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Mexico's new president, opposition agree to push reforms MEXICO CITY | Sun Dec 2, 2012 7:48pm EST (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday signed a pact with the country's leading political parties to increase competition in the telecommunications sector and overhaul the...

Sierra Leone opposition to boycott parliament over "vote fraud" By Simon Akam FREETOWN | Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:59am EST (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's main opposition party said on Wednesday it would boycott parliament to protest against alleged fraud in an election that handed incumbent president...

Mexico arrests suspected murderer on FBI most wanted list MEXICO CITY | Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:21am EST (Reuters) - Mexican federal police have captured suspected murderer, rapist and drug gang member Joe Luis Saenz, one of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list, the government said on...

Sarkozy ally wins French right leadership battle By Catherine Bremer and Sophie Louet PARIS | Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:23pm EST (Reuters) - Rightist Jean-Francois Cope, an ally of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, claimed the leadership of France's main conservative party on Monday in a closely...

Changes to law 'aimed at beefing up anti-drug war' The law will also provide for the setting up of a Community Rehabilitation Centre for young addicts who are not yet hardcore abusers to live and be counselled. By Tham Yuen-C The Straits Times Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 Singapore's war against...

Ke$ha performs on the NBC 'Today' television programme in New York. -- PHOTO: AP People help combat a fire, in Soajo, northern Portugal. -- PHOTO: AP Pakistani flood affected victims sit in the rubble of their house in Aza Kheil near Peshawar, Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AP

Everett Balko observes damage from strong storms near Little Rock Lake north of St. Cloud, Minnesota. -- PHOTO: AP Dancers wearing masks wait to perform during festivities marking the start of annual harvest festival of Onam in the southern Indian city of Kochi. The ten-day long festival...

German artist Christian Orendt from the German Art Academy Muenster works on his project titled 'god in a church' in Herne in the western German Emscher region. -- PHOTO: AFP Spanish rejoneador (mounted bullfighter) Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza falls in the arena after being pushed by the...

Czech's Roman Koudel competes during the 2nd round of the FIS summer Grand Prix Ski Jumping in Courchevel, French Alps. -- PHOTO: AFP Indian Muslims gather during Friday Prayers at a mosque in Allahabad, India. -- PHOTO: AP Displaced Pakistani flood affected children make...

A salesperson adjusts the spectacles on miniature dolls of Philippine President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino Jr. (in yellow) and his mother, the late president Corazon Aquino (3rd R), and her four daughters, in a shop in Manila's Makati financial district. The Philippines remembered the late...

Jesse Powers, 5, of Tilton, N.H., plays with an R2-D2 robot that his father built, at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando. -- PHOTO: AP Participants perform Taiji, a traditional form of Chinese martial arts, during a public fitness activity at the Olympic Central Park in Beijing. --...

South Koreans who claim to be former comfort women, who served as sexual slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shout slogans during a rally demanding full compensation from the Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. -- PHOTO: AP...

A Tall Ship makes its way along the coast off Harlepool, England, on the last day of the Hartlepool Tall Ships event. -- PHOTO: AP A child looks through a slice of watermelon in the small town of Medgyesegyhaza, south-eastern Hungary, during a festival dedicated to the fruit. Tens of...

Pakistani troops evacuate stranded villagers in Pannu Aqil near Sukkar, Pakistan. The UN, relying on Pakistani figures, says the number of people affected by flooding over the past two weeks is nearly 14 million. -- PHOTO: AP Some coins are displayed at an exhibition 'Coins through the...

A snow leopard cub investigates a camera lens before being snatched back by the hand of a keeper at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City. -- PHOTO: AP A Palestinian Muslim man decorates an alley of Jerusalem's old city with festive lights in preparation for the Muslim holy month of...

Comedian Paul Ruebens, in character as Pee-wee Herman, leads 300 bikers out of Deadwood, on the 3rd Annual Legends Ride charity event during the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Reubens was slated to participate in various charity events and host what was billed as the world's largest...

Chinese rescue workers prepare to search for survivors after a mudslide swept through the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province. Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from massive flooding that has affected millions of...

A soldier walks past makeshift mortars seized in a military operation during a presentation to the media in Colombia. More than 91 mortars were seized from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, during a raid. -- PHOTO: AP Members of the fire brigade are seen around the area...

Surinamese of Java, Indonesia descent release balloons to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the arrival of Javanese migrants to Suriname at their ceremonial compound in Paramaribo, Suriname. Waves of Javanese migrants started arriving in 1890 to replace slaves as contract laborers in...

A man marooned by flood waters, alongside his livestock, waves towards an Army helicopter for relief handouts in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab province. --PHOTO: REUTERS A hummingbird hawk-moth or Macroglossum stellatarum hovers as it feeds on flowers in eastern Cheyenne. The...