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News: Britain shortlists 13 bidders to run rail franchises Australia PM stands by Huawei ban despite China plea China tells Ai Weiwei no public trial for tax case Torture marred rule of fallen Chinese leader: lawyer Bissau electoral body throws out fraud complaints Libya militias resume fighting after ceasefire Spanish strike to test tolerance for austerity Millions at risk in Sahel, aid plans lack money: UN South Sudan troops withdraw from oil area after clashes UN mulls reducing peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur U.S. charges JetBlue pilot for midair meltdown IMF approves final Angola loan tranche Amid fresh diplomacy, U.S. remains wary of direct Syria role Ocampo hopes to open World Bank leadership to all Intrigue, treachery charges fly in fight for U.N. post Exclusive: U.S. sees lifetime cost of F-35 fighter at $1.45 trillion Japan hangs 3 murderers in first executions since 2010 Shooter of Florida teen appears uninjured in video Exclusive: Investors press U.S. shale oil drillers to control flaring Santorum video evokes horror classics to bash Obama Florida Republican Senator Rubio endorses Romney Brazil World Cup legislation moves closer to passage TEPCO decides to ask government for $12 billion injection: Kyodo Former official gets prison over Afghanistan bribe MF Global execs ignorance, silence stymie Congress Is it the end for Gingrich, or just a new course? Boehner feels heat as transport funding deadline looms U.S. charges screaming, incoherent JetBlue pilot Pope meets Cuba's Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo White House: no contingency plan if healthcare law rejected MF Global exec tied to money transfers clams up Analysis: If Trayvon Martin family pursues civil case Poll: Idea of healthcare overhaul gets wide support Iran says expects nuclear talks on April 13 Could bombing Iran push it to build the Bomb? U.S. sets sanctions on Iran shipping, engineer firms Obama lawyer asks Supreme Court to save healthcare law Pope condemns U.S. embargo as Cuba trip wraps up "What does a pope do?" Fidel Castro asks Benedict Online advertisers cautioned against privacy blunders Britain shortlists 13 bidders to run rail franchises Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:51 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Stagecoach, FirstGroup, Go-Ahead and National Express are among 13 firms vying to be the next operators of the Great Western, Thameslink and Essex Thameside rail franchises, Britain's Department of Transport said. "The Government is engaged in the biggest programme of refranchising since the privatisation of the railways," Rail Minister Theresa Villiers said on Thursday, adding that the new operators will be expected to introduce better train services, safer stations and more convenient ways to buy tickets. ... Full Story Top Australia PM stands by Huawei ban despite China plea Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:19 PM PDT Reuters - CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard backed a ban on Chinese telecoms firm Huawei from tendering for major government contracts on Thursday after Beijing raised concerns about fair treatment for Chinese firms. Australia has blocked Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's largest telecoms company, from tendering for contracts in Australia's $38 billion high-speed broadband network (NBN) due to undefined security concerns. Gillard told reporters she stood by the decision, saying the move was not against trade rules, and pointed to China's own rules on telecoms ... Full Story Top China tells Ai Weiwei no public trial for tax case Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as "inconceivable". Supporters of Ai, whose 81-day secret detention last year sparked an international outcry, have said the tax case is part of Beijing's efforts to muzzle China's most famous social critic. Ai, 54, told Reuters by telephone he received the notice, dated March 23, from tax authorities on Tuesday. ... Full Story Top Torture marred rule of fallen Chinese leader: lawyer Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:09 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Lawyer Li Zhuang remembers the snap as police buckled him into a "tiger seat", an instrument for sleep deprivation that he said was a staple in the crusade against organized crime that won fame for China's now fallen leadership aspirant Bo Xilai. Li has been the most outspoken lawyer to challenge Bo's crackdown on crime syndicates, an offensive that boosted Bo's nationwide popularity and hopes for climbing from his base in Chongqing, a huge city in the southwest, to the centre of power when China's new leadership is chosen later this year. ... Full Story Top Bissau electoral body throws out fraud complaints Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PDT Reuters - BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau's election commission on Wednesday rejected opposition complaints of fraud during a March 18 first-round presidential vote in the West African state, and set a decisive run-off for April 22. The election to replace Malam Bacai Sanha, who died in a Paris hospital in January after a long illness, was meant to usher in stability to the coup-prone country, which has become a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine bound for Europe. ... Full Story Top Libya militias resume fighting after ceasefire Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:53 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rival militias in the Libyan city of Sabha resumed fighting hours after calling a ceasefire on Wednesday, after three days of clashes that killed more than 50 people and highlight the government's failure to restore law and order nationwide. Representatives from the Sabha and Tibu-dominated militias had held a meeting at which they had agreed to end the fighting, said Ahmed Abdelqadir, a local council member in Sabha. But shooting resumed just a few hours later, Sabha fighter Oweidat al-Hifnawi said. ... Full Story Top Spanish strike to test tolerance for austerity Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish unions hold a general strike on Thursday in a test of public patience with austerity a day before Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announces a new round of deep budget cuts. Spaniards have shown remarkable tolerance as Rajoy's centre-right government struggles to meet strict European-set deficit goals, but that may be running low as the economy enters its fourth year of low or no growth. ... Full Story Top Millions at risk in Sahel, aid plans lack money: UN Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Millions of people in Africa's turbulent Sahel region are on the brink of starvation due to drought and conflict, the United Nations said on Wednesday, and aid response plans are less than 40 percent funded ahead of an expected crisis peak. The Sahel is a belt of land spanning nearly a dozen of the world's poorest countries on the southern rim of the Sahara. John Ging, operations director for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said 15 million people were affected by the food crisis. ... Full Story Top South Sudan troops withdraw from oil area after clashes Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:51 PM PDT Reuters - HEGLIG OIL FIELD, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan's troops have pulled out of Sudan's oil-producing Heglig area, both sides said on Wednesday, easing tensions after two days of clashes between the neighbours threatened to escalate a simmering conflict. Both the United States and United Nations called on the countries to halt the violence - the worst seen since South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in July, taking most of the country's known crude reserves with it. South Sudan accused Sudan of bombing major oil fields and other areas on its side of the border on Monday and Tuesday. ... Full Story Top UN mulls reducing peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:50 PM PDT Reuters - ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The United Nations is considering cutting back its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region as violence dwindles almost ten years into the conflict, a senior official said on Wednesday. Any scaling down of the force of 28,000 soldiers and police is likely to be highly unpopular among many international activists who have continued to accuse the Sudan of carrying out war crimes against civilians in the region - allegations denied by Khartoum. ... Full Story Top U.S. charges JetBlue pilot for midair meltdown Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:49 PM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. authorities filed criminal charges on Wednesday against a JetBlue Airways pilot who witnesses said yelled incoherently about religion and the 2001 hijack attacks and pounded on a locked cockpit door before passengers subdued him in a midair uproar. Flight 191 was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, following what authorities described as erratic behavior by Capt. Clayton Frederick Osbon, who allegedly ran through the cabin before passengers tackled him in the galley. A flight attendant suffered bruised ribs, officials said. ... Full Story Top IMF approves final Angola loan tranche Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:48 PM PDT Reuters - LUANDA (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the release of a final loan disbursement to Angola under the country's $1.4 billion loan agreement made in 2009. The IMF said it would immediately disburse $132.9 million to Angolan authorities and waived performance targets linked to international reserves and central bank credit. Earlier, rights groups wrote to IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde urging the IMF's executive board to withhold the final tranche until the Angolan government improved transparency on how it uses public funds. ... Full Story Top Amid fresh diplomacy, U.S. remains wary of direct Syria role Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs on Thursday for fresh diplomacy aimed at halting Syria's bloodshed, but there is little sign the Obama administration is ready to deviate from its hands-off approach. Clinton's talks in Riyadh with foreign ministers from Gulf states will likely be anchored by a new peace proposal from U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan. It's the latest bid to broker a diplomatic end to over a year of fighting between President Bashar al-Assad's troops and opponents to his family's decades-long rule. ... Full Story Top Ocampo hopes to open World Bank leadership to all Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonion Ocampo knows he faces a tough battle to head the World Bank but he hopes his bid will pave the way for developing countries to one day lead the global development institution. Ocampo is in a three-way race with U.S. nominee Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American health expert, and Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was put forward by South Africa, Angola and Nigeria. ... Full Story Top Intrigue, treachery charges fly in fight for U.N. post Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Accusations of threats, Cold War-style treachery and backstage attempts by Russia to punish a former Soviet ally are turning a routine election for a high-profile but largely ceremonial U.N. post into a bitter diplomatic tussle. The countries vying for the presidency of the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly are Serbia and Lithuania. Both want the 12-month post that involves chairing the annual gathering of world leaders in New York in September and other U.N. events. The U.N. assembly has no real power. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: U.S. sees lifetime cost of F-35 fighter at $1.45 trillion Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:28 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government now projects that the total cost to develop, buy and operate the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be $1.45 trillion over the next 50-plus years, according to a Pentagon document obtained by Reuters. The Pentagon's latest, staggering estimate of the lifetime cost of the F-35 -- its most expensive weapons program -- is up from about $1 trillion a year ago, and includes inflation. ... Full Story Top Japan hangs 3 murderers in first executions since 2010 Wed,28 Mar 2012 09:48 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hanged three convicted multiple murderers on Thursday, the Justice Ministry said, its first executions in almost two years putting it back alongside the United States as the only leading developed nations to carry out the death penalty. Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa authorized the executions of the three men and they were hanged in jails in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the ministry said. They were the first executions in Japan since two death row inmates were hanged in July 2010. ... Full Story Top Shooter of Florida teen appears uninjured in video Wed,28 Mar 2012 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Florida appeared uninjured when he was brought into the police station on the night of the shooting, according to a video released by ABC News on Wednesday. George Zimmerman told police he shot Trayvon Martin inside a gated community on February 26 in self-defense after Martin attacked him and repeatedly bashed his head into a concrete walkway. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Investors press U.S. shale oil drillers to control flaring Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investors representing $500 billion in assets are pushing energy companies in the shale oil rush in North Dakota and other states to disclose the amount of natural gas they burn - a practice they see as a wasteful financial risk. "We want to encourage companies to articulate plans for resolving this issue while shale oil production is still in its relative infancy," said Karina Litvack, the head of governance and sustainable investment at F&C Asset Management. ... Full Story Top Santorum video evokes horror classics to bash Obama Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:34 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A squawking crow. A single shoe turned on its side. Dark skies. A slow-spinning carousel on an empty playground. All the ingredients of a horror movie come together in a Rick Santorum presidential campaign video that depicts a terrifying "Obamaville". The video has grabbed attention for its use of scary themes and images in the world of political ads. It was released at a time when Santorum lags Mitt Romney in the Republican race to find a challenger to President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. ... Full Story Top Florida Republican Senator Rubio endorses Romney Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:20 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, endorsed Mitt Romney on Wednesday calling the former Massachusetts governor the inevitable Republican presidential nominee. "I am endorsing Mitt Romney and the reason why is not only is he going to be the Republican nominee, but he offers at this point such a stark contrast to the president's record," Rubio said in an interview on Fox News. ... Full Story Top Brazil World Cup legislation moves closer to passage Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:00 PM PDT Reuters - BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to passing a long-delayed measure key to preparations for the 2014 soccer World Cup, breaking a gridlock in Congress that threatened to delay President Dilma Rousseff's legislative agenda this year. The lower house of deputies voted in favor of the bill after Rousseff appeared to bow to pressure from lawmakers of her unruly coalition to release some frozen cash for their pet projects. The bill still needs to be debated in the senate. ... Full Story Top TEPCO decides to ask government for $12 billion injection: Kyodo Wed,28 Mar 2012 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co , troubled operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, formally decided on Thursday to ask the government to inject 1 trillion yen ($12.06 billion) in tax money to stay afloat, Kyodo news agency said. The move by the company, known as Tepco, coincides with doubts about the future of Japan's atomic energy policy. Only one of 54 reactors is on stream as the government seeks backing from local authorities to restart units shut for maintenance. ... Full Story Top Former official gets prison over Afghanistan bribe Wed,28 Mar 2012 07:02 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal judge in Atlanta sentenced a former Defense Department official on Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for taking nearly $100,000 in bribes from a company seeking a contract in Afghanistan. Desi Deandre Wade, 40, of Climax, Georgia, was arrested in August after traveling to Atlanta from Afghanistan for the Fire Rescue International Conference, officials said. ... Full Story Top MF Global execs ignorance, silence stymie Congress Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An MF Global executive who has become a central figure in the desperate shifting of funds before the brokerage's collapse, refused to answer questions from Congress on Wednesday, frustrating lawmakers probing why an estimated $1.6 billion of customer money is missing. The failure of Assistant Treasurer Edith O'Brien and her MF Global colleagues to clear up how the money seemingly vanished drew considerable mocking from lawmakers, who alternated between anger and disbelief. ... Full Story Top Is it the end for Gingrich, or just a new course? Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich visited a zoo in Maryland on Tuesday, and admired the howls of endangered red wolves ("Four wolves make quite a noise," the Republican presidential hopeful noted in a Twitter message). Meanwhile, to some Republicans, his campaign seemed to be going to the dogs. Hours later came reports that Gingrich had fired his campaign manager and his cash-strapped campaign had laid off a significant portion of its full-time staff. ... Full Story Top Boehner feels heat as transport funding deadline looms Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats tried to squeeze Republican House Speaker John Boehner into accepting their U.S. Senate-passed transport bill on Wednesday, less than four days before federal funding for road, bridge and mass transit projects expires. A rival bill championed by Boehner and which he once called his signature jobs initiative has faltered badly amid deep divisions within his party, and Democrats were offering little help in arranging an extension that would avert transport construction shutdowns starting on Sunday. As many as 1. ... Full Story Top U.S. charges screaming, incoherent JetBlue pilot Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:48 PM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities filed criminal charges on Wednesday against a JetBlue pilot who screamed over the radio, pounded on the door of the cockpit and was tackled by passengers during a chaotic flight from New York forced to make an emergency landing in Texas. Flight 191 was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, following what federal authorities described as erratic behavior by captain Clayton Frederick Osbon, who passengers said was restrained after he pounded on the locked cockpit door. A U.S. ... Full Story Top Pope meets Cuba's Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called for an end to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Wednesday as he ended a trip in which he urged the communist island to change. He also spoke at a public Mass in Havana's sprawling Revolution Square where the Vatican said 300,000 people gathered to hear the 84-year-old pontiff. ... Full Story Top White House: no contingency plan if healthcare law rejected Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that it was not working on contingency plans for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, in the event that the Supreme Court struck down all or part of the sweeping reforms. After three days of landmark Supreme Court hearings that raised doubts about the law's fate, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the administration remains confident that the 2010 reform measure would be upheld when justices issue their ruling toward the end of June. "There is no contingency plan that's in place. ... Full Story Top MF Global exec tied to money transfers clams up Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An MF Global executive, who has emerged as a central figure in the desperate shifting of funds before the brokerage's collapse, refused to answer questions on Wednesday, frustrating lawmakers probing why more than $1 billion in customer money is missing. Assistant Treasurer Edith O'Brien and other mid-level MF Global executives, people who had operational control over money transfers at the brokerage, were called to testify before the investigations panel of the House Financial Services Committee. ... Full Story Top Analysis: If Trayvon Martin family pursues civil case Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - As uncertainty swirls around any criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman, the shooter of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in an Orlando suburb, one option that remains open to Martin's family is a civil case. Zimmerman could be shielded from prosecution under Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives immunity to people who use deadly force in their own defense without clear evidence of malice. The same law also says a person who uses such force is immune from civil action. ... Full Story Top Poll: Idea of healthcare overhaul gets wide support Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system remains popular even though Americans are not enamored with the law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The poll found that 44 percent of respondents favor the law, and that an additional 21 percent oppose it because it doesn't go far enough - for a total of 65 percent. The rest, 35 percent, said they oppose the law and major changes to healthcare generally. "People still very much hunger for something to fix the healthcare system," said Ipsos pollster Chris ... Full Story Top Iran says expects nuclear talks on April 13 Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran expects to reopen talks with world powers that could defuse mounting tensions over its disputed nuclear program on April 13, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday. Turkey has offered to host the talks and the location will be decided in the next few days, Salehi said, after greeting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on his arrival in Tehran. The major nations are keen to get Iran to enter talks on curbing its uranium enrichment program, which the West suspects is aimed at developing a nuclear weapons capability but Tehran says is peaceful. ... Full Story Top Could bombing Iran push it to build the Bomb? Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - Pre-emptive military strikes aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its nuclear activities may end up having the opposite effect: convincing the Islamic Republic's leaders they need an atomic arsenal to secure their hold on power. That is the argument from those in the West and elsewhere who say the negative impact of an Israeli or U.S. attack would eventually outweigh any gains - pushing Iran towards a decision that Western intelligence services believe it has not yet taken. ... Full Story Top U.S. sets sanctions on Iran shipping, engineer firms Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday set additional sanctions against Iranian engineering firms with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), which it said has continued to expand its control of the Iranian economy. It also sanctioned individuals and shipping companies with ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). ... Full Story Top Obama lawyer asks Supreme Court to save healthcare law Wed,28 Mar 2012 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top courtroom lawyer made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the Supreme Court to save President Barack Obama's healthcare law, capping three days of historic arguments that left it unclear how the nine justices would rule. Having peppered lawyers for and against the law with questions for more than six hours over the three days, the justices withdrew to their chambers to begin up to three months of deliberation expected to yield a decision by late June. ... Full Story Top Pope condemns U.S. embargo as Cuba trip wraps up Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict criticized the 50-year-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the Communist-run island on Wednesday, urging reconciliation and greater freedoms. "May no one feel excluded ... from taking up this exciting search for his or her basic freedoms, or excused from this by indolence or lack of material resources, a situation which is worsened when restrictive economic measures, imposed from outside the country, unfairly burden its people," the pontiff said. (Reporting by Simon Gardner; editing by Todd Eastham) Full Story Top "What does a pope do?" Fidel Castro asks Benedict Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, both octogenarians, joked about their age in a brief meeting on Wednesday and then Castro popped the question: so what do you do? The two world figures chatted for about 30 minutes at the Vatican embassy in Havana near the end of the pope's three-day visit to Cuba, where he called for greater freedom and a bigger role for the Catholic Church in the communist-led nation. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict, 84, and Castro, 85, had an "exchange of ideas" in a "very cordial" atmosphere. ... Full Story Top Online advertisers cautioned against privacy blunders Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online advertisers facing scrutiny from governments wanting to give Internet users more control over personal data online were urged at an industry conference on Wednesday to avoid privacy blunders that could undermine calls for self-regulation. The White House and Federal Trade Commission have unveiled privacy frameworks that rely heavily on voluntary commitments by the advertisers to address lack of controls over the collection and trading of vast amounts of detailed information about the online activities and real-life identities of consumers. ... Full Story Top

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