Friday, May 24th, 2013

World

Iraq-Kurd oil talks break ice, long-term fix unlikely

By Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles
BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A lasting solution to Iraq's dispute with its Kurdish north is unlikely even if recent talks between the two sides lead...
May 7, 2013, 9:25 pm
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Ecuador, Peru try to calm spat over supermarket fight

QUITO (AFP) - Ecuador and Peru have decided to reassign their ambassadors in a bid to resolve a diplomatic crisis that broke out when the Ecuadoran envoy got into a fight with two women in a supermarket checkout line.
May 7, 2013, 8:55 pm

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Turkey PM says Israeli raids on Syria 'unacceptable'

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday branded Israel's air raids in Syria "unacceptable" but again called on the international community to act over killings by regime forces.
May 7, 2013, 8:53 pm

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Bangladesh opposition calls strike over 'mass killing'

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladeshi opposition parties have called a two-day nationwide shutdown from Wednesday to protest what they describe as the "mass killing" of Islamists in a crackdown by security forces.
May 7, 2013, 8:52 pm

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Beijing says US defence report hypes China threat

BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing on Tuesday dismissed an annual Pentagon report that accused it of widespread cyberspying on the US government, rejecting it as an "irresponsible" attempt to drum up fear of China as a military threat.
May 7, 2013, 8:52 pm
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Two more die in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like virus - WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - Two more people in Saudi Arabia have died from a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East, bringing the toll in the kingdom's latest outbreak to seven, the Worl...
May 7, 2013, 8:46 pm
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Turkey condemns Israeli air strikes in Syria

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israeli air strikes on targets near Damascus, saying they were an opportunity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's gover...
May 7, 2013, 8:32 pm

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Three women missing for decade found alive

Three US brothers have been arrested after three women missing for a decade after being kidnapped as teenagers, were found alive in an Ohio house.
May 7, 2013, 8:12 pm

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Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov: tough enough to be PM again?

SOFIA (AFP) - Former bodyguard Boyko Borisov, running for another term as Bulgaria's prime minister in elections on Sunday, is as charismatic as he is tough.
May 7, 2013, 7:43 pm

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China's new leaders to quicken yuan reform, but caution remains

By Kevin Yao and Heng Xie
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new batch of leaders may quicken the process of making the yuan fully convertible over the next few years to boost the currency's g...
May 7, 2013, 7:43 pm

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Boston bomber's body still has no grave

The mother of the dead Boston bomber suspect wants her son to be buried in Russia, as a US funeral director looks for a grave for the body.
May 7, 2013, 7:39 pm

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US limo fire survivor recounts horror

A survivor of the fire that gutted the rear of a limousine in the US, killing five women, has recounted the horrifying experience.
May 7, 2013, 7:14 pm

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French banks battle economy with more cost cuts

By Lionel Laurent and Christian Plumb
PARIS (Reuters) - French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole vowed on Tuesday to keep cutting costs after as...
May 7, 2013, 7:13 pm

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Russian prisoner makes rare escape from Moscow jail

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) - A Russian prisoner charged with double murder on Tuesday escaped from one of Moscow's most impregnable jails by breaking a hole in his cell ceiling and climbing to freedom, the prison service said.
May 7, 2013, 7:12 pm

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Netanyahu quietly curbs settlement expansion - reports

By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly curbed new building projects in Jewish settlements, an Israeli watchdog group and media reports sai...
May 7, 2013, 7:04 pm

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Pakistan election violence forces candidates behind high walls

By Katharine Houreld
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and ...
May 7, 2013, 6:49 pm

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Prudential committed to UK as Asia units rise

By Chris Vellacott
LONDON (Reuters) - Insurer Prudential has reaffirmed a commitment to its British home market as a source of financial strength and profit even as Asian ...
May 7, 2013, 6:47 pm

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German finance minister softens stance on EU bank union

By Stephen Brown and Annika Breidthardt
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble signalled a softer stance on European banking union on Tuesday, saying that rather ...
May 7, 2013, 6:43 pm

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Curious incident of China's quake dogs in the night-time

BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese city is using dogs to predict earthquakes, an official said Tuesday, after state-run media reported that neighbours were complaining of nightly false alarms -- in the form of barking.
May 7, 2013, 6:42 pm

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US Air Force officer in charge of rape prevention arrested

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said, in the latest setback for a force struggling to stem a pervasive rape problem.
May 7, 2013, 6:38 pm

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