G20 backs Europe's overhaul to fight crisis

G20 backs Europe's overhaul to fight crisis

G20 backs Europe's overhaul to fight crisis

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:29 AM PDT

LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Europe won support from world leaders on Tuesday for an ambitious but slow-moving overhaul of the euro zone, even as pressure built in financial markets for quicker solutions to its debt crisis that threatens the world economy.

WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:28 AM PDT

QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations.

Egyptians rally for power, Mubarak ailing

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:27 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Staking its claim to Egypt's presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood rallied in Cairo on Tuesday to demand the ruling generals hand over real power, following moves by the army that its U.S. ally labelled an assault on democracy.

"Important" al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan - officials

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:24 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has captured an "important" al Qaeda leader in an operation near the Pakistan-Iran border, officials said on Wednesday, amid criticism from the United States the country was not doing enough to fight militancy.

Israeli government, settlers to cooperate in West Bank move

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:23 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A cluster of Jewish settlers slated for eviction under an Israeli court order said on Wednesday they would go quietly, sparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a showdown with a core constituency.

China says has "no information" on detained French man

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:20 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had "no information" to offer after Cambodia said it had detained a French man linked to a politician and his wife embroiled in China's worst political scandal in decades.

Japan passes law to insure Iran oil imports

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:17 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's parliament approved government guarantees on insurance for crude oil cargoes from Iran on Wednesday, paving the way for it to become the first of Iran's big Asian oil buyers to get round new European Union sanctions.

VIDEO: Mayan doomsday predictions 'wrong'

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Some of the world's top archaeologists gather in Guatemala to dismiss myths about Mayan end of the world predictions.


VIDEO: US teen survives spear gun accident

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:12 AM PDT

Yasser Lopez, 16, is recovering after he was accidentally shot with a spear gun by a friend during a fishing trip in Florida.


Chinese police warn Ai Weiwei to avoid tax hearing

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:06 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said on Wednesday police had warned him to stay away from a court hearing his company's lawsuit challenging a demand for 15 million yuan (1.5 million pounds) for tax evasion.

Israeli government, settlers to cooperate in West Bank move

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:55 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A cluster of Jewish settlers slated for eviction under an Israeli court order said on Wednesday they would go quietly, sparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a showdown with a core constituency.

"Important" al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan - officials

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:52 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has captured an "important" al Qaeda leader, Naamen Meziche, during an operation near the Pakistan-Iran border, officials said on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Rio+20 agreement 'too weak'

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:57 PM PDT

Negotiators agree a text to be approved at the Rio+20 gathering this week intended to put society on a more sustainable path, but it is criticised for being far too weak.


VIDEO: Eurozone plans 'encourage' Obama

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:12 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama says he is encouraged by European leaders' plans to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, as the G20 summit in Mexico ends.


VIDEO: Mubarak supporters gather at hospital

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Reports from Cairo say former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death.


VIDEO: Assange seeking Ecuador asylum

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:37 PM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is seeking political asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, the country's foreign minister has said.


AUDIO: 'Hell' of Mexican drug violence

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:29 PM PDT

A Mexican woman tells the BBC about the drug violence she has witnessed in the state of Tamaulipas.


VIDEO: The lost caves of the Amazon

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Beneath the Amazon rainforest, scientists have recently discovered hundreds of massive caverns in the rich deposits of iron ore.


VIDEO: 'Latin ska' takes the stage in Los Angeles

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Jamaica's ska music has travelled north to Los Angeles, California, where local bands have infused it with a specifically Latin sound.


VIDEO: South Louisiana: 'A mystery to be lived'

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:59 PM PDT

South Louisiana is indeed religious and conservative, but it also boasts an eccentric, creative and unique culture and way of life, and a wry sense of humour.


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