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| "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:47 PM PDT  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power, died on Monday following a stroke. She was 87. Britain's only woman prime minister, the unyielding, outspoken Thatcher led her party to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous term in office for a British premier in over 150 years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obituary: Iron Lady Thatcher changed face of Britain Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  By Stephen Addison and Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) - Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", was a towering figure in British 20th century politics, a grocer's daughter with a steely resolve who was loved and loathed in equal measure as she crushed the unions and privatized large swathes of industry. She died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. During her life in politics some worshipped her as a modernizer who transformed the country, others bitterly accused her of entrenching the divide between the rich and the poor. ... Full Story | Top |
| Witness: Thatcher's dramatic 1990 fall - "Stabbed in the front" Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:54 AM PDT (David Storey, now an editor in Washington, was Reuters political correspondent in London during the final months in power of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whose death was announced on Monday. Here he recalls the drama of her sudden political demise in November 1990.) By David Storey (Reuters) - At some point in her 11-year rule, Margaret Thatcher adopted the royal prerogative of referring to herself in the plural - as when she announced the birth of a child to her daughter Carol in 1989. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. envoy says must fight mistrust for Middle East peace Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:54 PM PDT  By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he is trying to break down mistrust on both sides of the "festering" conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and would not rush into a new peace process. Making his third visit to the region in less than three weeks, Kerry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday night and was to sit down to dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night. "I am intensely focused on this issue ... ... Full Story | Top |
| GE to buy oil pump maker Lufkin for nearly $3 billion Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:17 PM PDT  By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - General Electric Co is buying oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries Inc for $2.98 billion, sharply increasing its presence in the fast-growing market to extract oil and natural gas from shale rock, the conglomerate said on Monday. Lufkin's pumps, also known as artificial lift products, are commonly seen seesawing back and forth on top of energy wells to pull oil and natural gas to the surface. ... Full Story | Top |
| Serbia rejects Kosovo deal, begs EU for more time Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:50 PM PDT  By Aleksandar Vasovic and Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia rejected a European Union-brokered plan on Monday to tackle the ethnic partition of its former province Kosovo, a move that could hurt Belgrade's hopes of starting membership talks with the bloc. But the coalition government called for the "urgent" continuation of negotiations to reach an accord, with the EU set to consider this month whether to recommend the start of accession talks with Serbia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suicide car bomber kills 15 in central Damascus Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  By Oliver Holmes and Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 53 in the main business district of Damascus on Monday in what the Syrian prime minister said was a response to army gains against rebels around the capital. The bomb near a school in the Sabaa Bahrat district, which also houses the Central Bank and Finance Ministry, set cars ablaze and damaged buildings, state television footage showed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Venezuela says crude, liquids output stable at 3.12 million bpd Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  By Marianna Parraga CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's production of crude and natural gas liquids has stabilized at 3.12 million barrels per day after state oil company PDVSA halted a decline in output from the OPEC nation's second-most-productive region, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said in an interview on Monday. Ramiriz told Reuters that PDVSA has found new reserves of 1 billion barrels of light crude in the eastern Monagas region, where production had been slowly but steadily declining since last year. "Production is going up, particularly in the (central) Orinoco oil belt. ... Full Story | Top |
| JetBlue Airways will get first U.S.-made Airbus jet Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:25 PM PDT  MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp Chief Executive Dave Barger said on Tuesday that his airline will receive the first U.S.-assembled Airbus jet, which will roll off the assembly line in 2016. Barger spoke at a groundbreaking for a $600 million factory of EADS' Airbus unit in Mobile, Alabama. The plant is expected to create 1,000 jobs, and bolster U.S. spending by Airbus, which already spends $13 billion with U.S. suppliers. "We'll be the launch customer of this assembly line," Barger said. "We have well over 100 of the A320s today. It's a big day for JetBlue as well. ... Full Story | Top |
| World powers see enough substance in Iran talks to continue Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:54 AM PDT  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - World powers believe talks with Iran over its contentious nuclear program have been substantial enough for diplomacy to continue, a senior Western diplomat said on Monday, days after a meeting in Kazakhstan failed to yield a breakthrough. "There is enough substance for these negotiations to continue," the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters. "I would not expect a breakdown. ... Full Story | Top |
| North Korea suspends last project with South, Putin cites Chernobyl Monday, Apr 08, 2013 05:14 AM PDT By Christine Kim PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - North Korea suspended its sole remaining major project with the South on Monday, after weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nuclear conflict could make Chernobyl look like a fairy tale. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Venezuela's Maduro faces tricky post-Chavez panorama Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:18 AM PDT  By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Acting President Nicolas Maduro may struggle to advance the late Hugo Chavez's socialist policies if he wins Venezuela's election on Sunday, lacking both his predecessor's iron grip on a disparate ruling coalition and the robust state finances that cemented his rule. Maduro holds a wide lead in opinion polls over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles for the election triggered by Chavez's death last month after a two-year battle with cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gay rights activists, topless protesters greet Putin Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:22 PM PDT  By Alexei Anishchuk and Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin defended Russia's treatment of homosexuals on Monday in Amsterdam, where 1,000 gay rights activists waved pink and orange balloons and blasted out dance music to press home their protest. Western nations need Russia for energy and as a market for exports but are uneasy about Putin's human rights policies and his treatment of opponents in his new Kremlin term. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU regulators to approve $15.8 billion Liberty, Virgin deal: sources Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:29 AM PDT  By Foo Yun Chee and Kate Holton BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Global will get unconditional EU clearance for its $15.8 billion bid for Virgin Media, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday, in a move which pits the U.S. billionaire against rival Rupert Murdoch. Liberty Global, Europe's No. 1 cable operator, unveiled the takeover offer for Britain's second-biggest pay-TV provider in February. The move underscores the growing rivalry between cable groups and traditional telecoms operators. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two more dead after sectarian clashes in Egypt Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:34 AM PDT  By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - Two more deaths were reported on Monday after sectarian violence at Cairo's Coptic cathedral that the Egyptian government and Muslim and Christian leaders scrambled to calm. A security source said a 21-year-old Muslim man, named only as Mohamed, died of a fractured skull in hospital after fighting between local Muslims and Copts who had been attending a funeral for four Christians shot dead in a town near Cairo. ... Full Story | Top |
| China's bird flu outbreak no cause for panic: WHO Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:54 AM PDT By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is no cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 24, with seven deaths. WHO praised China for mobilising resources nationwide to combat the H7N9 flu strain by culling tens of thousands of birds and monitoring hundreds of people close to those infected. "So far, we really only have sporadic cases of a rare disease, and perhaps it will remain that way. ... Full Story | Top |
| Macy's, J.C. Penney resume Martha Stewart courtroom tussle Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:59 AM PDT  By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macy's Inc and J.C. Penney Co Inc were back in court on Monday in their fight over Martha Stewart, with Macy's claiming that some of the items Penney has begun selling on its website infringe on its exclusive deal with the home goods guru. After a month-long mediation effort failed to yield a settlement, the trial resumed in New York state court over whether Macy's has an exclusive right to sell certain Martha Stewart home goods products. ... Full Story | Top |
| All Syria chemical arms claims must be probed: U.N.'s Ban Monday, Apr 08, 2013 05:39 AM PDT  By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - An advance team of U.N.-mandated experts has gone to Cyprus and is awaiting permission from the Syrian government to investigate allegations of chemical weapons attacks, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. The move puts pressure on Syria to grant access to the team, as Damascus resists extending the investigation beyond a government claim that rebels used chemical munitions near Aleppo to include rebel claims that President Bashar al-Assad's government has used them. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suicide car bomber kills 15, brings chaos to Damascus Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:28 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded in the main business district of Damascus on Monday, killing at least 15 people, setting cars ablaze and damaging buildings, according to state television. A Damascus resident who described the blast as the biggest she had heard in the capital during the two-year-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad said large plumes of black smoke were rising from the Sabaa Bahrat district. State television said the explosion had occurred near a school in Sabaa Bahrat, a heavily populated area that also houses the Central Bank and the Finance Ministry. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pakistan's Musharraf entangled in treason accusation Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:15 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered former President Pervez Musharraf to respond to an accusation of treason, a move that could hurt his ambitious bid to win back influence in the country. Lawyer Iqbal Haider has filed a complaint which states that Musharraf had committed treason when he declared emergency rule while in power, in 2007. Mohammad Amjad, the coordinator of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League party, said aides would formulate a strategy for dealing with the accusation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lebanon's new premier says election delay likely Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 01:03 PM PDT  By Dominic Evans and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria. Salam, a moderate who won broad political support to become premier, said he would try to bring all of Lebanon's rival factions into a government whose main priority was paving the way for the parliamentary election. ... Full Story | Top |
| Both sides claim victory in Montenegro president vote Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 03:45 PM PDT  By Petar Komnenic PODGORICA, Montenegro (Reuters) - Both sides claimed victory in a presidential election in Montenegro on Sunday, raising the prospect of a dispute over the largely ceremonial post in the tiny Adriatic country as it bids to join the European Union. With no independent exit poll or official word from the state electoral commission, both incumbent Filip Vujanovic and opposition challenger Miodrag Lekic took to the airwaves to announce they had won. Lekic compared his rival's claim to a "coup d'etat". ... Full Story | Top |
| One dead, many wounded in Cairo cathedral clashes Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 04:14 PM PDT  By Asmaa Waguih and Ulf Laessing CAIRO (Reuters) - One person was killed and more than 80 wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media said. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hard line Islamists repressed under his autocratic rule. ... Full Story | Top |
| China rebukes North Korea, says no state should sow chaos Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 04:15 PM PDT  By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep. The weekend comments were the strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on the United States and to wage war with Seoul. ... Full Story | Top |
| Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 02:32 PM PDT  By Diego Ore and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election. "Today the streets of Caracas are full of happiness and hope, confirming what will happen next Sunday," Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state, told the crowd. ... Full Story | Top |
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