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    World outrage at Syria "massacre", but no action

    AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States has branded Syria's leaders murderers after an attack on a village by President Bashar al-Assad's troops left dozens dead, but there was no break in the deadlock among world powers over how to bring about an end to the bloodshed. … More »World outrage at Syria "massacre", but no action

    Civil service workers raise arms during protest against government austerity measures outside the Education Ministry in Madrid

    Spanish workers block roads, rail in cuts protest

    MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish workers blocked streets and railways in Madrid on Friday in protests against new austerity measures they said hurt ordinary people more than the bankers and politicians they … More »Spanish workers block roads, rail in cuts protest

    Uzbek man gets nearly 16 years in prison for plot to kill Obama

    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced an Uzbek … More »Uzbek man gets nearly 16 years in prison for plot to kill Obama

    • Unidentified relatives of the victims of the Costa Concordia tragedy cry at the end of a mass to mark six months since the disaster which left 32 people dead, on Giglio Island
      Costa Concordia victims remembered, six months on Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Residents of this Tuscan island and relatives of victims of the Costa Concordia disaster prayed and ships' horns sounded on Friday to mark the … More »Costa Concordia victims remembered, six months on

      Unidentified relatives of the victims of the Costa Concordia tragedy cry at the end of a mass to mark six months since the disaster which left 32 people dead, on Giglio Island

      GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Residents of this Tuscan island and relatives of victims of the Costa Concordia disaster prayed and ships' horns sounded on Friday to mark the six months since the cruise liner ran aground, killing 32 people. Church bells pealed in the port section of the island at 9:42 p.m. (1942 GMT), the time …

    • Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during an election rally in Barcelona
      Chavez says Venezuela is no threat to anyone Reuters - 4 hrs ago

      CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Friday that Venezuela was a threat to anyone, after U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama … More »Chavez says Venezuela is no threat to anyone

      Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during an election rally in Barcelona

      CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Friday that Venezuela was a threat to anyone, after U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama for playing down the risk posed by the socialist leader. Obama told a Spanish-language television station in an interview screened this week that Chavez's …

    • CEO of News Corp Murdoch attends Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley
      Despite Turmoil, Murdoch family looks relaxed at Sun Valley Reuters - 2 hrs 36 mins ago

      Sun Valley, Idaho (Reuters) - "Good morning, good morning," was all Rupert Murdoch had to say to reporters on his way into the Friday morning sessions at Allen & Co's … More »Despite Turmoil, Murdoch family looks relaxed at Sun Valley

      CEO of News Corp Murdoch attends Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley

      Sun Valley, Idaho (Reuters) - "Good morning, good morning," was all Rupert Murdoch had to say to reporters on his way into the Friday morning sessions at Allen & Co's annual media and technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. The News Corp Chairman can be forgiven for his press shyness. After all, this is the second straight …

    • Georgia death row inmate seeks reprieve due to mental disability Reuters - 2 hrs 3 mins ago

      ATLANTA (Reuters) - Attorneys for a Georgia man facing execution next week argued to the state's pardons board on Friday that executing the two-time murderer would be … More »Georgia death row inmate seeks reprieve due to mental disability

      ATLANTA (Reuters) - Attorneys for a Georgia man facing execution next week argued to the state's pardons board on Friday that executing the two-time murderer would be unjust because of his limited mental capacity. Warren Lee Hill, 52, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on July 18. In a series of unsuccessful appeals, …

    • Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto meets with the foreign press in Mexico City
      Analysis: Mexican political minnows hold big cards in new Congress Reuters - 7 hrs ago

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Throughout Mexico's election campaign, the party that held the country in an iron grip for most of the 20th century was tipped to recapture the … More »Analysis: Mexican political minnows hold big cards in new Congress

      Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto meets with the foreign press in Mexico City

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Throughout Mexico's election campaign, the party that held the country in an iron grip for most of the 20th century was tipped to recapture the presidency by storm and take control of Congress. In the end, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, fell short of a legislative majority and it …

    • Venezuela's Chavez back on street, claims "miracle" recovery Reuters - 9 hrs ago
      Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets supporters during an election rally in Barcelona

      BARCELONA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Hailing his rebound from cancer as a "miracle" and firing up his supporters with spiritual rhetoric, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has hit the road to campaign for re-election in October. The socialist leader began a series of campaign rallies under a rainstorm in the eastern city of …

    • Tunisian revolution hero's mother arrested: brother Reuters - 2 hrs 16 mins ago
      Mannoubiya, mother of Mohamed Bouazizi cries at her home in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid

      TUNIS (Reuters) - The mother of the Tunisian peddler whose suicide sparked the Arab Spring has been arrested after getting into a scuffle with a court official, a family member said on Friday. Salem Bouazizi, brother of Mohammed Bouazizi whose death made him a symbol for the frustrations of many, said their mother had been …

    • UN blames regime forces for Syria massacre AP - 3 hrs ago
      This citizen journalism image made from video provided by Shaam News Network SNN, purports to show a man mourning a victim killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northwest of the central city of Hama, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The accounts, some of which claim more than 200 people were killed in the violence Thursday, could not be independently confirmed, but would mark the latest in a string of brutal offensives by Syrian forces attempting to crush the rebellion. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE

      The U.N. singled out government forces Friday for blame in the latest massacre in Syria, a frenzy of killing that raises new questions about whether diplomacy has any chance to end the crisis more than 16 months into the bloodiest revolt of the Arab Spring.

    • Clinton talks with reformist Myanmar president AP - 6 hrs ago
      U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, greets U.S. Embassy staff at the Le Royal hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Friday, July 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

      Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Myanmar open to American investment Friday, introducing the reformist president to leaders of some of the U.S.'s biggest corporations and still prodding him to do more to expand democracy in his long-reclusive country.

    • Survivors: Avalanche hit with no warning, no sound AP - 6 hrs ago
      Clouds billow over the French Alps where an avalanche in the mountains Thursday swept nine climbers to their deaths, near Chamonix, France, Friday, July 13, 2012. Three Britons, three Germans, two Spaniards and a Swiss climber were killed, and 14 people were injured in Thursday's accident below the summit of Western Europe's highest peak. A memorial ceremony is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in the Alpine town of Chamonix. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca)

      Climbers who survived the massive avalanche in the French Alps that killed nine of their colleagues said Friday they were tossed around by a wave of snow that hit without a sound.

    • Jordan's Islamists say they will boycott elections AP - 9 hrs ago
      FILE- Jordanian law makers, no names available, recite verses from the Quran during a session for the Jordanian Parliament, in this Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 file photo. Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood said Friday, July 13, 2012 that it will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections in protest over recent changes in the kingdom’s election legislation, saying they fall short of the opposition group’s demands. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh, File)

      Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood said Friday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections in protest over recent changes to the kingdom's election laws, which it says fall short of opposition demands.

    • French president's 'Mr. Normal' image hit by tweet AP - 4 hrs ago
      French President Francois Hollande, center, delivers his speech as he visits the Secours Catholique charity organisation center in Colombes, West of Paris, Friday July 13, 2012.(AP Photo/Pool/Remy de la Mauviniere)

      A feud involving the French president's live-in girlfriend, his former partner and his eldest son may have tarnished the new leader's carefully cultivated image as "Mr. Normal" — credited with helping him win the spring election among a populace weary of his flashy predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy.

    • Private jet crash kills 3 Americans in France AP - 5 hrs ago
      Police Officers walk near the plane that crashed on landing at Le Castellet airport, near Toulon, southern France, Friday, July 13, 2012. Three US citizen died in the accident. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

      A French official says a private plane has caught fire and crashed on landing at Le Castellet airport in southern France, killing the three Americans on board.

    • Ratko Mladic's trial halted because of his health AP - 9 hrs ago
      This video image made available by The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, shows former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in the court room in The Hague, Netherlands Monday July 9, 2012. Mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He denies wrongdoing. (AP Photo/ICTY VIDEO)

      Ratko Mladic's genocide trial was halted Friday for a second day running because the former Bosnian Serb military commander was undergoing medical tests and under observation after being rushed to a hospital a day earlier.

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