Berlusconi says idea Italy should dump euro was "joke"

Berlusconi says idea Italy should dump euro was "joke"

Berlusconi says idea Italy should dump euro was "joke"

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday he was only joking when he suggested that Italy should dump the euro unless the European Central Bank agreed to inject more cash into the economy.

Fashion plaudits for Queen Elizabeth's impeccable style

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:59 PM PDT

For a fashion designer it is a unique task: dressing a woman who must be immediately recognisable from Antigua to Zimbabwe, visible from a distance, bright, dignified and immune to wardrobe malfunctions.

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VIDEO: Russians return to Georgia

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:52 AM PDT

Russians are now holidaying in Georgia again - four years after the conflict between the two countries.


VIDEO: 'I developed camel shampoo'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

With her German partners,Birgit Maria Kemphues has helped to develop an organic camel shampoo made from German pine trees.


VIDEO: Deadly Lebanon clashes over Syria

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:59 PM PDT

At least nine people have been killed and more than 20 hurt in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, in clashes linked to unrest across the border in Syria.


One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:38 PM PDT

TORONTO (Reuters) - One man was killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall on Saturday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada's largest city.

One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:17 PM PDT

TORONTO, June 3 — One man was killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall on Saturday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada's largest city. One of the victims in critical condition was a 13-year-old boy, a police spokesman said. Seven people in total were shot or ...

German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 06:29 PM PDT

GOETTINGEN (Germany), June 3 — Germany's Left party spurned an experienced campaign manager and instead picked two little-known candidates to lead the far-left alliance through the worst crisis in its four-year history at a tumultuous party congress on Saturday. Amid warnings from other leaders that the party was showing signs of disintegration, ...

VIDEO: Fatal shooting at Toronto mall

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:43 PM PDT

One person has been killed and at least seven others injured in a shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre.


One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:16 PM PDT

TORONTO (Reuters) - One man was killed and six other people were wounded, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall on Saturday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada's largest city.

VIDEO: 'We're in the middle of revolution'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:17 PM PDT

Protesters are spending the night in Egypt's Tahrir Square, following the sentencing of former President Hosni Mubarak for his part in the killing of protesters during Egypt's 2011 revolution.


German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:40 PM PDT

GOETTINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Left party spurned an experienced campaign manager and instead picked two little-known candidates to lead the far-left alliance through the worst crisis in its four-year history at a tumultuous party congress on Saturday.

Raul Castro turning 81, trying to preserve communism

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:39 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro turns 81 on Sunday, another year on in his race against time to reform Cuba's economy and try to assure the survival of communism after he and his elderly colleagues are gone.

Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli on Saturday, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence.

Italian sailors freed on bail in India murder case

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian sailors charged with murdering two Indian fishermen were released on bail on Saturday to await trial, one step closer to the climax of a major diplomatic row between Rome and New Delhi.

Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT

DOHA (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of atrocities and arbitrary arrests, and said on Saturday he had delivered a blunt message to Assad to act now to implement all points of a peace plan.

Cargo jet hits van in Ghana, at least 10 dead

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:40 PM PDT

ACCRA (Reuters) - A cargo jet slammed into a minivan at Ghana's Accra airport on Saturday after overshooting the runway on landing, killing at least 10 people, airport officials said.

Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:07 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on Saturday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties.

Clinton tours Arctic as nations vie for resources

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT

TROMSO, Norway (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sailed on Saturday through a sliver of the Arctic Ocean, where the world's big powers are vying for vast oil, gas and mineral deposits becoming available as polar ice recedes.

Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.

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