bitar was stationed in Paris three decades ago, a secret policeman from the embassy knocked at his apartment door to deliver a thinly veiled death threat if he did not stop criticizing the ruling Assad family. Full Story
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UK police add computer probe to phone-hack inquiry
Sat,30 Jul 2011 03:03 AM PDT
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photoLONDON (Reuters) - London police probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World tabloid are broadening their investigation to allegations of computer hacking, they said on Saturday.


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Africa reemerging as heroin trafficking hub: U.N.
Sat,30 Jul 2011 02:01 AM PDT
Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - Drug traffickers faced with restrictions to transit routes through Asia and the Middle East are turning to eastern Africa, driving up instability and increasing substance abuse, a United Nations report said. Full Story
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