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Italy recalls ambassador to India after marines charged over shooting
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:13:18 GMT
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has recalled its ambassador to India after two members of an anti-piracy unit were charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen in February, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.

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Tens of thousands protest in Bahrain against Gulf union plan
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:12:44 GMT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mainly Shi'ite Bahrainis protested outside the capital Manama on Friday against the possible unification of Gulf Arab countries, a Reuters witness said.

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Small-town don makes awkward ally for Serb liberals
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:29:13 GMT
JAGODINA, Serbia (Reuters) - There's a fluffy toy tiger in the office of Jagodina's mayor, another cast in gold on his desk, and at least one more in his trophy cabinet.

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Baghdad market bombs kill at least four
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:06:40 GMT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three roadside bombs ripped through a Baghdad marketplace on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 30 more near one of the capital's main Shi'ite neighbourhoods, police and hospital sources said.

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Nightmare foretold if Greece heads for euro exit
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:19:51 GMT
ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - In Athens, the homeless are on the streets in growing numbers, soup kitchens feed twice as many people as a year ago, and the poor are diving into garbage bins in search of scrap they can sell.

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U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:21 GMT
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor Southeast Asian state opens the door to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets.

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French minister shows up in jeans and causes sensation
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:28:27 GMT
PARIS (Reuters) - France's housing minister has caused a sensation by showing up in jeans while her colleagues donned dresses and suits for the new left-wing government's inaugural cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.

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Thai police arrest man with babies' bodies for black magic
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:00 GMT
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police arrested a British citizen on Friday after the bodies of six babies thought to have been used in a black magic ritual were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room.

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South Sudan calls for U.N. sanctions on Khartoum
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:17:53 GMT
JUBA (Reuters) - The United Nations should impose sanctions on Sudan for failing to obey a Security Council resolution calling for an end to hostilities and renewed negotiations with South Sudan over oil and border disputes, South Sudan's negotiator said on Friday.

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West African mediator opens talks with Mali rebels
Fri, 18 May 2012 11:05:43 GMT
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - West African bloc ECOWAS has opened talks with Mali's rebel groups, including fighters linked to al Qaeda, as part of its effort to restore constitutional rule in the country in the wake of its March 22 coup, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said.

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Palestinians see settlements thwarting state
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:48:14 GMT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Surrounded by aides, including one whose only task seems to be light his cigarettes, Mahmoud Abbas sits in a vast presidential office and speaks of his ambition to create a Palestinian state.

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Turkmenistan frees 1,000 prisoners in amnesty
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:39:46 GMT
ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Turkmenistan has pardoned more than 1,000 prisoners, including 35 foreign citizens, in celebration of a national holiday in the reclusive former Soviet republic, state television reported on Friday.

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G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:06:22 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.

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Israeli court ruling to help fight gender pay gap
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:48:00 GMT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's high court on Friday put the onus on employers to pay men and women equally in a landmark ruling that may help narrow wage gaps, which are bigger than in most Western countries.

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Earthquake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:38:54 GMT
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 hit eastern Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo.

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U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:33:02 GMT
(Reuters) - The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets.

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Annan's deputy to visit Syria - Annan spokesman
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:22:35 GMT
GENEVA (Reuters) - A deputy of Kofi Annan, the international mediator on Syria, plans to travel to Syria but the exact timing is confidential, Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told a regular U.N. briefing on Friday.

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Chelsea upsurge began with Gullit
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:22:01 GMT
MUNICH (Reuters) - American crooner Tony Bennett often laments he left his heart in San Francisco and twice World Soccer Player of the Year Ruud Gullit feels similar emotions, albeit over a less glamorous location in south west London.

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G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:29 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.

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Chelsea upsurge began with Gullit
Fri, 18 May 2012 08:28:59 GMT
MUNICH (Reuters) - American crooner Tony Bennett often laments he left his heart in San Francisco and twice World Soccer Player of the Year Ruud Gullit feels similar emotions, albeit over a less glamorous location in south west London.

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G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:15:07 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.

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Retired officials urge China's ruling party to come clean
Fri, 18 May 2012 06:58:57 GMT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three retired Chinese Communist Party officials issued a call on Friday for leaders to disclose their family wealth before a looming succession, warning that a scandal over the fallen politician Bo Xilai has exposed dangerous abuses of power.

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China bars blind dissident's family choice of lawyers
Fri, 18 May 2012 06:20:40 GMT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of quot;intentional homicidequot; in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a trial that has focused world attention on China's human rights.

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Obama, Hollande to press euro crisis remedies at G8
Fri, 18 May 2012 05:05:45 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will seek to cement a bond with France's new leader at the White House on Friday before heading to Camp David for a G8 summit where he is set to press Europe to do more to fix the region's deepening economic crisis.

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Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help
Fri, 18 May 2012 04:50:01 GMT
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An FBI expert found crucial evidence in the Trayvon Martin case was inconclusive, saying it was impossible to tell if the voice screaming for help belonged to the black Florida teenager or his shooter George Zimmerman just before the neighbourhood watch captain pulled the trigger.

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