Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment

Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment

Yemen president flies to Saudi for treatment

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:54 AM PDT

SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday for medical treatment, pitching Yemen deeper into turmoil after months of protests against his three-decade rule.

Bomb attack kills six near Pakistan’s Peshawar

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:36 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, June 5 — A bomb attack near the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least six people today, police said. "The blast took place at a bus stop and it seems the bomb was planted," said Raheem Khan, a police inspector. Ten people were wounded. Pakistan's Taliban militants, who have close ties to al Qaeda, have carried out a series of ...

Attack hits oil tank in southern Iraq

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:19 PM PDT

BASRA, June 5 — Pumping was halted at one oil storage tank in Iraq's southern oilfields after an attack ignited a fire there, sources said today. It was not immediately clear whether the early today attack had affected exports, but firefighters were controlling the blaze after the tank near Zubair oilfield was hit either by a rocket or a bomb, ...

Is Yemen's Saleh facing last chapter in Saudi Arabia?

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:51 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Every minute Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh spends away from his country is one step closer to the end of his three-decade rule.

NATO helicopters ratchet up pressure on Gaddafi

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:51 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - British and French attack helicopters struck inside Libya for the first time overnight on Saturday, hitting targets in the oil port of Brega as NATO forces stepped up their air war against Muammar Gaddafi.

Key al Qaeda man said killed in Pakistan drone strike

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:20 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed a senior al Qaeda figure in northwest Pakistan after a tipoff from local intelligence, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Saturday.

FACTBOX - Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Here are some facts about Yemen's long-serving leader:

Syria forces killed 70 protesters Friday - activists

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:20 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed at least 70 protesters on Friday, activists said, one of the bloodiest days since the start of an 11-week revolt against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

UN's Ban to announce candidacy for 2nd term - envoys

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:20 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ban Ki-moon is planning to formally announce his candidacy for a second five-term as U.N. secretary-general early next week, U.N. diplomats said on Saturday.

Flamboyant ex-mayor arrested with arsenal in Mexico

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican gambling tycoon Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric former mayor of Tijuana who collects exotic animals, was arrested on Saturday after the army found a large weapons cache in his home.

NEWSMAKER - Yemen president Saleh survived years of upheaval

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh overcame a myriad of challenges to his nearly 33 years as leader of an unruly and poor country that has endured civil war, uprisings and militant campaigns.

Chile volcano erupts, spews towering ash column

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles (10 km) high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina.

Yemeni President leaves country for medical treatment

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT

SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh left Yemen and flew into Saudi Arabia on Sunday for medical treatment, pitching Yemen deeper into turmoil after months of protests against his three-decade rule.

Analysis: Is Yemen’s Saleh facing last chapter in Saudi Arabia?

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:34 PM PDT

DUBAI, June 5 — Every minute Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh spends away from his country is one step closer to the end of his three-decade rule. Wounded in a rocket attack on his palace in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday, Saleh is in Saudi Arabia seeking medical treatment at a pivotal moment in the five month-long public uprising in ...

White House in touch with Yemen’s vice president

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:41 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, June 5 — President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism aide spoke yesterday with Yemen's vice president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the White House said, amid deepening turmoil in that country. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined further comment on the contact between John Brennan and the Yemeni government, which has been rocked ...

Flamboyant ex-mayor arrested with arsenal in Mexico

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 06:42 PM PDT

TIJUANA, June 5 — Mexican gambling tycoon Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric former mayor of Tijuana who collected exotic animals, was arrested yesterday after the army found a large weapons cache in his home. The millionaire businessman, who owns a successful chain of casinos, a football team and racetrack, was arrested during a raid in an upscale ...

VIDEO: Senior Farc leader killed in Colombia

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:04 PM PDT

A senior guerrilla from the Marxist Colombian rebel group, the Farc, who was in charge of protecting the group's supreme leader, has been killed by government troops.


China dismisses US call on Tiananmen anniversary

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:53 PM PDT

BEIJING, June 5 — China dismissed a US call for it to free dissidents and fully account for the victims of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown, on the anniversary of the crushing of the pro-democracy uprising 22 years ago. The date on which troops shot their way into central Beijing in 1989, killing hundreds, was not publicly marked in mainland China. ...

Chile volcano erupts, spits towering ash column

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT

SANTIAGO, June 5 — A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile yesterday, belching ash over 10km into the sky and prompting the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. Winds fanned the ash toward neighboring Argentina, darkening the sky in the ski resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche, a government ...

UN’s Ban to announce candidacy for second term

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT

NEW YORK, June 5 — Ban Ki-moon is planning to formally announce his candidacy for a second five-term as UN secretary-general early next week, UN diplomats said yesterday. The former South Korean foreign minister had already received assurances of support from the United States and other key members of the UN Security Council, diplomats said in ...

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