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Relatives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails celebrate after the ... - Reuters AlertNet
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails agreed on Monday to end a mass hunger strike under the terms of a deal brokered by Egypt, an official close to the talks told Reuters. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - April 23 - Reuters AlertNet
Amylin Pharmaceuticals is seeking a potential buyer, after it rebuffed an unsolicited $3.5 billion takeover offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb earlier this year, a person briefed on the matter said Sunday.
Egypt: Military Impunity for Violence Against Women - Reuters AlertNet
The victim, a 34-year-old woman from the United Kingdom who did not wish to be identified, was in a shared taxi on May 14, 2011, in Sinai when military officers stopped the taxi at a checkpoint before al-Arish, told the woman to get out, ...
Syria: Witnesses Describe Idlib Destruction, Killings - Reuters AlertNet
Maria, who like some of the others interviewed asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisals, told Human Rights Watch that at least five people were wounded and two killed in that attack. Government forces also used mortars during the attack on ...
Yemen grants Saleh immunity to try to end crisis - Reuters AlertNet
"We are waiting for a third country to approve the president's short visit prior to travelling to the US," said the official, who is not authorised to speak to the press and so declined to be named. The official suggested that the third country was an ...
Saudi Arabia says two killed in clash in eastern province - Reuters AlertNet
An activist in the provincial town of Qatif, who requested anonymity, told Reuters: "Everything was fine until the body arrived, then the people got very angry and started to chant anti-government slogans and the riot police shot in the air. ...
Months after fleeing post-election violence, Ivorians begin return home - Reuters AlertNet
"I think I will do better by returning to my village," said one of the returnees who declined to give his name. "Life in the camp has been good because it has provided us with security. Now things are better, I need to go home and rebuild my life for ...
Afghan security better than expected-US official - Reuters AlertNet
"What we're seeing is that things are going not just as well as we expected, but in many cases better than we had expected," said the official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak on the record. ...
Freeport Indonesia threatens complete mine shutdown - Reuters AlertNet
"Currently in Tembagapura there are some workers, mostly contractors," a Freeport worker, who asked not to be named, told Reuters. Tembagapura, in the north of the province, is the site of the mine. "They are operating heavy machinery, maintenance and ...
Montenegrin military helicopter crashes; three dead - Reuters AlertNet
Sept 2 (Reuters) - BOKA KOTORSKA Bay, Montenegro, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Three soldiers were killed when a Montenegrin military helicopter crashed on a rock off the Adriatic coast in the south of the country on Friday, a government official said. ...
Gunmen target south Yemen security official - Reuters AlertNet
That checkpoint was one of eight outposts on the road to Mudiyah that tribesmen abandoned after Sunday's deadly attack, in a move the source said was part of a reorganisation of tribal lines, not a withdrawal from the fight against militants. ...
Cyprus leader plans address on blast disaster - Reuters AlertNet
Christofias was due to chair a scheduled cabinet meeting on Thursday morning and the address was expected afterwards, the source said, requesting anonymity. His three-year-old administration has faced a barrage of criticism after a massive explosion of ...
FEATURE-Syrian protests rout tourists, empty hotels - Reuters AlertNet
One tour operator in Damascus, who asked to remain anonymous, said the number of Turkish visitors to Syria is expected to plummet. Facing a drop in regional and international visitors, the Syrian Tourism Ministry is focusing on domestic tourism in an ...
Mystery disease kills dozens of Indian children - Reuters AlertNet
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi PATNA, India (AlertNet) - A "mystery disease" has swept across parts of eastern India, killing at least 24 children and two adults over the past 10 days, a government official said on Wednesday. Doctors treating patients in the ...
Syrians flee toward Turkey to escape military assault - Reuters AlertNet
"When the massacre happened in Jisr al-Shughour the army split, or they started fighting each other and blamed it on us," a woman refugee, who refused to give her name, told Turkish news channel NTV. Bassam, a tile layer, said: "Tanks are now 1 km away ...
Wounded Yemeni president in Saudi, faces surgery - Reuters AlertNet
A second Yemeni aircraft which accompanied Saleh had about 35 people on board, a source said, adding a third plane is expected to arrive shortly. The size of his entourage, which includes many relatives, suggests Saleh may not plan to return to the ...
Tajik mayor caps meat prices to tackle inflation - Reuters AlertNet
"I used to buy between 1.5 and 2 kg every two weeks," said a mother-of-three buying meat at the market, who declined to give her name. "Today I am buying 1 kg and that's it. I'll be back again in a month." Rising food prices in Tajikistan were ...
One in 38 kids in S.Korea may have autism-study - Reuters AlertNet
"One problem that seems to pop up frequently is that parents do not want to acknowledge that their child/children may be autistic," said the woman, who asked not to be named. "Many do not recognize the need for clinical care, which is essential," said ...
Bin Laden, two others didn't fire on SEALs-sources - Reuters AlertNet
However, the attackers did subsequently find weapons near the second man's body, the sources said. After killing the second courier, commandos started climbing the stairs to the house's upper floors. As they climbed, a man charged down the stairs at ...
Yemen oil output near shut, fuel shortage -sources - Reuters AlertNet
DUBAI/ADEN, May 4 (Reuters) - Yemen's production and exports of crude oil have come to a near standstill, shipping sources said on Wednesday, after a mid-March blast at one oilfield and a workers' strike at ...
Bahrain arrests two former Shi'ite MPs - source - Reuters AlertNet
"They have disappeared, nobody knows where they are at the moment," said the source who did not wish to be identified. "Plain clothes police came to Jawad's house and took him," the source told Reuters. It was not immediately clear whether the two were ...
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 30 - Reuters AlertNet
In a separate attack, gunmen using silenced weapons shot dead a policeman who was assigned to provide security for the judge, at the officer's home nearby, the source said. TAJI - Eight insurgents wearing Iraqi army uniforms stormed the house of a ...
ANALYSIS-As election looms, Thai generals go on offensive - Reuters AlertNet
He requested anonymity. The Thai army has for decades made protecting the monarchy a priority, guaranteeing the military political influence. "That balance of power between key institutions in Thailand is being threatened," said Karn Yuenyong, ...
Clashes in Iraq's Mosul wound at least 10 - Reuters AlertNet
Their injuries were caused by batons and stones," said a medical source at Mosul hospital, who declined to be named. The United States is due to withdraw its remaining troops by Dec. 31 as part of a joint security agreement with Iraq, more than eight ...
Shanghai offers fee cuts to defuse drivers' strike at port - Reuters AlertNet
There are supposed to be organizers in talks but I won't believe it until I have the money in my hand," one driver from Henan province who wouldn't give his name, said. "If I earn 10 yuan, and it costs me 11, what's the point?" he said. ...