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Today's Reuters World News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Venezuela's Chavez says he was treated for cancer Roadside bomb kills 13 Afghan civilians Factbox: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Snap analysis: Chavez's cancer surgery rocks Venezuela Failing to move Russia, EU and U.S. slam Syria at U.N. Venezuela's Chavez says treated for cancer Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war Venezuela's Chavez to address the nation Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources Analyst view: Geithner mulls departing US Treasury-sources Libya rebels prepare for fight over strategic town Sudan grants U.N. limited access to tense border area International panel to probe uprising in Bahrain Russia: arming Libya rebels is "crude violation" Greek lawmakers back reforms, clear way for more aid Gaddafi's daughter acknowledges talks with Libya rebels Analysis: U.S. overtures to Egypt Islamists show pragmatism New doubts raised on Saleh's return, fighting in south U.S. urges Lebanon to act on Hariri indictments Lebanon receives Hariri killing indictments Ivory Coast has urgent need to restore order: U.N. Irish activists say Israel sabotaged flotilla vessel Libya risks extremism if war drags on: World Bank Britons strike over pensions, government says impact limited Factbox: Britain's public sector pension dispute Top court to hear appeal of terrorism law Analysis: French arms move shows Libya pressures on West NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle Q+A: U.N. court hands Lebanon indictments over Hariri's killing Analysis:French opinion shifts but a nuclear exit would be tough Sarkozy involved in scuffle during handshake tour Myanmar's Suu Kyi to plans first trip since release Selling gold teeth to make ends meet in Greece Analysis: Analysts see Saleh exit soon, power transfer for Yemen Russia says arming Libyan rebels violates U.N. vote No "mission creep" in Libya, NATO chief vows NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel attack French Afghanistan hostages home, thin but thankful Timeline: Events leading to Lebanon indictments Venezuela's Chavez says he was treated for cancer Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:25 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, presenting a serious challenge to his near-total dominance of the South American OPEC nation since 1999. Full Story1 Top Roadside bomb kills 13 Afghan civilians Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Thirteen Afghan civilians, including children, were killed and 33 wounded when their passenger bus was hit by a roadside bomb late on Thursday in western Afghanistan, police said on Friday. Full Story1 Top Factbox: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Thu,30 Jun 2011 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday that he had undergone a successful operation in Cuba to extract cancerous cells from a tumor and was on the road to full recovery. Full Story1 Top Snap analysis: Chavez's cancer surgery rocks Venezuela Thu,30 Jun 2011 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's announcement that he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor has shaken up Venezuelan politics ahead of what was already looking like a tight race for the 2012 election. Full Story1 Top Failing to move Russia, EU and U.S. slam Syria at U.N. Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:05 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Europe and the United States heaped criticism on Syria at the United Nations on Thursday after failing to persuade Russia to support condemning Damascus for its crackdown on anti-government protesters. Full Story1 Top Venezuela's Chavez says treated for cancer Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had a tumor but had undergone a successful operation in Cuba to extract the cancerous cells and was on the road to full recovery. Full Story1 Top Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:11 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make a decision until contentious negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling are completed, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - NEAR BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels gathered on a ridge overlooking a strategic town only 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli on Thursday, preparing for a battle that could allow them to march directly to the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power. Full Story1 Top Venezuela's Chavez to address the nation Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was due to address the nation by television on Thursday for the first time since an operation in Cuba that triggered widespread speculation he might be seriously ill. Full Story1 Top Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make any decision until after debt limit negotiations conclude, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Analyst view: Geithner mulls departing US Treasury-sources Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make any decision until after until after debt limit negotiations conclude, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Libya rebels prepare for fight over strategic town Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - NEAR BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya (Reuters) - - Libya's rebels have never been closer to the seat of Muammar Gaddafi's power than this ridge, where they have gathered on high ground 80 km (50 miles) from Tripoli. Full Story1 Top Sudan grants U.N. limited access to tense border area Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:39 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan's government is allowing limited U.N. access to Kadugli, capital of a tense border state where fighting and looting has taken place ahead of southern secession, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top International panel to probe uprising in Bahrain Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - The international committee investigating violent protests in Bahrain this year will be given access to official files and be able to meet witnesses in secret, the panel's chair said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Russia: arming Libya rebels is "crude violation" Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Russia accused France on Thursday of committing a "crude violation" of a U.N. weapons embargo by arming Libyan rebels, while Washington said it was acting legally, creating a new diplomatic dispute over the Western air war. Full Story1 Top Greek lawmakers back reforms, clear way for more aid Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The Greek parliament approved detailed austerity and privatization bills on Thursday in a crucial vote to secure emergency funds and avert imminent bankruptcy, but longer-term dangers still lurk. Full Story1 Top Gaddafi's daughter acknowledges talks with Libya rebels Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Libya is involved in direct and indirect talks with rebels trying to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's daughter said, although the Benghazi-based opposition has ruled out further contact with Tripoli. Full Story1 Top Analysis: U.S. overtures to Egypt Islamists show pragmatism Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - A U.S. decision to resume contact with the Muslim Brotherhood is a pragmatic move that recognizes its popular appeal in post-revolution Egypt and may also help Washington deal with other Islamist movements in the region. Full Story1 Top New doubts raised on Saleh's return, fighting in south Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:54 PM PDT Reuters - ADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was so severely injured in an assassination attempt that it is uncertain when he will return to the country, Yemen Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has said. Full Story1 Top U.S. urges Lebanon to act on Hariri indictments Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday welcomed a U.N.-backed tribunal's indictments in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri and urged Lebanon's government to act on them. Full Story1 Top Lebanon receives Hariri killing indictments Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri handed indictments and arrest warrants to Lebanon on Thursday that officials said accused members of the militant Hezbollah group of involvement. Full Story1 Top Ivory Coast has urgent need to restore order: U.N. Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy to Ivory Coast urged the government Thursday to restore law and order by deploying police and sending former rebels who helped President Alassane Ouattara seize power back to their barracks. Full Story1 Top Irish activists say Israel sabotaged flotilla vessel Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Irish pro-Palestinian activists accused Israel on Thursday of sabotaging their boat while it was docked in Turkey to stop it joining an international flotilla bound for the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Full Story1 Top Libya risks extremism if war drags on: World Bank Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:36 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - A protracted struggle for Libya could leave it in the hands of extremists instead of the liberal economic technocrats who now lead its rebel movement, the World Bank's representative for Libya said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Britons strike over pensions, government says impact limited Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and civil servants went on strike on Thursday in the opening salvo of what could be months of widespread industrial action over planned pension reforms and austerity measures. Full Story1 Top Factbox: Britain's public sector pension dispute Thu,30 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and civil servants will go on strike on Thursday over the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government's plans to reform public sector pensions. Full Story1 Top Top court to hear appeal of terrorism law Thu,30 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear an appeal that could decide if the federal government went too far in how it defined terrorist activity in laws that were toughened after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Full Story1 Top Analysis: French arms move shows Libya pressures on West Thu,30 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's acknowledgment that it has supplied arms to rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi is a sign of the pressure on Western powers to get quick results in Libya, but risks further erosion of support for the campaign. Full Story1 Top NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle Thu,30 Jun 2011 09:13 AM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space. Full Story1 Top Q+A: U.N. court hands Lebanon indictments over Hariri's killing Thu,30 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Lebanon's state prosecutor Saeed Mirza said he received on Thursday the indictments over the 2005 killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri from the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Full Story1 Top Analysis:French opinion shifts but a nuclear exit would be tough Thu,30 Jun 2011 08:16 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - France may be forced to rethink its overwhelming dependence on nuclear energy as once solid public support starts to melt away one year before a presidential election. Full Story1 Top Sarkozy involved in scuffle during handshake tour Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:56 AM PDT Reuters - (Warning: Use of strong language in paragraph 5) Full Story1 Top Myanmar's Suu Kyi to plans first trip since release Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will next week travel outside her home city for the first time since her release from a seven-year stint of house arrest last November, a spokesman for her former party said. Full Story1 Top Selling gold teeth to make ends meet in Greece Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:27 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - A smartly dressed woman waits as a young man behind a glass screen weighs her gold earrings, bracelets and rings and counts out 1,600 euros. Full Story1 Top Analysis: Analysts see Saleh exit soon, power transfer for Yemen Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:17 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - Even if Ali Abdullah Saleh wants to cling to power in Yemen, experts say an assassination bid may not have killed him but has succeeded in preventing him from resuming the presidency because of the wounds he has sustained. Full Story1 Top Russia says arming Libyan rebels violates U.N. vote Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that arming Libyan rebels was a "crude violation" of a U.N. Security Council resolution that imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Libya from February. Full Story1 Top No "mission creep" in Libya, NATO chief vows Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:41 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - NATO's chief said on Thursday it was up to Libyan insurgents to fight Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the ground and dismissed warnings of "mission creep," but a rebel leader said they needed more arms to finish the job. Full Story1 Top NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel attack Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - NATO aircraft killed an insurgent leader linked to a deadly hotel attack in the Afghan capital this week, the coalition said on Thursday, a raid that raised questions about whether Afghan forces are ready for the looming security transition. Full Story1 Top French Afghanistan hostages home, thin but thankful Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:26 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Two French TV journalists held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban for 18 months landed back in France on Thursday, pale and gaunt but visibly elated as they were met by the French president and their families. Full Story1 Top Timeline: Events leading to Lebanon indictments Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in Lebanon leading to the indictments issued on Thursday by a U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. Full Story1 Top

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