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UK court backs Assange extradition to Sweden

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, leaving the Australian with few legal options after an 18-month legal battle.

UN agency plans major warning on Flame virus risk

BOSTON, (Reuters) – A United Nations agency charged with helping member nations secure their national infrastructures plans to issue a sharp warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus that was recently discovered in Iran and other parts of the Middle East.

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Assad faces new international pressure after massacre

AMMAN (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which UN observers had implicated his army.

Congo probes alleged Rwandan support for rebels

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating allegations that neighbouring Rwanda is recruiting and training fighters in support of a new armed movement in its troubled eastern borderlands, a government spokesman said yesterday.

Egyptians torch Shafiq HQ as vote triggers violence

CAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister made it into the run-off for Egypt’s presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters yesterday, witnesses said, underscoring the divisive outcome of the country’s historic vote.

U.N. Security Council condemns Syria over massacre

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council yesterday unanimously condemned the killing of at least 108 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of Houla, a sign of mounting outrage at the massacre that the government and rebels blamed on each other.

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