Euro zone may tinker with Greek bailout terms after election

Euro zone may tinker with Greek bailout terms after election
Yemeni army advances on third rebel-held town
Greek health system crumbles under weight of crisis
Mexico presidential frontrunner rises in poll after debate
Obama unveils US Africa strategy
Bank to outline further stimulus
Cricket mogul sentenced to 110 years
OPEC to Leave Production Steady
Monitors Report Vast Devastation in Syrian Village
Court throws Egypt transition into disarray
UK warns Argentina over Falklands "aggression"
Breivik turned from kind son to crazy loner: mother
Myanmar Clashes Raise Fears of Harsh Rule
U.K. Court Rejects Assange Extradition Appeal
Cameron Grilled on Ties to Tabloid Editors
U.S. and China Forge Clean-Energy Ties
New Dating Puts Cave Art in the Age of Neanderthals
Bahrain eases medic sentences, U.S. "deeply disappointed"
China hits back at U.S. criticisms at WTO
Assange appeal request rejected by UK court

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:31 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone will not tear up the main targets of Greece's bailout no matter who wins Sunday's elections, but it might consider giving a new government in Athens some leeway on how it reaches them, euro zone officials said.

Yemeni army advances on third rebel-held town

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni soldiers killed 40 Islamist militants and captured one of their outposts in heavy fighting in southern Yemen on Thursday, local Defense Ministry officials said.

Greek health system crumbles under weight of crisis

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:09 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding.

Mexico presidential frontrunner rises in poll after debate

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Support for Mexico's presidential frontrunner Enrique Pena Nieto edged higher and his lead over leftist rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened after a weekend presidential debate, a new opinion poll showed on Thursday.

Obama unveils US Africa strategy

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama announces a new US strategy for sub-Saharan Africa which focuses on economic growth as well as security, democracy and development.

Bank to outline further stimulus

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

The Bank of England is to launch two new stimulus packages in response to the worsening economic outlook, the BBC understands.

Cricket mogul sentenced to 110 years

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Lengthy sentence is handed down to financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford after he siphoned billions from investors.

OPEC to Leave Production Steady

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT

The oil cartel left unchanged a ceiling for oil production by its members at a meeting in Vienna, despite signs of a slowdown in the global economy and slumping oil prices.

Monitors Report Vast Devastation in Syrian Village

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Stores were looted and homes abandoned in Al Heffa, besieged for days by Syrian forces, and the smell of death hung in the air, the United Nations monitor mission reported.

Court throws Egypt transition into disarray

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Rulings dissolve Muslim Brotherhood-led parliament and approve candidacy of Mubarak's last PM in presidential election.

UK warns Argentina over Falklands "aggression"

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:48 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron warned Argentina on Thursday that London stood "ready and willing" to defend the Falkland Islands, 30 years after Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago whose sovereignty remains a hotly-contested issue.

Breivik turned from kind son to crazy loner: mother

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:39 AM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - The mother of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik described how her "kind and caring" son transformed into an out-of-control obsessive who wore a face mask and talked of a war against Muslims, a psychiatrist told a court on Thursday.

Myanmar Clashes Raise Fears of Harsh Rule

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Decades-old ethnic divisions that have spawned the bloodiest clashes in years in remote areas of Myanmar are threatening to take the shine off the country's new image as Asia's next big frontier market.

U.K. Court Rejects Assange Extradition Appeal

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 10:39 AM PDT

The U.K.'s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his case opposing his extradition to Sweden.

Cameron Grilled on Ties to Tabloid Editors

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:26 AM PDT

U.K. Prime Minister Cameron, appearing before an inquiry into press ethics, was grilled about his relationships with two key figures in News Corp.'s newspaper scandal.

U.S. and China Forge Clean-Energy Ties

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 09:53 AM PDT

While Washington and Beijing joust over Chinese solar panels, clean-energy investors and executives from the two countries are doing deals.

New Dating Puts Cave Art in the Age of Neanderthals

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Paintings on cave walls in northwestern Spain are far older than previously thought — some of them more than 40,000 years old, scientists said, raising a possibility that Neanderthals were the artists.

Bahrain eases medic sentences, U.S. "deeply disappointed"

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

MANAMA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it was "deeply disappointed" by a Bahrain court verdict which failed to strike down sentences against medics over their role in last year's pro-democracy uprising.

China hits back at U.S. criticisms at WTO

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 11:18 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - China has rejected U.S. criticisms during a review of its trade policies at the World Trade Organization and used the occasion to suggest many U.S. accusations were not only groundless but in some areas hypocritical.