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French elections heading for two-horse race: poll Feb 5 2012 12:41PM Posted 46 mins ago PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election looks set to become a straight fight between Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy after both widened the gap with other contenders over the past month, a poll showed Sunday. ... Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency: early tally Feb 5 2012 12:32PM Posted 55 mins ago HELSINKI (Reuters) - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency, according to an early tally of Sunday's run-off election, showing voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite their misgivings over European Union bailouts. ... Egypt orders steps to move Mubarak to prison hospital: report Feb 5 2012 12:23PM Posted 1 hr 4 mins ago CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has till now been held in a military hospital while he has been standing trial, Al Jazeera television said Sunday. ... Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia Feb 5 2012 8:46AM Posted 4 hrs 41 mins ago By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's opponents vowed on Sunday to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of Russia after tens of thousands attended a march which kept up the... Anti-Putin protesters show staying power in Russia Feb 5 2012 8:46AM Posted 4 hrs 41 mins ago By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's opponents vowed on Sunday to press on with demonstrations against his 12-year domination of Russia after tens of thousands attended a march which kept up the... Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police Feb 5 2012 5:38AM Posted 7 hrs 49 mins ago By Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on... Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform Feb 5 2012 4:20AM Posted 9 hrs 7 mins ago By Andrew Hammond MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini opposition parties, launching a week-long 'sit-in' for political reforms at a mass rally, swore on Sunday to take their campaign to the centre of last year's democracy... Bahrain opposition launch week-long rally for reform Feb 5 2012 4:20AM Posted 9 hrs 7 mins ago By Andrew Hammond MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini opposition parties, launching a week-long 'sit-in' for political reforms at a mass rally, swore on Sunday to take their campaign to the centre of last year's democracy... Car bomb kills nine in Afghan city Kandahar Feb 5 2012 2:37AM Posted 10 hrs 50 mins ago KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least nine people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the presidential palace said in a statement. The Kandahar province's media... Car bomb kills seven in Afghan city Kandahar Feb 5 2012 2:37AM Posted 10 hrs 50 mins ago KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least seven people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the province's media office said. Five police officers and two civilians... Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban Feb 5 2012 1:07AM Posted 12 hrs 20 mins ago By Rob Taylor KABUL (Reuters) - A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the country... Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered Feb 4 2012 4:22PM Posted 21 hrs 5 mins ago By Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders... Venezuela's Chavez celebrates coup, opposition angered Feb 4 2012 4:22PM Posted 21 hrs 5 mins ago By Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders... "Iron Lady" film draws sympathy for Thatcher in Argentina Feb 4 2012 2:17PM Posted 23 hrs 10 mins ago By Luis Andres Henao SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Long reviled in Argentina for leading Britain to war over the Falkland Islands, Margaret Thatcher's portrayal as a vulnerable, elderly woman suffering from dementia in new film... French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy Feb 4 2012 1:08PM Posted 1 day 19 mins ago BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential vote has riled his socialist rival Francois Hollande's camp, which warned her to exercise restraint, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. ... French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy Feb 4 2012 1:08PM Posted 1 day 19 mins ago BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential vote has riled his socialist rival Francois Hollande's camp, which warned her to exercise restraint, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. ... Europe's cold snap claims more victims, travel hit Feb 4 2012 12:56PM Posted 1 day 31 mins ago By Richard Balmforth and Michael Holden KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday and brought widespread disruption to transport services, with warnings that the chilling temperatures would... European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine Feb 4 2012 12:56PM Posted 1 day 31 mins ago By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time... Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote Feb 4 2012 10:12AM Posted 1 day 3 hrs 15 mins ago By Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster... Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote Feb 4 2012 10:12AM Posted 1 day 3 hrs 15 mins ago By Tom Perry and Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and... Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote Feb 4 2012 10:12AM Posted 1 day 3 hrs 15 mins ago By Tom Perry and Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and... Egypt's military rulers face calls for earlier vote Feb 4 2012 10:12AM Posted 1 day 3 hrs 15 mins ago By Tom Perry and Sherine El Madany CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and... Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on Feb 4 2012 10:12AM Posted 1 day 3 hrs 15 mins ago By Marwa Awad CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and riot police eased in Egypt on Saturday as activists argued over how to build momentum in their push to oust the country's ruling... South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension Feb 4 2012 7:51AM Posted 1 day 5 hrs 36 mins ago By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political... South Africa's Malema loses appeal against ANC suspension Feb 4 2012 7:51AM Posted 1 day 5 hrs 36 mins ago By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to ban youth leader Julius Malema for five years for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political...