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Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India

By Ratnajyoti Dutta and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iranian buyers have defaulted on payment for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday,...

Maldives protests boil over, police join against government

By J.J. Robinson MALE, Maldives (Reuters) - Opposition-led protests in the Maldives boiled over on Tuesday with some police officers defying orders to break them up and instead joining in an assault on the...

Fidel Castro warns of bleak future, touts memoir

By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro painted a bleak picture of the future, saying the world was in its worst situation ever as Cuban television aired on Monday part...

Insight: India's reluctant young emperor, Rahul Gandhi

By Raju Gopalakrishnan BHAKURAI, India (Reuters) - They call him the Yuva Samrat, or young emperor. Yet Rahul Gandhi has so far shown no inclination to claim the throne of the world's largest democracy. ...

Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff

By Oliver Holmes and Taha Zargoun TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five Libyan refugees at their camp in a Tripoli suburb Monday, residents and hospital sources said, underscoring the volatility in the country months...

Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Survivors and relatives of those killed in a Norwegian mass-murder rampage wept and ridiculed the smiling attacker in court Monday as he defended his acts by issuing a...

Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran

By Jeffrey Heller and Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an...

U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions...

Egypt army urges swift move to presidential election

By Tamim Elyan and Tom Pfeiffer CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military leadership called for a swift move to a presidential election on Monday and security forces sealed off the Interior Ministry in Cairo from...

Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone on Monday with a new website that...

Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne

Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"

OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway, said Monday his massacre was necessary to prevent his country's cultural destruction. "We in the Norwegian movement will not sit and see...

Austria far right leader hurt by "new Jews" comment

By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is taking a public relations beating after refusing to apologize for likening anti-fascist protesters to a Nazi mob and his supporters...

Austria far right leader hurt by "new Jews" comment

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC has delayed final sentencing for suspended Youth League leader Julius Malema, who lost an appeal this weekend against charges of bringing the party into disrepute, Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe said Monday. ...

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions

By Andrew Torchia DUBAI (Reuters) - Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out blow...

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and...

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Abbas to head new unity Palestinian government: senior official

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed at a meeting in Qatar on Monday to form a unified government for the West Bank and Gaza Strip headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Palestinian official said. ...

Romania PM Boc quits after protests

By Ioana Patran and Sam Cage BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday, giving way to mass protests against IMF-backed austerity measures and joining leaders of other European Union states...

Romania PM Boc quits after protests

Romania PM Boc resigns after protests

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday after weeks of nationwide protests against his tough austerity measures and before a parliamentary election due late this year. "It is the moment...

Romania PM Boc resigns after protests

Graft, politics, militant Islam shake Indian Ocean island

By C. Bryson Hull MALE, Maldives (Reuters) - Few of the million or so tourists who visit the Maldives each year would catch even a whiff of the troubled politics or growing militant threat...

Analysis: Merkozy fights to prevent Merkollande

By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Things must be getting desperate if Angela Merkel is intervening in French politics to try to save Nicolas Sarkozy from defeat. ...

Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop

By James Regan SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's projections for a bumper cotton crop remain on track despite a week-long deluge in major growing regions that forced thousands of residents from their homes and left...

Children among 12 dead as quake hits Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two children, officials said. Government offices...

Children among seven dead as quake hits Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake off the central Philippine island of Negros killed at least seven people on Monday, including two children, with government offices and schools ordered to close after at least 40 aftershocks. ...

Mexico conservatives back woman presidential candidate

By Lizbeth Diaz and Mica Rosenberg MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Voters from Mexico's ruling conservative party selected their first woman presidential candidate on Sunday, choosing a former education minister to battle the opposition's nominee,...

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

By Laura MacInnis and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want...

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

Analysis: Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger

By John Chalmers NEW DELHI (Reuters) - There is no clamor for an early general election in India, but the latest blow dealt to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a massive corruption scandal raises...

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable

By Sean Mattson PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top...

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital after suffering a possible stroke, the national police said on Sunday. Noriega, 77,...

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency

By Ritsuko Ando and Eero Vassinen HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency on Sunday in an election that showed voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite...

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early results

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to early results in Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts. ...

Libya court postpones trial of Gaddafi loyalists

By Mohammed Al Tommy BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya started and then swiftly postponed court proceedings Sunday against 41 Libyans accused of helping Muammar Gaddafi crush the popular revolt that ended in his death last year, Libyan news agency LANA said on Sunday. ...

UN envoy says Myanmar should admit to rights violations

YANGON (Reuters) - A top United Nations envoy warned Myanmar Sunday not to backtrack on its ongoing reform program and said the civilian government should acknowledge its past human rights violations to allow the country to move forward. ...

French elections heading for two-horse race: poll

PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election looks set to become a straight fight between Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy after both widened the gap with other contenders over the past month, a poll showed Sunday. ...

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early tally

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to an early tally of Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts. ...

Egypt's Mubarak may move to prison hospital

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will prepare Cairo's Torah prison hospital so it can receive ousted President Hosni Mubarak from the military hospital where he is now detained, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, an announcement that could help calm protests. ...

Egypt orders steps to move Mubarak to prison hospital: report

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has till now been held in a military hospital while he has been standing trial, Al Jazeera television said Sunday. ...

Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's opponents vowed on Sunday to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of Russia after tens of thousands attended a march which kept up the...

Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes

By Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a Cairo prison hospital in an apparent bid to calm protests,...

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes

Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police

By Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on...

Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform

By Andrew Hammond MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini opposition parties, launching a week-long 'sit-in' for political reforms at a mass rally, swore on Sunday to take their campaign to the centre of last year's democracy...

Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform

Car bomb kills nine in Afghan city Kandahar

KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least nine people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the presidential palace said in a statement. The Kandahar province's media...

Car bomb kills seven in Afghan city Kandahar

KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least seven people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the province's media office said. Five police officers and two civilians...

Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban

By Rob Taylor KABUL (Reuters) - A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the country...

Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered

By Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders...

Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered

"Iron Lady" film draws sympathy for Thatcher in Argentina

By Luis Andres Henao SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Long reviled in Argentina for leading Britain to war over the Falkland Islands, Margaret Thatcher's portrayal as a vulnerable, elderly woman suffering from dementia in new film...

French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential vote has riled his socialist rival Francois Hollande's camp, which warned her to exercise restraint, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. ...

French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit

By Richard Balmforth and Michael Holden KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday and brought widespread disruption to transport services, with warnings that the chilling temperatures would...

European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine

By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time...

Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote

By Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster...

Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote

By Tom Perry and Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and...

Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote

Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on

By Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and riot police eased in Egypt on Saturday as activists argued over how to build momentum in their push to oust the country's ruling...

South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension

By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political...

South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension

South Africa's Malema loses appeal, expelled from ANC

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An appeals panel of South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political wilderness one of the leading voices for nationalizing mines. ...

Russians stage rival protests over Putin

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Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India

Maldives protests boil over, police join against government

Fidel Castro warns of bleak future, touts memoir

Insight: India's reluctant young emperor, Rahul Gandhi

Gunmen kill five in Libyan refugee camp: hospital staff

Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech

Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran

U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes

Egypt army urges swift move to presidential election

Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne

Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne

Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne

Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"

Austria far right leader hurt by "new Jews" comment

Austria far right leader hurt by "new Jews" comment

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Abbas to head new unity Palestinian government: senior official

Romania PM Boc quits after protests

Romania PM Boc quits after protests

Romania PM Boc resigns after protests

Romania PM Boc resigns after protests

Graft, politics, militant Islam shake Indian Ocean island

Analysis: Merkozy fights to prevent Merkollande

Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop

Children among 12 dead as quake hits Philippines

Children among seven dead as quake hits Philippines

Mexico conservatives back woman presidential candidate

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

Analysis: Scandal blow puts Indian government in danger

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized, stable

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early results

Libya court postpones trial of Gaddafi loyalists

UN envoy says Myanmar should admit to rights violations

French elections heading for two-horse race: poll

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early tally

Egypt's Mubarak may move to prison hospital

Egypt orders steps to move Mubarak to prison hospital: report

Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes

Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes

Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police

Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform

Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform

Car bomb kills nine in Afghan city Kandahar

Car bomb kills seven in Afghan city Kandahar

Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban

Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered

Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered

"Iron Lady" film draws sympathy for Thatcher in Argentina

French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy

French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit

European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine

Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote

Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote

Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote

Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote

Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on

South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension

South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension

South Africa's Malema loses appeal, expelled from ANC

Russians stage rival protests over Putin

Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts

Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work

Iran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision