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| Seven peacekeepers killed in Sudan's Darfur region Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 12:41 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven peacekeepers were killed and 17 wounded when they came under heavy fire from gunmen in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region on Saturday, the peacekeeping force said, the worst toll from a single incident since their deployment in 2008. Law and order has collapsed in much of Darfur, where mainly African tribes took up arms in 2003 against the Arab-led government in Khartoum, which they accuse of discriminating against them. Violence has surged since January as government forces, rebels and Arab tribes, armed by Khartoum early in the conflict, fight over resources and land. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:51 AM PDT  By Phil Wahba LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St. Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each person believed to have perished. Eight seconds intervened between each bell, then a minute of silence, after which 12 white doves were released from the steps of the 92-year-old church in an emotional midday ceremony. A group of mourners held hands to form a long human chain, couples embraced and many cried quietly, all heads down. ... Full Story | Top |
| No evidence Dreamliner fire linked to batteries -AAIB Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:41 AM PDT  By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Investigators have found no evidence of a link between a fire that broke out on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner parked at London's Heathrow airport and the plane's batteries, Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said on Saturday. The question of whether the fire was connected to the batteries is crucial because the entire global fleet of Dreamliners, Boeing's groundbreaking new flagship jet, was grounded for three months this year due to battery-related problems. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kazakhstan won't let oligarch's wife return to Italy Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:29 AM PDT By Raushan Nurshayeva ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan said on Saturday the wife of fugitive former minister and oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov could not leave the country because she was under investigation, and Ablyazov said his wife and daughter were in danger. Alma Shalabayeva and daughter were whisked on a private jet to Kazakhstan from Rome on May 31 under an Italian expulsion order. Ablyazov, whose whereabouts are unknown, accused Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev of "kidnapping" them. ... Full Story | Top |
| Turkish police fire tear gas at Istanbul protesters Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:19 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered to march to Gezi Park, which has been at the heart of fierce unrest against Prime Minister Erdogan's rule. Protesters scattered, running into sidestreets where police pursued them, before starting to regroup on Istiklal Street, meters from the main Taksim Square. The demonstrators also clashed with shopkeepers disgruntled by weeks of bad business due to weeks of demonstrations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Florida jury deliberates second day in Zimmerman case Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:05 AM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Relatives waited anxiously for a Florida jury huddled for a second day on Saturday to decide the fate of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a murder trial that has sparked debate over race and gun violence. The panel of six women, sequestered since the trial began last month, is deciding among second-degree murder, manslaughter or acquittal for Zimmerman, who says he shot the teen in self-defense. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt announces criminal investigation of Mursi Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 10:26 AM PDT  By Yasmine Saleh and Peter Graff CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt announced a criminal investigation on Saturday against deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, with prosecutors saying they were examining complaints of spying, inciting violence and ruining the economy. Egypt's first freely elected leader has been held at an undisclosed location since the army removed him from power on July 3, but has not yet been charged with any crime. In recent days Washington has called for him to be freed and for the authorities to stop arresting leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood. ... Full Story | Top |
| No evidence of link between Dreamliner fire and batteries: AAIB Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 10:20 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - There is no evidence at this stage that a fire that broke out on a Boeing Dreamliner at London's Heathrow Airport on Friday was linked to the aircraft's batteries, Britain's Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said on Saturday. "There has been extensive heat damage in the upper portion of the rear fuselage, a complex part of the aircraft, and the initial investigation is likely to take several days," the AAIB said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Swiss arrest witness linked to French minister in tax scandal Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 10:05 AM PDT  ZURICH (Reuters) - A key witness in the investigation against France's former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac has been arrested by Swiss authorities, the Swiss prosecutor's office confirmed on Saturday. Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve reported that Pierre Condamin-Gerbier was arrested shortly after returning from France, where he had been a witness before a parliamentary commission investigation into alleged tax fraud by Cahuzac. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt IMF negotiator to be offered finance minister post Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 09:36 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - Hany Kadri, who oversaw talks with the International Monetary Fund over a stalled rescue package last year, will be asked to serve as Egypt's interim finance minister, two sources in the government told Reuters on Saturday. Interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi will also offer the foreign minister job to former ambassador to the United States Nabil Fahmy, the sources said. The candidates have not yet accepted the posts and the decisions are not yet final. ... Full Story | Top |
| Czech ex-PM admits relationship with aide at centre of graft probe Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 09:15 AM PDT  PRAGUE (Reuters) - Former Czech conservative Prime Minister Petr Necas has now acknowledged he had a relationship with his closest aide, whose arrest for suspected illegal spying and graft led to the government's fall last month, a daily reported on Saturday. The aide, Jana Nagyova, is among a group of people who have been charged with illegal surveillance of Necas's wife, whom he is now divorcing, or with bribing parliamentary deputies who had rebelled against Necas last year. "I have a relationship with Jana Nagyova. ... Full Story | Top |
| Snowden documents could be 'worst nightmare' for U.S.: journalist Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 08:48 AM PDT  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden controls dangerous information that could become the United States' "worst nightmare" if revealed, a journalist familiar with the data said in a newspaper interview. Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who first published the documents Snowden leaked, said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday that the U.S. government should be careful in its pursuit of the former computer analyst. "Snowden has enough information to cause harm to the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| German opposition criticizes Merkel minister over U.S. snooping Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 08:42 AM PDT  BERLIN (Reuters) - German opposition parties accused Chancellor Angela Merkel's interior minister on Saturday of failing to nail down the extent of U.S. spying on allies such as Germany, a sensitive issue that could influence a September election. The question of how much the government knew about reports of intrusive surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has touched a raw nerve in Germany just two months before the election, in which Merkel is tipped to win a third term. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich met U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egyptian prosecutor has received complaints against Mursi Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 08:40 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor's office said on Saturday it had received complaints accusing deposed President Mohamed Mursi and other senior leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood of spying, inciting killings of protesters and damaging the economy. The prosecutor's office said in a statement it was investigating the complaints to prepare a file so that those accused could be questioned. It did not say who had lodged the complaints. Egypt's legal system allows prosecutors to investigate complaints made by the police or by any member of the public. ... Full Story | Top |
| Five sentenced for life over attack on Guinea president Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 08:38 AM PDT  CONAKRY (Reuters) - Five people were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for their role in a failed assassination attempt on Guinean President Alpha Conde two years ago, ending a trial opposition figures say has been at least partly politically motivated. A military officer and a senior opposition politician were among those convicted of plotting the July 2011 attack, which left Conde unscathed but two bodyguards dead and several others injured, underscoring Guinea's fragile transition to democracy after a 2008 coup and decades of misrule. ... Full Story | Top |
| South African firm says workers freed by kidnappers in Guinea-Bissau Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 08:24 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African defense group Denel confirmed on Saturday that the last nine of 12 of its staff kidnapped in Guinea-Bissau two months ago had been freed. The Senegalese demining workers were part of a group snatched by a faction of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance on May 4. The rebels released three women in the group later that month, keeping the men prisoner. "Denel welcomes the release of nine employees from the DLS-Mechem division of the company who were taken hostage in southern Senegal in early May," it said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Track fault may have caused French train crash: SNCF Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 07:57 AM PDT  By Pauline Ades-Mevel and Clotaire Achi BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (Reuters) - The train derailment that killed at least six people in central France on Friday may have been caused by a loose steel plate at a junction, French train operator SNCF said. The steel plate, which should have remained bolted onto the track, moved to "the middle of the track junction", preventing the rolling stock from passing through, Pierre Izard, head of infrastructure services at SNCF, said on Saturday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Eighteen killed in Moscow bus crash Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 06:51 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Eighteen people were killed and 25 injured when a truck ploughed into a bus in a Moscow suburb on Saturday, according to the Russian emergency ministry. An eyewitness video of the crash, broadcast on state television, showed the green and white passenger bus's windows shattering as it split in half, forcing other vehicles on the road to swerve wildly out of its way. Death rates from Russian road accidents are higher than in most Western countries, and lawmakers are moving to toughen drunk-driving penalties. ... Full Story | Top |
| Greeks split on reforms, public sector job cuts: opinion poll Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 06:47 AM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks are split on whether public sector job cuts demanded by the country's international lenders for continued bailout funding are necessary and most remain downbeat on the economy's prospects, an opinion poll showed on Saturday. Government plans to cut thousands of public-sector jobs are among the measures included in a multi-pronged bill to be voted on in parliament next week as a condition for more aid from its euro zone partners and the International Monetary Fund. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jurors in Zimmerman murder trial resume deliberations in Florida Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 06:33 AM PDT  SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Saturday resumed deliberating the fate of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, a case that has attracted wide attention and triggered debate in the U.S. public for more than a year. The six-woman jury began deliberations inside the Seminole County courthouse in this town in central Florida on Friday but adjourned late in the day after about 3-1/2 hours. They resumed work at about 9 a.m. EDT. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dislodged steel piece on track could explain train crash: SNCF Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 05:52 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - A dislodged steel piece joining two tracks at the junction could explain the derailment of a train that killed at least six people late on Friday, French train operator SNCF said. Pierre Izard, head of infrastructure services at SNCF, said on Saturday the piece which was bolted on to the track had moved to "the middle of the track junction," preventing the rolling stock from passing through. SNCF pledged to check the state of some 5,000 similar junctions throughout the French rail network. (Reporting by Yann Le Guernigou and Astrid Wendlandt Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.) Full Story | Top |
| Russia says kills bodyguard of Islamist insurgent leader Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 05:26 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The bodyguard of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Saturday, officials said, as Moscow tries to curb militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there in February. Russian authorities said Mikhail Musikhanov, killed along with another militant in a shootout in Ingushetia's Sunzha region, was the personal bodyguard of rebel leader Doku Umarov who has vowed to use "maximum force" to prevent President Vladimir Putin staging the 2014 Games in Sochi. "The criminals tried to break through the security cordon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dozens trampled at Spain's Pamplona bull run Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 04:38 AM PDT  PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of people were trampled at Spain's San Fermin bull run on Saturday when they were trapped at the narrow entrance to the bullring with the bulls that had been chasing them. The bull run at San Fermin - made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his novel "The Sun Also Rises" - is one of hundreds in Spain every year and attracts large numbers of foreign visitors. Local authorities said a 19-year-old Spaniard was being treated in hospital and was in a "very serious" condition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police injured, 11 arrests in Northern Ireland Orange clashes Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 03:53 AM PDT  By Ian Graham BELFAST (Reuters) - More than 30 police officers were injured and 11 people arrested during overnight violence around traditional Orange Day parades in Northern Ireland, authorities said on Saturday. Thousands of pro-British Protestants march every summer in the British province, a regular flashpoint for sectarian violence as Catholics, many of whom favor unification with Ireland, see the parades as a provocation. Violence between the two religious groups still sometimes flares since a peace deal was signed in 1998, which largely ended three decades of trouble. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ethiopian Airlines says to continue flying Dreamliners Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 03:35 AM PDT  ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Saturday it would continue to operate its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of them caught fire at London's Heathrow airport. "We have not grounded any of our aircraft," the carrier's public relations department said by email. "The incident at Heathrow happened while the plane was on the ground and had been for more than eight hours and was not related to flight safety." Asked whether the airline has determined the cause of the fire, Ethiopian Airlines said: "There is no new development. No safety issue. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia says no asylum request yet from fugitive Snowden Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 03:31 AM PDT  By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia kept former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden at arm's length on Saturday, saying it had not been in touch with the fugitive American and had not yet received a formal request for political asylum. Remarks by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signaled Russia is weighing its options after Snowden, who is stranded at a Moscow airport, broke three weeks of silence and asked for refuge in Russia until he can secure safe passage to Latin America. ... Full Story | Top |
| As earnings take over, fundamentals to be tested Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 03:21 AM PDT  By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - Next week marks the first big week of second-quarter earnings, and it is sure to bring both joy and misery to Wall Street. Investors will concentrate on market fundamentals after weeks when Federal Reserve policies have dominated the market. If they see companies are still struggling, stocks could take a fall. Even after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke scared markets in June by telling investors the Fed is likely to reduce monetary stimulus in coming months, stocks have recovered, with both the Dow and S&P 500 climbing to all-time highs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Islamist leader calls for pro-Mursi protests across Egypt on Monday Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 02:43 AM PDT  CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior leader of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi's party called for mass rallies across Egypt on Monday, hours after tens of thousands of Mursi's supporters demanded his return in a peaceful protest in Cairo. Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi is expected to swear in a new cabinet next week to enforce an army-backed "road map" to restore civilian rule. The military overthrew Mursi, the country's first democratically elected president, on July 3. Mursi's party has rejected all political process since then. ... Full Story | Top |
| China cancels $6 billion uranium plant after protest Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 01:42 AM PDT  By Chen Aizhu and Qi Ding BEIJING (Reuters) - China has abruptly canceled plans to build its largest uranium processing plant in a southern Chinese city, a day after hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the project be scrapped, a local government website said on Saturday. The proposed 230-hectare complex in the heart of China's Pearl River delta industrial heartland in Guangdong province had also sparked unease in neighboring Hong Kong and Macau. ... Full Story | Top |
| Iraq foreign minister says can't stop Iran arms flights to Syria Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 01:13 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - Iraq is unable to stop its neighbor Iran transferring weapons to Syria through its airspace, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday. "We reject and condemn the transfer of weapons through our airspace and we will inform the Iranian side of that formally. But we do not have the ability to stop it," he told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat. Iran is the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is fighting mostly Sunni rebels in a civil war in which more the opposition say more than 100,000 people have been killed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spain's Pamplona bull run ends in stampede, several people hurt Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 12:29 AM PDT  PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Several people were injured in a stampede at Spain's San Fermin bull run on Saturday, when bulls that had chased them down the cobbled streets of Pamplona were crushed against them at the narrow entrance to the bullring. At least one person was seriously injured, local medical officials told Spanish national television, and three were being treated for injuries from falling or being trampled. Others caught in the scrum were being attended to in the bullring. Health officials said four people had been taken to hospital. ... Full Story | Top |
| India says awaits cause of Dreamliner fire before taking action Friday, Jul 12, 2013 11:45 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's aviation regulator said on Saturday it was closely following developments after a fire broke out in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner parked at London's Heathrow airport, and was awaiting to see the cause of the incident before taking any action. "They have not yet come out with a cause. We are just trying to see what the cause is, then we'll take further action," India's Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Mishra told Reuters. "We are closely following the developments." State-run Air India has seven Dreamliner planes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Third Chinese schoolgirl dies in Asiana air crash Friday, Jul 12, 2013 06:05 PM PDT  By Gerry Shih and Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Chinese girl died in a San Francisco hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at the city's airport last Saturday, doctors and Chinese officials said. The teenage girl, who died on Friday morning, had been in critical condition, according to a statement from two doctors at San Francisco General Hospital. Her parents asked the hospital not to release further information. The girl was a Chinese national, according to the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia Friday, Jul 12, 2013 05:16 PM PDT  By Lidia Kelly and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, breaking weeks of silence, said in Moscow on Friday he was seeking temporary asylum in Russia and had no regrets about spilling U.S. spy secrets. U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Friday, but appeared to make no headway on Washington's demand that Moscow send Snowden back to the United States, where he is wanted on espionage charges. Putin has made clear Russia would not extradite Snowden to the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Third person dies in Asiana air crash: San Francisco hospital Friday, Jul 12, 2013 04:46 PM PDT By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday, doctors and Chinese officials said. The child, who died on Friday morning, had been in critical condition, according to a statement from two doctors at San Francisco General Hospital. The girl was a Chinese national, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. The crash landing of the Boeing 777 also killed two Chinese teenage girls and injured more than 180 other people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boeing Dreamliner catches fire at London's Heathrow airport Friday, Jul 12, 2013 04:42 PM PDT  By Rhys Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at Britain's Heathrow airport on Friday in a fresh blow for the U.S. planemaker whose new model was grounded for three months after one high-tech battery caught fire and another overheated. Boeing shares closed down 4.7 percent at $101.87, knocking $3.8 billion off the company's market capitalization after television footage showed the Dreamliner surrounded by firefighting foam at Heathrow. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. expresses 'deep concern' about South Sudan violence Friday, Jul 12, 2013 04:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday expressed "deep concern" about reports of killings, beatings and looting in South Sudan's eastern state of Jonglei and said the military had a responsibility to protect all civilians. "We urge all parties - including the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and other state and non-state armed actors - to end the violence, and to work toward peace and reconciliation through dialogue," the State Department said in a statement. In New York, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky urged national and state authorities to exercise "maximum restraint. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama speaks with Putin on Snowden, but no sign of movement Friday, Jul 12, 2013 04:02 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama raised U.S. concerns directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday over Moscow's handling of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, but there was no sign of a breakthrough on Washington's demand that Russia expel him. Obama and Putin spoke by phone in a discussion that White House spokesman Jay Carney said earlier would largely be about Snowden, who is wanted in the United States for disclosing secret surveillance programs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama emphasizes U.S. commitment to Syrian rebels in Saudi call Friday, Jul 12, 2013 04:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Saudi Arabia's king on Friday that he is committed to providing U.S. support to Syrian rebels who have been waiting for shipments of light arms that have been stalled in Washington. In a phone call, Obama and King Abdullah also discussed events in Egypt a week after the Egyptian military ousted elected President Mohamed Mursi. No U.S. arms have reached the Syrian rebels, who are struggling to hold back an offensive by the Syrian government. The American weapons have been caught in a Washington impasse as some members of the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bomb attack in Iraqi city of Kirkuk kills 31 Friday, Jul 12, 2013 03:51 PM PDT By Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A bomb attack on a tea house in the ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed at least 31 people on Friday, police and medics said. The blast tore through the tea shop where people had gathered after breaking their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a southern district of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. ... Full Story | Top |
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