Yemen army kills two at anti-election protest
Feb 9 2012 1:47PM
Posted 6 hrs 2 mins ago
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed two people on Thursday when they opened fire on a rally in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, activists said.
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Italy cruise lawsuits will force higher standards: lawyer
Feb 9 2012 1:40PM
Posted 6 hrs 9 mins ago
By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Insurers stung by multi-million dollar claims over the Concordia shipwreck will demand higher safety standards from the cruise industry, a lawyer who will file suits this month against...
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Italy cruise lawsuits will force higher standards-lawyer
Feb 9 2012 1:40PM
Posted 6 hrs 9 mins ago
* U.S. lawyer won big payouts for 1998 Italy tragedy
* Says Carnival responsible for actions of Italian unit
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Romania's new government wins parliamentary approval
Feb 9 2012 12:51PM
Posted 6 hrs 58 mins ago
By Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu won parliamentary approval on Thursday for a government that offers little political change but might ease some austerity...
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Garzon trial forces Spain to confront painful past
Feb 9 2012 9:32AM
Posted 10 hrs 17 mins ago
By Sarah Morris
MADRID (Reuters) - Sitting at a wooden table before the judges of Spain's Supreme Court, Maria Martin Lopez recalls the day a lifetime ago when fascists loyal to General Francisco Franco...
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Spain's crusading Judge Garzon disbarred for 11 years
Feb 9 2012 9:32AM
Posted 10 hrs 17 mins ago
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court disbarred Judge Baltasar Garzon for 11 years on Thursday for illegally tapping defense lawyers' conversations, which may effectively end his career of international human rights trials.
Although less...
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Ending child marriage can boost India's rise: Tutu
Feb 9 2012 9:28AM
Posted 10 hrs 21 mins ago
By Nita Bhalla
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's development is being slowed by discriminatory practices against women such as child marriage, which stifle their potential to contribute to growth, South African peace campaigner Archbishop...
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Russian oligarchs should pay privatization fee: Putin
Feb 9 2012 7:19AM
Posted 12 hrs 30 mins ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, seeking to return to the presidency in an election next month, said on Thursday large Russian companies privatized "dishonestly" in the 1990s should pay a fee to win public acceptance for the deals.
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Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports
Feb 9 2012 6:24AM
Posted 13 hrs 25 mins ago
By Valerie Parent and Parisa Hafezi
PARIS/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is turning to barter - offering gold bullion in overseas vaults or tankerloads of oil - in return for food as new financial sanctions...
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Iran paying for grain with gold, oil: traders
Feb 9 2012 6:24AM
Posted 13 hrs 25 mins ago
By Valerie Parent and Michael Hogan
PARIS/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Iran is seeking to close grain purchases using gold and oil as payment, and has paid in yen for a large volume of wheat in...
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Exclusive: U.S. military seeks more access in Philippines
Feb 9 2012 5:37AM
Posted 14 hrs 12 mins ago
By Manuel Mogato
MANILA (Reuters) - The United States is seeking more access to Philippines ports and airfields to re-fuel and service its warships and planes, diplomatic and military sources said on Thursday, expanding...
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Insight: Poland's shale gas play takes on Russian power
Feb 9 2012 5:27AM
Posted 14 hrs 22 mins ago
By Michael Kahn, Braden Reddall and Gabriela Baczynska
LESNIOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - When Wieslaw Radzieciak took office as the mayor of Lesniowice in the gently-rolling farmland of southeastern Poland 26 years ago, the Soviet...
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Turkish clashes with PKK militants kill 14
Feb 9 2012 4:20AM
Posted 15 hrs 29 mins ago
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish security forces killed 13 Kurdish militants in fighting in southeast Turkey overnight, security sources said, marking an escalation in violence at a time when cold winter weather normally limits clashes.
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Russian, Chinese arms used in Darfur abuse: Amnesty
Feb 8 2012 7:03PM
Posted 1 day 46 mins ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian and Chinese arms are being used to violate human rights in Darfur region in breach of an "ineffectual" United Nations embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Amnesty said Russia and...
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Long-hidden archives help Guatemala war crimes trials
Feb 8 2012 5:34PM
Posted 1 day 2 hrs 15 mins ago
By Mike McDonald
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The secrets from a vault of moldy documents long covered in bat and rat droppings could soon help to put former top Guatemalan officials behind bars, years...
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