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Syria rebels seize security compound near Golan
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Sunday seized a Syrian military intelligence compound in the southern Hauran Plain near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, stepping up attacks...
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian villagers on Sunday beat to death two men accused of violent crime and hung their bodies from a lamppost, in one of the country's most gruesome examples of vigilante justice....
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PREVIEW-UK's Osborne to stick with austerity, pray for growth
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Chancellor is set to stick to his guns on austerity in this week's budget, despite increasing calls for a change of course, as he bets that growth will get back...
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Palestinian hunger striker exiled to Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner was exiled by Israel to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said. The deal involving Ayman...
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Mexico's Slim welcomes planned telecoms reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, whose wealth has taken a knock since the government on Monday unveiled a reform bill to overhaul the industry he dominates, said on Sunday...
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New Israel housing minister pledges more settlement building
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's new housing minister said on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming cabinet would keep expanding Jewish settlements to the same extent as his previous...
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Government to pledge investment to aerospace industry
(Reuters) - The UK government is set to pledge ahead of Wednesday's budget, a significant investment into the country's aerospace industry as part of a long-term strategy to spur growth and keep the...
View ArticleU.S. House Democrat wants lethal aid for Syria rebels
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senior Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is pushing President Barack Obama's administration to train and arm some...
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Airbus wins landmark Lion Air order - sources
By Ingrid Melander and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's Airbus has landed a record order potentially worth $20 billion (13.2 billion pounds) at list prices from Indonesia's Lion Air, sources...
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Kenyatta lawyers push international court to drop case
By Sara Webb and Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Lawyers for Kenya's president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, will push the International Criminal Court on Monday to drop charges against him after the...
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Fuel efficiency law to get EU on road to growth - study
By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Proposed European legislation on auto fuel efficiency, to be debated this week, could create around 400,000 jobs and save the bloc tens of billions of euros in...
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Mayor of Peru's capital appears to survive recall vote - exit polls
LIMA (Reuters) - The mayor of Peru's capital appeared to survive a recall vote on Sunday, three exit polls showed, narrowly defeating traditional power brokers who tried to oust her from power in Lima...
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Australia eases some military sanctions on reforming Myanmar
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will ease restrictions on military engagement with Myanmar following democratic reforms since the country's ruling generals relinquished their half-century grip on power...
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S&P warns of socially explosive situation in euro zone
BERLIN (Reuters) - Standard and Poor's sees a high risk that Spain, Italy, Portugal and France will not be able to carry through necessary reforms as the unemployed become less willing to put up with...
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Japan PM Abe's Pacific trade pact gambit pays off, for now
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first politically risky step of declaring the country's intent to join talks on a U.S.-led Pacific Rim free...
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Nations gather for final U.N. arms trade treaty negotiations
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Negotiators from around 150 countries gather in New York on Monday for a final push to hammer out a binding international treaty to end unregulated...
View ArticleCyprus levy not to affect Russian capital flow - Agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The proposed Cyprus levy on banking deposits should not alter Russia's domestic capital flow, the news agency Prime quoted Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Klepach as saying on Monday....
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Analysis - Europe's social shock-absorbers show crisis strain
By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Grigoris Lemonis, a 73-year-old Athens pensioner, uses his 580 euro ($760) monthly state pension to support his wife and the family of his son, an unemployed cook with...
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Singapore-based banks under pressure to hire more locals
By Kevin Lim SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Banks and other firms in Singapore are under pressure to hire more locals and give them opportunities to advance as the government of the wealthy Asian financial...
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Italian president urges unity as poll pressure grows
By James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appealed to political leaders on Sunday to work together to form a government, but his appeal fell on deaf ears and pressure...
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