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Zuma defends minister, demands spats end
Mar 19, 2010 13:01 EDT
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Friday defended his finance minister from attacks from the ruling party's youth wing and called for action to be taken against ANC members who continue to argue publicly.
Ukraine's Yanukovich to repeal Bandera hero decree
Mar 19, 2010 12:21 EDT
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will scrap in early May a decree by his pro-Western predecessor that conferred national hero status on a World War Two nationalist leader, a source in his camp said on Friday.
Kremlin picks site for Russian "Silicon Valley"
Mar 18, 2010 11:32 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday announced that Russia would build a high-tech hub near Moscow to spur modernization of the economy and reduce its dependence on oil and gas.
Vatican probes claims of apparitions at Medjugorje
Mar 17, 2010 13:54 EDT
VATICAN CITY (Reuters Life!) - The Vatican has opened an investigation into reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the small town of Medjugorje in southern Bosnia which have drawn more than 30 million pilgrims and divided the Catholic Church.
Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells
Mar 11, 2010 14:31 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns.
Mousavi's wife says Iran government illegitimate
Mar 11, 2010 13:12 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The wife of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "illegitimate," the reformist Kaleme website reported Thursday.
Sweden to extradite Auschwitz theft suspect
Mar 11, 2010 11:34 EST
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish man accused of masterminding the theft of the "Work sets you free" sign from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz will be extradited to Poland, a Swedish district court said Thursday.
Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough
Mar 10, 2010 19:13 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday.
EU confirms support for bluefin tuna trade ban
Mar 10, 2010 14:46 EST
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ambassadors agreed to propose protecting bluefin tuna as an endangered species on Wednesday, the EU presidency said, a move that would effectively ban international trade in the species.
Fighting in Somali capital kills 17, rebels behead 2
Mar 10, 2010 14:36 EST
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting between Somali government forces and al Shabaab rebels in the north of Mogadishu Wednesday killed 17 people and wounded 65, a Somali human rights group and rescue services said.
Egypt military court releases blogger in army case
Mar 07, 2010 08:02 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - A blogger, who had faced a military trial for an article critical of Egypt's armed forces, has been released without bail after apologizing and on condition he removes the posting, his lawyer said Sunday.
U.N. rights chief slams abuses in Sri Lanka, Iran
Mar 04, 2010 10:39 EST
GENEVA (Reuters) - Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka are damaging prospects for reconciliation after 25 years of civil war and a violent crackdown on dissent in Iran is deeply worrying, the top U.N. human rights official said on Thursday.
Dutch Catholics come forward with reports of abuse
Mar 04, 2010 05:55 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dozens of Catholics in the Netherlands have come forward in the past few days to report sexual abuses by priests, encouraged by media coverage of similar cases that have come to light in Ireland and Germany.
"Big Tobacco" still on the march, WHO warns
Feb 26, 2010 16:18 EST
GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments must do more to protect workers in bars, restaurants and the entertainment sector from harmful smoke, and curb tobacco advertising and sponsorship, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Russian START negotiators going home but to return
Feb 26, 2010 15:57 EST
GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian arms control officials are leaving Geneva at the weekend for Moscow but negotiations with the United States on a START successor treaty are expected to resume in coming weeks, an official told Reuters on Friday.
Losing Google would hit Chinese science hard
Feb 24, 2010 13:03 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - More than three-quarters of scientists in China use the search engine Google as a primary research tool and say their work would be significantly hampered if they were to lose it, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Britain sorry for shipping children to colonies
Feb 24, 2010 12:04 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on Wednesday for past British policies of shipping thousands of poor children abroad, mostly without their parents' knowledge, to former colonies where many suffered abuse.
Israel to push China to support Iran sanctions
Feb 24, 2010 07:49 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer flew to China on Wednesday to urge Beijing to back tough sanctions against Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons project.
Britain, Ireland to press Israel over passports
Feb 21, 2010 06:41 EST
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister will face sharp questions from his British and Irish counterparts in Brussels on Monday over Israel's alleged use of forged European passports by a team of assassins in Dubai.
China still leery on U.S. sanctions push for Iran
Jan 28, 2010 16:26 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - China called on Thursday for efforts to resume dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme, stalling U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton's efforts to win public commitment for a new round of U.N. sanctions.
