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| Federal judge sets first hearing in Detroit bankruptcy case Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:45 PM PDT  By Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal court judge has set the first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy case for Wednesday to take up the city emergency manager's request to put state lawsuits challenging the bankruptcy filing on hold. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes agreed on Monday to the expedited hearing requested by emergency manager Kevyn Orr in response to a Michigan court judge's order for Orr to withdraw the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing on state constitutional grounds. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians, Israelis play down chances of imminent talks Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:15 PM PDT  By Ali Sawafta and Allyn Fisher-Ilan RAMALLAH, West Bank/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis and Palestinians played down on Monday the prospects of their envoys meeting in Washington any time soon, and the White House said getting the two sides to agree a peace deal remained an "enormous challenge". Palestinians said negotiations could not begin unless it was clear in advance that they would be about a future state based on pre-1967 borders, while an Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would seek the approval of his cabinet before going ahead. U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:06 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU adds Hezbollah's military wing to terrorism list Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:06 PM PDT  By Justyna Pawlak and Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group's involvement in a deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war. The powerful Lebanese Shi'ite movement, an ally of Iran, has attracted concern in Europe and around the world in recent months for its role in sending thousands of fighters to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, an intervention that has turned the tide of Syria's two-year-old civil war. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prince William's wife Kate gives birth to baby boy Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:54 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William's wife Kate gave birth on Monday to a baby boy, who becomes third in line to the British throne, his office said. The baby, the couple's first child, was born at 4:24 p.m. (11:24 a.m. ET), weighing 8 lbs and 6 oz. "Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," said a statement from the royal household. (Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Full Story | Top |
| Pro and anti-Mursi protesters clash near Cairo's Tahrir square Monday, Jul 22, 2013 11:42 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in central Cairo on Monday, hurling stones and firing birdshot and fireworks at each other, witnesses said. The state news agency said one person was killed from a gun shot to the chest, while 21 people needed hospital treatment, the head of the paramedics said. Blood stains and broken glass littered the pavement between the dueling sides, and injured people were whisked away from the clashes on motorbikes in the worst political violence in Cairo since July 16, when seven died in confrontations. ... Full Story | Top |
| China quake death toll more than doubles to 54, hundreds hurt Monday, Jul 22, 2013 07:52 AM PDT By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province on Monday more than doubled to 54 people, the municipal government said, with hundreds injured as many homes in affected areas collapsed. The quake hit Minxian and Zhangxian counties, about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Lanzhou, at 7.45 on Monday morning (7.45 p.m. ET Sunday), the official Xinhua news agency said. It put the number of people seriously injured at 296. Earlier reports by the official Xinhua news agency said 22 people had died. ... Full Story | Top |
| Glaxo says executives appear to have broken Chinese law Monday, Jul 22, 2013 07:23 AM PDT  By Ben Hirschler and Kazunori Takada LONDON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday some of its executives in China appeared to have broken the law in a bribery scandal, as it promised changes in its business model that would lower the cost of medicine in the country. GSK is the latest in a string of multinationals to be targeted by Chinese authorities over alleged corruption, price-fixing and quality controls. Chinese police visited the Shanghai office of another British drugmaker, AstraZeneca, a company spokeswoman said on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Leaker Snowden hopes to be able to leave airport by Wednesday: lawyer Monday, Jul 22, 2013 08:45 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers by Wednesday allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area of a Moscow airport and move to the city center, his Russian lawyer said on Monday. Anatoly Kucherena, who helped the American file his bid for temporary asylum in Russia on July 16, said Snowden believed it would be unsafe to try to travel to Latin America soon because of U.S. efforts to return him to the United States to face espionage charges. ... Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Vivendi to announce Maroc Telecom sale to Etisalat - sources Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:00 PM PDT  By Sophie Sassard and Christian Plumb LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Vivendi is set to announce the sale of its 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom to Dubai-based Etisalat in one of the biggest emerging market deals this year, three sources with direct knowledge of the situation said. Vivendi is expected to sell its stake for around 4.2 billion euros ($5.5 billion), close to its current market value. The board met on Monday to discuss the deal and go over quarterly results. ... Full Story | Top |
| Family of Egypt's Mursi alleges abduction, new clashes in Cairo Monday, Jul 22, 2013 10:00 AM PDT  By Maggie Fick and Tom Finn CAIRO (Reuters) - The family of Egypt's ousted Islamist president said on Monday it would take legal action against the army as his supporters and opponents clashed in street battles in Cairo. Mohamed Mursi has been held at an undisclosed military facility since the army deposed him on July 3 and suspended the constitution in the wake of street protests against his one-year rule. The army says he is being held for his own safety. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spain's Rajoy to face parliament over corruption scandal Monday, Jul 22, 2013 08:12 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's prime minister said on Monday he would appear before parliament to face questions over a corruption scandal, relenting to pressure from the opposition which had threatened a no-confidence vote if he refused. "I have talked to the head of parliament and I have told him that I would ask to appear at the end of the month or at the beginning of August," Mariano Rajoy told a joint news conference with Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. ... Full Story | Top |
| One killed, seven injured in Cairo clashes: state TV Monday, Jul 22, 2013 09:20 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian man was killed and seven were injured in clashes on Monday between supporters and opponents of the ousted President Mohamed Mursi, state television reported. The opposing camps threw stones and shot fireworks at each other near Cairo's Tahrir square as security forces fired tear gas to try to disperse them, witnesses said. (Reporting by Asma Alsharif) Full Story | Top |
| Federal judge sets first hearing in Detroit bankruptcy case Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:43 PM PDT  By Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal court judge has set the first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy case for Wednesday to take up the city emergency manager's request to put state lawsuits challenging the bankruptcy filing on hold. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes agreed on Monday to the expedited hearing requested by emergency manager Kevyn Orr in response to a Michigan court judge's order for Orr to withdraw the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing on state constitutional grounds. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mandela's health showing 'sustained improvement': government Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:06 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is showing "sustained improvement" in hospital although he remains in a critical condition, the government said on Monday. The government statement said President Jacob Zuma had visited the 95-year-old Mandela in the Pretoria hospital where he has been for the last seven weeks receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection. (Reporting by Peroshni Govender; Editing by Ed Cropley) Full Story | Top |
| UAE pardons Norwegian woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:24 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has pardoned a Norwegian woman who was sentenced to jail for illicit sex after she reported being raped by a colleague while on a visit to Dubai, the Norwegian foreign minister said on Monday. Marte Deborah Dalelv, 24, had been awaiting an appeal hearing of her 16-month sentence handed down this month after a court in the Gulf Arab emirate found her guilty of having sex outside marriage, drinking and making false statements. "I warmly welcome that Marte Dalelv was pardoned by the ruler of Dubai today. ... Full Story | Top |
| President cools, not cures Portuguese crisis Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:45 AM PDT  By Shrikesh Laxmidas LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president has soothed investor concerns by keeping the government in place until 2015, but unresolved tensions over austerity mean the country's political crisis has not been laid to rest. Essentially the immediate symptoms of crisis have been treated, but the cure for the underlying condition remains elusive. President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday ruled out a snap election and kept the center-right coalition government in place until the end of its term. ... Full Story | Top |
| UBS profit beats forecasts despite U.S. mortgage suit settlement Monday, Jul 22, 2013 06:34 AM PDT  By Katharina Bart ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS's second-quarter profit beat forecasts even though it agreed to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. housing regulator over the mis-selling of mortgage-backed bonds, boosting shares in Switzerland's largest bank to two-year highs. A number of European banks - including Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland - collectively face possible multi-billion dollar bills arising from U.S. cases involving mortgages, which lay at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palestinians say no peace talks without '67 borders agreement Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:34 AM PDT  By Ali Sawafta and Allyn Fisher-Ilan RAMALLAH, West Bank/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinians played down on Monday the significance of an imminent meeting in Washington of their top peace envoy with his Israeli counterpart, saying formal negotiation would not begin unless their opening terms were satisfied. The Palestinian position seemed to run counter to U.S. hopes that bringing together Saeb Erekat and Israel's Tzipi Livni in the coming days would kick-start peacemaking stalled for almost three years over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over security issues Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:08 AM PDT  By Rob Taylor and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament voted on Monday to dismiss one of the country's top security chiefs by impeaching the interior minister in a potential blow to stability as NATO-led international forces speed their withdrawal from the country. Fractious lawmakers said Ghulam Mujtaba Patang, head of a 157,000-strong police force for less than a year, had been unable to tackle a worsening security environment, which included insurgent attacks on the major highway from the capital Kabul to the southern city of Kandahar. ... Full Story | Top |
| Radical Myanmar Buddhist monk unhurt in bomb blast Monday, Jul 22, 2013 04:44 AM PDT  YANGON (Reuters) - A bomb exploded meters away from a radical Buddhist monk as he delivered a mass sermon in Myanmar, police said on Monday, the latest flare-up in tensions pitting Buddhists against minority Muslims. Wirathu, the prominent monk who heads a movement accused of stirring violence against Muslims, said he believed the blast on Sunday evening in Myanmar's second city, Mandalay, was intended to silence him. The home-made bomb went off inside a parked car, according to police and witnesses. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. ... Full Story | Top |
| Militants attack two Iraq prisons, killing 26 soldiers, policemen Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:09 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants attacked two prisons in Iraq overnight, killing 26 soldiers and policemen during failed attempts to break in and free the inmates, police and medics said. One of the jails was located in the town of Taji 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital, and the other in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Jon Boyle) Full Story | Top |
| Japan's Abe vows to keep focus on economy after big election win Monday, Jul 22, 2013 12:57 AM PDT  By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fresh from a strong election victory, vowed on Monday to stay focused on reviving the stagnant economy and sought to counter suspicions he might instead shift emphasis to his nationalist agenda. The victory in parliament's upper house election on Sunday cemented Abe's hold on power and gave him a stronger mandate for his prescription for reviving the world's third-biggest economy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:50 AM PDT  By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are re-gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. ... Full Story | Top |
| Panama finds MiG fighter jets on North Korean arms ship Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 04:52 PM PDT  By Lomi Kriel COLON, Panama (Reuters) - Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship that carried arms from Cuba have found the two MiG-21 fighter jets the Cuban government had said were on board, the government said on Sunday. Alongside the two supersonic planes, originally produced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, officials found two missile radar systems on board the Chong Chon Gang, President Ricardo Martinelli told reporters in the Atlantic port of Colon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt starts amending constitution despite political divisions Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 08:09 PM PDT  By Maggie Fick and Noah Browning CAIRO (Reuters) - A panel of legal experts started work on Sunday to revise Egypt's Islamist-tinged constitution, a vital first step on the road to fresh elections ordered by the army following its removal of Mohamed Mursi as president. Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, which has accused the army of orchestrating a military coup and denounced plans to revise the constitution, staged fresh rallies on Sunday to maintain pressure on the new, interim government. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syrian Islamist rebel leader freed after clashes among rival rebels Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 01:50 PM PDT  By Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) - The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. However, the pro-opposition activists gave conflicting reports of how the Islamist brigade commander in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad near the Turkish border had come to be free. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape hopes to warn others Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Amena Bakr DUBAI (Reuters) - A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate. A court on July 17 sentenced Marte Deborah Dalelv to 16 months in prison for having sex outside marriage, drinking and making false statements. She says a male colleague pulled her into his hotel room and raped her after she asked him to help her find her own room when they had had a few drinks. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU weighs sanctions against military wing of Hezbollah Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 03:33 PM PDT By Justyna Pawlak and Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments could decide to blacklist the military wing of Hezbollah on Monday, in a major policy reversal fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement's activities in Europe. Britain has sought to persuade its EU peers since May to put the Shi'ite Muslim group's military wing on the bloc's terrorism list, citing evidence that it was behind a deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria last year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt starts amending constitution despite political divisions Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 01:35 PM PDT  By Maggie Fick and Noah Browning CAIRO (Reuters) - A panel of legal experts started work on Sunday to revise Egypt's Islamist-tinged constitution, a vital first step on the road to fresh elections ordered by the army following its removal of Mohamed Mursi as president. Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, which has accused the army of orchestrating a military coup and denounced plans to revise the constitution, staged fresh rallies on Sunday to maintain pressure on the new, interim government. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan's Abe has chance to show true colors after big election win Sunday, Jul 21, 2013 02:15 PM PDT  By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition scored a decisive victory in an election on Sunday -- so big that there are suspicions he will lose interest in difficult economic reforms and pursue his nationalist agenda instead. The victory in the vote for parliament's upper house gives Abe a stronger mandate for his prescription for reviving the stagnant economy. Ironically perhaps, it could also give lawmakers in his own party, some of whom have little appetite for painful but vital reforms, more clout to resist change. ... Full Story | Top |
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