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TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran anti-drug agents on Saturday broke up an alleged gang of synthetic drug producers and seized $100 million in assets, a government spokesman said.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, state media said on Sunday, a symbolically significant development as Asian neighbours fret about the world’s most populous country’s military ambitions.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Bajan singer Rihanna equalled Madonna’s chart record of three consecutive number one albums this week, while X Factor talent show star Olly Murs scored his fourth number one single, the Official Charts Company said yesterday.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him yesterday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country’s deep divisions.

GOMA/KAMPALA (Reuters) – African leaders called on eastern rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday to abandon their aim of toppling the government and leave the city of Goma they captured this week.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal yesterday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country’s deputy attorney general.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict made six non-European prelates Roman Catholic cardinals yesterday, chipping away at the old continent’s domination of the elite group that will one day elect his successor.

MADRID (Reuters) – Basque separatist group ETA said yesterday it wanted talks with the Spanish and French governments to negotiate a definitive end to military operations and a handover of its arms.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s decision to assume sweeping powers caused fury amongst his opponents and prompted violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss this week became the latest Republican lawmaker to loosen his ties to Grover Norquist, the anti-tax lobbyist famous for getting elected officials to sign a “taxpayer protection pledge.”

KRAKOW, Poland,  (Reuters) – The Polish man arrested for plotting to blow up parliament was not difficult for intelligence agents to spot.

SAKE/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, (Reuters) – R ebels advanced in eastern Congo on Friday, seeking to strengthen their grip before a regional summit intended to damp down the insurgency in an area long plagued by ethnic and political conflict.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – For a few minutes yesterday afternoon, it looked as if the European Union might just get a deal on nearly 1 trillion euros of spending for its next long-term budget.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shi’ite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shi’ites triggered by mobile phones.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican federal police have captured suspected murderer, rapist and drug gang member Joe Luis Saenz, one of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI’s list, the government said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A new virus from the same family as SARS which sparked a global alert in September has now killed two people in Saudi Arabia, and total cases there and in Qatar have reached six, the World Health Organisation said.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – An ice-cream parlour owner dubbed the “ice lady” for the calculated way in which she killed her ex-husband and lover was sentenced to life in a secure mental institution on Thursday.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – The next archbishop of Canterbury is confident he will consecrate a female bishop, he said yesterday, two days after the Church of England voted against allowing women to become bishops.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – About 49 million people were hungry in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2010 and 2012, indicating a slower pace of hunger reduction due to weaker economic growth and high levels of inequality, a United Nations agency said yesterday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi triggered controversy yesterday by issuing a decree likely to lead to retrials of Hosni Mubarak and his aides but which was compared to the ousted leader’s autocratic ways.