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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan are playing a dangerous economic version of Russian roulette that threatens the success of both countries, the top US official for the region said on the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of hardline religious groups gathered in the Pakistani capital yesterday to protest their government’s decision to re-open supply lines for US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril took an early lead in Libya’s national assembly election, according to partial tallies released yesterday that pointed to a weaker than expected showing for Islamist parties.

KRYMSK, Russia (Reuters) – The Russian government accused local authorities yesterday of mishandling floods that killed 171 people near the Black Sea, hoping to deflect public anger over the high death toll and devastation from President Vladimir Putin.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers signaled yesterday a worsening deadlock in Congress over how to tackle critical fiscal deadlines looming at year’s end, including deciding whether to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

JOS, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – A Nigerian senator and several others were killed yesterday when gunmen attacked a mass burial for 63 victims of violence the previous day in volatile, ethnically mixed Plateau state, a government official said.

KABUL, (Reuters) – At least 35 people, including seven NATO soldiers, were killed in a string of roadside bombs and clashes yesterday, one of the most violent days in the country for months.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Kofi Annan is due to hold talks today with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said U.S.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Police moved into a Caracas slum yesterday to separate rival supporters of President Hugo Chavez and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles during the latest flare-up of Venezuela’s volatile election campaign.

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libyans defied violence and boycott calls to rush to the polls in their first free national election in 60 years yesterday, parting with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship.

PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of people including sex workers protested in Paris yesterday against plans to make soliciting prostitution illegal, criticising a minister’s drive to eradicate the practice of paying for sex as counter-productive.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through the Mexican capital yesterday against President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing him of buying votes and paying off TV networks for support.

(Reuters) – Another day of scorching temperatures blanketed the United States from Iowa to the East Coast  yesterday, but forecasters said some of the areas hit hardest by the prolonged heat wave would soon get relief.

LONDON/FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – A global investigation into manipulation of interbank lending rates widened yesterday with Britain’s fraud squad taking up the case and sources telling Reuters that Germany’s markets regulator had launched a probe into Deutsche Bank.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon recommended to the U.N.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Adolf Hitler personally intervened to protect a Jewish man who had been his commanding officer during World War One, according to a letter unearthed by the Jewish Voice from a German newspaper.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters Life!) – Tourism officials on Belgium’s coast are so upset about a long-term forecast for a rainy summer that they are considering legal steps against the weather service.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A battle over a $1 billion stake in RUSAL, the world’s top aluminium producer, comes to London next week, as two billionaire magnates go head-to-head in one of the largest ever commercial disputes to be fought in a British court.

POLAND, Ohio,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday “we can’t be satisfied” with the pace of U.S.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Economists see a decent chance that Mexico’s next president will be able to push through tax reform during his first year but are skeptical about a quick overhaul of the state-run oil industry.