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Over 100,000 rally in Hungary to back govt in EU row
Jan 21, 2012 14:12 EST
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - More than 100,000 people rallied Saturday in a show of support for the embattled Hungarian government, as it prepares to compromise in a bitter row with the European Union to secure a vital loan.
Over 100,000 rally in Hungary to back government in EU row
Jan 21, 2012 14:12 EST
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - More than 100,000 people rallied Saturday in a show of support for the embattled Hungarian government, as it prepares to compromise in a bitter row with the European Union to secure a vital loan.
IIF says creditors at limits of "voluntary" Greek deal
Jan 21, 2012 08:36 EST
ATHENS (Reuters) - The chief negotiator for Greece's private creditors said Sunday they had come to the limits of what losses they could concede for a Greek debt swap plan to be "voluntary," adding the ball was now in the court of the EU and the IMF.
Italian ship's captain still has hometown sympathy
Jan 20, 2012 13:25 EST
META DI SORRENTO, Italy (Reuters) - Francesco Schettino, the disgraced captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, is perhaps the most mocked and reviled man in Italy, the subject of anguished newspaper editorials on the state of the nation and the butt of jokes around the world.
IAEA rejects Iran accusation over scientist's killing
Jan 20, 2012 09:57 EST
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog rejected on Friday Iranian suggestions it may have been partly to blame for the assassination of a nuclear scientist last week by leaking information about him, saying it did not know him.
Northern Irish militant found guilty of soldiers' killing
Jan 20, 2012 08:52 EST
ANTRIM, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - A Northern Irish Catholic was found guilty on Friday of the 2009 murder of two British soldiers outside an army base, one of the worst attacks since a 1998 peace deal mostly ended three decades of sectarian violence.
Countdown to crash of Russia's failed Mars probe
Jan 15, 2012 09:47 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt is expected to plummet back to Earth on Sunday, sending space officials scrambling to predict where it will hit in the countdown to re-entry.
Nigerian strikes set to resume Monday
Jan 15, 2012 06:17 EST
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian labor unions said they would resume nationwide strikes on Monday, crippling the second largest economy in Africa, after failing to reach a compromise with the government over scrapped fuel subsidies.
Gunmen storm building in Iraq's Ramadi: police
Jan 15, 2012 05:35 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed an anti-terrorism police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday after one suicide bomber blew himself up outside, police officials said.
Six dead after militants storm building in Iraq's Ramadi
Jan 15, 2012 05:35 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed an anti-terrorism police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday and at least six people died in the attack, police and provincial officials said.
Ten dead in militant attack in Iraq's Ramadi
Jan 15, 2012 05:35 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten people were killed when gunmen wearing explosive belts stormed a police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, police and provincial officials said.
Protesters flout ban in fight to become Kuwaitis
Jan 14, 2012 13:43 EST
DUBAI (Reuters) - Police in Kuwait fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of stateless people Saturday after they defied a protest ban and held demonstrations calling for the right to become Kuwaiti citizens, residents said.
Myanmar says 302 political prisoners freed in amnesty
Jan 14, 2012 09:34 EST
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government said on Saturday 302 of the 651 detainees it freed this week were political prisoners whose release had been sought by the National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Pakistan's army chief calls PM's criticisms "divisive"
Jan 14, 2012 08:06 EST
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's army chief is furious with the prime minister for statements criticising the army and has demanded that they be clarified or withdrawn, a senior military source told Reuters on Saturday.
Two killed and 16 hurt in Libyan clashes
Jan 14, 2012 06:30 EST
GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Clashes between rival Libyan militias have killed two people and wounded 16, in the latest violence involving armed groups refusing to hand in their weapons.
Iran says it has evidence U.S. behind scientist's killing
Jan 14, 2012 05:47 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian state television said on Saturday Tehran had evidence Washington was behind the latest assassination of one of its nuclear scientists.
Three die as cruise ship runs aground in Italy
Jan 13, 2012 22:53 EST
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and rescuers were searching for other victims on Saturday after an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground and keeled over.
Three die amid panic as cruise ship wrecked in Italy
Jan 13, 2012 22:53 EST
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) -
Survivors plucked from Italian shipwreck
Jan 13, 2012 22:53 EST
GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - A South Korean honeymoon couple were plucked from a capsized Italian liner on Sunday, more than 24 hours after it was wrecked, and rescue workers were struggling to save another person trapped on board.
Crews face test on Italian ship as weather worsens
Jan 13, 2012 22:53 EST
GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - The vast wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted on its undersea ledge on Friday, forcing a new suspension of rescue work and threatening plans to pump oil out to prevent environmental disaster.
