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Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension over Taliban - BBC News tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778183092204 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:38:32 GMT Al Qaeda-allied suicide team blasts UN compound in Mogadishu - Christian Science Monitor tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184293722 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:03:42 GMT Contest of Masks: Can the path of protest lead Turkey anywhere? - RT tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184132382 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:44:39 GMT Duchess of Cambridge's natural birth 'safest for the baby' - Telegraph.co.uk tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184108233 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43:43 GMT Syria conflict boosts worldwide refugee numbers - Telegraph.co.uk tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778183474695 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:51 GMT Iran's electoral watchdog approves presidential election result, moderate ... - Fox News tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184246495 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:18:24 GMT Dolce & Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax evasion - MarketWatch tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dolce-gabbana-sentenced-to-jail-for-tax-evasion-2013-06-19?link=MW_latest_news World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:51:42 GMT Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims - Houston Chronicle tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184477570 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:06 GMT What Brazil's Protests Say About Latin America's Fumbling Elites - TIME tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778183934665 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:06:30 GMT Gyula Horn former Hungarian Prime Minister dies at 81 - euronews tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=52778184512695 World Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:59 GMT |
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Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension. The US Secretary of State calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, an Afghan official says. Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts. Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles. Deadly attack on Somalia UN office. At least 15 people, including four foreigners, are killed in an assault by militant Islamists on a UN office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a minister says. Brazil sends force to quell unrest. Brazil is to send a national security force to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests, the justice ministry says. FBI 'uses surveillance drones in US'. The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells a US Senate panel. Mexico arrests top 10 US fugitive. A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico. Protests flare over Egypt governor. Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor. US force-feeding 'hurts detainees'. A hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee tells of the 'ordeal' of force-feeding, as doctors call for inmates to get independent medical care. N Korea condemns Hitler report. North Korea denounces a report that leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday. Toxic substance in Fukushima water. High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. Nigeria motorbike raiders 'kill 48'. Gunmen on motorbikes kill 48 people in an attack on a remote village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, an official says. Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'. The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor. Cyprus leader attacks bailout terms. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urges eurozone leaders to help his country's biggest bank and sharply criticises the bailout agreed in March. Army leads north India flood rescue. Military helicopters and the army are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 138 people are now known to have died. Applause is a 'social contagion'. The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests. Saturn probe to acquire Earth image. The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth. One in nine US bridges 'deficient'. One in nine bridges in the US - more than 66,000 in total - are structurally deficient, a number likely to grow amid US budget woes, a report finds. Poverty hits native Canada children. Four in 10 indigenous Canadian children live in poverty, more than twice the national rate, finds a study that urges an increase in social services. New clashes in Brazil before match. Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, ahead of a football match against Mexico. Chile to extradite Argentine judge. The Chilean Supreme Court approves the extradition of former Argentine judge Otilio Romano, accused of human rights abuses under the military government. First cycling Tour de Congo begins. The first cycling tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo starts, but cyclists will not be riding to the volatile east of the vast country. Top South Sudan officials sacked. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sacks two high-ranking government ministers embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scandal. Karzai to boycott Taliban talks. The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai announces. India firing 'killed Kashmir girl'. A nine-year-old girl is killed in unprovoked mortar shelling by Indian troops, officials in Pakistani-administered Kashmir say. IMF: Spain making strong progress. The IMF says Spain has made strong progress on its economy, but the outlook remains "difficult" and more action is needed to boost job creation. Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail. Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are sentenced to jail in Italy for tax evasion but have appealed the verdict. Suicide bomber strikes Yemeni market. A suicide bomber on a motorbike kills two people in Yemen's northern town of Saada, which is under the control of Houthi Shia rebels. Israel starts celebrating Peres 90th. Celebrations begin for the 90th birthday of Israel's President Shimon Peres, in the presence of celebrities and world leaders. NHS 'cover-up' unacceptable - Hunt. There should be "no hiding place" for anyone involved in a cover-up by England's NHS regulator after baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, the health secretary says. Families win Iraq deaths damages bid. Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for negligence and bring damages claims under the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court rules. Fed maintains pace of asset purchase. The Federal Reserve maintains its $85bn-a-month (£54bn) asset purchase programme, as investors await a press conference by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. Drug firms fined for blocking rivals. Nine drug companies are fined for delaying cheaper generic drugs coming to market. Jail reckless bankers, report urges. Measures including criminal sanctions to make bankers responsible for their own failings, are called for in a new report. Dominant England reach Trophy final. England cruise into the final of the Champions Trophy with a convincing seven-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval. Football fixtures for 2013-14 announced. Football fixtures for the Premier League, Football League and Scottish leagues for the 2013-14 season are announced. Robson, Watson and Baltacha all out. Britain's Laura Robson, Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha all lose in the second round of the Aegon International. US country singer Slim Whitman dies. Slim Whitman, the American country singer known for his yodelling abilities has died at the age of 89. Radcliffe's Cripple enchants critics. Daniel Radcliffe impresses reviewers with his "understated" performance as a disabled teenage orphan in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan. Four vie to be UK City of Culture. Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017. VIDEO: Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts. US President Barack Obama has addressed thousands of Germans in Berlin, almost 50 years to the day since President John Kennedy delivered his famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate. VIDEO: Toxic isotope found in Fukushima water. High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. VIDEO: 'You don't know how much I miss my son'. In Mexico around 25,000 people have disappeared since the drug war began six years ago. VIDEO: Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail. Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been sentenced to jail in Italy for one year and eight months for tax evasion VIDEO: 'We've received no food or tents'. Flooding in India is continuing to disrupt daily life on a massive scale. VIDEO: Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'. The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994. VIDEO: Military police deployed in Brazil. Military police are being deployed in several cities in Brazil to help control a wave of violent protests. VIDEO: Turkey's 'silent protest' spreads. A silent, standing protest by performance artist Erdem Gunduz has been taken up by hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and spread to several Turkish cities. VIDEO: One-minute World News. Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive. As witnesses die, will the Holocaust be forgotten? Models for possible Syria intervention. Possible models for intervention as West mulls action in Syria Alaa Jarban: One of Yemen's first openly gay men. Fears for author of 'I'm Queer' blogpost Apartheid's roots: The Natives Land Act. The 100-year-old law still dividing South Africa Hague in turmoil amid claims of manipulation. Claims of manipulation rock Hague's Balkans tribunal Russia: Faberge eggs symbol of power. Russia falls again for eggs once despised as tsar’s playthings The air force pilot who took her baby on missions. The air force pilot who took her daughter on missions Glimmers of hope in Detroit. Is down-at-heel Detroit on the brink of a comeback? VIDEO: The global middle class revolution. Where is the middle class growing around the world? IMF entering university market. The IMF is turning into a university |
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Malala's voice stronger, not silenced. The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education. Fighting for the 'throwaway' girls. Less than half of U.S. teen moms graduate high school. And Principal Asenath Andrews believes that's a slow death for them by lack of opportunities. "In other countries, we scream at people about throwing away girls, but we [do it], too; we just kill them slowly." Impact Your World: How to help. CNN Films' "Girl Rising" tells the stories of girls across the globe and the power of education to change the world. Are you inspired to help the cause of girls' education around the world? You can make an impact in many ways, but by just being aware of the issue, you can spread the word. By acting in your own community, you can make a global difference. Photos: Beyoncé rocks for girls education. When cooking can kill. For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore. 'I'm not a welfare mom, I'm a soldier'. Jaspen Boothe is committed to helping out homeless female veterans. Wildlife's worst enemy? Us. Mona Rutger got the call in October: A bald eagle was flopping around on an airport runway after it had been clipped by a private jet. Unfortunately, it's something she sees all too often. Troubled youth run 'old skool' bistro. As a juvenile corrections officer in Southern California, Teresa Goines found it rewarding to work with troubled youth and help them turn their lives around. Pregnant and homeless: The real cost. Martha Ryan couldn't believe it. She had never heard of women who were pregnant and homeless. But in one night, she met three. Grieving dad helps kids get to chemo. For many children fighting cancer, it can be extremely tough to make it to their chemotherapy appointments. Fires shroud Singapore in haze. Singapore was shrouded in haze on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires in nearby Sumatra drifted across the Malacca Strait in the city's worst pollution crisis in more than a decade. Netizens decry dolphin's treatment. A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site. Indonesia fuel prices up 44%. After clashes between police and protesters, Indonesia's parliament Monday night voted to revise the national budget and allow an increase of up to 44% in the prices of subsidized gas and diesel fuel. Summer solstice: It's all about sex. In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice has a history of stirring libidos, and it's no wonder. The longest day of the year tends to kick off the start of the summer season, and with it, the harvest. It should then come as no surprise that the solstice is linked to fertility -- both of the vegetal and human variety. Your most memorable moments. For some it was an exhilarating holiday to an exotic place, finding new love or conquering their greatest fear. For others, it was witnessing an historic event. Witnessing sniper's 'kill shot' in Syria. CNN EXCLUSIVE: Snipers are doing most of the fighting in one war-torn Damascus suburb in Syria -- and as CNN's Fred Pleitgen finds out first-hand, death can come any minute. World's oldest person dies. The world's oldest person has died in Japan, aged 116 -- just days after the passing of a Chinese woman with a rival claim to the title. China's secret space base. The first thing I noticed were the bicycles. Those who weren't riding them were walking. WWII plane raised from sea. A World War II German bomber, likely the last of its kind, has been raised from the bottom of the English Channel and will be restored for display in a British museum. When cooking can kill. For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore. 007 island carries wartime scars. Hashima Island is one of the strangest places you'll ever be able to explore -- and few can. From scavenger to star student. Sokha started scavenging in a garbage dump to make money, but she is determined to not let her story end there. Meet the first black Miss Israel. Yityish Aynaw has gone from an Ethiopian orphan, to becoming an Israeli beauty queen set to shine on the world stage. Keeping dogs off the dinner plate. We arrive in the morning at the Animal Quarantine Center in Nakhon Phanom, north-east Thailand, just a few kilometers away from mountains which outline the border with Laos. The summer heat is already beating down hard and it's only 9 a.m. Turkey riot icon: It's not about me. She has become a symbol of the violent protests in Turkey. Across social media, she's known as "The Woman in Red." But Ceyda Sungur says what's happening in the country is the "people's revolt." Cambodian kids scavenge at dump. After an eye-opening trip to Cambodia, a Chicago couple took on a mission to educate girls half a world away. Photos show Congo in new light. Photos shot on rare infrared film show war-torn DR Congo as you've never seen it before. Does the Iranian election matter?. CNN's Reza Sayah takes a closer look at the impact of upcoming presidential elections in Iran. Pistorius 'a broken man,' uncle says. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Oscar Pistorius' uncle says the Olympic sprinter is a broken man who has to live with the fact that he killed the love of his life. Photos: Beyoncé rocks London. Could mammoths be cloned?. Remember when woolly mammoths roamed the planet? No? Well don't worry if you missed the last ice age -- scientists have moved one step closer to possibly bringing the beasts back to life with the discovery of liquid blood in a well-preserved mammoth carcass in Siberia. Why Turkish leader is so polarizing. He's perhaps the most powerful and popular politician Turkey has seen in generations. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may also be the most polarizing. Rare photos of Queen Elizabeth II. Anyone who has remained in power for longer than many people remain alive -- even if that power is far more symbolic than practical -- deserves attention. And when it comes to England's Queen Elizabeth II, paying attention is something the world has been doing for a long, long time. Afghan government pulls out of talks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out Wednesday at the United States over the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, pulling out of security talks with U.S. officials and refusing to take part in peace talks with the Taliban. Going to school, instead of work. A Nepalese girl has her sights on a medical career because of her mother's blindness. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield reports. Girls, it's time to power the world. Dear Girls of the World, Things I wish I'd known at 15. International day of the girl: 'To my 15-year-old self' 'Standing Man' inspires Turks. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports on the "Standing Man," who has inspired a new form of protest in Turkey. Sidewalks exploding in London. There's a new menace lurking in the streets of London -- exploding sidewalks. The unifying power of 'Arab Idol'. The opening theme's the same and the concept's no different, but "Arab Idol" is much more than just a popular singing competition. Why the Taliban would talk now. The United States will have its first formal meeting with the Taliban on Thursday, a source close to the talks told CNN, and the Taliban has told reporters that they want to improve relations with the world. CNN's Nic Robertson explains what's happening. Sidewalks exploding in London. There's a new menace lurking in the streets of London -- exploding sidewalks. 'Standing Man' inspires Turks. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports on the "Standing Man," who has inspired a new form of protest in Turkey. The unifying power of 'Arab Idol'. The opening theme's the same and the concept's no different, but "Arab Idol" is much more than just a popular singing competition. 8 of Brazil's best beaches. Brazil and beaches go together like bossa nova and "The Girl From Ipanema," which, of course, put the country on the map as a hub of sun and sand and the eternally tanned and lovely. Sushi and samba, Japanese Brazilians. As you walk through the Liberdade district of Sao Paulo, you could be forgiven for thinking you are in down-town Tokyo. Bright red torii gates of Shinto shrines line the streets, and myriad Asian restaurants and supermarkets display advertisements in Japanese characters. Is Brazil headed for boom and bust?. With the World Cup in 2014, the Olympics two years later and large discoveries of oil boosting the economy, Brazilians could be excused for looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. 9-cent hike leads to clashes in Brazil. After a chorus of cries for social justice echoed through the streets of Brazil for days, protesters called for a time out Wednesday. Despite the anticipated lull in street marches, the government will beef up security with the deployment of elite police officers and firefighters. Analysts: North Korea talks follow well-worn path. North Korea's bipolar swings between nuclear provocation and fawning overtures for talks now form part of a familiar pattern. Obama calls for reducing nuclear stockpiles. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, where he said he would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads. New details revealed on royal baby birth plans. Prince William's wife, Catherine, plans to give birth to their first baby in the same hospital wing where her husband was born to Diana, Princess of Wales, almost 31 years ago, sources familiar with the plans said Wednesday. Attack on U.N. compound in Somalia called 'barbaric'. At least 14 people died and 15 others were wounded in an attack on the U.N. headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday. Italian court: Evidence neglected in Knox case. Italy's supreme court on Tuesday explained its earlier ruling that American Amanda Knox be retried in the 2007 death of her roommate, saying the jury that acquitted her didn't consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony need to be answered. Turkish demonstrators plan next moves. Still smarting from their ouster Saturday from Istanbul's Taksim Square, demonstrators planned to meet at 9 p.m. Wednesday in 11 neighborhoods to discuss how to proceed. Analyst: Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria now best-equipped of the group. Al Qaeda's affiliate inside Syria is now the best-equipped arm of the terror group in existence today, according to informal assessments by U.S. and Middle East intelligence agencies, a private sector analyst directly familiar with the information told CNN. Bollywood star in baby sex selection controversy. A Bollywood star is facing a storm of controversy over the sex of his unborn child. Man charged with Nazi war crimes. Prosecutors in Hungary indicted a Nazi war crimes suspect Tuesday with involvement in the brutal treatment and deportation of thousands of Jews during World War II. Putin: I did not steal Super Bowl ring. Russia's president is fighting back: No, he did not steal a Super Bowl ring. And no, he's not rocking the diamond-encrusted prize on his finger, either. Report: Britain spied on G-20. Britain's electronic intelligence agency monitored delegates' phones and tried to capture their passwords during an economic summit held there in 2009, the Guardian newspaper reported Sunday. Just how safe is Mexico?. Outside of war zones, more Americans have been killed in Mexico in the last decade than in any other country outside the United States. But analysts and travel experts agree that security varies -- sometimes dramatically -- from place to place. Montreal's interim mayor arrested. Montreal's interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, was arrested and charged early Monday with 14 criminal counts including fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy. Cat runs for mayor in Mexico. Voters in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa should be tired of voting for rats, one campaign slogan suggests. Iran's new president: Rouhani. Say goodbye to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 31 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing. At least 31 people were killed and 57 others were wounded when two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. On the ground in Syria with CNN. In this government stronghold city, Syrians moved with an air of confidence Friday, defiantly dismissive of how the United States will raise the stakes of the country's bloody two-year civil war by stepping up support to the rebels. Turning arms into art. Manfred Zbrzezny wants to bulk up his arsenal. Sudan to stop South Sudan oil flow. The president of Sudan ordered the shutdown of an oil pipeline running from South Sudan, explaining that he didn't want his country's neighbor to use oil funds to arm "mercenaries, traitors and agents." Report: Kony's militia killing elephants. African warlord Joseph Kony and his struggling militia are poaching elephant ivory across central Africa to get funds for weapons, ammunition and food, a report says. |
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 - Gyula Horn, who as Hungary's last communist foreign minister ripped a hole in the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died at the age of 80 after long illness, the government said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d8481a9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d83ea16/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - The ruling Czech Civic Democrats have proposed lower house speaker Miroslava Nemcova as the next prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a corruption scandal, the party said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d845ddc/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d80298f/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join U.S. peace talks with the Taliban until they were led by Afghans and would suspend negotiations with the United States on a troop pact.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d7a2b5e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Islamist militants carried out a deadly assault on the main U.N. compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d7da32b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Demonstrators blocked a major highway and other roads in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, crippling transportation in Brazil's largest city and financial hub, in an ongoing wave of protests against poor public services, inflation and police violence.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d82b147/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
 - Greece's ruling party leaders met on Wednesday to try to agree when and how to resume state TV broadcasts, two days after a top court ordered the immediate reopening of the state broadcaster ERT, abruptly closed by the government a week ago.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d828bdd/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href=)
![Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-challenges-russia-agree-deeper-nuclear-weapon-cuts-174747736.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pFj7HGvruc2dhqBzh.F9BA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T174747Z_1_CBRE95I1DFY00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA-BERLIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Merkel watches as U.S. President Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor Merkel watches as U.S. President Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal. Speaking in Berlin where John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan gave rousing Cold War speeches, Obama urged Russia to help build on the "New START" treaty that requires both countries to cut stockpiles of deployed nuclear weapons to 1,550 each by 2018. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghans-must-talk-other-peace-obama-says-120710683.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iX_2CJUz45zTIdEzMnqk_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T174423Z_3_CBRE95I14G700_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-OBAMA-BERLIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Chancellor Merkel watches as U.S. President Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin" align="left" title="German Chancellor Merkel watches as U.S. President Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Mason and Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, Obama made his first presidential visit to the German capital, a favored destination of U.S. leaders during the Cold War. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Gyula Horn, the man who tore the Iron Curtain, dies at 80](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gyula-horn-man-tore-iron-curtain-dies-80-183843442.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bFAg6lLsk2qLLN1yANDHQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T183843Z_1_CBRE95I1FSW00_RTROPTP_2_HUNGARY-GYULAHORN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of Hungary's then PM Gyula Horn gesturing at a news conference" align="left" title="File photo of Hungary's then PM Gyula Horn gesturing at a news conference" border="0" /></a>By Sandor Peto BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Gyula Horn, who as Hungary's last communist foreign minister ripped a hole in the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died at the age of 80 after long illness, the government said on Wednesday. His decisions helped trigger off tumultuous months in which European communist regimes collapsed like dominoes, the Berlin Wall was trampled down and Soviet tanks prepared to rumble home from land they had occupied for nearly half a century. For Horn, it was a breathtaking year in a career marked by paradoxes. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/united-states-meet-taliban-seek-afghan-peace-031731310.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3shy8JU3hD6Ng4doQeobqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T111218Z_1_CBRE95I0V4M00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghan President Karzai speaks during joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen following security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul" align="left" title="Afghan President Karzai speaks during joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen following security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul" border="0" /></a>By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join U.S. peace talks with the Taliban until they were led by Afghans and would suspend negotiations with the United States on a troop pact. The United States and the Taliban have said officials from both sides will meet in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Thursday, raising hopes for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents. Fighting, however, continues in the war-ravaged nation. Four U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Russian official says statement on railway chief dismissal a hoax](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-official-says-statement-railway-chief-dismissal-hoax-181124206.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F3Qb76V1frNUnjjkRrkjMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T181124Z_1_CBRE95I1EJ600_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia's President Putin meets with officials inside a train in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia's President Putin meets with officials inside a train in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A statement announcing that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had dismissed Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin was a hoax, Medvedev's spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said on Wednesday. Timakova said that the statement, which was distributed to media outlets by email, was made to look as if it had been sent by the government press service. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Anthony Barker)</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Somali Islamist rebels attack U.N. base, 22 dead](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/loud-blast-heard-near-somali-capitals-airport-witness-085043303.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YO0BLi_fu0Sw_KBed4cwgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T160719Z_1_CBRE95I0Z4B00_RTROPTP_2_SOMALIA-BLAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Somali government soldiers stand at scene of a suicide bomb attack outside the United Nations compound in the capital Mogadishu" align="left" title="Somali government soldiers stand at scene of a suicide bomb attack outside the United Nations compound in the capital Mogadishu" border="0" /></a>By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants carried out a deadly assault on the main U.N. compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats. The assault, claimed by Islamist group al Shabaab, began before midday when a car bomb exploded outside the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) base. Rebel gunmen forced their way into the compound and fought with security guards. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-leader-backs-away-taliban-talks-133211624.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nnOtaPK3xj646UyOj7ZKpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d926bf9687fb3614350f6a706700ea0d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Shafiullah Nooristani, a member of the Afghan High Peace Council, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans. Karzai had said Tuesday that he would send representatives from his High Peace Council to Qatar for talks but aides said he changed his mind after objecting to the Taliban's use of its formal name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in opening an office in Doha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" align="left" title="Shafiullah Nooristani, a member of the Afghan High Peace Council, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans. Karzai had said Tuesday that he would send representatives from his High Peace Council to Qatar for talks but aides said he changed his mind after objecting to the Taliban's use of its formal name "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" in opening an office in Doha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/16-dead-militants-infiltrate-uns-somalia-office-145741096.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qKd6pSdG9MrA4LznbNkPNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9501667687653314350f6a7067001f26.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Somali men and a policeman carry a government soldier wounded during an attack on the U.N. compound in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" align="left" title="Somali men and a policeman carry a government soldier wounded during an attack on the U.N. compound in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)" border="0" /></a>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least nine people, including three foreigners, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Italy's first back minister receives death threats](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italys-first-back-minister-receives-death-threats-180244488.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TJjqGZ8_cG2JAMog87.YLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3fc09fb188483814350f6a706700b9e3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Kyenge on Wednesday acknowledged "racist episodes" in Italy but declined to brand the country as a whole racist. She has so far tempered her reaction to racist attacks, saying it's for Italians to respond, not her. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" align="left" title="Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Kyenge on Wednesday acknowledged "racist episodes" in Italy but declined to brand the country as a whole racist. She has so far tempered her reaction to racist attacks, saying it's for Italians to respond, not her. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)" border="0" /></a>ROME (AP) — Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/imf-calls-urgent-steps-spain-unemployment-093437535.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tooRPcf_aEhfzQE_Q4_paQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0081af7787503314350f6a7067003db2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="James Daniel, IMF Mission Chief for Spain, left, and Ranjit Teja, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF arrive for a press conference at the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit to Spain at Bank of Spain in Madrid, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" align="left" title="James Daniel, IMF Mission Chief for Spain, left, and Ranjit Teja, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF arrive for a press conference at the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visit to Spain at Bank of Spain in Madrid, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)" border="0" /></a>MADRID (AP) — Spain faces the prospect of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgent action" to slash the nation's crippling 27 percent unemployment rate and free frozen credit to businesses so they can expand, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Advocacy groups urge new US envoy to push Congo governance](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/advocacy-groups-urge-us-envoy-push-congo-governance-184417385.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qp7oNBFP23Vc6b3735td9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T184417Z_1_CBRE95I1G1V00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Senator Feingold speaks at New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention in Goffstown, New Hampshire" align="left" title="Senator Feingold speaks at New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention in Goffstown, New Hampshire" border="0" /></a>KINSHASA (Reuters) - More than a dozen advocacy groups urged the first U.S. special representative to Africa's war-torn Great Lakes region on Wednesday to push for democracy and good governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States named Russ Feingold on Tuesday in an effort to promote peace in a region long afflicted by violence, not least in eastern Congo, where mineral wealth and ethnic strife have drawn in neighboring states. "We are convinced that this is a critical moment of opportunity for U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Former Hungarian prime minister Gyula Horn dies](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-hungarian-prime-minister-gyula-horn-dies-184151640.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zZvb0u8fsxW31th_k6SXlg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/512b4b0988ad3914350f6a706700a52c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Photo taken on July 14, 1994 on chairman and prime minister candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party Gyula Horn submits his government programme during a session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary. Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Horn's death on Wednesday was announced by the Hungarian government and confirmed by the Socialist Party, which he led to victory in the 1994 elections. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Soos,File)" align="left" title="FILE - Photo taken on July 14, 1994 on chairman and prime minister candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party Gyula Horn submits his government programme during a session of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary. Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80. Horn's death on Wednesday was announced by the Hungarian government and confirmed by the Socialist Party, which he led to victory in the 1994 elections. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Soos,File)" border="0" /></a>BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![World powers to meet on Syrian rebel demands](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-powers-meet-syrian-rebel-demands-155855179.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OgXBSoYKSjdgnc_GL5p.XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8a72608f87223214350f6a7067004836.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Tuesday, June 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the neighborhood of Sheik Saad, Aleppo, Syria. A group of U.S. Senators want to see the U.S. do more than provide arms to some of the outgunned rebels in the bloody civil war in Syria. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Carl Levin and Republican John McCain say in a joint letter to Obama that the U.S. should consider targeting regime airfields, runways and aircraft, and help rebels establish safe zones in Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)" align="left" title="This Tuesday, June 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows homes destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the neighborhood of Sheik Saad, Aleppo, Syria. A group of U.S. Senators want to see the U.S. do more than provide arms to some of the outgunned rebels in the bloody civil war in Syria. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Carl Levin and Republican John McCain say in a joint letter to Obama that the U.S. should consider targeting regime airfields, runways and aircraft, and help rebels establish safe zones in Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)" border="0" /></a>PARIS (AP) — World powers will meet this weekend in Qatar to decide on how to answer a list of requests for help from Syrian rebels, a French diplomat said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Czech ruling party backs speaker to be first woman PM](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/czech-ruling-party-backs-speaker-first-woman-pm-180956489.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/URh5BIfXvNR9DQsb5QDfJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T180956Z_1_CBRE95I1EGO00_RTROPTP_2_CZECH-GOVERNMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Czech Industry and Trade Minister and acting Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party Kuba and speaker of the lower house of parliament and Deputy Chairman of ODS Nemcova at news conference in Prague" align="left" title="Czech Industry and Trade Minister and acting Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party Kuba and speaker of the lower house of parliament and Deputy Chairman of ODS Nemcova at news conference in Prague" border="0" /></a>By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - The ruling Czech Civic Democrats have proposed lower house speaker Miroslava Nemcova as the next prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a corruption scandal, the party said on Wednesday. The popular Nemcova, 60, would be the Central European country's first woman prime minister, but the center-right party needs the consent of coalition partners and President Milos Zeman to have her lead the cabinet. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Greek government back in talks to end TV crisis](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greek-government-back-talks-end-tv-crisis-110536586.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OrE8AhzwOrfUokZ.0fpwfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/eafcf20769af2114350f6a706700ed7b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A protester stands in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug was wrong. The banner on the top reads in Greek "ERT is, and will remain open"(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" align="left" title="A protester stands in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug was wrong. The banner on the top reads in Greek "ERT is, and will remain open"(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0" /></a>ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's governing coalition parties met for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Italy's 5-Star expels rebel Senator who criticized leader](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italys-5-star-expels-rebel-senator-criticized-leader-173450169.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WvtfJhkprA5Kh8uRwIlP8g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T173450Z_1_CBRE95I1CU500_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-ITALY-POLITICS-GRILLO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Grillo, Senate leader Crimi and Lombardi, 5-Star leader in the lower house, in Rome" align="left" title="Leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Grillo, Senate leader Crimi and Lombardi, 5-Star leader in the lower house, in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on Wednesday kicked out a lawmaker for criticizing its leader Beppe Grillo in the latest sign of growing internal strife in the party that took a quarter of votes at February's election. Grillo, a fiery former comedian, rode a wave of public disgust with traditional parties but has faced growing dissent among his own ranks after refusing to support any government after the deadlocked election. ...</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Markets drift as investors ready for Fed](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-investors-ready-fed-141155191.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DwUJ2td5dk6MdHcV_mGCEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/38845963481cfc14340f6a7067007b22.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A worker stretches on a chair during a morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A worker stretches on a chair during a morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Monday, June 17, 2013. Asian stocks edged up Monday amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will put off plans to wind down its stimulus program. Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the regional heavyweight, jumped 2.2 percent to 12,960.81, extending Friday's 2.4 percent gain. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) — Markets drifted lower Wednesday ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
![Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims](<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/monsoon-floods-kill-102-india-strand-pilgrims-131058622.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uRMHLvq5JsWytJ6O2i0kIQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a3bd61a787b83514350f6a706700c6f0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Indian people use a boat to cross a Tibetan market along the banks of the Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. India’s prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially. The flooding has affected several states and the capital, New Delhi, where nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated to government-run camps on higher ground. Authorities there said the situation would ease as the level of the Yamuna River was expected to start receding Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" align="left" title="Indian people use a boat to cross a Tibetan market along the banks of the Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. India’s prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially. The flooding has affected several states and the capital, New Delhi, where nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated to government-run camps on higher ground. Authorities there said the situation would ease as the level of the Yamuna River was expected to start receding Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>LUCKNOW, India (AP) — India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.</p><br clear="all"/>){kind=link}
 - Independent Kosovo's first envoy to Serbia resigned on Wednesday, pre-empting his dismissal just two days into the job for exceeding his powers and making remarks likely to irritate Belgrade.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d843bda/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - A statement announcing that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had dismissed Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin was a hoax, Medvedev's spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d845dda/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on Wednesday kicked out a lawmaker for criticizing its leader Beppe Grillo in the latest sign of growing internal strife in the party that took a quarter of votes at February's election.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d83e5f5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Italy's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Silvio Berlusconi to block a tax fraud conviction from October, clearing the way for a final verdict this year and deepening the uncertainty facing Prime Minister Enrico Letta.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d835485/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - The main nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on Saturday in Doha to discuss assistance for the Free Syrian Army following recent successes by government forces, a French foreign ministry official said.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d835486/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Former Hungarian Socialist Prime Minister Gyula Horn has died at age 80 after a long illness, the government said in a statement on Wednesday, expressing its condolences to the family.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d83751f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's nuclear program.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d838288/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - The ruling Czech Civic Democrats have proposed Miroslava Nemcova as the next prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a corruption scandal, the party said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d830718/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - European Union lawmakers want to forbid the United States from accessing European citizens' data without the approval of a judge or equivalent authority, a response to the revelations about the Prism spy program.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d83056c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Chinese President Xi Jinping told his visiting Vietnamese counterpart of Wednesday that maintaining peace and stability in the contested South China Sea was vital for both countries, who should remember their traditional friendship.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d83221b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Among the Iranian pilgrims, foreign executives and tourists in the departure lounge at Baghdad airport, a group of young Iraqis prepare to wage religious war in Syria - not for the rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad but against them.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d82c953/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - The Sri Lankan government's proposed code of ethics for the media is a threat to free speech, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d82c954/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has suspended two key ministers in a fraud investigation, the government said on Wednesday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d82c6dc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Since the latest nosedive in the Syrian currency, Damascus shopkeeper Aboud Katebee can no longer put price stickers on the imported chocolate bars he sells in the middle class Jaramana neighborhood.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d828f26/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}
 - Bombs flattened a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Wednesday but there were no casualties as the building had been emptied for repairs following previous attacks, security officials said.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/2d82aa5e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class=){kind=link}