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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