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  • Mickelson in control at U.S. Open after Donald fades

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Luke Donald bogeyed two of the last three holes in tough scoring conditions to hand Phil Mickelson a one-shot lead when the weather-delayed first round of the U.S. Open was completed on Friday. Englishman Donald had been a stroke in front with five holes remaining when play was suspended in fading light on Thursday but slipped back with three-putt bogeys at the par-four 16th and par-four last to card a two-under-par 68. ... More »Mickelson in control at U.S. Open after Donald fades

  • Norway becomes first NATO country to draft women into military

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders. "Rights and duties should be the same for all," said Labor lawmaker Laila Gustavsen, a supporter of the bill. "The armed forces need access to the best resources, regardless of gender, and right now mostly men are recruited. ... More »Norway becomes first NATO country to draft women into military

  • Voters split but turnout high in Iran election

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Yeganeh Torbati and Zahra Hosseinian DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian voters turned out in large numbers on Friday to choose a new president despite a limited choice of one relative moderate and three main hardline conservatives, with long queues forming outside polling stations. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranians to participate in force in the vote, damning U.S. officials who criticised the fairness of the election. ... More »Voters split but turnout high in Iran election

  • U.S. singer Bob Dylan to play 33 European tour dates

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Constance Watson LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. singer Bob Dylan will embark on a 33-date tour of Europe starting in Oslo on October 10 and ending at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 28, a statement on his website said on Friday. The "Blowin in the Wind" singer - who is scheduled to finish his "AmericanaramA" tour in Mountain View, California on August 4 - said tickets for "Bob Dylan in Europe" would go on sale on Friday. "Bob Dylan and his band will tour Europe this fall," the statement on his website said of the 10-country tour. ... More »U.S. singer Bob Dylan to play 33 European tour dates

  • Bob Dylan to play 33 European tour dates

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Constance Watson LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Bob Dylan will embark on a 33-date tour of Europe starting in Oslo on October 10 and ending at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 28, a statement on his website said on Friday. The "Blowin in the Wind" singer - who is scheduled to finish his "AmericanaramA" tour in Mountain View, California on August 4 - said tickets for "Bob Dylan in Europe" would go on sale on Friday. "Bob Dylan and his band will tour Europe this fall," the statement on his website said of the 10-country tour. ... More »Bob Dylan to play 33 European tour dates

  • Reports of rape, dowry deaths, molestation rise in India in 2012

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By NIta Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reports of rape, dowry deaths, molestation, sexual harassment and other crimes against women in India rose by 6.4 percent in 2012 from the previous year, the government said, with the highest number of rapes recorded in the capital city. Statistics showed that 244,270 crimes against women were reported to the police in 2012 compared with 228,650 in 2011, according to the National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB). These crimes include rapes, kidnappings, sexual harassment, trafficking, molestation and cruelty by husbands and relatives. ... More »Reports of rape, dowry deaths, molestation rise in India in 2012

  • Eva born using new IVF technique

    Press Association - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    The first woman to conceive using a breakthrough IVF technique has given birth to a baby girl. More »Eva born using new IVF technique

  • UK agrees more government spending cuts, tough battles loom

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - British ministries have agreed to spending cuts of 3.6 billion pounds, the government said on Friday, leaving it less than two weeks to wring over two-thirds of its 11.5 billion target from 10 remaining departments. Britain's two-party coalition government is cutting spending to try to rein in a 114.2 billion pound deficit expected in the 2015/2016 budget in the face of calls from the International Monetary Fund to invest more now to avoid crimping a fragile recovery. ... More »UK agrees more government spending cuts, tough battles loom

  • Two dead in Dutch North Sea gas platform accident

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    PARIS (Reuters) - Two people died and one was injured in an accident on a North Sea gas platform belonging to French oil and gas utility GDF Suez, the company said on Friday. At the time of the incident, the L5A platform, 103 kilometres north of Den Helder, was out of production and depressurized, the company said. A GDF Suez spokeswoman in Paris said there had not been a gas explosion but an accident with a heat exchanger, which exploded while being tested under pressure. The platform has not been evacuated, she added. ... More »Two dead in Dutch North Sea gas platform accident

  • Dark 'Man of Steel' groomed to reboot Superman film franchise

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Man of Steel," the latest iteration of the Superman series, lands on the big screen on Friday with the hopes that the dark, action-heavy film can revive the classic comic book superhero as a Hollywood franchise. But director Zack Snyder, who is best known for 2007 action film "300" and 2009 superhero flick "Watchmen," told Reuters that it was a delicate balance staying faithful to Superman's story without retreading earlier film and television versions. ... More »Dark 'Man of Steel' groomed to reboot Superman film franchise

  • Russia: U.S. claims of Syrian chemical arms use unconvincing

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - Information that the United States has given Russia about suspected use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces "does not look convincing", President Vladimir Putin's senior foreign policy adviser said on Friday. Yuri Ushakov said more U.S. military support for Assad's opponents would undermine joint efforts to bring together Syrian government and opposition representatives for peace talks. ... More »Russia: U.S. claims of Syrian chemical arms use unconvincing

  • Saudi Arabia says one more dead from MERS coronavirus

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    RIYADH (Reuters) - One more person has died and two more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday. Saudi Arabia has been the country most affected by the respiratory-system virus, with 46 cases, of whom 28 have died, data from the ministry showed. The latest death brings the worldwide death toll to 33, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus, which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, has spread from the Gulf to France, Britain and Germany. ... More »Saudi Arabia says one more dead from MERS coronavirus

  • Airbus's A350 aircraft lands after four-hour maiden flight

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Europe's newest passenger plane, the Airbus A350, landed successfully on Friday after completing a four-hour maiden test flight. The next-generation passenger plane touched down at 1405 local time (1205 GMT) after a fly-past over the planemaker's production site in Toulouse. (Reporting by Tim Hepher; writing by Elena Berton; editing by Geert De Clercq and Tom Pfeiffer) More »Airbus's A350 aircraft lands after four-hour maiden flight

  • Pope Francis and new Anglican leader meet, note differences

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Catherine Hornby VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis and the new head of the world's Anglicans acknowledged deep differences over issues ranging from gay rights to women priests but pledged to seek unity when they met on Friday for the first time since both took office in March. Relations between the Catholic and Anglican churches have been strained for years, especially over Anglican ordination of women as priests, and the meeting at the Vatican was billed as an opportunity to reduce tensions. ... More »Pope Francis and new Anglican leader meet, note differences

  • Cooper: Good luck to the new Doctor

    Press Association - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    Dominic Cooper has said it will be a brave man who takes on the role of Doctor Who, as Matt Smith's shoes will be hard to fill. More »Cooper: Good luck to the new Doctor

  • Euro zone inflation subdued as employment keeps falling

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Martin Santa BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Inflation in the euro zone rose from a three-year low in May, but remained low enough for the European Central Bank to act to boost an economy which is shedding jobs at an increasing rate. The central bank expects economic recovery in the euro area to kick in later this year, but sees risks to growth from governments' continued austerity programmes and as companies struggle to access credit from banks. Prices of electricity, fruit and vegetables lifted annual inflation in the currency bloc to 1.4 percent in May compared to 1. ... More »Euro zone inflation subdued as employment keeps falling

  • Malaysia's Sona Energy to raise nearly $160 mln in IPO

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Sona Energy plans to raise more than 500 million ringgit ($159.62 million) in an initial public share offering, making it the biggest special purpose acquisition ... More »Malaysia's Sona Energy to raise nearly $160 mln in IPO

  • Human DNA not patentable: US Supreme Court

    AFP - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    Naturally occurring human gene sequences cannot be patented but artificially created DNA can be, the US Supreme Court has ruled unanimously. More »Human DNA not patentable: US Supreme Court

  • As big parties flounder, minnows scent an election chance

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The popular expectation for the coming general election is that it will be a showdown between the scion of the grand old Congress party's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and a firebrand leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But with both big national parties deeply troubled and languishing in opinion polls, a group of increasingly powerful regional parties might emerge from the media frenzy around Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi as the dark-horse winners. ... More »As big parties flounder, minnows scent an election chance

  • Mumford & Sons cancel U.S. tour as bassist leaves hospital

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Constance Watson LONDON (Reuters) - British folk-rockers Mumford & Sons cancelled the final three U.S. dates of their "Summer Stampede" tour on Friday and said bassist Ted Dwane was out of hospital after brain surgery. The Grammy award-winning band said Dwane was on the road to a full recovery and that the decision to cancel all concerts until a June 30th performance at the Glastonbury Festival in Britain was based on medical advice. ... More »Mumford & Sons cancel U.S. tour as bassist leaves hospital

  • Britain holds off arming Syrian rebels despite U.S. decision

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is not ready to arm the Syrian opposition despite a decision by President Barack Obama to do so, but is not ruling out the introduction of a no-fly zone or any other measure, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday. "Nothing is off the table," the spokesman said when asked whether Britain would back a no-fly zone, adding that "no decision has been taken" on arming the opposition. "We are in urgent discussions with our international partners". ... More »Britain holds off arming Syrian rebels despite U.S. decision

  • Britain holds off arming Syrian rebels despite U.S. decision to do so

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is still not ready to arm the Syrian opposition despite a decision by President Barack Obama to do so, but is not ruling out the introduction of a no-fly zone or any other measure, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday. "Nothing is off the table," the spokesman said when asked whether Britain would back a no-fly zone, adding that "no decision has been taken" on arming the opposition. "We are in urgent discussions with our international partners". (Reporting by Peter Griffiths; Editing by Andrew Osborn) More »Britain holds off arming Syrian rebels despite U.S. decision to do so

  • Russia says U.S. claims of Syria chemical arms use unconvincing

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Information the United States provided Russia over suspected use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces "does not look convincing", President Vladimir Putin's senior foreign policy adviser said on Friday. Yuri Ushakov said expanded U.S. military support for Assad's opponents would undermine joint efforts to organize a peace conference, but added that Moscow was "not yet" considering sending Assad S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in response. (Reporting by Alexi Anishchuk; Writing by Thomas Grove; Editing by Steve Gutterman) More »Russia says U.S. claims of Syria chemical arms use unconvincing

  • Market headwinds raise stakes for Abe's Japan revival plan

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    By Tomasz Janowski and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - This is not how Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe probably imagined reaching a key milestone in his economic revival plan. Pro-growth measures meant to complement hefty doses of budget and monetary stimulus met with a cool reception and their formal approval on Friday coincided with turbulence in financial markets hit by sharp reversals in global capital flows. ... More »Market headwinds raise stakes for Abe's Japan revival plan

  • Jailed China dissident's wife decries injustice in letter to Xi

    Reuters - Fri, Jun 14, 2013

    BEIJING (Reuters) - The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, protesting against her house arrest and her brother's jailing, which activists have called official retribution on the family. Liu Xia's hand-written letter was posted in photos to Twitter by a lawyer for the family on Friday, days after a Chinese court jailed her brother, Liu Hui, for 11 years on fraud charges. ... More »Jailed China dissident's wife decries injustice in letter to Xi

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