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- Protesters fell Lenin statue, tell Ukraine's president 'you're next'
Monday - 12/09/2013 - 02:07 AMKIEV (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine's capital and attacked it with hammers on Sunday in a symbolic challenge to President Viktor Yanukovich and his plans for closer ties with Russia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea says Kim's uncle dismissed for 'criminal acts'
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 08:06 PMSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea announced on Monday the dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, the once powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, for what it described as a string of criminal acts including mismanaging the economy, corruption, womanising and drug-taking.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Relative calm returns to Central African Republic after French troops deploy
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 01:21 PMBANGUI (Reuters) - Relative calm returned to the Central African Republic on Sunday after three days of heavy fighting between Christians and Muslims, with France saying many thousands rather than hundreds would have died had its troops not intervened.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuela local vote tests President Maduro's strength
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 10:57 AMCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted in municipal elections on Sunday that are the biggest political test yet for President Nicolas Maduro as he tries to halt an economic slide and preserve the socialist legacy of his late mentor, Hugo Chavez.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After vote, lawsuits likely next hurdle for Volcker rule
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 08:14 AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - India's Congress party punished in state polls, early results show
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 05:50 AMNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Congress party was headed for a bruising defeat in key state elections, including in the capital, early results showed on Sunday, underlining the struggle it will face to cling to power in a national election due by May.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Banks trim risk but fail to raise provisions ahead of EU review
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 04:37 AMLONDON (Reuters) - Most of Europe's big banks shed risky assets in the quarter to September, but they have yet to take extra provisions against doubtful loans to show they have put the financial crisis behind them in time for a critical review by regulators.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuelans vote in local polls that test Chavez legacy
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 12:10 AMCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans vote in municipal elections on Sunday that are the biggest political test yet for President Nicolas Maduro as he tries to halt an economic slide and preserve the radical socialist legacy of his late mentor Hugo Chavez.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: Mexico's draft energy reform spans profit-sharing to licenses
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 07:28 PMMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers unveiled a draft energy bill on Saturday that includes contracts ranging from profit-sharing and risk-sharing to licenses to lure private investment, in what would be the biggest opening in the world's No.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iran presses ahead with uranium enrichment technology
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 02:41 PMDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is moving ahead with testing more efficient uranium enrichment technology, a spokesman for its atomic energy agency said on Saturday, in news that may concern world powers who last month agreed a deal to curb Tehran's atomic activities.
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- Thai protesters march in Bangkok as political crisis reignites
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 09:05 PMBANGKOK (Reuters) - Protesters seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and install unelected leaders in a so-called "people's coup" will march across Bangkok on Monday, reigniting a political crisis in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venezuela local vote tests President Maduro's strength
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 07:48 PMCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans voted in municipal elections on Sunday that were the biggest political test yet for President Nicolas Maduro as he tries to halt an economic slide and preserve the socialist legacy of his late mentor, Hugo Chavez.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.N. inspectors visit Iranian site linked to nuclear program
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 01:08 PMDUBAI (Reuters) - U.N.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bomb attacks across Iraq kill 30, wound nearly 100
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 08:22 AMBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs killed at least 30 people across Iraq on Sunday and wounded nearly a hundred, with attackers mainly targeting busy commercial streets in the capital, police sources said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Korea expands air defense zone to partially overlap China's
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 05:44 AMSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it has extended its air defense zone to partially overlap with a similar zone declared by China two weeks ago that has sharply raised regional tensions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pro-Europe protesters gather for rally in Kiev
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 05:07 AMKIEV (Reuters) - Pro-Europe protesters flocked to Kiev's Independence Square on Sunday for a rally that organizers were hoping would swell to 1 million people, piling pressure on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to turn back from seeking closer ties to Russia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thai PM proposes referendum on her future as protesters prepare big push
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 02:11 AMBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra proposed a referendum on her future on Sunday and promised to resign if that was what the people wanted, as anti-government protesters prepared for a final push to force her from power.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sports-mad South Africa salutes Mandela 'The Captain'
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 08:13 PMJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sports-mad South Africa saluted Nelson Mandela on Saturday with smiles and moments of silence in honour of the late anti-apartheid leader, who inspired people to pursue the impossible from politics to the playing field.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama defends interim Iran deal, seeks to assure Israel
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 03:44 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday defended an interim deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program and, seeking to reassure Israel, pledged to step up sanctions or prepare for a potential military strike if Tehran fails to abide by the pact.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Exclusive: Mexico energy reform draft spans profit-sharing to licenses
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 01:31 PMMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Mexico's ruling centrist party and opposition conservatives have reached agreement in principle on a draft energy bill that includes contracts ranging from profit-sharing and risk-sharing to licenses, a top lawmaker told Reuters on Saturday.
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- South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers
Monday - 12/09/2013 - 12:53 AMJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colors and creeds remembered Nelson Mandela in a day of prayers on Sunday, holding him up as a symbol of freedom, forgiveness and hope for the nation and the world.<
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea says uncle of leader Kim Jong Un dismissed
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 04:42 PMSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed on Monday the dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un who was previously considered the second most powerful man in the secretive state, for committing "criminal acts".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats wouldn't reject U.S. budget deal over jobless aid: senator
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 01:30 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democrat said on Sunday he hoped an emerging deal on the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cash-strapped Iranian students in U.S. hope nuclear deal will ease tuition woes
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 08:08 AM(Reuters) - When Mohammad Hamedi Rad arrived in the United States last year, he carried his Iranian passport, a hard-won student visa and a backpack containing $14,000 in hundred dollar bills, because there was no simpler way of getting money into the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Insight: Family, politicians battle over "Brand Mandela"
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 05:42 AMJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - From political posters to bottles of wine and kitchen aprons, the face and name of Nelson Mandela are a potent commercial and political brand in South Africa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.N. decries 'low, uneven' use of law protecting Afghan women
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 05:00 AMKABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan is failing to use a law designed to protect women from violence in a country regularly voted one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman, the United Nations said on Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Al Qaeda thrives in Yemen amid weak security, stalled dialogue
Sunday - 12/08/2013 - 02:03 AMMANAMA (Reuters) - Brazen al Qaeda attacks on top government targets in Yemen are unlikely to abate while security services remain divided, ill-equipped and infiltrated by militants, and efforts to repair the country's fractured political life remain stalled.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Greek parliament approves 2014 budget plan
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 07:38 PMATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament approved a budget plan on Saturday filled with over 3 billion euros of austerity cuts that sees the debt-laden country emerging from a six-year recession next year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ukraine opposition seeks million-strong rally in Kiev
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 05:07 PMKIEV (Reuters) - Organisers hope one million protesters will turn out in Kiev on Sunday to pile more pressure on Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich as he seeks closer ties with Russia after dumping a trade pact with the European Union.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BP investors lose bid for class status in Gulf spill case
Saturday - 12/07/2013 - 01:50 PM(Reuters) - A U.S.
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