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- Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan
- Mexican election could return old rulers to power
- Can women 'have it all?' US writer stirs debate
- Eastern U.S. heat wave continues amid power outages
- Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan
- Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say
- China's Hu urges new Hong Kong leader to heed "problems"
- Assad’s fate unclear in world powers’ Syria plan
- Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies
- Colombia volcano erupts, prompts evacuations
- China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected
- VIDEO: Liechtenstein holds royal referendum
- China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected
- ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar
- Mourners remember Rodney King as figure of healing
- Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls
- Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies
- Deadly storms leave millions without power in eastern U.S
- Mourners remember Rodney King at Hollywood hills funeral
- Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan
| Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:11 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process. 
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| Mexican election could return old rulers to power Posted: 30 Jun 2012 11:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday with the opposition party that dominated the country for most of the past century poised for a comeback after the ruling conservatives failed to provide strong growth or halt a brutal drugs war. 
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| Can women 'have it all?' US writer stirs debate Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:08 AM PDT An Ivy League scholar and mother-of-two is touching a raw nerve by questioning whether high-flying career women with families, at least American ones, can truly "have it all."
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| Eastern U.S. heat wave continues amid power outages Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A heat wave baking the eastern United States in record temperatures is set to continue on Sunday after deadly storms killed at least 12 people, downed power lines from Indiana to Maryland and left more than 3 million customers without power. 
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| Drone kills eight suspected militants in Pakistan Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:37 PM PDT MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft killed eight suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said. 
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| Two killed in French nightclub shooting, police say Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Two people were killed and five were injured, including two seriously, in a shooting outside a nightclub in the northern French city of Lille on Sunday, police and fire services said. 
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| China's Hu urges new Hong Kong leader to heed "problems" Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:45 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday swore in Hong Kong's new leader who will have to confront challenges ranging from human rights to a push for democracy in the free-wheeling financial centre after a year of transition and protest. 
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| Assad’s fate unclear in world powers’ Syria plan Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:56 PM PDT GENEVA, July 1 — World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process. Peace envoy Kofi Annan said after the talks in Geneva yesterday the government should include members of Assad's ... 
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| Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:46 PM PDT JERUSALEM, July 1 — Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at US calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 96. The second longest-serving prime minister after Israel's founder, David Ben-Gurion, Shamir clung to the status quo. Admirers saw strength and ... 
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| Colombia volcano erupts, prompts evacuations Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:30 PM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia evacuated people from communities close to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano after an eruption on Saturday that spewed smoke and ash from its crater, bringing back memories of avalanches that in 1985 buried tens of thousands under rocks. 
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| China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected Posted: 30 Jun 2012 06:35 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - New Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying was sworn into office on Sunday by Chinese President Hu Jintao for a five-year term in which he will confront challenges ranging from human rights to democracy after a tumultuous year of transition and protest. 
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| VIDEO: Liechtenstein holds royal referendum Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:06 PM PDT The people of the principality of Liechtenstein are to vote in a referendum to decide whether to reduce the power of the royal family.
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| China's Hu swears in Hong Kong leader, protests expected Posted: 30 Jun 2012 06:12 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - New Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying was sworn into office on Sunday by Chinese President Hu Jintao for a five-year term in which he will confront challenges ranging from human rights to democracy after a tumultuous year of transition and protest. 
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| ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:40 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - When the Asian Development Bank cut off aid to Myanmar in 1988, troops had just crushed a pro-democracy movement, killing thousands. 
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| Mourners remember Rodney King as figure of healing Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:24 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners remembered Rodney King, a symbol of racial tension in Los Angeles and catalyst for sweeping law-enforcement reforms after his 1991 beating by police officers, as a figure of national healing at a public memorial before his burial on Saturday. 
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| Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:05 PM PDT DAKAR (Reuters) - Party allies of Senegal's new President Macky Sall are tipped to win control of parliament in polls on Sunday, three months after Sall triumphed over veteran ex-leader Abdoulaye Wade in an election hailed as a success for African democracy. 
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| Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who two decades ago first balked at U.S. calls to trade occupied land for Middle East peace, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. 
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| Deadly storms leave millions without power in eastern U.S Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 4 million homes and businesses were without power on Saturday amid a record heat wave in the eastern United States after deadly thunderstorms downed power lines from Indiana to New Jersey. At least 11 people were killed. 
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| Mourners remember Rodney King at Hollywood hills funeral Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:59 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners remembered Rodney King, a symbol of racial tension in Los Angeles and catalyst for sweeping law-enforcement reforms after his 1991 beating by police officers, at a public memorial ahead of his burial on Saturday. 
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| Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:58 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process. 
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