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News: Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers China taxi drivers strike for third day, some return to work New setback for Haiti's pop star turned president Syrian forces hit Hama again U.S. weighs Syria sanctions, boosts opposition contact Guatemala sentences four in landmark civil war trial Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers Assad forces fire on protesters across Syria Rebels killed, Gaddafi camp says NATO can't stop war Mubarak: Egypt's ruler for 30 years now facing trial U.S. relaxes limits on Somalia aid as famine looms Slain Libyan commander's tribe warns rebels over probe Canadian HIV murderer faces indefinite prison term Italy under fire in widening euro debt crisis Colombia arrests leaders of submarine cocaine ring Eleventh arrest in UK tabloid hacking scandal Foam pie protester jailed in UK for Murdoch attack Timeline: Phone hacking scandal hits News Corp Factbox: Arrests in News International phone hacking probe Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet Special report: In Breivik's past, few clues to troubled future Norway police still probing if killer acted alone Snapshot: Senate to vote on debt deal Flaherty praises Italy austerity, wants Europe plan Egyptian security told to move Mubarak for trial: report Egyptian security told to move Mubarak for trial: report Saudi billionaire to build world's tallest tower Mubarak trial may scare Arab rulers, placate Egyptians Evacuate West Bank settlers without delay: Israeli court Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, U.N. warns Parcel bomb found in Bosnia court mail Bombers target churches in northern Iraq: police NATO to send extra troops to Kosovo Japan wary of rise in China's maritime activities Factbox: Egypt's former president Mubarak faces trial Analysis: Spain elections a stumbling block for reform drive No end to violence in Pakistan's Karachi; 26 killed in 24 hours U.S. troops in Iraq will need immunity: U.S. chief Greek taxi strikers give tourists free ride Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:14 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak flew to Cairo on Wednesday where he will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters, the first Arab ruler to be put in the dock since uprisings swept the region. Full Story Top China taxi drivers strike for third day, some return to work Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT Reuters - HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - A strike by Chinese cab drivers in the eastern tourist city of Hangzhou stretched into a third day on Wednesday, in the latest unrest highlighting frustration among migrant workers struggling with rising costs and burdensome fees. Full Story Top New setback for Haiti's pop star turned president Tue,2 Aug 2011 09:20 PM PDT Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Lawmakers rejected Haitian President Michel Martelly's new choice for prime minister on Tuesday, blocking his efforts to install a government and move ahead with rebuilding a country shattered by last year's earthquake. Full Story Top Syrian forces hit Hama again Tue,2 Aug 2011 07:01 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces kept up attacks on Hama for a third day, residents said, while senators called on the Obama administration to impose tough new sanctions on Syria's energy sector. Full Story Top U.S. weighs Syria sanctions, boosts opposition contact Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators on Tuesday called on the Obama administration to impose tough new sanctions on Syria's energy sector as Washington sought to put muscle behind its demand that President Bashar al-Assad halt his lethal crackdown on unarmed protesters. Full Story Top Guatemala sentences four in landmark civil war trial Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Tuesday sentenced four soldiers to 6,060 years of prison each, in the first conviction for a massacre during the country's brutal 36-year civil war. Full Story Top Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers Tue,2 Aug 2011 04:01 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be held to account by the people he ruled for three decades in a trial starting Wednesday that will rattle Arab rulers facing unrest across the Middle East. Full Story Top Assad forces fire on protesters across Syria Tue,2 Aug 2011 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama after Ramadan prayers on Tuesday, residents said, on the third day of an armored assault to crush some of the largest street protests against President Bashar al-Assad in a five-month uprising. Full Story Top Rebels killed, Gaddafi camp says NATO can't stop war Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - MISRATA, Libya, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's forces counter-attacked rebels in a strategic town on Tuesday, killing seven insurgents, as the Libyan leader vowed to crush a Western-backed uprising. Full Story Top Mubarak: Egypt's ruler for 30 years now facing trial Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:47 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - In his last address to the nation as president, Hosni Mubarak vowed he would never leave his homeland and would die on its soil. His decision not to flee Egypt may carry a heavy price. Full Story Top U.S. relaxes limits on Somalia aid as famine looms Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is working to get more relief into famine-ravaged southern Somalia and is reassuring aid agencies they will not be penalized for programs in regions controlled by al Shabaab rebels, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Slain Libyan commander's tribe warns rebels over probe Tue,2 Aug 2011 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The powerful tribe of the Libyan rebels' slain military commander vowed Tuesday to find justice themselves for his suspicious killing last week if rebel leaders failed to investigate it fully. Full Story Top Canadian HIV murderer faces indefinite prison term Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian man convicted of murder for knowingly transmitting the virus that causes AIDS could stay in jail indefinitely after an Ontario ruled him a "dangerous offender" who is likely to reoffend if freed. Full Story Top Italy under fire in widening euro debt crisis Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:34 PM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Financial market pressure on Italy intensified on Tuesday, sucking Europe's second biggest debtor nation deeper into the euro area danger zone and prompting emergency consultations in Rome and among European capitals. Full Story Top Colombia arrests leaders of submarine cocaine ring Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian authorities have captured two leaders of a 20-ton-per-year cocaine operation that sent drug-laden submarines to the world's top drug consumer, the United States, local police said Tuesday. Full Story Top Eleventh arrest in UK tabloid hacking scandal Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the News of the World for 22 years, was arrested and later freed on bail on Tuesday over a phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct tabloid that has rattled Britain's establishment, a source close to the case said. Full Story Top Foam pie protester jailed in UK for Murdoch attack Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A protester who threw a paper plate of foam at Rupert Murdoch during a parliamentary hearing into the News Corp phone-hacking scandal last month was given a six-week jail sentence on Tuesday. Full Story Top Timeline: Phone hacking scandal hits News Corp Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in the phone-hacking scandal since it emerged on July 4 that the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler was hacked. Full Story Top Factbox: Arrests in News International phone hacking probe Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - British police Tuesday arrested a 71-year-old man believed to be a "key figure" at Rupert Murdoch's News International group as part of their ongoing investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid. Full Story Top Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States and Pakistan are working to smooth over travel curbs which Islamabad has imposed on U.S. diplomats, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, the latest strain in ties that have worsened since the killing of Osama bin Laden. Full Story Top Special report: In Breivik's past, few clues to troubled future Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT Reuters - RENA, Norway (Reuters) - On a taxi ride to his farmhouse the day before he killed 77 people, Anders Behring Breivik talked easily of a future he must have known would never come. Full Story Top Norway police still probing if killer acted alone Tue,2 Aug 2011 09:00 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police are still investigating whether an anti-immigration zealot who killed 77 people in central Oslo and on a nearby wooded island was acting alone or with others. Full Story Top Snapshot: Senate to vote on debt deal Tue,2 Aug 2011 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is a rundown of the final actions in Congress on Tuesday as lawmakers try to rush to the White House a deficit reduction deal that also will raise the $14.3 trillion limit on U.S. government borrowing. Full Story Top Flaherty praises Italy austerity, wants Europe plan Tue,2 Aug 2011 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada praised the Italian government's austerity plans on Tuesday while calling on Europe to come up with a continent-wide solution to its debt problems. Full Story Top Egyptian security told to move Mubarak for trial: report Tue,2 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's security authorities have received notice to move Hosni Mubarak to Cairo for trial, Al Arabiya television said Tuesday, but a senior security source denied this, adding to the fevered speculation about whether the ousted leader will attend. Full Story Top Egyptian security told to move Mubarak for trial: report Tue,2 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's security authorities have received notice to move Hosni Mubarak to Cairo for trial, Al Arabiya television said Tuesday, but a senior security source denied this, adding to the fevered speculation about whether the ousted leader will attend. Full Story Top Saudi billionaire to build world's tallest tower Tue,2 Aug 2011 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal unveiled plans Tuesday to build the world's tallest tower in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, signing a 4.6 billion riyal ($1.23 billion) contract with Bin Laden Group. Full Story Top Mubarak trial may scare Arab rulers, placate Egyptians Tue,2 Aug 2011 07:03 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's fallen leader, Hosni Mubarak, goes on trial Wednesday over his role in killing protesters, in a stark message to Arab rulers elsewhere that they too may one day be held to account. Full Story Top Evacuate West Bank settlers without delay: Israeli court Tue,2 Aug 2011 06:34 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Israel's supreme court ordered the evacuation of a hilltop outpost where some 250 Jewish settlers live without further delay Tuesday, upholding a petition made by Palestinians and an anti-settler group over five years ago. Full Story Top Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet Tue,2 Aug 2011 06:17 AM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States and Pakistan were working to smooth over curbs on diplomats' travels in the country on Tuesday, officials from both sides said, as U.S., Pakistani and Afghan officials met to coordinate efforts to end violence in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, U.N. warns Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:38 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Uganda could be the next country hit by alarming malnutrition rates due to drought which has already sparked famine in southern Somalia and hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Full Story Top Parcel bomb found in Bosnia court mail Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:21 AM PDT Reuters - SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A parcel bomb was sent to the Bosnian state court president on Tuesday in what a court official said was another move reflecting the ongoing pressure on the Balkan country's judiciary. Full Story Top Bombers target churches in northern Iraq: police Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:15 AM PDT Reuters - KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a Catholic Church in northern Iraq on Tuesday, injuring at least 16 people in part of a coordinated attack on Christian places of worship in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a senior police official said. Full Story Top NATO to send extra troops to Kosovo Tue,2 Aug 2011 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - PRISTINA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will send hundreds more troops to Kosovo after an escalation of violence there between ethnic Albanians and Serbs last week, NATO officials said Tuesday. Full Story Top Japan wary of rise in China's maritime activities Tue,2 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - China's naval forces are likely to step up their activities in waters around Japan, Tokyo's annual defense report said Tuesday, the latest expression of regional security concerns about China's military buildup. Full Story Top Factbox: Egypt's former president Mubarak faces trial Tue,2 Aug 2011 04:40 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83, will start on Wednesday in Cairo, a case that will reverberate across the Arab world where other longtime leaders are facing protests and unrest. Full Story Top Analysis: Spain elections a stumbling block for reform drive Tue,2 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's battle to avoid being drawn deeper into the debt crisis will be helped by a bump in summer employment, but the knock-on effect may be a weakening of more fundamental reforms after November elections. Full Story Top No end to violence in Pakistan's Karachi; 26 killed in 24 hours Tue,2 Aug 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's interior minister warned of stern action against militants and criminals on Tuesday in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi, with unabated violence killing another 26 people over the past 24 hours. Full Story Top U.S. troops in Iraq will need immunity: U.S. chief Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Any agreement for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal would require the Iraqi parliament to agree to grant American soldiers legal immunity, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Greek taxi strikers give tourists free ride Tue,2 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Striking Greek taxi drivers tried to placate angry tourists Tuesday, giving them a free ride into the western town of Patras and letting them enter a major archaeological site on the island of Crete without paying. Full Story Top

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