Fraudsters fleece Egypt using foreign wheat

Fraudsters fleece Egypt using foreign wheat

Fraudsters fleece Egypt using foreign wheat

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

LONDON/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Top wheat importer Egypt's decision to increase the price premium paid to its own farmers has given fraudsters a golden opportunity to pass off cheap foreign grain as locally grown and profit at the country's expense.

U.S. military trickles back into Western Pakistan

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent a handful of military officials back into northwestern Pakistan in a sign the two nations may be able to achieve some low-level military cooperation despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in crisis.

Jury sent back to deliberate in Edwards case

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:11 PM PDT

Jury ordered to reconvene after reaching verdict on only one charge against ex-US senator, leaving five more unresolved.


In New York, Chinese Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Expresses Optimism

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose daring escape began an odyssey that brought him to New York University, expressed optimism Thursday about the future of legal rights in China.

India’s manufacturing hits brick wall as economy slows

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT

NEW DELHI — It was supposed to be the motor for the next phase of India's economic resurgence, but the country's manufacturing sector has hit a brick wall, according to new data released Thursday.

Dragged down by a sluggish manufacturing sector, India's economic growth rate slowed to 6.5 percent in the 2011-12 fiscal year, its slowest rate in nine years and well below the 8.5 percent recorded a year earlier.

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Israel’s attorney general to indict reporter

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:19 PM PDT

JERUSALEM — Israel's attorney general has decided to indict an Israeli journalist who in an investigative report revealed that top army officers had approved killings of wanted Palestinian militants in the West Bank, charging him with illegal possession of classified documents.   

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Chen hopeful on Chinese democracy

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Activist Chen Guangcheng, in his first major US public appearance, says democratic change in China is slow but irreversible.


Peru police arrest mayor over mine protests

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Official accused of promoting protests against mine owned by Xstrata that led to two deaths and a state of emergency.


Judge Tells Jury in Edwards Case to Keep Deliberating

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:51 PM PDT

The judge sent the jurors in John Edwards' corruption trial back for more discussions after they said that they had reached a verdict on only one charge.

Obama Hosts George W. Bush for Portrait’s Unveiling

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT

President Obama put partisanship aside for a few hours to pay tribute to his predecessor at the official unveiling of George W. Bush's official White House portrait.

In New York, Chinese Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Expresses Optimism

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose daring escape began an odyssey that brought him to New York University, expressed optimism Thursday about the future of legal rights in China.

EU says does not recognize Bissau interim government

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:41 PM PDT

BISSAU (Reuters) - The European Union said on Thursday it does not recognize the recently-formed caretaker government in Guinea-Bissau which appears to be taking orders from the military junta.

Wise-cracking Bush likes portrait

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Former President George W Bush is in good humour as he is welcomed back to the White House by President Obama for the unveiling of his official portrait.


Decades, diamonds and dollars: Elizabeth II by the numbers

Posted: 31 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

It's been 60 years since Queen Elizabeth II became monarch of the UK, and she's marking her Diamond Jubilee year with a series of parties, pageants and even 1,000 boats sailing up the River Thames.

Mexican leftist closes in on presidential front-runner

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:20 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has cut the gap on front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto to just four percentage points according to a new poll, raising doubts about the outcome of the July 1 election.

Rwanda 'training rebels to fight Congo army'

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Group of rebel defecters say they were recruited and trained in Rwanda, then sent to fight in Congo against their will.


Dudley Clendinen, Author, Dies at 67

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Mr. Clendinen, a seasoned journalist, spent his final years writing about his own approaching death as a gay alcoholic victim of Lou Gehrig's disease.

German hostage in north Nigeria killed during raid

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:12 PM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - A German man held hostage in northern Nigeria by a group linked to al Qaeda was killed on Thursday during a raid by Nigerian forces, according to the army and security sources.

Microsoft previews latest Windows

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Microsoft is launching the most complete preview yet of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, the biggest redesign since Windows 95.


U.S. says concerned about businessman in Dubai prison

Posted: 31 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about the health of an American businessman who has been on hunger strike at a Dubai prison for more than two weeks, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday.

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