France informs Noriega of impending extradition

France informs Noriega of impending extradition
Military officer becomes Iran's new oil minister
Witness: Signs of old era as Egypt turns page with Mubarak trial
Australian woman free after bomb scare
Row flares as pilots boycott Rio crash probe
Iran not looking to make atomic bomb: Ahmadinejad repeats
Girl injured as horse collapses
Tevez return to Man City delayed
University 'can afford' Racecourse
Man dies in 35ft fall from cliff
Missing Mexican pollsters freed
Berlusconi Vows Not to Resign
Ankara Outlines New Role of Military
South Africa Offers $355 Million Loan to Swaziland
U.S. seriously probing News Corp 9/11 hacking report
New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment
Elderly Russian chained like dog
U.N. Expands Somalia Crisis Zone
China Lets Price of Cooking Oil Rise
The Caucus: Debt Ceiling Now Permanent Part of Political Arsenal

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:46 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France has informed former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega he will be extradited to his home country, where he has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for human rights crimes.

Military officer becomes Iran's new oil minister

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:47 PM PDT

TEHRAN, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's candidate as oil minister on Wednesday, putting a military commander who is under U.S. and EU sanctions in charge of oil and gas in one of the world's biggest crude producers.

Witness: Signs of old era as Egypt turns page with Mubarak trial

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Reuters correspondent Dina Zayed attended the opening session on Wednesday of the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years. Like many Egyptians in his country of about 80 million people, with its youthful population, she has never known any other president.

Australian woman free after bomb scare

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:39 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A young Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb collared around her neck early on Thursday after 10 hours of drama that lasted past midnight and captivated the nation with police saying they were still investigating the incident.

Row flares as pilots boycott Rio crash probe

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:43 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French pilots on Wednesday suspended co-operation with an inquiry into the 2009 crash of an Air France airliner as a dispute over the causes of the disaster opened deep wounds in France's aeronautics industry.

Iran not looking to make atomic bomb: Ahmadinejad repeats

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran has no intention of making an atomic bomb and its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a television interview on Wednesday.

Girl injured as horse collapses

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:05 PM PDT

A 14-year-old girl is flown to hospital by air ambulance with serious head injuries after a horse collapses on her in Norfolk.

Tevez return to Man City delayed

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:46 PM PDT

Manchester City say they have granted Carlos Tevez extended leave and expect him to report back to training on Monday.

University 'can afford' Racecourse

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Glyndwr University says it has ambitious plans for Wrexham's football stadium and that it has bought the site without having to borrow money.

Man dies in 35ft fall from cliff

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:56 AM PDT

One man dies and another suffers injuries after falling 35ft (10.6m) from a cliff onto rocks below in Ceredigion.

Missing Mexican pollsters freed

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Nine pollsters in Mexico are safe after aparently being kidnapped in the western state of Michoacan.

Berlusconi Vows Not to Resign

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT

As markets continued to hammer Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rebutted calls for his resignation, saying Italy's economic fundamentals were strong.

Ankara Outlines New Role of Military

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Turkey's government began laying out details of the civil-military order they want to see, making it clear even before a new command is announced that the country's next top soldier, Gen. Necdet Ozel, will face a tough job.

South Africa Offers $355 Million Loan to Swaziland

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:47 PM PDT

South Africa's government said it will extend a $355 million loan to neighbor Swaziland after the kingdom, on the brink of bankruptcy, was rebuffed by other lenders.

U.S. seriously probing News Corp 9/11 hacking report

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder will reassure families of September 11 victims when he meets them later this month that the Justice Department is seriously investigating allegations that News Corp reporters tried to hack victims' phones.

New H.I.V. Cases Steady Despite Better Treatment

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The number of new infections has remained around 50,000 a year for a decade in the United States, but the epidemic is growing rapidly worse among young gay black men.

Elderly Russian chained like dog

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:05 AM PDT

A couple in southern Russia face charges after the wife's elderly father is found chained up in a yard like a dog.

U.N. Expands Somalia Crisis Zone

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:33 AM PDT

The United Nations declared three new regions in Somalia famine zones on Wednesday, expanding the area where the highest rates of malnutrition and mortality are emerging, including the refugee camps in the capital, Mogadishu.

China Lets Price of Cooking Oil Rise

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Chinese authorities sanctioned a rise in the retail prices for cooking oil, producers said, a sign Beijing is letting households feel some inflation effects after months of price controls.