Saturday, March 30, 2013

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Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 12:18 AM PDT
North Korea says enters "state of war" against South SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two Koreas have been technically in a state of war for six decades under an armistice that ended their 1950-53 conflict. Despite its threats few people see any indication Pyongyang will risk a near-certain defeat by re-starting full-scale war. ...
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Death toll in Tanzania building collapse rises to 17 
Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 12:17 AM PDT
An aerial view shows bystanders watching rescuers search for survivors amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in the Kariakoo district of central Dar es SalaamNAIROBI (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a building in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam has climbed to 17, a senior government official said on Saturday. The building of more than 12 storeys, which had been under construction, collapsed on Friday morning near a mosque in the Kariakoo district around the city centre. Several cars were crushed by falling masonry. Tanzania's buoyant economy has fuelled a building boom, especially in Kariakoo and the city centre. But the speed of construction has raised concerns about standards. ...
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Kenyans await ruling in disputed presidential election 
Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 12:09 AM PDT
People watch a live broadcast on the last day of the presidential poll petition in Kenya's capital NairobiBy Edmund Blair and Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Supreme Court rules on Saturday on a legal challenge to Uhuru Kenyatta's win in a presidential election seen as a test of democracy, five years after vote disputes triggered widespread bloodshed. The country's outgoing president called for calm ahead of a decision that will either confirm the victory of Kenya's richest man Kenyatta or force another vote. Defeated candidate Raila Odinga says the March 4 poll was marred by technical problems and widespread rigging. Both politicians have promised to abide by the court's final word. ...
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U.S. B-2 bombers sent to Korea on rare mission: diplomacy not destruction 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:40 PM PDT
One of three Air Force Global Strike Command B-2 Spirit bombers returns to home base at Whiteman Air Force Base in MissouriBy Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The stealthy, nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 bomber is a veteran of wars in Iraq and Libya, but it isn't usually a tool of Washington's statecraft. Yet on Thursday, the United States sent a pair of the bat-winged planes on a first-of-its-kind practice run over the skies of South Korea, conducting what U.S. officials say was a diplomatic sortie. The aim, the officials said, was two-fold: to reassure U.S. allies South Korea and Japan in the face of a string of threats from North Korea, and to nudge Pyongyang back to nuclear talks. ...
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North Korea says enters "state of war" against South 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:07 PM PDT
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watches soldiers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) taking part in landing and anti-landing drills in the eastern sector of the front and the east coastal areaBy Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The two Koreas have been technically in a state of war for six decades under an armistice that ended their 1950-53 conflict. Despite its threats few people see any indication Pyongyang will risk a near-certain defeat by re-starting full-scale war. ...
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Muslims vanish as Buddhist attacks approach Myanmar's biggest city 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:48 PM PDT
Destroyed furniture are seen in a market in SitkwinBy Jason Szep SIT KWIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, they and many other Muslims are disappearing. Their homes, shops and mosques destroyed, some end up in refugee camps or hide in the homes of friends or relatives. Dozens have been killed. ...
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Pope leads traditional Good Friday rite at Rome Colosseum 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:25 PM PDT
Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis procession during Good Friday at the Colosseum in RomeBy Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people holding candles turned out at Rome's Colosseum to see Pope Francis mark the first Good Friday of his pontificate with a traditional "Way of the Cross" procession around the ancient amphitheatre. Francis, who was elected on March 13, sat under a red canopy on Rome's Palatine Hill as representatives of the faithful from around the world alternated carrying a wooden cross on the day Christians commemorated Jesus's death by crucifixion. ...
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Big depositors in Cyprus to lose far more than feared 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:09 PM PDT
A man tries to look inside a branch of Laiki Bank a few hours before the reopening of the banks on the island in NicosiaBy Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) - Big depositors in Cyprus's largest bank stand to lose far more than initially feared under a European Union rescue package to save the island from bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the terms said on Friday. Under conditions expected to be announced on Saturday, depositors in Bank of Cyprus will get shares in the bank worth 37.5 percent of their deposits over 100,000 euros, the source told Reuters, while the rest of their deposits may never be paid back. ...
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Investors wary of "slow panic" on growth after Cyprus rescue 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:29 PM PDT
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - World markets have reacted calmly to the twists and turns of Cyprus's financial rescue in the last fortnight but many investors fear the economic fallout is yet to come. They have sold European assets, rather than make a global dash for safety that could signal concerns about a euro breakup. Euro blue chip and bank equity prices, regional bank bonds and the euro exchange rate have all fallen sharply this week but Wall St stocks set a record closing high. ...
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In Cyprus, the bank run that wasn't 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:29 PM PDT
By Karolina Tagaris and Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) - In the end it was hardly even a stroll, let alone the widely predicted run on the banks of Cyprus. Commentators had been confident that as soon as the banks reopened on Thursday at noon after Cyprus signed a rescue deal with the European Union to stave off national bankruptcy, there would be scenes of chaos. The experts were right, but it wasn't the Cypriots causing the pandemonium. Television crews from around the world crowded into tiny Eleftheria Square in central Nicosia, the convenient location of two of the capital's main banks. ...
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Big depositors in Bank of Cyprus to get 37.5 percent equity: source 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:29 PM PDT
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Big depositors in Cypriot lender Bank of Cyprus will get shares in the bank worth 37.5 percent of their deposits over 100,000 euros, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The rest of their big deposits may never be paid back. About 22.5 percent of deposits over 100,000 euros will attract no interest. The remaining 40 percent will continue to attract interest, but will not be repaid unless the bank does well. ...
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Slovenia will not be the next Cyprus: finance minister 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:29 PM PDT
By Marja Novak and Zoran Radosavljevic LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia will not be the next euro member to need a financial rescue as it can afford to wait for lower borrowing costs before issuing new debt, its top economic official said on Friday. The new center-left government was widely expected to raise money on financial markets shortly after taking office on March 20 but has not done so because Slovenia's borrowing costs have soared due to the turmoil in Cyprus. ...
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Kenyans await ruling in disputed presidential race 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 04:34 PM PDT
People watch a live broadcast on the last day of the presidential poll petition in Kenya's capital NairobiBy Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Supreme Court rules on Saturday on a challenge to Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential election win, a judgment seen as a test of the democratic system five years after another disputed vote triggered tribal bloodshed. The country's outgoing president called for calm ahead of the decision that will either confirm the victory of Kenya's richest man Kenyatta or force another vote. Defeated candidate Raila Odinga says the March 4 poll was marred by technical problems and widespread rigging. Both politicians have promised to abide by the court's final word. ...
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Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein dead at 70 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:27 PM PDT
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein attends a function at Heritage Park in CalgaryBy Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Ralph Klein, the rough-edged "King Ralph" who ruled Canada's energy-producing province of Alberta from 1992 to 2006 with conservative policies that included deep public spending cuts and debt reduction, died on Friday, his family said. He was 70. Klein, a one-time television reporter who was also mayor of Calgary, had been suffering from dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and had been out of the public spotlight that he basked in for much of his adult life. ...
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Central African Republic coup leader says will review resource deals 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:28 PM PDT
Michel Djotodia, leader of Central African Republic's Seleka rebel alliance, arrives for peace talks in LibrevilleBy Ange Aboa and Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's new President Michel Djotodia, who seized power last week, said on Friday he would review resource deals signed by the previous government and promised to step down at elections in 2016. Djotodia, a former civil servant turned rebel leader, said he would seek aid from former colonial power France and the United States to retrain the ill-disciplined army, which was easily overrun by fighters from his Seleka rebel coalition. ...
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China's Xi wraps up Africa tour in Republic of Congo 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:14 PM PDT
China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a media briefing at the presidential guest house in PretoriaBRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - China's newly appointed President Xi Jinping wrapped up a six-day tour of Africa on Friday in Republic of Congo, where he signed off on infrastructure projects and pledged deeper cooperation between his country and the continent. Thousands of people, many wearing T-shirts bearing the president's likeness, turned out under a blazing equatorial sun to welcome the new Chinese leader to the former French colony's sprawling riverside capital, Brazzaville. ...
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Guinea to hold polls with or without opposition: minister 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 01:15 PM PDT
By Bate Felix and Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea will hold long-delayed parliamentary elections this year, to conclude its transition to civilian rule, with or without the participation of the country's main opposition coalition, a government minister said on Friday. The mineral-rich country was originally supposed to hold the vote in 2011 - but it was held up amid wrangling over the makeup of the electoral commission and opposition accusations that the government was planning to rig it. ...
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Seven killed in northern Mexican bar shooting 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT
CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - Seven people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the early hours of Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, which has seen a resurgence in drug-related violence in recent weeks. The man, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, killed four men who were clients in the bar in Chihuahua state as well as three women who worked there, said a spokesman for the state attorney general's office. "It has not been determined whether the attack is connected to drug trafficking, but by the type of weapon involved, it is to be assumed," said spokesman Carlos Gonzalez. ...
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Hundreds of migrants rescued off Italian coast 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:43 PM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards said on Friday they had intercepted almost 700 mostly African migrants trying to get to the country on board 10 flimsy and rickety boats. One vessel crammed with 150 people sent out a distress call about 80 miles off the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Friday afternoon, the service said. Emergency services were sent to rescue them and another 70 people in a rubber craft nearby. All the other boats were stopped over the last two days. Italy's coast is a common destination for migrants from north and sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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No end to Italy deadlock despite president's efforts 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:42 PM PDT
Italy's former Prime Minister Berlusconi speaks to reporters after meeting with Italian President Napolitano at Quirinale palace in RomeBy James Mackenzie and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) - Italy remained in political deadlock on Friday after a new round of talks led by President Giorgio Napolitano failed to break the stalemate created by elections last month that left no group able to form a government alone. Napolitano, 87, conducted a swift round of talks with the three main forces in parliament on Friday after the failure of a week of efforts by center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani to win support for a new government. ...
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Italy's centre-left rejects coalition with Berlusconi 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:05 PM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's center-left Democratic Party (PD) on Friday rejected a coalition proposed by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as the way out of a deep political crisis, leaving Italy in total deadlock following an election last month. The PD's deputy leader Enrico Letta said after meeting President Giorgio Napolitano that a grand coalition between the traditional parties "would not be the choice of change the country has asked for." PD leader Pier Luigi Bersani this week failed to gather enough support for a government. ...
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Azeri election monitor under attack, rights worries grow 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:53 AM PDT
Azerbaijan's President Aliyev answers questions during a news conference in PragueBy Lada Evgrashina and Margarita Antidze BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan said on Friday it was investigating a U.S. vote-monitoring group for fraud ahead of presidential elections in October that are expected to extend President Ilham Aliyev's decade in power in the former Soviet republic. Mainly Muslim Azerbaijan has been governed by Aliyev since he succeeded his father in 2003. It has been courted by the West because of its role as an alternative to Russia in supplying oil and gas to Europe. ...
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Gabon jails activist for defaming ally of president 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:49 AM PDT
Gabon's President Ali Bongo speaks at the official opening ceremony of the Doha GOALS forum in DohaLIBREVILLE (Reuters) - A prominent environmental activist was sentenced to six months in prison for defamation in Gabon, his lawyer said on Friday, after he accused an ally of the president of secretly owning the local unit of commodities giant Olam International. Marc Ona Essangui said during a television broadcast that President Ali Bongo's chief of staff, Liban Souleymane, controlled Olam Gabon, which is developing timber, palm oil and rubber projects in the tiny Central African nation. ...
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More trouble for Cohen's SAC Capital as Steinberg indicted in NY 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:35 AM PDT
Michael Steinberg (C) leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New YorkBy Nate Raymond and Matthew Goldstein (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged Michael Steinberg, a veteran portfolio manager at Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund, with insider trading in two technology stocks, the most senior SAC Capital Advisors' employee to be indicted in the government's long-running probe. FBI agents arrested Steinberg at his Park Avenue home in New York City at around 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT). Steinberg, wearing a blue sweater, pleaded "not guilty" to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities when he appeared at a late morning arraignment. ...
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Italy leftist party rules out coalition with Berlusconi 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:20 AM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - The junior partner in Italy's center-left alliance ruled out a coalition with Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party following talks on Friday to try to form a government after last month's deadlocked election. "Any possibility of a broad coalition government is out of the question," said Nichi Vendola, leader of the Left, Ecology, Freedom party, the junior partner in the center-left alliance led by Pier Luigi Bersani. ...
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Armenia opposition chief ends hunger strike, calls for protests 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:14 AM PDT
Presidential candidate Hovannisian addresses supporters at a rally in YerevanYEREVAN (Reuters) - Defeated Armenian presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian said on Friday he was ending a hunger strike over allegations President Serzh Sarksyan rigged last month's vote, but vowed to continue street protests. Armenia's Constitutional Court has rejected challenges lodged by Hovannisian over the February 18 poll which Sarksyan won with 58.6 percent of the vote. Hovannisian came second with 37 percent. The head of the opposition Heritage Party said he would end his two-week-old hunger strike on Easter Sunday to make sure he had enough energy to keep up his political work. ...
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Sicily revokes permission for U.S. military satellite station 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:04 AM PDT
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - The Sicilian regional government in Italy has revoked permission for the United States to build a military satellite station on the island, its governor said on Friday, after protests by residents who said it could pose a health risk. The planned ground station was part of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), an ultra high-frequency satellite network aimed at significantly boosting communications capacity for the U.S. military and its allies. ...
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Italy centrists willing to form coalition with main parties 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 10:23 AM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's centrist group is willing to form a grand coalition with the main parties that emerged from a deadlocked election, an official told reporters on Friday after the Italian president held talks with parties to try to form a government. "We expressed our full willingness and commitment to form a grand coalition between the three main parties," said Andrea Olivero, a Senator of the Civic Choice party led by outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. ...
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Landslide traps 83 mine workers in Tibet: report 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rescuers worked on Saturday to reach 83 workers trapped by a landslide in a mining area of Tibet, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The landslide, over an area of about 3 km, struck in Maizhokunggar County on Friday, Xinhua said. It buried the camp of the workers, who were employed by Tibet Huatailong Mining Development Co Ltd, according to the report. There was no immediate word on any deaths or injuries. (Reporting by Terril Yue Jones; Editing by Pravin Char)
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Italian coastguard intercepts more than 470 migrants 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:43 AM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's coastguard said on Friday it had intercepted eight flimsy and rickety boats carrying more than 470 migrants, mostly from Africa, who were attempting to reach Italian shores over the past two days. Italy bears the brunt of clandestine seaborne migration to southern Europe. Most migrants risk the voyage across the Mediterranean Sea in small and overcrowded fishing boats. Thousands have died as a result of shipwreck, harsh conditions at sea or a lack of food and water in recent years, activists say. ...
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Latvia rescues 220 people stranded on ice 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:42 AM PDT
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's emergency services rescued more than 220 people who were stranded on ice floes in the Gulf of Riga on Friday. About 180 people, mostly fishermen, were rescued from a floe off the town of Vakarbulli, while another 43 people were taken off the ice near the seaside resort of Jurmala. The State Fire and Rescue Service used boats, ships and helicopters in an operation that took more than three hours, said Viktorija Sembele, a spokeswoman for the service. The ice had drifted in strong winds about 4 km (2-1/2 miles) from the shore by the end of the operation, she said. ...
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White House condemns assaults on women at Egyptian demonstrations 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:31 AM PDT
A general view of Tahrir Square, where anti-government protesters are being dispersed by security personnel, in CairoABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Friday condemned the rape and assault of women at recent demonstrations in Egypt and called on the Cairo government to prevent sexual violence and prosecute those responsible. The New York Times reported that on January 25, the second anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolution in Cairo, at least 18 cases of sexual assaults were reported by human groups. White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that the United States is deeply concerned at reports of rapes and sexual assaults in public squares in Egypt. ...
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Ruling Serb Progressive Party stays popular: opinion poll 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:26 AM PDT
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader and Serbian defence Minister Vucic gestures during a media conference in his party's headquarters in BelgradeBy Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the strongest in Serbia's coalition government, kept its popularity in March, indicating it could win any snap election, an opinion poll published on Friday said. The poll conducted this month put support for the SNS, led by Vice-Premier Aleksandar Vucic, at 38.6 percent, well ahead of the 14.8 percent scored by its closest rival, the opposition Democratic Party, which lost power in an election in May. ...
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Kyrgyz MPs jailed for plotting coup 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:21 AM PDT
By Olga Dzyubenko BISHKEK (Reuters) - A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced three opposition members of parliament to up to 18 months in jail on Friday for leading a protest the judge said had aimed to seize power by force in the Central Asian nation. Prosecutors had sought jail terms of up to 10 years for nationalist MPs Kamchibek Tashiyev, Sadyr Zhaparov and Talant Mamytov, who led a crowd which tried to storm government headquarters last October. ...
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Italy's 5-Star Movement rejects deal with other parties 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 09:18 AM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Friday that it would not give a confidence vote to any government led by other politicians or technocrats like outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. "We repeat our determination not to give a confidence vote to political or pseudo-technocrat governments," Vito Crimi, head of the 5-Star Movement's senators, told reporters after meeting President Giorgio Napolitano. Crimi said his movement would only support a government that it led. ...
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Turkish police seize firearms cache on Syrian border 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:58 AM PDT
AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish authorities said they had seized thousands of guns in a warehouse by the Syrian border, and a local news agency said the weapons had been destined for Turkey's war-torn neighbor. The firearms - including more than 5,000 shotguns and rifles, starting pistols, gunstocks and 10,000 cartridges - were discovered during a raid in a village on the edge of the Turkish town of Akcakale and displayed to journalists on Friday. ...
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China to spend $16 billion to tackle Beijing pollution crisis 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:46 AM PDT
People walk on a construction waste hill in BeijingSHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will spend 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) over three years to deal with Beijing's pollution, an official newspaper reported on Friday, as the government tries to defuse mounting public anger over environmental degradation. Beijing's government has pledged to improve sewage disposal, garbage treatment and air quality, as well as crack down on illegal construction, the China Daily newspaper said, citing a three-year plan released on Thursday. ...
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Tanzanians dig for survivors after building collapse 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:38 AM PDT
An aerial view shows bystanders watching rescuers search for survivors amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in the Kariakoo district of central Dar es SalaamDAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A building under construction collapsed in the center of Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Friday and rescuers searched for survivors under the rubble, with conflicting reports about the number of dead. A senior police officer initially told reporters 15 people were killed and two people were pulled out alive. Hours later, the mayor for central Dar es Salaam, Jerry Silaa, said two people were killed and 17 survivors had been found. The building, in the Kariakoo district, was at least 12 storeys high. ...
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Bombs at five Iraqi Shi'ite mosques kill 19 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 07:31 AM PDT
Residents inspect a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in KirkukBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs hit five Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, killing 19 worshippers and injuring another 130. Ten years after the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq is still grappling with political turmoil and Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda, who are stepping up attacks on Shi'ite targets and security forces. ...
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Montenegrin jailed for 45 years over Sarajevo killings 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:50 AM PDT
Veselin Vlahovic, a Montenegrin warlord nicknamed Batko, is seen during his sentencing in the Court of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBy Maja Zuvela SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A Montenegrin warlord was jailed for 45 years on Friday for the murder, rape and torture of non-Serb civilians in Sarajevo in the Bosnian war, receiving the longest sentence handed down so far by the Bosnian war crimes court. Veselin Vlahovic, nicknamed Batko, was found guilty of the murders of 31 people, rapes of at least 13 women and torture and robbery of dozens of civilians in Grbavica and Vraca, Serb-occupied areas of Sarajevo, in 1992, said presiding judge Zoran Bozic. ...
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