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Associated Press says U.S. government seized journalists' phone records

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government seized records from phone lines assigned to AP offices and its reporters over a period of two months in 2012, which the news service described as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion."

Judge rules U.S. soldier's killing of five was premeditated

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A military judge ruled on Monday that a U.S. soldier who shot and killed five fellow servicemen at a combat stress clinic in Iraq acted with premeditation, a decision that will almost surely get him life in prison.

Obama pushes for Syria talks but warns of huge challenges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to work to bring the Syrian government and rebels to the negotiating table in coming weeks but warned that a "combustible mix" of regional meddling and Islamist militancy would make it hard to halt the country's civil war.

Three ICRC aid workers kidnapped in Yemen

ADEN (Reuters) - Three employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross were kidnapped in Yemen on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Geneva-based humanitarian agency said.

South Sudan forces loot aid agencies in restive east

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese security forces have raided several aid agencies, a food warehouse and medical clinic in the east of the country where the army is fighting a rebellion, military and humanitarian officials said on Monday.

Insurgent attack kills three Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - Three Georgian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday when insurgents detonated a vehicle laden with explosives, a senior Western military official and NATO said.

Car bomb kills three outside hospital in Libya's Benghazi

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least three people outside a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, doctors said, in a further sign of the growing disorder that threatens to unhinge an already creaking transition to lawful, democratic rule.

Pakistan's Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after a decisive victory in Pakistan's election, said on Monday the mistrust that has long dogged relations with India must be tackled.

Hundreds of armed groups hold swathes of north Syria - ICRC

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's rebels are fragmented into hundreds of armed groups who control swathes of the north, while government forces appear to have consolidated their hold on the capital, a senior Red Cross official said on Monday.

Iran's Ahmadinejad may face charges over election appearance with aide

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying an ally to register for the June presidential vote, the electoral watchdog said, in a possible move by rival conservative hardliners keen to pre-empt any challenge to Iran's clerical supreme leader.

Cameron urges 'everything on table' in U.S.-EU trade talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday said a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should cover all sectors, drawing a contrast with France, which wants to leave out sensitive cultural industries.

U.S. soldier in Iraq acted with premeditation in killing comrades - judge

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a combat stress clinic in Iraq killed his comrades with premeditation, a military judge said on Monday in a ruling that will almost surely get him life in prison.

New Orleans police release photos of Mother's Day shooting suspect

(Reuters) - New Orleans police on Monday released photos that they said show a suspect in the shooting at a Mother's Day parade in which 19 people, including two children, were wounded.

Greece plans bond market return first half of next year - PM

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece plans to sell bonds at some point early in 2014, ending four years of exclusion from international capital markets, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Monday.

O.J. Simpson remerges in court to seek new robbery trial

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, the former football star and Hollywood actor who was famously acquitted of his ex-wife's 1994 murder, appeared in a Las Vegas court on Monday seeking a new trial on his conviction on a Nevada armed robbery charge.

Egyptian assembly approves higher taxes on the wealthy

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament approved a new income tax law on Monday that will increase levies paid by the wealthy and by companies but reduce it for people in lower income brackets.

Canada deports Palestinian hijacker after 25-year legal battle

OTTAWA (Reuters) - After a 25-year legal battle, Canada has finally deported a Palestinian convicted of an attack on an Israeli airliner in 1968, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Monday.

Nigeria gives Iranian, Nigerian five years for arms smuggling

LAGOS, May 13 - A Nigerian court sentenced an alleged member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and a Nigerian accomplice to five years in prison on Monday over an illegal shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos in 2010.

Tanzania releases UAE, Saudi citizens held over church bombing

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has released three Emiratis and one Saudi held in connection with the bombing of a church this month and charged a local man with murder, Tanzanian police said.

Syrian refugees fear backlash in Turkey after bombings

REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian refugees in Turkey say they fear a backlash after car bombings that killed 50 people and wounded many others over the weekend in a border town.

Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi salvage workers on Monday neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the basement of the complex that crumbled in on itself and killed 1,127 people.

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