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PRAGUE, (Reuters) – Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said today he had no intention of resigning from his post after a series of police raids on government offices threatened to expose a web of corruption.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of the National Security Agency said yesterday that extensive U.S.

MUSHAF AIR BASE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – With an olive green head scarf poking out from her helmet, Ayesha Farooq flashes a cheeky grin when asked if it is lonely being the only war-ready female fighter pilot in the Islamic republic of Pakistan.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greek workers staged a nationwide strike yesterday, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport, in protest against the “sudden death” of state broadcaster ERT, switched off in the middle of the night by the government.

WARRI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat under the ocean, Harrison Okene was sure he was going to die.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital yesterday morning after a “difficult last few days”, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said.

(Gary Regenstreif is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.)

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital this morning after a “difficult last few days”, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish riot police fought running battles with pockets of protesters overnight after storming a central Istanbul square in a show of force that risked ratcheting up tensions almost two weeks after anti-government demonstrations began.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The State Department said yesterday it was investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by overseas staff including a report that an ambassador patronized prostitutes after a leaked memo said the agency had ignored the misbehavior.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted yesterday to begin consideration of a White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a “gay lobby” and a “stream of corruption” in the Vatican, according to reports in Catholic media not denied by the Vatican.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s election council said yesterday an audit of the results of presidential elections in April confirmed President Nicolas Maduro did win by 1.5 percentage points, despite opposition claims that the vote was stolen.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Three of the largest U.S. Internet companies called on the U.S.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela remained in a “serious but stable” condition in a Pretoria hospital today after four days of treatment for a lung infection, the government said.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters)– Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela remained in hospital for a third day yesterday with a lung infection and his condition was “serious but stable”, unchanged from Saturday, the government said.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran’s reformists, who has been detained at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison for three months, has been denied access to his attorney for the entire time, sources familiar with the case told Reuters yesterday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted yesterday that Israel was ready to confine Jewish settlement expansion to the blocs of occupied territory it wants to keep under any peace deal with the Palestinians, in a nod to US efforts to revive stalled negotiations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Army is failing to deal with sexual assault in its ranks because too many soldiers in positions of authority do not think there is a problem, the Army chief of staff told a summit of leaders called to address the issue.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – The office of Costa Rica’s Attorney General said yesterday it had frozen $6.5 million belonging to a company connected to the family of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo as part of a probe into financial transactions.