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India’s Razzies poke fun at “indulgent” Bollywood
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Bollywood stars better watch out.
More than 70 dead in Egypt’s worst soccer disaster
PORT SAID, Egypt, (Reuters) - Seventy-four people were killed and at least 1,000 injured yesterday when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, the deadliest incident since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak from power.
Taliban “poised to retake Afghanistan” after NATO pullout
KABUL, (Reuters) - The U.
“Pirate” fishing vessel got UK funds -officials
FREETOWN, (Reuters) - A vessel seized by Sierra Leone authorities for illegally fishing off the West African nation’s coast received funds from a British government development agency through an investment fund, officials said.
Stanford used CD funds for cricket, jets –witness
HOUSTON, (Reuters) - Allen Stanford funneled $2 billion of investor money from his offshore bank to pay operating expenses at his other companies, including money-losing airlines and his cricket concerns, a former Stanford Financial Group accountant said yesterday.
Mexicans overcharged billions for phone, web-study
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - Mexicans have been overcharged $13.
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AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS - Syrian government forces reasserted control of Damascus suburbs yesterday after beating back rebels at the capital’s gates, ahead of a push at the United Nations for a resolution calling for President Bashar al-Assad to give up powers.
US urges UN council to end ‘neglect,’ act on Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and other Western countries called on the UN Security Council yesterday to end its “neglect” of the violence raging in Syria and rapidly endorse an Arab League plan for a political transition there.
World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars: UN
LONDON (Reuters) - The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.
Afghanistan to press Pakistan for access to Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will press Pakistan for access to Taliban leaders during a one-day visit to Kabul by Pakistan’s foreign minister, with Afghan officials hoping to ease cross-border strains and lay the ground for peace negotiations with the insurgents.
US Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several American citizens have taken refuge in the US Embassy in Cairo amid a sharpening dispute between Washington and Egypt over US-funded pro-democracy groups in the country, the State Department said yesterday.
Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania’s top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two-year jail sentence for corruption yesterday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few senior officials.
After the wreck, cruise ship crew hanker for the sea
ROME (Reuters) - Hours after the Costa Concordia‘s captain had abandoned ship, and after helping dozens of passengers to safety, Carlos Garrone stripped off his clothes and plunged into the freezing waters off Giglio island and rescued a drowning fellow crew member.
Castro defends one-party system as bulwark against U.S.
HAVANA, (Reuters) - President Raul Castro defended Cuba’s one-party political system as a bulwark against U.
Polls show Romney surging ahead of Gingrich in Florida
HIALEAH, Fla.