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9/11 suspects defiant at Guantanamo arraignment
GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The arraignment of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept 11 attacks got off to a chaotic start yesterday when all the defendants defiantly refused to answer the judge’s questions and one made outbursts in court.
Mali Islamists attack UNESCO holy site in Timbuktu
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian fighters from the Ansar Dine Islamist group attacked and burned the tomb of one of the town’s saints, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, residents and a regional official said yesterday.
France’s Sarkozy headed for election defeat
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy was headed for an election defeat today that could make him the 11th European leader to be swept from office by the economic crisis and crown Francois Hollande as France’s first Socialist president in 17 years.
US must heal native peoples’ wounds, return lands-UN
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United States must do more to heal the wounds of indigenous peoples caused by more than a century of oppression, including restoring control over lands Native Americans consider to be sacred, a UN human rights investigator said yesterday.
Conservative factions dominate Iran’s run-off elections
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now out of favour with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suffered more setbacks in a run-off parliamentary election seen as a pointer for next year’s presidential race, results showed yesterday.
Talk of Chavez cancer downturn rattles Venezuela
CARACAS, (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s absence from the spotlight, his creation of a formal advisory committee, and media leaks of medical details are feeding speculation of a downturn in his nearly year-long battle with cancer.
Haiti’s foreign minister approved as new premier
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) - Haitian lawmakers approved the nomination of a close adviser to President Michel Martelly as prime minister on Thursday, raising hopes of ending a political stalemate that has stalled reconstruction efforts after Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake.
China says dissident may apply to study in U.S.
BEIJING, (Reuters) - China said yesterday that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, a move praised by U.
US hiring slows, spells trouble for economy, Obama
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Bodies of 23 found dumped near US border in Mexico drug war
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - The bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or dismembered in ice boxes and garbage bags in northeastern Mexico on Friday, in an escalation of brutal violence involving rival drug gangs on the U.
Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) - Argentina’s Congress nationalized the country’s biggest oil company, YPF, by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that underscored broad popular support for a measure that threatens to scare off foreign investment.
Obama under pressure as China dissident appeals for help
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for help in a cellphone call to a U.
Bin Laden had disdain for al Qaeda affiliates-documents
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden showed disdain for al Qaeda affiliates, fretted about his organization’s image and was deeply worried about its security, according to documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan and released publicly yesterday.
Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains US-China ties
BEIJING, (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave for the United States rather than stay in China, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of the U.
Fund fighting killer diseases cuts jobs, to focus on 20 countries
GENEVA, (Reuters) - The Global Fund, an organisation that has received millions of dollars from Bill Gates but found grant money was being misused, is cutting its workforce and tightening its focus on 20 countries hardest hit by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.