Reuters: World News

Syrian forces shell Homs; truce in mountain town

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:14:35 -0500

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs on Saturday in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations.

Greece warns bailout rebels of disaster

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:07:46 -0500

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular EU/IMF rescue in a vote on Sunday or condemn the country to a "vortex" of recession.

Libya wants Gaddafi son extradited, Niger balks

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:41:11 -0500

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya urged Niger on Saturday to extradite Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, saying his call for Libyans to prepare for a "coming uprising" threatened bilateral ties.

Pressure builds for probe into Maldives' crisis

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:18:11 -0500

MALE (Reuters) - New Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik said on Saturday he was open to an inquiry into how he took office after his predecessor said he had been forced out in a coup.

British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:46:08 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - British police threw Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corporation into fresh turmoil on Saturday by arresting five senior staff at the top-selling daily The Sun in a probe into journalists paying police for tip-offs.

Top U.S. general discusses NGO case in Cairo

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:05:15 -0500

CAIRO (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer met Egypt's ruling generals in Cairo Saturday and discussed the case of U.S. pro-democracy activists charged in an investigation that has strained ties between Cairo and Washington.

Bahraini police fire teargas at protesters

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:37:11 -0500

Manama (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired teargas and stun grenades to stop mainly Shi'ite protesters trying to march towards the roundabout at the centre of a failed pro-democracy uprising last year and detained two American rights activists who came to monitor.

Tunisian secular parties merge to face Islamists

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:05:46 -0500

TUNIS (Reuters) - Five secular Tunisian parties merged on Saturday in an attempt to create a rival to Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party that swept to power in the first free elections last year.

Brazil's Lula treated for fatigue from chemotherapy

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:24:44 -0500

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's popular former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was hospitalized on Saturday for exhaustion resulting from chemotherapy, complicating his swift recovery from throat cancer and casting doubts on when he might return to political life.

Seven killed in avalanche in Kosovo village

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:02:30 -0500

PRISTINA (Reuters) - At least seven people died and three others were missing after an avalanche hit the village of Restelica in southern Kosovo on Saturday, local authorities said.