HARARE, (Reuters) – A draft constitution in Zimbabwe that paves the way for an election this year curbs presidential powers and strengthens cabinet and parliament, which have been weakened under veteran President Robert Mugabe’s rule.
DOUENTZA/GAO, Mali – French-backed Malian troops searched house-to-house in Gao and Timbuktu on Tuesday uncovering arms and explosives abandoned by Islamist fighters, and France said it would look to hand over longer-term security operations in Mali to an African force.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called on Congress today to make good on plans to overhaul the U.S.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – At least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today, activists said.
HARARE, (Reuters) – A draft constitution in Zimbabwe that paves the way for an election this year curbs presidential powers and strengthens cabinet and parliament, which have been weakened under veteran President Robert Mugabe’s rule.
CAIRO, Egypt, (Reuters) – Egypt’s army chief said political strife was pushing the state to the brink of collapse – a stark warning from the institution that ran the country until last year, as Cairo’s first elected leader struggles to contain bloody street violence.
CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt, (Reuters) – Egyptian protesters defied a nighttime curfew in restive towns along the Suez Canal, attacking police stations and ignoring emergency rule imposed by Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to end days of clashes that have killed at least 52 people.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators who have agreed on an immigration reform plan said yesterday they hope to move quickly with legislation giving 11 million illegal immigrants a chance to eventually become American citizens.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king on April 30.
GAO, Mali, (Reuters) – French and Malian troops retook control of Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, yesterday after Islamist rebel occupiers fled the ancient Sahara trading town and torched several buildings, including a library holding priceless manuscripts.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday warned Antigua and Barbuda not to retaliate against U.S.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, announced she was abdicating in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king on April 30.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed on an immigration reform plan that would provide a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States but only after borders are better secured.
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Islamist fighters fleeing Mali’s ancient Saharan city of Timbuktu as French and Malian troops closed in set fire to a South African-funded library there containing thousands of priceless manuscripts, the city’s mayor said today.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Five years ago during the closing speeches of a summit in Chile, Spain’s king told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” in an exchange that epitomized the fruitless meetings between Europe and Latin America at the time.
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – At least eight people were injured, mostly by gunfire, during a dispute between rival factions competing for control of the Dominican Republic’s leading opposition party, officials said yesterday.
URIBANA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A prison riot in southwestern Venezuela killed 61 people, a hospital official said today, although the government has refused to give an official death toll in the bloody standoff that highlighted chaos in the country’s jails.
(Reuters) – Any sign that Syria’s grip on its chemical weapons is slipping as it battles an armed uprising could trigger Israeli military strikes, Israel’s vice premier said today.
BAMAKO/SEVARE, Mali, (Reuters) – French and Malian troops advancing against Islamist rebels in northern Mali have reached Timbuktu, the fabled Saharan trading town occupied last year by al Qaeda-allied fighters, a Malian military source said today.
PORT SAID, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed yesterday when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
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