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Exclusive: EU investigating Poland over road-building pile-up

Exclusive: EU investigating Poland over road-building pile-up

By Adrian Krajewski and Christian Lowe WARSAW | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:56am EST WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Commission is… Read more »

Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan; eight dead in 48 hours

Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan; eight dead in 48 hours

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:56am EST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Three workers in a polio eradication campaign were shot in Pakistan on Wednesday, and… Read more »

Park set to win South Korean presidential election

Park set to win South Korean presidential election

By Jane Chung and Jack Kim SEOUL | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:52am EST SEOUL (Reuters) – The daughter of a former military ruler took a commanding lead in South… Read more »

2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

PARIS | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:44am EST PARIS (Reuters) – More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in… Read more »

U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to address Syria crisis

U.N. seeks $1.5 billion to address Syria crisis

GENEVA | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:38am EST GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $1.5 billion to provide life-saving aid to Syrians suffering from a “dramatically… Read more »

Iraqi president stroke fuels succession talk

Iraqi president stroke fuels succession talk

By Patrick Markey BAGHDAD | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:34am EST BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was responding to treatment on Wednesday after suffering a stroke that raised… Read more »

Key issues may persist in Iran-U.N. nuclear talks: diplomats

Key issues may persist in Iran-U.N. nuclear talks: diplomats

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:17am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear watchdog and Iran may have made headway in talks on Tehran’s disputed… Read more »

Syria’s Palestinians sleep rough in wintry Damascus

Syria’s Palestinians sleep rough in wintry Damascus

By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT | Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:32am EST BEIRUT (Reuters) – The amber light of the street lamp illuminates the boy, wrapped in a thin blanket, his… Read more »

Britain to cut Afghanistan troop numbers in 2013

Britain to cut Afghanistan troop numbers in 2013

LONDON | Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:38am EST LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will withdraw nearly half of its 9,000 soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of next year as Afghan… Read more »

Egyptian Islamists plan mass protest ahead of constitution vote

Egyptian Islamists plan mass protest ahead of constitution vote

By Giles Elgood CAIRO | Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:52am EST CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Islamist groups are planning a mass protest in Alexandria on Friday, a move that will… Read more »

Egypt opposition protests against constitution

Egypt opposition protests against constitution

By Yasmine Saleh and Shaimaa Fayed CAIRO | Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:12pm EST CAIRO (Reuters) – Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi staged protests in Cairo on Tuesday against… Read more »

Chad sends troops to back CAR army against rebels

Chad sends troops to back CAR army against rebels

By Paul-Marin Ngoupana and Madjiasra Naka Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:50pm EST BANGUI/N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad sent troops into neighboring Central African Republic on Tuesday to help the government there… Read more »

Embattled Cayman Islands premier ousted in no-confidence vote

Embattled Cayman Islands premier ousted in no-confidence vote

By Shurna Robbins GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands | Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:44pm EST GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the Cayman Islands passed a vote of no… Read more »

U.N. says 126 rapes committed in Congo town after army arrived

U.N. says 126 rapes committed in Congo town after army arrived

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS | Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:18pm EST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that 126 rapes were… Read more »

France confident it can bridge gap with U.S. on Mali

France confident it can bridge gap with U.S. on Mali

By John Irish and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS | Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:55pm EST PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it would address U.S. concerns about a… Read more »

Former Iranian diplomat wanted by U.S. arrives in Tehran

Former Iranian diplomat wanted by U.S. arrives in Tehran

DUBAI | Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:46pm EST DUBAI (Reuters) – A former Iranian diplomat arrested in London for trying to export night-vision weapons’ sights to Iran arrived back in… Read more »

Kurdish troops fire on Iraqi army helicopter in dispute

Kurdish troops fire on Iraqi army helicopter in dispute

BAGHDAD | Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:13pm EST BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Troops from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan opened fire on an Iraqi army helicopter on Tuesday, underscoring tensions between Baghdad’s Arab-led… Read more »

Berlusconi says Italy may be forced to leave the euro zone

Berlusconi says Italy may be forced to leave the euro zone

ROME | Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:37pm EST ROME (Reuters) – Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday Italy would be forced to leave the euro zone unless the… Read more »

Israel presses on with plan for 6,000 new settler homes

Israel presses on with plan for 6,000 new settler homes

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM | Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:59pm EST JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials said they would press on with plans this week to build 6,000 homes for… Read more »

"Chavez is life!" – adulation in overdrive on Venezuelan media

"Chavez is life!" – adulation in overdrive on Venezuelan media

By Daniel Wallis CARACAS | Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:53pm EST CARACAS (Reuters) – Gathered in the yard of a small home in the Venezuelan countryside, a young man with… Read more »