After crushing Mali Islamists, France pushes deal with Tuaregs

By Reuters UK

After winning adulation across Mali for a five-month military offensive that crushed al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels. (5:49 am)

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Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria

By Reuters UK

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. (May 16)

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Donors pledge 3.25 billion euros to aid Mali recovery

By Reuters UK

International donors pledged 3.25 billion euros (2.77 billion pounds) on Wednesday to help Mali recover from a conflict with al Qaeda-linked Islamists, exceeding the West African country's target. (May 15)

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Analysis - Syria peace talks look doomed in advance

By Reuters UK

If anyone saw last week's U.S.-Russian agreement to convene a peace conference on Syria as a potential breakthrough, Western leaders have been going out of their way to disabuse them. (May 14)

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Nawaz Sharif Stages Comeback in Landmark Pakistan Election

By Reuters

Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and was heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime minister. (May 11)

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Violence casts shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

By Reuters UK

A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 15 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. (May 11)

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Bomb blasts cast shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

By Reuters UK

A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. (May 11)

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Mali asks donors for two billion euros to rebuild country

By Reuters UK

Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a French-led offensive. (May 10)

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Yemen kidnappers free Finnish couple, Austrian

By Reuters UK

Yemeni kidnappers have released a Finnish couple and an Austrian man more than four months after they were seized in the capital Sanaa. (May 09)

Britain pledges anti-piracy aid at key Somalia summit

By Reuters UK

Britain will help boost radio communications on the Somali coast as part of efforts to combat rampant piracy along global shipping routes near the East African country, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. (May 07)

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