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News: Canada's Progress shareholders approve $6 billion buyout by Petronas India Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mumbai attacker South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific Ukraine high court to rule on Tymoshenko appeal Argentine unions, bosses agree on minimum wage hike Senegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions Montreal police arrest 11 after university clash Republicans nominate Romney at storm-hit convention Ex-Somali PM must pay $21 million for alleged torture: U.S. court Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading Hurricane Isaac to hit New Orleans, making landfall soon Mexico's electoral court set to confirm Pena Nieto victory U.S. to fight document request by Strauss-Kahn accuser Suicide bomber kills Muslim cleric as Putin urges unity Calderon promises answers on U.S. staff shot in Mexico Slain dictator's daughter turns to mother's legacy in bid to lead South Korea Nigeria power minister resigns before privatization Venezuela stamps out refinery blaze, eyes a restart Analysis: China's aircraft carrier: in name only NATO may need more troops to ship home Afghan gear Euro up on ECB hopes; hurricane jitters lift oil Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in north Baghdad attacks Prominent Syrian National Council member quits opposition France opens murder inquiry into Arafat's 2004 death Greek-operated tanker attacked off Togo coast Spanish recession darkens as country mulls bailout Court clears Israeli army over death of U.S. activist Staff saved lives after Venezuela refinery blast: Ramirez Libya will not risk clash with shrine attackers: minister King of Spain's scandal-hit son-in-law steps down at Telefonica U.N. says two employees released from detention in Myanmar Unexploded Nazi bomb forces evacuation in central Warsaw Senegal appeals to Gambia to halt executions Tymoshenko's lawyers denounce inhumane jail conditions Aleppo's ancient city a victim of Syrian war Bill Clinton: Brazil No. 1 among rising economies Kurdistan warns Baghdad it will halt oil exports again Russian serviceman kills six at border post: Interfax Air strike said to kill two suspected militants in Yemen Canada's Progress shareholders approve $6 billion buyout by Petronas Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Shareholders in Canada's Progress Energy Resources Corp have approved a takeover bid from Malaysia's state oil company Petronas at C$22.00 a share, or near C$6 billion ($6.09 billion) including debt, Progress said. The acquisition would be the first time an Asian state investor has bought its Canadian partner in a gas project, and is likely to be scrutinized by Canadian regulators. The Progress board has already approved the takeover, which is the smaller of two bids by state-owned Asian firms for Canadian energy companies. China's CNOOC wants to pay $15. ... Full Story Top India Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mumbai attacker Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:05 PM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a group of militants who attacked the country's financial capital, Mumbai, in 2008 killing 166 people. "The Supreme Court has today dismissed the appeal of Mohammad Kasab," Gopal Subramaniam, a lawyer for the prosecution, told reporters after the verdict. ... Full Story Top South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:58 PM PDT Reuters - PERTH (Reuters) - South Africa's institutions provide protection for foreign investors in the resources sector, its mining minister said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure about the stability of the sector after a recent wave of labor unrest and deadly violence. Minister Susan Shabangu made the comment on a trip to Australia after clashes between workers and police killed 44 people earlier this month and shut ore output at mines run by Lonmin, the world's third-largest producer of platinum. ... Full Story Top Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will venture to the South Pacific this week as she takes Washington's bid to reassert itself against China to a remote corner of the world where the power rivalry is increasingly apparent. Clinton will lead a U.S. government team to the Cook Islands for the August 31 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, a group of 16 independent and self-governing territories scattered across a huge expanse of ocean east of New Zealand, the State Department said on Tuesday. ... Full Story Top Ukraine high court to rule on Tymoshenko appeal Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:42 PM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian high court rules on Wednesday on an appeal by jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko against her conviction for abuse of office, with few commentators expecting a judgment that will free her and improve ties with the West. The seven-year prison term handed to Tymoshenko in October has been condemned as political persecution by Western leaders and blocked strategic agreements with the European Union on political association and a free-trade zone. ... Full Story Top Argentine unions, bosses agree on minimum wage hike Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government, unions and industry leaders agreed on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage by 25 percent as inflation shows few signs of cooling despite a slowdown in Latin America's No. 3 economy. The minimum salary will rise in two stages to 2,875 pesos a month (US$621) from the current 2,300 pesos a month, although the full increase will not take effect until February. It is the ninth straight year the government has raised the minimum wage. ... Full Story Top Senegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Tuesday that he has summoned Gambia's ambassador after confirming that two of its nationals were among nine prisoners executed by firing squad in neighboring Gambia amid international outcry. Sall joined international appeals for Gambia to halt a series of planned executions of death row prisoners which includes a third Senegalese citizen. "I have asked the prime minister to summon the ambassador of The Gambia tomorrow to notify the position of the state of Senegal. ... Full Story Top Montreal police arrest 11 after university clash Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police arrested 11 people on the Montreal campus of Canada's largest French-language university on Tuesday as protesters opposed to the resumption of classes after last spring's province-wide student boycott clashed with guards inside a classroom building. Ten people were charged with assault and assault on a police officer after fighting broke out at the University of Montreal campus on Tuesday morning, Agent Danny Richer of the Montreal Police Service said. One protester was released without charge. ... Full Story Top Republicans nominate Romney at storm-hit convention Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans nominated Mitt Romney on Tuesday to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House, kicking off their storm-delayed convention with a barrage of sharp attacks on Obama's economic leadership. The formal nomination of Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, sets up a two-month final dash to the November 6 election. Opinion polls show Romney running even with or slightly behind the Democratic president. ... Full Story Top Ex-Somali PM must pay $21 million for alleged torture: U.S. court Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Somali prime minister denied diplomatic immunity must pay $21 million in damages to the victims of his alleged torture and human rights abuse, a U.S. federal court ruled on Tuesday. Mohamed Ali Samantar, who served as Somalia's defense minister in the 1980s and prime minister from 1987 to 1990, agreed in February to not contest the charges and accept liability for any damages against the seven plaintiffs - four individuals and three estates. ... Full Story Top Red Cross halts most Pakistan aid after beheading Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday it was halting most of its aid programs in Pakistan due to deteriorating security and the beheading of a British staff doctor in April blamed on Taliban insurgents. The independent agency, which had already suspended operations in three of Pakistan's four provinces in May pending a security assessment, said it would carry on working in the country "but on a reduced scale". "All relief and protection activities are being stopped. ... Full Story Top Hurricane Isaac to hit New Orleans, making landfall soon Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Isaac gathered strength as it bore down on New Orleans on Tuesday, bringing high winds and soaking rains that will pose the first major test to the city's multibillion-dollar flood protections, seven years after Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. Hundreds of U.S. Army National Guard troops took up strategic positions around New Orleans, preparation meant to avoid the chaos seen in the days and weeks after Katrina in August 2005. ... Full Story Top Mexico's electoral court set to confirm Pena Nieto victory Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral court is poised to confirm President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto's victory in the July 1 ballot, despite allegations of vote buying and money laundering during the campaign, electoral officials and legal experts said. Leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost the presidential election by 3.3 million votes, challenged the result, alleging that Pena Nieto's party used slush funds to buy votes and breached spending limits. ... Full Story Top U.S. to fight document request by Strauss-Kahn accuser Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. immigration authorities will fight a request for documents by a hotel maid pursuing a civil case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was cleared of criminal charges that he attempted to rape her. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a filing on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court that it had been subpoenaed by the maid, Guinean immigrant Nafissatou Diallo, seeking recordings of phone conversations between her and a detainee in Arizona. ... Full Story Top Suicide bomber kills Muslim cleric as Putin urges unity Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - BOLGAR, Russia (Reuters) - A woman suicide bomber killed an influential Islamic cleric and six of his followers in Russia's southern Dagestan region on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin visited another mainly Muslim province and called for an end to religious violence. Said Atsayev, 74, a popular Sufi Muslim spiritual leader also known as Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkavi, was killed when the woman entered his home disguised as a pilgrim and detonated an explosive belt around her waist, police sources said. ... Full Story Top Calderon promises answers on U.S. staff shot in Mexico Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon promised on Tuesday to get to the bottom of how two U.S. officials were shot at by federal police officers, allegedly in plain clothes, while heading to a Mexican marine base. Speaking alongside the U.S. ambassador in Mexico, Calderon said the shooting incident should not hinder bilateral efforts to fight Mexico's violent drug cartels. "We can't allow these things to happen, whether it is because of negligence, lack of training, lack of trust or complicity," Calderon said. ... Full Story Top Slain dictator's daughter turns to mother's legacy in bid to lead South Korea Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - OKCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Park Geun-hye was 22 years old when she washed the blood from her assassinated mother's dress. Five years later, she recalls in her autobiography, she held her father's blood-soaked shirt after the South Korean strongman was shot dead. Now, both hampered and helped by the contrasting legacies of her murdered parents, the 60-year-old Park appears on the cusp of becoming South Korea's first women president. Park was chosen as presidential candidate for the ruling conservatives last week and polls show she is the front-runner for a December election. ... Full Story Top Nigeria power minister resigns before privatization Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's power minister resigned on Tuesday, the presidency said, two months before preferred bidders were due to be announced in a privatization process meant to overhaul the country's ailing electricity sector. There were reports in some Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday Barth Nnaji had an interest in a company involved in the bidding process for two state assets up for sale. A spokesman for Nnaji confirmed the minister had a stake in such a company, but said there was no conflict of interest because regulators had been informed. ... Full Story Top Venezuela stamps out refinery blaze, eyes a restart Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan firefighters put out a blaze at the country's biggest oil refinery on Tuesday, paving the way for a restart of the facility and an investigation into the world's deadliest refinery accident in fifteen years. Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez has said the 645,000-barrel-per-day Amuay facility should restart within two days of the fire being extinguished. A pre-dawn blast on Saturday killed 48 people, wounded dozens and flattened hundreds of homes. U.S. ... Full Story Top Analysis: China's aircraft carrier: in name only Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - When Japanese activists scrambled ashore on a disputed island chain in the East China Sea this month, one of China's most hawkish military commentators proposed an uncharacteristically mild response. Retired Major General Luo Yuan suggested naming China's new aircraft carrier Diaoyu, after the Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. It would demonstrate China's sovereignty over the islands known as the Senkakus in Japanese, he said. ... Full Story Top NATO may need more troops to ship home Afghan gear Tue,28 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - BRUNSSUM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - NATO countries may temporarily send more troops to Afghanistan to pack up and ship out huge quantities of weapons and equipment as they wind down operations after more than a decade of war, a military planner said on Tuesday. Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Richardson also said coalition members could use other routes to ship home their equipment even if the troubled crossing through Pakistan were closed to them. ... Full Story Top Euro up on ECB hopes; hurricane jitters lift oil Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro rose against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday on bets the European Central Bank will soon act to tackle the bloc's debt crisis, while U.S. crude oil prices rallied as Hurricane Isaac approached the Gulf Coast. Stocks were little changed on Wall Street as mixed data gave investors little indication whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke might signal more economic stimulus from the Fed when he speaks on Friday. Trading was very light, the third-lowest volume for a full session so far this year. U.S. crude prices settled 0. ... Full Story Top Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in north Baghdad attacks Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least nine Iraqi soldiers including a colonel were killed on Tuesday after insurgents fired rockets at an army convoy north of Baghdad and gunmen battled troops at checkpoints in a wave of attacks on security forces. Iraq's insurgency has ebbed since the height of the war four years ago, but militants tied to al Qaeda and other Sunni Muslim Islamists are hitting Shi'ites and security forces in an attempt to undermine the country's Shi'ite-led government. ... Full Story Top Prominent Syrian National Council member quits opposition Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:46 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Syrian National Council (SNC), resigned on Tuesday, the latest of several senior members to leave the leading Syrian opposition group this year. The others have cited personal rivalries within the leadership and have suggested that the SNC is not doing enough to back the increasingly militarized 17-month revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story Top France opens murder inquiry into Arafat's 2004 death Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - A French court has opened a murder inquiry into the death eight years ago of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, prosecutors said on Tuesday, following claims by his widow that he may have been poisoned. Arafat died in a Paris military hospital in November 2004, a month after being flown, seriously ill, from his battered headquarters in Ramallah, where he had been effectively confined by Israel for more than 2-1/2 years. Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, welcomed the inquiry. ... Full Story Top Greek-operated tanker attacked off Togo coast Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - LOME (Reuters) - Pirates attacked a Greek-operated oil tanker off the coast of Togo on Tuesday, the West African state's armed forces said, in the latest in a spate of attacks on shipping in the Gulf of Guinea. Togolese forces, which learned of the attack at around 2 a.m. (0200 GMT), engaged the pirates in gunfire but they escaped and the tanker disappeared from sight, officials said. It was not clear whether the pirates had succeeded in seizing the vessel. ... Full Story Top Spanish recession darkens as country mulls bailout Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published on Tuesday showed, while the country's most economically important region, Catalonia, said it needed a major rescue from Madrid. Spain's recession grew stronger in the second quarter of the year and is expected to get worse as austerity measures introduced in response to the euro zone debt crisis cut into demand for goods and services. ... Full Story Top Court clears Israeli army over death of U.S. activist Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared Israel's military of any blame for the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an army bulldozer during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Gaza. Corrie's family had accused Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their 23-year-old daughter in March 2003, launching a civil case in the northern city of Haifa after a military investigation found the army was not responsible. ... Full Story Top Staff saved lives after Venezuela refinery blast: Ramirez Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Veteran staff at Venezuela's biggest refinery raised the alarm about a gas leak before an explosion tore through the facility and killed 48 people, helping management save lives, the energy minister said on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Rafael Ramirez said he had personally interviewed two workers who detected the leak at the sprawling 645,000 barrel-per-day Amuay facility. "Thanks to them, we were able to take certain actions that prevented more deaths. One of them has 24 years experience, the other 33 years," Ramirez said. ... Full Story Top Libya will not risk clash with shrine attackers: minister Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interior minister said on Tuesday he could would not risk an armed confrontation with hardline Muslims behind a string of sectarian attacks, in an unusually candid admission of the scale of the security challenge facing the country. Ultra-conservative Muslims bulldozed shrines sacred to Sufi Muslims in Tripoli and the western city of Zlitan on Friday and Saturday, stoking fears of the spread of factional violence following the fall of strongman Muammar Gaddafi. ... Full Story Top King of Spain's scandal-hit son-in-law steps down at Telefonica Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:46 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - The King of Spain's son-in-law, under investigation over allegations that his sports charity was used to embezzle public funds, has stepped down from a lucrative U.S. post at telecoms giant Telefonica to distance the company from the scandal. Inaki Urdangarin, who also sits on the boards of several of the Spanish company's subsidiaries in Latin America, said in a document seen by Reuters that he had decided to take an extended leave of absence so the case against him would not "have any negative result for the Telefonica group". ... Full Story Top U.N. says two employees released from detention in Myanmar Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday that two people working for the world body who were sentenced by a Myanmar court in connection with sectarian violence there earlier this year had been released, but a third remained in detention. "We welcome the release and we hope that the one person remaining in detention will be released," spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters. He gave no further details. The United Nations said on Monday that a court in Maungdaw had sentenced three people -- one from the U.N. ... Full Story Top Unexploded Nazi bomb forces evacuation in central Warsaw Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - A huge unexploded Nazi bomb was found beneath the streets of central Warsaw on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 people from surrounding buildings and bringing traffic to a standstill. The 1.5-tonne World War Two mortar bomb was discovered by underground construction workers in Poland's capital and later safely removed by bomb disposal experts. The evacuated buildings had included the country's central bank. Warsaw was almost totally destroyed by the Nazis and unexploded bombs are found from time to time at construction sites in the centre of the city. ... Full Story Top Senegal appeals to Gambia to halt executions Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall joined international appeals for neighboring Gambia to halt a series of planned executions of death row prisoners, confirming on Tuesday that two of the nine who have already faced the firing squad were Senegalese. The executions, more of which are planned in coming weeks, have the potential to upset delicate ties between the two poor West African neighbors just as Sall wants Gambian cooperation to end the separatist conflict in Senegal's Casamance region. ... Full Story Top Tymoshenko's lawyers denounce inhumane jail conditions Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT Reuters - STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Lawyers for Ukraine's ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko denounced what they called the inhumane conditions of her detention before the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, saying her 2011 arrest was intended to bar her from elections. The 51-year-old Tymoshenko, who rose to international fame as the figurehead of the 2004-2005 Orange Revolution, had been kept in permanently lit, unheated cells and tracked by surveillance cameras, her lawyers said. "She asked me to ask you for help," lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko told the Strasbourg court. ... Full Story Top Aleppo's ancient city a victim of Syrian war Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT Reuters - ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Ruled successively by Hittites, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans, Aleppo's ancient city has survived violent change over thousands of years. But the modern weaponry of Syria's escalating civil war is proving too much. The stone walls are pockmarked with bullet holes, whole houses have fallen after air strikes, and small wooden doors decorated with metal filigree are cracked from explosions. For a month, rebels armed with assault rifles and grenades have battled President Bashar al-Assad's army along Aleppo's cobbled streets. ... Full Story Top Bill Clinton: Brazil No. 1 among rising economies Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:08 AM PDT Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbors, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately. "If I were just sitting in a room betting on the future of rising countries, I'd bet on Brazil first," Clinton said. Brazil's economy has been stagnant for the past year and is expected to grow only 1.7 percent in 2012 - less than half the projected average in Latin ... Full Story Top Kurdistan warns Baghdad it will halt oil exports again Tue,28 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan regional government threatened to stop its share of national oil exports again at the start of September, claiming Baghdad has continued to hold off on payments to oil companies, as the two sides continue a long-running dispute. "We are moving ahead to stop oil exports at the start of September, because until this moment we didn't receive any sign Baghdad will approve payments for oil companies working in the region," a senior Kurdistan government official said on Tuesday. ... Full Story Top Russian serviceman kills six at border post: Interfax Tue,28 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian border guard killed six fellow servicemen before being shot himself in a shooting spree at a frontier post in the southern region of Dagestan on Tuesday, Interfax news agency reported. It was not immediately clear whether the shootings were related to a suicide bombing that killed a Muslim cleric and at least five followers in a separate part of Dagestan. The serviceman fired at fellow border guards and also members of a special Interior Ministry unit deployed at the same post, Interfax reported. ... Full Story Top Air strike said to kill two suspected militants in Yemen Tue,28 Aug 2012 09:35 AM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - Two men thought to be Islamist militants were killed in an apparent U.S. drone attack on a car in central Yemen on Tuesday, the defense ministry said. A security source and witnesses told Reuters the car was hit on a remote road from Hadramout to Maareb province - a mostly desert southeastern region where militants have taken refuge after being driven from their southern strongholds last month. It was not clear if there were other casualties in the attack. Washington, which fears the spread of militants in Yemen, has stepped up attacks by unmanned drones this year. ... Full Story Top

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