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Italy dissolves parliament, Monti mulls future By Gavin Jones and James Mackenzie ROME | Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:11pm EST (Reuters) - Italy's head of state dissolved parliament on Saturday and opened the way to a February election, with doubts growing over whether outgoing Prime Minister Mario...

North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South By Ju-min Park SEOUL | Sun Dec 23, 2012 12:06am EST (Reuters) - North Korea's rocket launch this month showed it has likely developed technology, long suspected in the West, to fire a warhead more than 10,000 kilometers, South...

China bans alcohol in military banquets to curb graft BEIJING | Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:49am IST (Reuters) - China has banned senior military officers from holding alcohol- fuelled banquets or from staying in luxury hotels when on work trips in the latest move by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping...

Ex-U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico wins back his freedom Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:40pm EST By Tom Brown MIAMI (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine jailed in a notoriously violent part of northern Mexico was released on Friday after being held prisoner four months for possessing a shotgun that was a...

Two killed as looters raid supermarkets in Argentina By Alejandro Lifschitz BUENOS AIRES | Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:00pm EST (Reuters) - Two people were killed in Argentina on Friday as looters broke into supermarkets in several cities, stirring memories of the country's devastating economic...

Russian lawmakers back adoption ban in dispute with U.S. By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW | Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:05pm EST (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament approved on Friday a proposed law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, in retaliation for U.S. human rights...

NATO detects more Scud-type missile launches in Syria BRUSSELS | Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:03am EST (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's military has fired more Scud-type missiles inside Syria, NATO officials said on Friday, more than a week after the Western alliance first detected such arms...

Dutch minister approves transfer of bomb suspect to U.S AMSTERDAM | Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:36pm EST (Reuters) - The Netherlands' justice minister has approved the transfer of a Dutch citizen to the United States to face charges of plotting suicide attacks against American troops in Afghanistan, a...

Former River Valley High principal linked to woman Posted: 21 December 2012 0534 hrs SINGAPORE: Former River Valley High School Principal Mr Steven Koh Yong Chiah, 58, who is assisting investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), has been linked to a woman in...

In China's shadow, ASEAN leaders look to India for maritime security By Ross Colvin NEW DELHI | Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:00am EST (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations and India vowed on Thursday to step up cooperation on maritime security, a move that comes amid tension with China in the...

Italy prosecutors wind up Costa Concordia ship investigation GROSSETO, Italy | Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:00pm EST (Reuters) - Prosecutors have concluded their investigation into the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner in which 32 people died and are preparing to seek a trial for its...

Fifty-five people drowned off Somali coast: UNHCR NAIROBI | Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:24pm EST (Reuters) - Fifty-five people were drowned, or missing and presumed to have drowned, after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday. The U.N. High...

Czech party's cabinet pull-out may threaten government By Robert Muller PRAGUE | Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:09pm EST (Reuters) - A junior party in the Czech center-right coalition called on its ministers to quit the cabinet on January 10 due to a row with Prime Minister Petr Necas, a move which...

Kosovo demands investigation into ex-U.N. prosecutor del Ponte By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA | Sun Dec 2, 2012 3:09pm EST (Reuters) - Kosovo called on Sunday for an investigation into the work of former United Nations chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte after the country's former prime minister was...

MBS croupier to be charged for cheating casino AsiaOne Friday, Nov 30, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Filipino woman, 47, a croupier with Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Casino, will be charged in Court together with her boyfriend, 46, and her daughter, 23, for conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust as a...

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Football: Interpol expects Italy fixing arrests in Singapore Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal sits in the Lapland district court in Rovaniemi in this June 22, 2011 file photo. He was sentenced to two years in prison and gave nine soccer players suspended sentences after finding them guilty...