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Mali Wants International Inquiry Into Northern Attack

By Adama Diarra and John Irish

21/05/2014

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - Mali's government on Tuesday called for an international commission to investigate a weekend attack by Tuareg separatist rebels that has revived fears of a return to war in the West African nation's troubled north.

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Ivorian Director Lacote At Cannes: Cinema Exists At "A Fine Boundary"

Director Philippe Lacote (C), cast member Isaach De Bankole (L) and actor Abdoul Karim Konate (R) pose during a photocall for the film "Run" in competition for the category "Un Certain Regard" at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, May 17, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

By Michael Roddy

21/05/2014

CANNES France (Reuters) - African filmmaker Philippe Lacote recalls an incident from his youth when a film spectator, fearing the martial arts star Bruce Lee would be killed by someone behind him, jumped on stage and slashed the screen with a knife to protect his hero.

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Message To Sisi From Relatives Of Egypt's Mass Trial Defendants

By Mahmoud Mourad

21/05/2014

MINYA Egypt (Reuters) - Relatives of Egyptians sentenced to death in recent mass trials are urging former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, days before an election he is expected to win, to save their loved ones as proof of his commitment to justice.

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China Demand Fuels Illegal Timber Logging In Guinea-Bissau

Workers from Gambia and Guinea load timber onto a container in Sintchan Companhe, April 16, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Joe Penney

By Bate Felix and Alberto Dabo

21/05/2014

BUBA Guinea-Bissau (Reuters) - When middlemen for Chinese traders approached Yusuf Diallo to cut timber from his farm in Guinea-Bissau, he says he knew he had no choice. Soldiers had simply threatened his neighbours when they refused.

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UK To Offer Scotland Talks On More Powers A Month After Independence Vote

The Saltire (R) and Union Flag fly together in a street before a debate in the Scottish Parliament on ‘Scotland’s future,’ in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 18, 2013. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

By Andrew Osborn

20/05/2014

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will start talks on granting Scotland more powers within a month of an independence referendum later this year if Scots choose to stay part of the United Kingdom, a government minister will pledge on Thursday.

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U.S. Sanctions 12 Russians For Human Rights Violations

20/05/2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday sanctioned 12 Russians for human rights abuses, including officials who allegedly withheld medical care from a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption in Russia.

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Balkan Floods May Have Undone Years Of Landmine Detection

Villagers paddle during heavy floods in the village of Prud, May 20, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

By Maja Zuvela

20/05/2014

KARAKCIJE, Bosnia (Reuters) - When Mehmedalija Djapic bought his house on the banks of the River Bosna after the 1992-95 war, he had no idea the land around it was laced with landmines.

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Five Convicted Of Killing Russian Journalist Politkovskaya

People hold portraits of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya on the sixth anniversary of her death, next to her block of flats in central Moscow, October 7, 2012. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

By Steve Gutterman

20/05/2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Five men were convicted on Tuesday of murdering 2006 of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, including three defendants who had been acquitted in a previous trial.

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Russia Says Ukraine Election May Aggravate Crisis

Ukrainian businessman, politician and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko addresses supporters in Uman, Cherkasy region, May 20, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool

20/05/2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine will deepen political divisions in the country if there is no end to hostilities and a "road map" to end the crisis is not implemented, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

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U.S. Companies May See China Backlash Over Cyber Spying Charges

By Michael Martina and Matthew Miller

20/05/2014

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - American technology companies appear most likely to feel any backlash that could come from China after the U.S. government charged five Chinese army officers with cyber spying and stealing trade secrets.

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