Sunday 5th February 2012

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Updated: 23 min 43 sec ago

Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police

38 min ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian Interior Ministry on Sunday and were forced back with volleys of teargas.

Ex-Panama strongman Noriega hospitalized

1 hour 3 min ago

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital after suffering a possible stroke, the national police said on Sunday.

Anger after Russia, China block U.N. action on Syria

1 hour 23 min ago

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.

French elections heading for two-horse race: poll

1 hour 41 min ago

PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election looks set to become a straight fight between Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy after both widened the gap with other contenders over the past month, a poll showed Sunday.

Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early results

1 hour 57 min ago

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to early results in Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts.

Iran threatens to hit any country used to attack its soil

2 hours 51 min ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil, the deputy Revolutionary Guards commander said, expanding Tehran's range of threats in an increasingly volatile stand-off with world powers over its nuclear ambitions.

Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus

3 hours 2 min ago

(Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy.

Egypt's Mubarak may move to prison hospital

3 hours 9 min ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will prepare Cairo's Torah prison hospital so it can receive ousted President Hosni Mubarak from the military hospital where he is now detained, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, an announcement that could help calm protests.

Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia

3 hours 36 min ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's opponents vowed on Sunday to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of Russia after tens of thousands attended a march which kept up the momentum of their protest movement.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit

3 hours 37 min ago

KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

Nigeria ruling party wins vote in violence-hit north

5 hours 23 min ago

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic party (PDP) won a governorship election in the northern state of Adamawa, despite fierce criticism over the party's handling of an insurgency in the north.

Israel's Netanyahu to visit U.S. next month

5 hours 41 min ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the United States early next month to address the annual convention of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC in Washington, his office said on Sunday.

NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row

6 hours 19 min ago

CAIRO (Reuters) - The cases of 40 U.S. citizens, other foreigners and Egyptians embroiled in a dispute over the activities and funding of pro-democracy groups have been referred to court, judicial sources said on Saturday, deepening a row with the United States.

Fighting over captured Yemeni city kills five

8 hours 5 min ago

ADEN (Reuters) - Four Islamists linked to al Qaeda and a government soldier have been killed in clashes in southern Yemen, security sources said on Sunday, hours after the breakdown of a short-lived ceasefire designed to pacify the area ahead of a presidential election.

Car bomb kills nine in Afghan city Kandahar

9 hours 39 min ago

KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least nine people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the presidential palace said in a statement.

Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit

10 hours 12 min ago

KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday and brought widespread disruption to transport services, with warnings that the chilling temperatures would remain into next week.

Militants claim attack on Nigeria Eni oil pipeline

10 hours 45 min ago

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian militant group based in the oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it had attacked an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni where witnesses said there was a fire late on Saturday.

Morocco king pardons jailed Islamist leaders

11 hours 10 min ago

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed issued pardons to several leading Islamists who rights groups say were unfairly jailed, signaling a less hardline approach after moderate Islamists came to power in an election last year.

Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform

11 hours 34 min ago

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini opposition parties, launching a week-long 'sit-in' for political reforms at a mass rally, swore on Sunday to take their campaign to the centre of last year's democracy protest in the capital Manama.

Iran raid likely to drag in U.S. and hurt global economy

12 hours 10 min ago

MUNICH (Reuters) - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a regional war whether it backed its ally's attack or not.