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Ousted at gunpoint, ex-president of Maldives takes to streets
MALE, (Reuters) - The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean islands, said yesterday he had been forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and angry supporters.
Argentina condemns British “militarization” of Falklands
BUENOS AIRES/LONDON, (Reuters) - Argentina’s president accused Britain of “militarizing the South Atlantic” and said she would complain to the United Nations, as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.
Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru’s Amazon
INAPARI, Peru, (Reuters) - Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have been stuck for a month in the Peruvian Amazon, where a gate to what they saw as a better life in Brazil has abruptly closed.
Russia’s Lavrov seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs
AMMAN, (Reuters) - Russia won a promise from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday to bring an end to bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further after activists and rebels said his forces killed over 100 in the city of Homs.
Maldives president quits after police mutiny, protests
MALE, (Reuters) - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned yesterday after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny and what an aide said amounted to a coup.
Russia UN envoy denies threat to Qatar over Syria
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Brazilian state’s death toll tops 100 as police strike
SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) - A toll of 115 murders and widespread looting, assaults and vandalism in the past week are roiling Brazil’s third-biggest city, casting doubts over upcoming carnival celebrations and raising questions about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
Ecuador judge fines journalists for libeling Correa
QUITO, (Reuters) - Two Ecuadorean journalists have been sentenced to pay $1 million each in damages for libeling socialist President Rafael Correa, who faces mounting criticism he uses courts to muzzle media.
Developing nations to lead in biotech crops-report
(Reuters) - Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued yesterday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified seeds.
U.S. ocean fence aims to curb smuggling from Mexico
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Dominican Republic shipwreck death toll rises to at least 21
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) - The death toll from the weekend capsizing of a boat ferrying migrants from the Dominican Republic to the neighboring island of Puerto Rico climbed to at least 21 and about 30 still are missing, authorities said yesterday.
Four of Ghana’s ruling elite charged with corruption
ACCRA, (Reuters) - Four members of Ghana’s political elite were charged with corruption on Monday, threatening to further tarnish the ruling party’s reputation in election year following the departure of two senior ministers last month.
UN chief Ban ‘appalled’ by Syrian onslaught on Homs
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday denounced Syrian forces’ bombardment of the city of Homs in a statement that said it was “unacceptable before humanity” and eroded the legitimacy of the Damascus government.
Netanyahu can’t fly solo in Israel to attack Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an Arab atomic reactor.
Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne
LONDON (Reuters) - Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone yesterday with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.