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| Mexico reform drive at stake as regions vote Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:37 AM PDT  By Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's sweeping economic reform plans hang in the balance in local elections on Sunday with a strong opposition showing seen as crucial to preserve a cross-party pact. Nearly half of Mexico's 31 states are voting for a mix of local parliaments and municipal governments, but all eyes are on the race for governor in the state of Baja California, a stronghold of the conservative National Action party (PAN). ... Full Story | Top |
| Armed group shuts down second Libyan oil port in days Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:14 AM PDT  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - An armed group has shut down export operations at Libya's crude oil port of Ras Lanuf in a move believed to be linked to a similar closure of the country's main export terminal last week, industry sources said on Sunday. It was not immediately clear what the group wanted, but three Libyan industry sources drew comparisons with the shutdown of OPEC member Libya's Es Sider crude oil export terminal overnight on Thursday. Es Sider was closed by armed guards who were demanding the payment of what they said were late salaries, an industry source told Reuters on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gunmen attack Sinai checkpoints close to Israel border Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:09 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Armed men attacked four security checkpoints on Sunday in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid, close to Egypt's border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, part of an upsurge of violence there since Wednesday's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Gunmen in pickup trucks exchanged gunfire with soldiers and police in the lawless province in the early hours of the morning, but there were no casualties, security sources said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Thai PM in talks to buy Bakrie's stake in Bumi Plc: report Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:01 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in talks to buy the Bakrie family's 23.8 percent stake in Indonesia-focused coal miner Bumi Plc , a report on Sunday said. The price Thaksin, who was ousted by the army in 2006, would be willing to pay is unclear, the Sunday Times reported, adding that he had hired UBS. Bumi was co-founded by financier Nat Rothschild and the Bakrie family but has struggled in the past two years to overcome bitter boardroom battles, a probe into financial irregularities and the tumbling price of coal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two more die in Saudi Arabia from MERS coronavirus Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:31 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - Two more people have died of the SARS-like coronavirus MERS, Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said, bringing to 38 the number of deaths from the disease inside the country shortly before Islam's Ramadan fast when many pilgrims visit. A two-year-old child died in Jeddah and a 53-year-old man died in Eastern Province, where the outbreak has been concentrated, the ministry said late on Saturday in a statement on its website. Four people have died outside the kingdom. ... Full Story | Top |
| Blast hits gas pipeline between Egypt and Jordan Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 12:46 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion has hit an Egyptian gas pipeline in the lawless Sinai peninsula following a spate of attacks on security checkpoints in recent days, state television and witnesses said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the pipeline blast on Saturday or if the recent attacks were in reaction to the Egyptian army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday. The fire caused by the explosion was under control by early Sunday morning, state media reported. ... Full Story | Top |
| Solar plane lands in New York, completing U.S. journey Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:36 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An airplane entirely powered by the sun touched down in New York City late on Saturday, completing the final leg of an epic journey across the United States that began over two months ago. The Solar Impulse, its four propellers driven by energy collected from 12,000 solar cells in its wings to charge batteries for night use, landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:09 p.m. EDT, organizers said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Blast hits gas pipeline between Egypt, Jordan Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 07:06 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion hit an Egyptian pipeline on Saturday in the lawless Sinai peninsula following a series of attacks the last several days on security checkpoints, state TV and witnesses said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the pipeline and checkpoint attacks or if they were in reaction to the Egyptian army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday. The pipeline, which supplies gas to Jordan, has been attacked more than 10 times since former autocratic president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 during the Arab Spring uprisings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Train in Canadian derailment headed by Chicago rail veteran Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 06:48 PM PDT  By P.J. Huffstutter and Scott Haggett (Reuters) - The railroad whose train of tanker cars derailed and burst into an oil-fueled fire in a Canadian town on Saturday is headed by a Chicago-area railroad veteran whose career included work with railways in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Estonia and Poland. Edward A. Burkhardt's Rail World Inc is a privately held rail management and investment firm based outside Chicago. The little-known Rosemont, Illinois, company also has current ties to freight railways in Poland. ... Full Story | Top |
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