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Basic facts on Egypt's constitution referendum

Basic facts on Egypt's constitution referendum
Polls open in Egypt's constitution referendum
Divided Egypt votes on draft constitution
Polls open in Egypt's constitution referendum
Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution
Sympathy over US school shooting stretches globe
Sympathy for US school shooting stretches globe
Final campaign push a day before Japanese vote
Clashes in Egypt ahead of constitution vote
Syrian Scuds 'land near Turkish border'
Egypt faces divisive choice over political future
Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez
Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez
New nuclear talks with Iran may be possible in coming weeks, U.S. says
NATO says Syrian Scuds hit "near" Turkey
Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez
Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez
Defiant leader of Cayman Islands under pressure to resign
Refugee: 'I want people to feel our pain'
Defiant leader of Cayman Islands under pressure to resign

Basic facts on Egypt's constitution referendum

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:29 PM PST

Egyptians vote Saturday in a highly contentious referendum on a new constitution to replace the one suspended after the 2011 revolution. Here are some basic facts and figures on the vote.

Polls open in Egypt's constitution referendum

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:27 PM PST

Divided Egypt votes on draft constitution

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:02 PM PST

Charter backed by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi but rejected by secular opposition who say it is "too Islamist".

Polls open in Egypt's constitution referendum

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:27 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voted on Saturday in a referendum on a new constitution shaped by Islamist allies of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi and which his liberal rivals say deepens divisions in the nation. Soldiers joined police outside polling stations to secure the vote after deadly protests. Demonstrations erupted last month after Mursi issued a decree expanding his powers and then fast-tracked the draft constitution through an assembly dominated by his Muslim Brotherhood and its allies. ...

Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:15 PM PST

Egyptians are voting on a proposed constitution that has polarized their nation, with President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters backing the charter, while liberals, moderate Muslims and Christians oppose it.

Sympathy over US school shooting stretches globe

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:57 PM PST

Shock and sympathy were the initial reactions from around the world to a shooting rampage in Connecticut that left 28 people dead, including 20 children at an elementary school. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard described the attack as a "senseless and incomprehensible act of evil."

Sympathy for US school shooting stretches globe

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 07:47 PM PST

Leaders of two of the closest longtime allies of the United States have been quick to express sympathy over a shooting rampage that left 26 people dead, including 20 children, at a Connecticut elementary school.

Final campaign push a day before Japanese vote

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

Candidates made final impassioned appeals Saturday to voters a day before Japanese parliamentary elections that are likely to hand power back to a conservative party that ruled the country for most of the post-war era.

Clashes in Egypt ahead of constitution vote

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:27 PM PST

Supporters of Mohamed Morsi and opposition activists clash in port city Alexandria hours before voting is set to begin.

Syrian Scuds 'land near Turkish border'

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 05:51 PM PST

Comments by NATO's senior military commander were first to confirm that the missiles have come "fairly close" to Turkey.

Egypt faces divisive choice over political future

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:34 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians decide on Saturday on a constitution promoted by its Islamist backers as the way out of a prolonged political crisis and rejected by opponents as a recipe for further divisions in the Arab world's biggest nation.

Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:29 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government reacted with fury on Friday to U.S. President Barack Obama's criticism of ailing Hugo Chavez's "authoritarian" government at a time of national anxiety over his battle to recover from cancer surgery. In an interview with U.S. network Univision, Obama declined to speculate on the 58-year-old socialist president's health in Cuba, where he is in a delicate state after his fourth operation since mid-2011 for cancer in his pelvic region. But he did say U.S. policy was aimed at ensuring "freedom" in Venezuela. ...

Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:29 PM PST

New nuclear talks with Iran may be possible in coming weeks, U.S. says

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:59 PM PST

The United States and five other world powers are hastily preparing for possible new talks with Iran amid signs that the country's leaders might be willing to meet as early as next week to discuss scaling back nuclear activities in return for future sanctions relief.

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NATO says Syrian Scuds hit "near" Turkey

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:26 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - NATO accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of firing Scud missiles that landed near to the Turkish border, in explaining why it was sending anti-missile batteries and troops to the bloc's frontier. The Syrian government, which finds itself under attack from rebels in the capital Damascus and by a diplomatic alliance of Arab and Western powers, denies firing such long-range, Soviet-built rockets and had no immediate comment on the latest charge. ...

Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:44 PM PST

Venezuela furious at Obama's comments on ailing Chavez

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:29 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government reacted with fury on Friday to U.S. President Barack Obama's criticism of ailing Hugo Chavez's "authoritarian" government at a time of national anxiety over his battle to recover from cancer surgery. In an interview with U.S. network Univision, Obama declined to speculate on the 58-year-old socialist president's health in Cuba, where he is in a delicate state after his fourth operation since mid-2011 for cancer in the pelvic region. But he did say U.S. policy was aimed at ensuring "freedom" in Venezuela. ...

Defiant leader of Cayman Islands under pressure to resign

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:02 PM PST

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - Embattled Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush faced growing pressure to resign on Friday after his arrest on suspicion of theft and corruption in the offshore Caribbean financial center. A defiant Bush, who has blamed his troubles on the governor of the British overseas territory, has said since his detention that he did nothing wrong and has no plans to step down. ...