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News: Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape: HRW Pope pushes for change in Cuba, government rebuffs Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits Supreme Court weighs all-or-nothing on healthcare law Panetta says focus on strategy, not polls in Afghanistan Australia open to U.S. spy flights from Indian Ocean island Phone tapping scandal envelops Mexican ruling party candidate North American defense ministers launch joint security forum U.S. presses Syrian opposition to unite, shun abuses Afghan soldiers arrested over Defence Ministry plot: NYT Mali neighbors threaten force to reverse coup Canadian police investigating SNC-Lavalin Syrian opposition reunites, but Kurds walk out Skeptical justices question Obama healthcare law Phone tapping row envelops Mexican ruling party candidate Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, U.S. skeptical Pressure grows on Ottawa to lean on Air Canada Ontario targets labor costs in bid to cut deficit Pope honors patron saint, heads to meeting with Castro Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits Venezuela's Chavez leads rival in latest poll Clinton presses Syrian opposition ahead of Istanbul Greek parties say election likely to be on May 6: sources Walkouts spoil Syrian opposition's bid for unity Briton held in Somalia on suspected links to rebels White House calls for restraint in Sudan, South Sudan clash South Sudan oil field "bombed", Sudan says hopes to avert war U.S. ambassador got reports on Syrian opposition abuses Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50 CP Rail's Green shows critics he can talk tough too CN sells two rail lines in Toronto for C$310.5 million Total: "may be months" to stop North Sea gas cloud 'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris Peru president's kin causes headaches for leader Iran praises Syria for its handling of uprising Russia placing blockbuster $7 billion Eurobond deal Urging freedoms for Cuba, pope honors patron saint TV hacking claims pile pressure on James Murdoch Turkey's former army chief storms out of terrorism trial Spain arrests Qaeda suspect for inciting attacks Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape: HRW Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:38 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because sex outside marriage - even when the woman is forced - is considered adultery, another "moral crime". ... Full Story Top Pope pushes for change in Cuba, government rebuffs Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict stepped up his calls for change and a greater role for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba on Tuesday but was quickly rebuffed by a senior government official who ruled out political reforms in the one-party state. As the pope's trip drew to a close and Benedict met with President Raul Castro, the Vatican also disclosed it had made a "humanitarian request" to Havana, raising speculation that it might be seeking the release of political prisoners or jailed American Alan Gross. ... Full Story Top Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:08 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mohamed Merah, the French gunman who killed Jewish children and French soldiers and then died in a firefight with police this month, was hardly an unknown quantity to intelligence and law enforcement officials on both sides of the Atlantic. Merah made two trips to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2012, and was detained by U.S. forces during the first. He had a record of moderately serious criminal activities in France. ... Full Story Top Supreme Court weighs all-or-nothing on healthcare law Tue,27 Mar 2012 09:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will be on the line on Wednesday when the Supreme Court considers whether the entire law must fall without its centerpiece insurance mandate. Completing three days of historic arguments, the nine justices will hear arguments on whether the rest of the law, Obama's signature domestic accomplishment, can survive should the court decide Congress exceeded its powers by requiring all Americans buy insurance by 2014. ... Full Story Top Panetta says focus on strategy, not polls in Afghanistan Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:20 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday it was important for NATO-led forces to continue implementing their strategy to end the conflict in Afghanistan despite growing signs of public fatigue after 10 years of war. "We cannot fight wars by polls. If we do that we're in deep trouble," Panetta told a news conference in Canada. "We have to operate based on what we believe is the best strategy to achieve the mission that we are embarked on," he said. ... Full Story Top Australia open to U.S. spy flights from Indian Ocean island Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:09 PM PDT Reuters - CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia could one day allow U.S. spy flights to operate from a remote Indian Ocean island, Defense Minister Stephen Smith confirmed on Wednesday, supporting the U.S. pivot to Asia but likely upsetting Australia's biggest trading partner, China. Smith said the possible use of Australia's remote Cocos Islands territory had been raised with the United States, but the proposal was not under active consideration and was not among current plans for Canberra to strengthen military ties with Washington. "We view Cocos as being potentially a long term strategic location. ... Full Story Top Phone tapping scandal envelops Mexican ruling party candidate Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:43 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling party presidential candidate has been forced on the defensive after a leaked recording emerged in which she appeared to accuse the government of spying on her phone calls. In what seems to be a conversation between Josefina Vazquez Mota and a campaign official, she blames members of President Felipe Calderon's cabinet for taping her calls, fueling talk of divisions in her party's faltering bid to retain the presidency. ... Full Story Top North American defense ministers launch joint security forum Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:26 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - North America's three defense ministers declared their first-ever dialogue on common security threats on Tuesday an "historic occasion," even though their main accomplishment was to agree to continue regular discussions. Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, who hosted the gathering in Ottawa, said he and his counterparts from Mexico and the United States decided to develop a common assessment of threats facing the continent and to cooperate to address them. ... Full Story Top U.S. presses Syrian opposition to unite, shun abuses Tue,27 Mar 2012 06:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday urged the Syrian opposition to unite and pledge to respect minority rights in a future Syria should President Bashar al-Assad be driven from power, and warned armed rebels and government forces against committing human rights abuses. Disunity among the Syrian opposition to Assad has fed fears that Syria could slide into sectarian and ethnic conflict, much as Iraq did after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. ... Full Story Top Afghan soldiers arrested over Defence Ministry plot: NYT Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - More than a dozen Afghan soldiers suspected of plotting to attack the Defence Ministry in Kabul were arrested after 10 suicide vests were found inside the ministry, the New York Times reported, citing Afghan and Western officials. Security across Afghanistan has worsened after a string of incidents that have enraged Afghans in recent weeks, including the shooting deaths of 17 civilians in the volatile south more than two weeks ago blamed on a U.S. sergeant. ... Full Story Top Mali neighbors threaten force to reverse coup Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:30 PM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's neighbors threatened on Tuesday to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge the army leaders behind last week's coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers. A summit of the West African ECOWAS bloc agreed to send a team of heads of state to confront the putschists in the next 48 hours, a sign of the region's growing resolve to end the instability that has dogged it for decades. ... Full Story Top Canadian police investigating SNC-Lavalin Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Canadian police confirmed on Tuesday they are investigating engineering firm SNC-Lavalin after an internal company probe found $56 million in mysterious payments that were wrongly assigned to certain construction projects. "As the investigation is currently ongoing, we will not comment on specific details," said Sergeant Marc Menard, head of media relations at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's "A" division. ... Full Story Top Syrian opposition reunites, but Kurds walk out Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's splintered opposition leaders reunited under an opposition umbrella group on Tuesday in a bid to show the world they can form a real alternative to President Bashar al-Assad. At the same time, Assad's opponents grouped around the Syrian National Council (SNC) remained skeptical of a peace and ceasefire plan drawn up by U.N. and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan if that plan did not lead to Assad's removal. The Syrian government said on Tuesday it had accepted Annan's plan [ID:nL6E8ER9C0], but some SNC members dismissed Assad's word. "He is buying time. ... Full Story Top Skeptical justices question Obama healthcare law Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration faced skeptical questioning from a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives on Tuesday during a tense two-hour showdown over a sweeping healthcare law that has divided Americans. A ruling on the law's key requirement that most people obtain health insurance or face a penalty appeared likely to come down to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, two conservatives who pummeled the administration's lawyer with questions. ... Full Story Top Phone tapping row envelops Mexican ruling party candidate Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling party presidential candidate has been forced on the defensive after a leaked recording emerged in which she appeared to accuse the government of spying on her phone calls. In what seems to be a conversation between Josefina Vazquez Mota and a campaign official, she blames members of President Felipe Calderon's cabinet for taping her calls, fueling talk of divisions in her party's faltering bid to retain the presidency. ... Full Story Top Annan says Syria accepts peace plan, U.S. skeptical Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has accepted a U.N.-sponsored peace plan, international envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad raided rebel forces who have taken refuge across the border in Lebanon. The United States reacted skeptically to Annan's announcement, saying it would judge Assad's sincerity in agreeing to the peace plan by what he did and not by what he said, given his record of "over-promising and under-delivering. ... Full Story Top Pressure grows on Ottawa to lean on Air Canada Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's opposition parties stepped up pressure on the Conservative government on Tuesday to force Air Canada to maintain aircraft overhaul facilities that were shut down last week. By allowing the facilities to shut down, Air Canada is violating a law that requires it to keep open fleet service stations in three Canadian cities, said opposition members of Parliament and unions representing 2,600 workers who have lost their jobs. ... Full Story Top Ontario targets labor costs in bid to cut deficit Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's minority Liberal government put corporate tax cuts on hold and pledged a renewed effort to rein in public sector labor costs in an austerity budget designed to eliminate the deficit in six years and convince rating agencies the province is fiscally sound. Canada's most populous province, which accounts for about 40 percent of the country's economy, will run a budget deficit of C$15.3 billion ($15.4 billion)in 2011-12 under the budget plan unveiled by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, down C$700 million from November's forecast and below the record C$19. ... Full Story Top Pope honors patron saint, heads to meeting with Castro Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged Cubans to "work for justice" as their country changes and prayed for "those deprived of freedom" in a visit to the shrine for Cuba's patron saint on Tuesday and then flew across the country for talks with President Raul Castro. Upon arrival at the Havana airport, he was greeted by Roman Catholic Church Cardinal Jaime Ortega and Communist Party officials ahead of a late afternoon meeting with Raul Castro and possibly his older brother, former leader Fidel Castro. Benedict, the leader of the world's 1. ... Full Story Top Analysis: French shooting case shows counterterrorism limits Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mohamed Merah, the French gunman who killed Jewish children and French soldiers and then died in a firefight with police this month, was hardly an unknown quantity to intelligence and law enforcement officials on both sides of the Atlantic. Merah made two trips to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2012, and was detained by U.S. forces during the first. He had a record of moderately serious criminal activities in France. ... Full Story Top Venezuela's Chavez leads rival in latest poll Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:03 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez has a solid 13-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in a new survey ahead of October's election - but many Venezuelans remain undecided. The opinion poll by respected local firm Datanalisis found that 44 percent of voters favor Chavez compared to 31 percent for Democratic Unity coalition candidate Capriles, according to people who saw a private presentation. No further details were available for the poll, which was to be formally published later in the week. ... Full Story Top Clinton presses Syrian opposition ahead of Istanbul Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on the Syrian opposition on Tuesday to show a clear commitment to include and protect the rights of all Syrians should a political transition occur. Clinton also said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, reported to have accepted former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peace plan, would be judged by his actions and must order his forces to stop firing and to withdraw from populated areas. Assad has been using the army to crush efforts to end his family's four decades of political dominance in Syria. ... Full Story Top Greek parties say election likely to be on May 6: sources Tue,27 Mar 2012 01:00 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is likely to hold snap polls on May 6 to elect a government that must steer the country through tough austerity, officials of the two main political parties said on Tuesday. The officials said May 6 was the most favorable date after Athens clinched a new EU/IMF bailout deal this month and that conservative leader Antonis Samaras had expressed his wishes to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. ... Full Story Top Walkouts spoil Syrian opposition's bid for unity Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A meeting of Syrian opposition groups on Tuesday that aimed to show they can unite to form an alternative to President Bashar al-Assad was marred when a veteran dissident and Kurdish delegates walked out, saying their views were not being heard. Leading opposition figures met in Istanbul on the invitation of Turkey and Qatar, current chair of the Arab League, to seek a common front in their year-old uprising against Assad. ... Full Story Top Briton held in Somalia on suspected links to rebels Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A British man was arrested in the Somali capital on Tuesday for suspected links to the Islamist rebel group al Shabaab, the African Union's force and police said. The suspect was apprehended at the Mogadishu airport before heading to Kismayu, a southern port city held by al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-aligned group battling Somalia's transitional federal government and the AU's troops. "A British man linked to al Shabaab is in our hands," police spokesman Abdullahi Barise said. "He is under investigation. ... Full Story Top White House calls for restraint in Sudan, South Sudan clash Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about fighting along the border of Sudan and South Sudan and calls for both sides to exercise great restraint, the White House said on Tuesday. Sudan's army has been fighting South Sudan's armed forces for a second day on the Sudanese side of their shared border. "The United States is alarmed by the fighting in Southern Kordofan, Sudan, and along a disputed area of the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Both sides must exert the greatest restraint in this situation," the White House said in a statement. ... Full Story Top South Sudan oil field "bombed", Sudan says hopes to avert war Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan accused each other of launching fresh attacks on oil-producing areas either side of their contested border on Tuesday but Sudan said it hoped the conflict would not escalate into war. South Sudan said its neighbor Sudan launched airstrikes on major oilfields in its Unity state on Tuesday, in one of the most serious reported confrontations since the South declared independence from Sudan in July. Asian oil group GNPOC - the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company, a consortium led by China's CNPC - confirmed its facilities had been hit. ... Full Story Top U.S. ambassador got reports on Syrian opposition abuses Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, said on Tuesday he had received reports that armed Syrian opposition groups had engaged in human rights abuses as well as Syrian government forces, and had warned both sides against committing such acts. Ford also expressed skepticism about reports that Syria had accepted the peace plan of U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, saying it would be best to look for action, not words from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story Top Militia clashes in southern Libya kill nearly 50 Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Three days of clashes between rival militias in southern Libya spread to the centre of the country's fourth largest city Sabha on Tuesday despite the deployment of army troops trying to stop the violence which has so far killed nearly 50 people. The clashes highlight the problems the government faces in imposing its authority following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi last year. Fighting between gunmen from Sabha and those from the Tibu ethnic group had reached the centre of the city, said Ibrahim Misbah, a doctor at the main hospital. ... Full Story Top CP Rail's Green shows critics he can talk tough too Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:26 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, battling a fierce challenge from its largest shareholder, is setting performance records this year, Chief Executive Fred Green said on Tuesday in an unusually blunt response to his critics. Hitting back at U.S. activist investor William Ackman, who wants him replaced by former Canadian National Railway CEO Hunter Harrison, Green said CP's improvement looks set to continue while Harrison would drive customers away. ... Full Story Top CN sells two rail lines in Toronto for C$310.5 million Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Canadian National Railways said it has sold two rail line segments in the greater Toronto region to Metrolinx, Ontario's regional transport agency, for C$310.5 million. Metrolinx is buying a line that runs from Rosedale Valley road north through the Don Valley to CN's main east-west freight line near the Toronto-York region border. The line is a part of CN's Bala subdivision. GO Transit, Metrolinx's inter-regional transit system in Ontario, links Toronto to the greater Toronto area, which covers the city as well as the adjoining municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York. ... Full Story Top Total: "may be months" to stop North Sea gas cloud Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling up from the North Sea out of a leak at Total's evacuated Elgin platform forced another shutdown off the Scottish coast on Tuesday as the French firm warned it could take six months to halt the flow. Dubbed "the well from hell" by an environmentalist who said the unusually high pressure of the undersea reservoirs made it especially hard to shut off, the loss of oil and gas output from Elgin - as well as the prospect of a big repair bill - helped drive Total's share price down six percent on the Paris bourse. ... Full Story Top 'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan's tsunami last March. The wreckage from flattened Japanese coastal towns - including refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets - is heading inexorably east across the Pacific and could arrive sooner than expected, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... Full Story Top Peru president's kin causes headaches for leader Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:51 AM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - Oh, brother! It's apparently not enough that Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has to solve mining protests and figure out how to keep the Latin American country's economy booming. Now his own highly eccentric family is adding more trouble with their antics. One of his brothers was recently shown on television smoking pot in prison. Another brother told the media that Humala's wife actually runs the country. And a third embarrassed him by negotiating gas deals with Russia without permission. ... Full Story Top Iran praises Syria for its handling of uprising Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised the Syrian leadership's handling of a year-long uprising in which thousands have died, saying Tehran would do everything it could to support its closest Arab ally, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Shi'ite Muslim Iran backed popular uprisings which have removed leaders in Egypt, Libya and Yemen but has steadfastly supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is a member of the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. "I am very happy that Syrian officials are managing the situation well ... ... Full Story Top Russia placing blockbuster $7 billion Eurobond deal Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will raise $7 billion in Eurobonds in the largest emerging markets sovereign offering since at least 2000, fully covering its foreign borrowing plan for 2012, sources close to the deal said on Tuesday. Capitalizing on strong oil prices that have boosted confidence in Russia's fiscal performance, the dollar offering attracted bids of $17 billion, leading the Finance Ministry to slightly tighten yield guidance on the three-tranche deal. Russia plans to issue $3 billion in 30-year paper at 250-255 basis points over U.S. ... Full Story Top Urging freedoms for Cuba, pope honors patron saint Tue,27 Mar 2012 09:56 AM PDT Reuters - SANTIAGO, Cuba (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Tuesday urged Cubans to "work for justice" during a ceremony to pay homage to the island's patron saint, and said he was close to those "deprived of freedom," an apparent reference to political prisoners in the communist-run nation. A steel band played "Ave Maria" and onlookers waved Cuban flags as the pontiff visited a basilica housing the doll-sized figurine of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre on the second day of a papal trip the Roman Catholic Church hopes will foster renewed faith and increase its influence in Cuba. ... Full Story Top TV hacking claims pile pressure on James Murdoch Tue,27 Mar 2012 08:33 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A British lawmaker is to demand that the UK television watchdog probe new hacking claims against News Corp, piling more pressure on BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch, whose fitness to own a broadcast license is already under scrutiny. A BBC Panorama documentary broadcast on Monday alleged NDS, a pay-TV smartcard maker recently sold by News Corp for $5 billion, hired a consultant to post the encryption codes of ITV Digital, a key rival of the then Sky TV, on his website. ... Full Story Top Turkey's former army chief storms out of terrorism trial Tue,27 Mar 2012 08:15 AM PDT Reuters - SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Former armed forces commander general Ilker Basbug stormed out of an Istanbul courtroom on Tuesday and denounced his trial on terrorism charges as an assault on the entire military leadership and a "black stain" on the country's history. Basbug's outburst on the second day of his trial was the most dramatic demonstration yet of tensions that have simmered between the armed forces and the prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, who has reined in their influence since winning power in 2002. ... Full Story Top Spain arrests Qaeda suspect for inciting attacks Tue,27 Mar 2012 08:14 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested a suspected al Qaeda member on charges of broadcasting videos on the Internet to incite militant attacks, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry statement said police arrested the man, identified as "M.H.A.", in the eastern city of Valencia after an investigation launched in February 2011. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez said the man was suspected of working with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as well as al Qaeda North African branch al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM). ... Full Story Top

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