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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

