Sudans commit to talks as AU advances plan on Mali

Sudans commit to talks as AU advances plan on Mali

Sudans commit to talks as AU advances plan on Mali

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders brought together the presidents of feuding neighbors Sudan and South Sudan on Saturday and fleshed out a plan for military intervention in northern Mali where they said al Qaeda-linked rebels threatened the continent's security.

In pictures: Japan floods

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Torrential rains trigger a mass evacuation in southern Japan


In pictures: Japan floods

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Torrential rains trigger a mass evacuation in southern Japan


Penn State Scandal Poses Tough Choices for N.C.A.A.

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:37 PM PDT

The N.C.A.A. could impose serious sanctions, perhaps even forcing the football program to shut down for a time. But the organization is reluctant to issue its so-called death penalty.

News Analysis: Destroying Nature Unleashes Infectious Diseases

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:43 AM PDT

A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics — AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Lyme disease — are a result of things people do to nature.

Trepidation in London Over Security at the Olympics

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Government officials and whistleblowers have sketched out the extent of the chaos that has thrown Olympic security plans into disarray only two weeks before the Games begin.

Foreigner held in Cyprus, media see plot on Israelis

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot police are questioning a 24-year-old foreigner arrested last week who may have been plotting an attack on Israeli tourists visiting the Mediterranean island, media reported on Saturday.

Angolan police arrest 12 at anti-government rally

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:08 PM PDT

LISBON (Reuters) - Angolan police on Saturday arrested 10 youth protesters and two journalists at an anti-government demonstration in the capital Luanda, Portuguese state news agency Lusa reported, as tensions rise ahead of August's presidential election.

Sudan and South Sudan commit to dialogue at AU summit

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:01 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of feuding former civil war foes Sudan and South Sudan committed on Saturday to negotiate a solution to their differences over border demarcation and oil revenues and to shun any use of military force.

Punish bad language says Carlisle

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:47 AM PDT

PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle believes there should be a clampdown on foul and abusive language in football.


Clinton Meets With Morsi

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:24 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that America's "shared strategic interests far outnumber our differences" with Cairo.


France's Hollande Scolds Peugeot Over Cuts

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT

French President calls for car maker to renegotiate a plan to close one of the country's biggest factories and eliminate 8,000 jobs.


Hollande promises to fight layoffs

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:11 PM PDT

On Bastille Day, French president says jobs are his top priority and dubs automaker Peugeot's job cut "unacceptable".


German court must decide on rescue fund by Sept: Juncker

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:40 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker does not expect Germany's top court to block the new version of the euro zone's ESM bailout fund and believes judges are aware of the need for a verdict before a new round of crisis meetings in September.

Syrian Pilot’s Defection Signals Trouble for Government

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:54 AM PDT

While the ruling party is Alawite, much of Syria's administration and its military ability depend on Sunni bureaucrats, soldiers and officers, who are increasingly disaffected.

Obama Refuses to Apologize to Romney

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:57 PM PDT

President Obama and his campaign barnstormed through Virginia on Saturday, relentlessly hammering away at Mitt Romney's business record and releasing a mocking new ad.

Boeing sweetens Brazil fighter jet offer: report

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. aerospace company Boeing Co has offered to transfer more technology to Brazil if the government upgraded its Air Force fighter fleet with the firm's F-18 Super Hornet jet, a local paper reported on Saturday.

Cuba says cholera outbreak not spreading

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Havana (Reuters) - Cuba said on Saturday that a cholera outbreak in eastern Cuba is diminishing and has not spread to other parts of the country.

France's Hollande vows to fight job cuts, graft

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:03 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande marked Bastille day celebrations on Saturday with a pledge to fight industrial layoffs and clean up French politics, after watching troops parade down the Champs Elysees as jets streamed the national colors overhead.

Chavez re-election team expands social media reach via Twitter

Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:30 AM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's verbose Hugo Chavez is reaching out to voters with tweets sent as text messages to even the most basic mobile phones as the socialist president fights a vigorous opposition campaign in the Twitter-mad country ahead of an October 7 election.
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Madagascar battles surge in TB cases

Madagascar battles surge in TB cases

Madagascar battles surge in TB cases

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 10:59 PM PDT

After enduring six months of pain that grew so intense she could no longer work, Perline Razanadravao finally decided to go with her equally sick baby to see a doctor.

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Cuban hopes to pedal big bike into record books

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 10:55 PM PDT

For years, Felix Guirola has earned stares of astonishment from fellow Cubans as he pedals his giant bicycle down the streets of Havana. Now he hopes to wheel himself into the record books.

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Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 10:51 PM PDT

It is another defining moment for Wikipedia.

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Police detain six women in raid on prostitution den

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 10:28 PM PDT

Six mainland Chinese women believed to be prostitutes were detained in a raid at the Kepong Sentral Condominium, here yesterday.

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Keep up reforms, Clinton urges Myanmar

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 04:51 PM PDT

SIEM REAP, July 14 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Myanmar's president to stick with economic and political reforms as his resource-rich country emerges from nearly half a century of military rule. "We want you to keep going. We're very committed," Clinton said as she met Thein Sein, a former junta general chosen by ...

240,000 ordered to evacuate in Japan deluge

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:55 PM PDT

Almost a quarter of a million people were ordered to leave their homes in southwest Japan Saturday as heavy rain pounded the area for the third day, with 20 already dead, officials and reports said.

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Australia surfer killed by shark (UPDATED)

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:55 PM PDT

A surfer was killed in a savage shark attack off Australia's west coast Saturday, officials said, the fifth such fatality in the region in less than a year.

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Apathy

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:30 PM PDT

The passerby showed up, telling the world what he saw on that day. Why didn't you offer a helping hand seeing the woman lying badly injured on the floor?

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Cambodian, Thai PMs agree to redeploy troops at disputed border

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:20 PM PDT

Cambodia and Thailand agreed on Friday to redeploy military personnel in the Provisional Demilitarized Zone surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple in order to comply with the order of the International Court of Justice.

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Cambodian PM: Myanmar no longer "headache issue" for ASEAN

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:20 PM PDT

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that the issue in Myanmar is no longer "a headache issue" for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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HK anti-graft watchdog unveils details of charges against former official, property tycoons

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:19 PM PDT

Hong Kong's anti-graft watchdog ICAC has disclosed details of charges on Friday afternoon in a high-profile bribery case against five persons including Hong Kong's former Chief Secretary for Administration Rafael Hui and co-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties Thomas Kwok and Raymond Kwok.

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Gunmen hit goldsmith shop for RM3 million in jewellery

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:47 PM PDT

Three gunmen, posing as customers, struck at a goldsmith shop in a hypermarket here today, before escaping with RM3 million in jewellery.

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Motorcycle thefts top criminal cases at shopping centre parking lots

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Motorcycle thefts are the highest criminal activities recorded at parking areas of shopping centres with 115 cases reported last year.

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Govt assures Bukit Kiara development will not affect flora, fauna

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:46 PM PDT

The government has assured that any development to gazette the Bukit Kiara Park and its surrounding areas as a large scale public park (LSPP), will not affect its flora and fauna.

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1,473 convicts released under abolished acts, says IGP

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Inspector-general of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar announced that 1,473 convicts under the Emergency Ordinance, Restricted Residence Act 1933 and Banishment (Repeal) Bill 2011 have been released nationwide.

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SPAD says 80 stage bus operators given funds amounting to RM21.83 mln

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:45 PM PDT

A total of 80 stage bus operators have received financial assistance amounting to RM21.83 million from a start-up fund since the distribution of the fundings began in March.

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Volunteer teams to be created under 1Malaysia Community Programme, says Rais

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:45 PM PDT

Volunteer teams would be created under the 1Malaysia Community programme (K1M) nationwide to instill a patriotic love for the country and its society, said Information Communication and Culture minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

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Senior citizen found dead 12 July was murdered-police

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:44 PM PDT

Police have confirmed that the woman who was found dead in her house in Lorong Alor Akar 30 here yesterday evening, was murdered.

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38,549 candidates receive IPTA offers for 2012/2013 session - D/G

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:44 PM PDT

A total of 38,549 candidates obtained places in public institutions of higher learning (IPTAs) to attend first degree programmes for the 2012/2013 academic session.

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Rela can be deployed to beef up security of crime hot spots - Najib

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 07:44 PM PDT

The People's Volunteer Corps (Rela) should be given a new responsibility to beef up the security of crime hot spots to reduce public fear for their safety, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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