Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike

Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike


Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:52 AM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man and wounded another in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medics said, in what appeared to be the first such attack since a ceasefire ended an eight-day war in November.
    


Thai security chief dismisses southern rebels' demands

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:51 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's national security chief said on Tuesday that talks between rebel leaders and his government aimed at ending a bloody insurgency in the south had not broken down, despite the rejection of rebel demands for self-government.
    


Dutch gather in Amsterdam as royals prepare for handover

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:24 AM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Willem-Alexander becomes the first King of the Netherlands in more than 120 years on Tuesday when Queen Beatrix passes the crown to her eldest son.
    

China dissident's brother says home attacked nightly with dead poultry, bottles

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:23 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Security personnel in eastern China are carrying out a nightly harassment campaign against the brother of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the two said on Tuesday, throwing rocks, bottles and dead poultry at his house for 12 nights in a row.
    

Hundreds of overseas voters in UK vote by mail at own expenses

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:38 AM PDT

With too many voters and too little election officials, hundreds of Malaysian voters lived in the UK were not able to vote on April 28. They were forced to bring home the ballot papers and mail back their votes to a specified office or family member in Malaysia, so that their votes can be put into the ballot boxes on May 5!

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Four-year-old Indian girl dies after rape attack: hospital

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:30 AM PDT

A four-year-old Indian girl has died in hospital nearly two weeks after she was raped and found unconscious at a farm, hospital staff and reports said on Tuesday.

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Powerful quake strikes off Azores archipelago

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:25 AM PDT

LISBON (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the Atlantic Ocean 38 miles (60 km) east of Ponta Delgada in Portugal's Azores archipelago on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but local authorities reported no immediate damage.
    


Where are the swing voters?

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:55 PM PDT

If the poll is credible, it has then conveyed an important message, namely the 9% middle voters is going to be the final kingmaker of the 13th general election.

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Bangladesh defends disaster effort as anger grows

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:48 PM PDT

Bangladesh on Tuesday defended its decision to snub foreign aid after the collapse of a factory complex as anger flared at the recovery operation and towards the building's owner when he appeared in court.

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Italy wants to renegotiate stability pact - minister

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:38 PM PDT

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's new government wants to renegotiate the pact of stability with the European Union, the industry minister said in an interview on Tuesday.
    


Palestinian kills Israeli settler in West Bank

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:32 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian man stabbed and shot dead an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli ambulance service and police said.
    


Kit Siang admits it's tough going in Gelang Patah

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:40 PM PDT

DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang has admitted having a tough time contesting in Gelang Patah in Johor because the parliamentary seat is a Barisan Nasional (BN) stronghold.

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Palestinian kills Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:57 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian man stabbed and shot dead an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli ambulance service and police said.
    


Arab League seems to soften Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, April 30 — Arab states appeared to soften their 2002 peace plan yesterday when a top Qatari official said Israel and the  could trade land rather than conform exactly to their 1967 borders. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister, made the comment after he and a group of Arab officials met US ...
    


VIDEO: Pakistan election security fears

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:06 PM PDT

Fears about security across Pakistan in the run-up to the general elections next month are mounting as the Taliban continues to target candidates who speak out against the group.

Malaysia's election a balancing act for Najib

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:24 PM PDT

Prime Minister Najib Razak has walked a tightrope between voters demanding change and hardliners resisting reform in Malaysia's decades-old regime, a balancing act that will be tested in elections Sunday.

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US-South Korea wrap up joint military drills

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:23 PM PDT

The United States and South Korea on Tuesday wrapped up joint military drills that infuriated North Korea, raising hopes for an easing of cross-border military tensions.

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Hong Kong prescribes new dose of old Chinese medicine

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:22 PM PDT

The young woman pours a pack of brown powder into a glass of hot water, stirs it well and drinks the murky mixture down, hoping the traditional Chinese medicine will cure her feverish cold.

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Saudi-U.S. relations to withstand North American oil boom

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Experts say Asia and Iran are the keys to maintaining a strong - but evolving - U.S.-Saudi Arabia energy relationship.
    


Arab League seems to soften Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:39 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab states appeared to soften their 2002 peace plan on Monday when a top Qatari official said Israel and the Palestinians could trade land rather than conform exactly to their 1967 borders.
    


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