Liberia shuts Ivorian border after attack on U.N.

Liberia shuts Ivorian border after attack on U.N.

Liberia shuts Ivorian border after attack on U.N.

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Liberia closed its border with Ivory Coast on Saturday but did not confirm the claim by Abidjan that gunmen who killed seven United Nations peacekeepers, eight civilians and a soldier had come from its territory.

EU security experts in Niger amid Sahel fears

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

NIAMEY (Reuters) - An advance party of European military and civilian security advisors has arrived in northern Niger in a mission brought forward due to deepening fears over the threat of terrorism from neighboring Mali, Nigerien officials said.

ICC lawyer meeting Gaddafi son detained in Libya

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

TRIPOLI/ZINTAN (Reuters) - A delegation for the International Criminal Court has been detained in Libya after one of its lawyers was found to be carrying suspicious documents for Muammar Gaddafi's captured son, a Libyan lawyer and a militia said on Saturday.

Fewer Westerners Remain on Remote Japanese Island

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:22 PM PDT

A small community of "Westerners" — descendants of 19th-century settlers — is shrinking in Chichi Jima, as young people leave the isolated Japanese island, a 25-hour ferry ride from Tokyo.

On a Japanese Island, a Community Apart

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Tourists who travel to Chichi Jima in search of Japan's last island paradise find a community of foreigners from the West, whose families have lived in Japan for nearly two centuries.

July start for French Afghan exit

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:45 AM PDT

France will start pulling its troops out of Afghanistan in July, President Francois Hollande says, speaking hours after the Taliban killed four French soldiers.


Congo says hundreds of rebels trained in Rwanda

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:58 AM PDT

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Saturday hundreds of rebels fighting its army in the east have been trained in Rwanda and Kinshasa accused its neighbor of "passivity" in dealing with the situation.

July start for French Afghan exit

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:45 AM PDT

France will start pulling its troops out of Afghanistan in July, President Francois Hollande says, speaking hours after the Taliban killed four French soldiers.


Dominant Vettel takes Canada pole

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel takes pole position at Montreal, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.


Spain to ask eurozone for banking bailout

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Economy minister announces intention to request assistance to ease crisis after talks with eurozone officials.


Seeking Academic Edge, Teenagers Abuse Stimulants

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

At high schools across the United States, pressure over grades and competition for college admissions are encouraging students to abuse prescription stimulants.

In New York City, French Politics Is Local

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 07:52 AM PDT

French nationals in the United States and in Canada will soon elect a deputy to represent them in the National Assembly of France, and in New York, the campaigning has taken on a distinctly local feel.

Darfur rebels say they seized eastern area

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:11 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur said on Saturday they had captured an area in the east of the war-torn region after defeating government forces, but the army said the insurgents had simply looted from civilians there.

Oman detains poet, blogger amid growing discontent

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:13 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A poet and a blogger were among 10 people arrested in Oman in the past two weeks in what one source said was a police crackdown on dissent amid rising discontent in the small U.S. ally sitting near key Gulf shipping routes.

Netherlands 0-1 Denmark

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Michael Kronh-Dehli's first-half strike earns Denmark a shock win against a Netherlands side who waste a host of chances.


Spain banks get up to 100bn euros

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Spain is to get up to 100bn euros ($125bn; £80bn) in loans from eurozone funds to try to help shore up its struggling banks, it is announced.


VIDEO: Syria conflict: 'Deadly shelling' hits Deraa

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:39 AM PDT

The Syrian army has killed at least 17 people, including women, during fighting in the southern restive town of Deraa, activists say.


Flame climbs mountain in gondola

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The Olympic torch scales new heights as it goes on a gondola - a ski lift - as it journeys from Glasgow to Inverness on day 22 of the relay.


Spain Requests EU Aid for Banks

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Spain agreed to ask for as much as $125 billion in aid from the European Union for its ailing banking sector, becoming the fourth euro-zone country to seek a rescue.


New Violence in Syria

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Syrian troops shelled the city of Daraa, killing 17 people, while explosions in Damascus marked the worst violence the capital has seen since the uprising began. U.N. observers released images from the scene of last week's reported massacre.


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