Refugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city, vote looms

Refugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city, vote looms

Refugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city, vote looms

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:30 AM PDT

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Thousands of Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan's ethnic bloodshed trekked back across the Uzbek border to burned-out homes on Tuesday, their future uncertain before a vote on how the country will be governed.


U.N. to remove Taliban from sanctions list - Afghan gov't

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:30 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations has agreed to remove Taliban members who renounce ties to al Qaeda from a U.N. blacklist on a "gradual" basis, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said on Tuesday.


Stitching 'world's biggest' football shirt

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:15 AM PDT

Two football fans are trying to break the world record for creating the largest football shirt.


White House summons top US Afghanistan general

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has summoned the top U.S. general in Afghanistan to Washington to explain controversial remarks critical of the Obama administration, U.S. military and Obama administration officials said on Tuesday.


Belarus cuts Russia gas transit, says gas war looms

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus moved to cut the transit of Russian gas to Europe on Tuesday in a debt spat with Moscow, while President Alexander Lukashenko said the two countries faced a "gas war", an echo of Russia's 2009 quarrel with Ukraine.


Indonesia police to detain pop star over sex clips

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:49 AM PDT

JAKARTA, June 22 — Indonesian police said today they will detain a pop star suspected of breaching the country's controversial pornography law by allegedly appearing on widely circulated home-made sex videos. To the worry of investors hoping for more openness and reforms, the pornography law — passed in 2008 to ban public displays of flesh and ...


Around 60 killed, hundreds hurt in Congo train crash

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:27 AM PDT

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - A train derailed and plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing around 60 people and injuring hundreds on a deadly rail link in the oil-producing Central African state, sources said Tuesday.


New killings in campaign against Iraqi ex-insurgents

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:27 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two senior members of a government-backed Iraqi militia of former Sunni insurgents were killed on Tuesday, the latest blow in what appears to be a concerted campaign to undermine Iraq's fragile security gains.


White House summons top US Afghanistan general - CNN

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:03 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has summoned the top U.S. general in Afghanistan to Washington to explain controversial remarks critical of the Obama administration, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.


Belarus cuts Russia gas transit, says gas war looms

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:03 AM PDT

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus said it was halting the transit of Russian gas to Europe on Tuesday after Moscow stepped up gas cuts to Belarus in a debt spat, while President Alexander Lukashenko said the two countries faced a full-blown "gas war".


French cannibal prisoner 'fried cellmate's lungs'

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:14 AM PDT

ROUEN, France -A prisoner who killed his cellmate and devoured his lung with fried onions put France's troubled prison system under critical new scrutiny Tuesday.

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Finnish parliament elects female prime minister

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:21 AM PDT

HELSINKI -Finland's parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to make Mari Kiviniemi, 41, the Nordic country's second woman prime minister.

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Thousands at risk from dyke breach in China

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:41 AM PDT

BEIJING -Chinese authorities rushed Tuesday to evacuate 12,000 people threatened by a dyke breach as the death toll from widespread flooding across the nation's south rose to nearly 200.

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US general apologizes for criticizing Obama, officials

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:24 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -The US commander in Afghanistan apologized for a magazine profile that quotes him denouncing a top diplomat while his aides dismiss President Barack Obama and mock his deputies.

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Yoga in the Square

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:08 AM PDT

Yoga enthusiasts participate in the free annual "Summer Solstice in Times Square Yoga-thon" in New York City. The summer solstice is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year.

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BP boss retreats, stand-in faces spill protest

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:32 AM PDT

LONDON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Beleaguered BP Plc boss Tony Hayward retreated from daily management of the oil spill crisis on Tuesday and dodged a conference appearance where his stand-in was heckled by angry environmentalists.


CORRECTED - Around 50 killed in Congo train crash - source

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:32 AM PDT

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Thai 'Red Shirts' mass for rogue general's cremation

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:26 AM PDT

BANGKOK, Tuesday 22 June 2010 (AFP) - Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" turned out Tuesday for the cremation of a rogue general shot during opposition protests, staging their biggest gathering since the army quashed their rally last month.

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Indian Supreme Court demands answers over 'honour killings'

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:10 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Tuesday 22 June 2010 (AFP) - India's Supreme Court has called for authorities to act after a spate of so-called "honour killings" that have highlighted the deadly effect of continuing caste tensions in the country.

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