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Bomb explodes during UN visit in Syria

russia — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:38 +0000

A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country’s bloodshed.

Blast near UN monitors as Damascus rocked by clashes

russia — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:28 +0000

A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb on Sunday, the military said, as clashes between regime troops and armed rebels raged in and around the Syrian capital.

Russia says West still considering military action on Iran

russia — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:17 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking to reporters on a plane on his way back from the G8 summit in Camp David, where the G8 leaders signaled their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Iran threatened to strain supplies. …

Putin foes hold mass walk in his native town

russia — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:07:06 +0000

The peculiar silent strolls used by Moscow protesters against Vladimir Putin spread Sunday to his native Saint Petersburg and at least two other cities in a test of the movement’s national strength.

Protesters stream into Chicago park for NATO march

topstories — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:06:12 +0000

A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years — a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.

Apple, Samsung CEOs set for U.S. court talks

topstories — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:06:02 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation, have been instructed by a federal judge to appear for court-supervised mediation. A joint court filing in April said that “as directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate” in the discussions. …

Senators decry convicted Lockerbie bomber’s death in freedom

topstories — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:05:33 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer on Sunday criticized the Scottish government for allowing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Bassett al-Megrahi to die a free man in what he said “smelled of a deal for oil.” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on CNN that the death of Megrahi, reported on Sunday by the former Libyan intelligence officer’s brother, meant the full truth about the bombing of a Pan Am airliner in 1988 over Scotland may never be known. He has questioned whether Megrahi was released from prison as part of a deal for Libyan oil. …

Italy PM Monti shortens U.S. trip after bomb and quake

topstories — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:05:23 +0000

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Sunday he would return home early from the United States following a bomb that killed a teenager in the south on Saturday and an earthquake that struck northern Italy on Sunday. Monti said in Chicago, where he is attending a NATO summit, that he would stay for only the first session, leave on Sunday night and be in Rome by Monday. His comments were broadcast on Italian television. (Reporting By Philip Pullella)

World leaders set to tackle Afghanistan’s future

topstories — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:05:11 +0000

The United States and NATO leaders are insisting the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France’s plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders weary of plummeting public support for the war are also using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines.

England 10-2 against the West Indies at stumps

europe — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:51:22 +0000

England were 10 for two in their second innings, needing a further 181 runs to reach their victory target of 191, at the close of the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s here Sunday.