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Malaysia’s Najib fires starting gun for tense election race

Malaysia’s Najib fires starting gun for tense election race

By Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Top Minister Najib Razak dissolved parliament on Wednesday, paving the way in which for a normal election expected this month which may be probably the most carefully contested his ruling coalition has confronted in its fifty six-yr rule. Najib faces a confident […]

 
 

North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force

North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force

By David Chance and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea put its missile devices on standby on Friday to assault U.S. militia bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the USA flew two nuclear-able stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a uncommon exhibit of force. North Korean […]

 
 

Attempt to end Italy crisis stalls, president mulls next move

Attempt to end Italy crisis stalls, president mulls next move

By means of James Mackenzie and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) – Center-left chief Pier Luigi Bersani has failed in his attempt to be able out of Italy's political deadlock and President Giorgio Napolitano will now are searching for another resolution, the president's palace mentioned on Thursday. Bersani reported back to […]

 
 

Mortar kills 15 at Damascus University, Syria says

Mortar kills 15 at Damascus University, Syria says

By way of Oliver Holmes and Hamdi Istanbullu BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Fifteen Syrian students were killed when rebellion mortar shells hit a Damascus University canteen on Thursday, state-run news company SANA said, as attacks intensified within the middle of the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring […]

 
 

Fearing stark future, Syrian Alawites meet in Cairo

Fearing stark future, Syrian Alawites meet in Cairo

Through Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Opposition campaigners from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect will meet this weekend to strengthen a democratic various to his rule and try to distance the neighborhood from wholesale affiliation with the government's makes an attempt to crush a two-12 months uprising. …

 
 

Italy president asks Bersani to see if can form government

Italy president asks Bersani to see if can form government

With the aid of James Mackenzie and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) – President Giorgio Napolitano requested middle-left chief Pier Luigi Bersani on Friday to verify whether he can win sufficient beef up in Italy's divided parliament to type a government and end the political impasse left by means of elections […]

 
 

Obama brokers Israel-Turkey rapprochement

Through Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel apologized to Turkey on Friday for killing 9 Turkish electorate in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and the 2 feuding U.S. allies agreed to normalize family members in a surprise step forward announced via U.S. President Barack Obama. The rapprochement […]

 
 

Zimbabwe votes on constitution to cut president’s power

Zimbabwe votes on constitution to cut president’s power

By using MacDonald Dzirutwe CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabweans voted on Saturday in a referendum anticipated to advise a brand new constitution that might trim presidential powers and pave the best way for an election to come to a decision whether or not Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe, […]

 
 

EU’s Ashton urges caution on lifting arms ban for Syria rebels

EU’s Ashton urges caution on lifting arms ban for Syria rebels

By way of Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union's foreign policy chief urged caution on Saturday a few Franco-British drive to raise an EU palms embargo to lend a hand rebels in Syria, questioning the impact one of these step may have on attempts to reach a political […]

 
 

U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel

U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel

By way of Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Safety Secretary Chuck Hagel introduced plans on Friday to bolster U.S. missile defenses in line with "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by way of North Korea, which threatened a preemptive nuclear strike in opposition to the US ultimate week. Hagel […]

 
 

Saudi executes seven for armed robbery committed as juveniles

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Wednesday completed seven males for an armed robbery committed sooner than they were 18, the Inside Ministry said, despite an enchantment for clemency by way of United Countries human rights investigators. The seven, sentenced to dying in 2009 for against the law committed in […]

 
 

Five killed in militant attack on Kashmir police camp

Five killed in militant attack on Kashmir police camp

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Two militants wielding automatic rifles opened fire on a paramilitary camp on the Indian aspect of the disputed area of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 5 Indian personnel and wounding 5, police stated. The militants were killed in a gunfight that ensued at the Vital Reserve Police […]

 
 

Indian police launch raids in Finmeccanica defense deal probe

Indian police launch raids in Finmeccanica defense deal probe

With the aid of Satarupa Bhattacharjya and Ross Colvin NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police investigating the AgustaWestland bribery case raided properties and industry premises within the New Delhi house and two other cities on Wednesday after formally launching a probe into the helicopter agency and its mother or father […]

 
 

Cardinals begin first full day of papal conclave

Cardinals begin first full day of papal conclave

Through Barry Moody VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – After a primary inconclusive vote, Cardinals commenced the process of choosing a new pope in earnest on Wednesday, praying for inspiration at first of the primary full day in a conclave to choose a pacesetter to face a tremendous situation in the Catholic […]

 
 

Insight: Mugabe takes on Zimbabwe’s Generation X

Insight: Mugabe takes on Zimbabwe’s Generation X

With the aid of Cris Chinaka BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – It could be a scene from any African cell phone advert: flanked by two mohawked teenagers and shuffling stiffly to a pulsing hip-hop beat, an previous man places a phone to his ear and addresses a younger lady with a […]