Thursday, June 20th, 2013

World

Labour says own party could oust Cameron by 2015

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour party on Monday seized on divisions in the ruling Conservative party to suggest that David Cameron could be ousted a...
June 4, 2013, 3:16 am
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Netherlands cancels orders for faulty Finmeccanica trains

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch train operator Netherlands Railways said on Monday it would stop using trains made by Italian manufacturing group Finmeccanica and cancel outstanding orders...
June 4, 2013, 4:05 am
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U.S. comes to Syrian peace effort 'late' - Kerry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States came "late" to an effort to end the Syrian civil war and is trying to prevent the total collapse of the country, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday. ...
June 4, 2013, 3:24 am
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U.S. calls for restraint by Turkish police confronting protests

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed concern Monday at reports of excessive use of force by Turkish police to quell anti-government rioting and called for restraint in a rebuke to its NA...
June 4, 2013, 3:03 am
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S. African union leader shot dead at Lonmin platinum mine

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A union leader was shot dead and another wounded at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in South Africa on Monday amid heightened tensions after deadly strikes at the site last year.
June 4, 2013, 2:54 am

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Afghan Taliban 'send delegation to Iran'

KABUL (AFP) - Taliban leaders said Monday they had sent a delegation to Iran, Afghanistan's western neighbour, to hold meetings that could signal a future role for Tehran in the search for peace.
June 4, 2013, 2:44 am

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Airbus, Boeing battle over long-haul jets heats up

By Siva Govindasamy
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The battle between Airbus and Boeing over their next-generation of long-haul jets is heating up, with a string of m...
June 4, 2013, 2:44 am

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IAEA head slams Iran over stalled nuclear probe

VIENNA (AFP) - The head of the UN atomic agency upped the ante with Iran Monday, saying Tehran may have literally bulldozed a key part of its probe into alleged efforts to develop a nuclear bomb.
June 4, 2013, 2:22 am

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Gunmen kill Pakistani provincial lawmaker: police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead two people including a Pakistani provincial lawmaker from Imran Khan's party in the country's restive northwest on Monday, police said.
June 4, 2013, 2:20 am

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AXA PE, AENA to bid on Abertis Luton stake - source

PARIS (Reuters) - AXA Private Equity and Spanish airport operator AENA are teaming up to bid for Abertis' 90 percent stake in London Luton Airport, a source familiar with the talks said...
June 4, 2013, 2:10 am
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Kurdish rebels clash with Turkish army during withdrawal

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants opened fire on Turkish troops in southeast Turkey near the border with Iraq on Monday, wounding one soldier, the military said, the first such incident since the...
June 4, 2013, 2:02 am
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Kurdish rebels clash with Turkish army during withdrawal

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants opened fire on Turkish troops in southeast Turkey near the border with Iraq on Monday, slightly wounding one soldier, the military said, the first such incident ...
June 4, 2013, 2:02 am
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Nations line up to sign U.N. arms trade treaty, U.S. not yet

By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Delegates from dozens of countries gathered in New York on Monday and signed the first treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventi...
June 4, 2013, 2:00 am

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Water firm Severn Trent rejects improved £5 billion bid

By Brenda Goh and Sarah Young
LONDON (Reuters) - British water firm Severn Trent has rejected an improved 5-billion-pound bid proposal from a consortium led by a Kuwaiti sovereign wealt...
June 4, 2013, 1:40 am

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U.S. says WikiLeaks soldier driven by 'arrogance'

By Ian Simpson
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Military prosecutors said arrogance drove the U.S. soldier who went on trial on Monday accused of the biggest leak of classified informat...
June 4, 2013, 1:31 am

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Russian villagers suspected of homophobic killing

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian villagers are suspected of kicking and stabbing to death a neighbour in the remote far eastern region of Kamchatka because he was gay, investigators said Monday.
June 4, 2013, 1:26 am

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Syrian missile kills 26 in village near Aleppo

BEIRUT (AFP) - A missile hit a village near Syria's second city of Aleppo overnight, killing 26 people including six women and eight children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
June 4, 2013, 1:18 am

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Iraq warns Israel on using airspace in Iran strike

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a strike against Iran's controversial nuclear programme, a top Iraqi minister told AFP.
June 4, 2013, 1:00 am

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Cambodian police break up Nike factory protest

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodian riot police on Monday broke up a protest by several thousand workers at a factory making clothes for US sportswear giant Nike and arrested eight people, labour activists said.
June 4, 2013, 12:55 am

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IMF halves 2013 German growth forecast to 0.3 percent

BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund halved its 2013 forecast for German growth, saying on Monday that Europe's largest economy was suffering from uncertainty in the euro zone but would ...
June 4, 2013, 12:34 am

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