Italian Premier Mario Monti on Monday embraced the grieving father of a 16-year-old girl who was killed by a bomb blast outside her school in southern Italy.
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Monti embraces dad of girl slain by school bomb
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:47pm EDT
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Al-Qaeda linked suicide bomber kills 90 in Yemen
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:47pm EDT
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SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in army uniform killed more than 90 soldiers in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday and an al Qaeda affiliate threatened more strikes if a U.S.-backed campaign against militants in the front-line state did not stop. The attack, which also wounded more than 200 people, underscored the threat Yemen faces in its fight to dislodge Islamist militants entrenched in the south and threatening vital shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. U.S. ...
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Man armed with grenades arrested at Nigeria state radio
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:44pm EDT
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ABUJA (Reuters) - A man armed with grenades and several rounds of ammunition was stopped as he tried to enter a government building in the capital Abuja where two ministers were giving a news conference on Monday, a government security officer said. "We arrested him with black bags containing three hand grenades and 37 live munitions. We snatched the bag from him at the gate as he was entering the compound," Akindele James, security officer in charge of the building, told Reuters. "We handed him over to police. ... -
Exclusive: U.S. lets China bypass Wall Street for Treasury orders
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:35pm EDT
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury, in what is the Treasury's first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, according to documents viewed by Reuters. The relationship means the People's Bank of China buys U.S. debt using a different method than any other central bank in the world. The other central banks, including the Bank of Japan, which has a large appetite for Treasuries, place orders for U.S. debt with major Wall Street banks designated by the government as primary dealers. ...
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Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:23pm EDT
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A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal Monday in Yemen's capital, killing 96 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in years, officials said.
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UK's Cameron urges euro zone action
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:19pm EDT
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday not enough had been done to end the euro zone debt crisis but reassured savers worried by a downgrading of Spanish banks that British banks were well regulated and well capitalized. "While I would commend what has happened in the euro zone in terms of many of the steps they have taken to make their economies more competitive ... ...
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Italy police close in on school bombing suspect
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:15pm EDT
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MESAGNE, Italy (Reuters) - Police investigating the school bomb attack in the southern Italian city of Brindisi have closed in on a suspect they believe set off the device that killed a 16-year-old girl, sources close to the investigation said on Monday. Prosecutors believe they know the identity of a man shown in surveillance video footage apparently activating a remote control that set off a bomb rigged up from gas canisters as students were arriving for lessons on Saturday. ... -
Mali president beaten during palace occupation
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:13pm EDT
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's caretaker president Dioncounda Traore was beaten up and hospitalized after hundreds of protesters stormed his palace on Monday to demand his resignation, officials and several protesters said. A spokesman for the soldiers behind a March 22 coup said Traore's close-protection officers had killed three people in the attack, in which protesters entered parts of the palace compound unopposed and tore up pictures of Traore. Mali is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the coup and a subsequent rebellion in its desert north. ...
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UN nuclear chief seeks pact on wider Iran probes
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:12pm EDT
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The head of the U.N. nuclear agency pushed Monday for a breakthrough pact with Iran to resume inspections into suspected secret atomic weapons work and possibly set in motion further dealmaking when envoys from Tehran and world powers gather later this week in Baghdad.
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NATO sets 'irreversible transition' in Afghanistan
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:12pm EDT
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President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders solidified plans Monday for an "irreversible transition" in Afghanistan, affirming their commitment to ending the deeply unpopular war in 2014 and voicing confidence in the ability of Afghan forces to take the lead for securing their country even sooner.