German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse

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• German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse
• One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting
• Raul Castro turning 81, trying to preserve communism
• Insight: Malaysia government losing Chinese support, putting reforms at risk
• U.S. drone strike kills 10 in NW Pakistan: officials
• Khamenei: West talks of nuclear Iran to hide own problems
• Queen Elizabeth to lead giant jubilee flotilla in London
• Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad
• Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon
• US tries not to make waves with 'Pacific Pivot'
• Police: Shots fired at Canada mall, 1 dead
• Panetta arrives at former US base in Vietnam
• France says military action in Syria only under UN
• 10 killed in cargo plane crash in Ghana's capital
• Life sentence for Egypt's Mubarak; sons acquitted
• US drone in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants
• Police say porn actor charged with threatening PM
• Suu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years
• Hun Sen's party poised to win Cambodia elections

German Left party picks new leaders amid fears of collapse Posted: 02 Jun 2012 06:12 PM PDT GOETTINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Left party spurned an experienced campaign manager and instead picked two little-known candidates to lead the far-left alliance through the worst crisis in its four-year history at a tumultuous party congress on Saturday. Amid warnings from other leaders that the party was showing signs of disintegration, delegates to the Left party's annual congress elected western German hard-line leftist Bernd Riexinger and little-known easterner Katja Kipping as co-leaders of the second largest opposition party in parliament. ...

One killed, 6 wounded in Toronto mall shooting Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:38 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - One man was killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall on Saturday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada's largest city. One of the victims in critical condition was a 13-year-old boy, a police spokesman said. Seven people in total were shot or grazed, while a pregnant woman was knocked down in the melee that followed and went into labor. Police said the shooter was still at large. "It's terrible when you hear something like this. ...

Raul Castro turning 81, trying to preserve communism Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:33 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro turns 81 on Sunday, another year on in his race against time to reform Cuba's economy and try to assure the survival of communism after he and his elderly colleagues are gone. Their task, he has said, is to correct mistakes made during their 53 years of leadership, which will require "days and years of work" that he intends to finish. ...

Insight: Malaysia government losing Chinese support, putting reforms at risk Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:07 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Ethnic Chinese voters, upset over policies that favor majority Malays, have become increasingly alienated from Malaysia's ruling coalition, raising the risk of racial polarization and a slowdown in the pace of reforms. Support for Prime Minister Najib Razak among Chinese voters plunged to 37 percent in May from 56 percent in February, a survey by the independent Merdeka Center showed on Friday. It found 56 percent of Chinese were dissatisfied with the government, compared to 30 percent of Indians and 23 percent of Malays. ...

U.S. drone strike kills 10 in NW Pakistan: officials Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:28 AM PDT WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - The second U.S. drone attack in as many days killed 10 people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, intelligence officials said, an incident likely to raise tensions in the standoff between Washington and Islamabad over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. The remotely-piloted aircraft fired four missiles at a suspected Islamist militant hideout in the Birmal area of the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, officials said. A drone strike in the same area killed two suspected militants on Saturday. ...

Khamenei: West talks of nuclear Iran to hide own problems Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:18 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's most powerful authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday accused the United States and its allies of talking about the threat of a nuclear Iran to cover up their own problems, state television reported. "What Americans and Westerners do is idiotic. They magnify the nuclear issue to cover up their own problems," Khamenei said in a televised address marking the 23rd anniversary of the death of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. ...

Queen Elizabeth to lead giant jubilee flotilla in London Posted: 02 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT A beaming Queen Elizabeth arrived at the races on Saturday to indulge a lifelong passion for horses and launch four days of nationwide Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking her 60 years on the British throne. Wearing a blue coat and matching hat on a chilly summer's day, the 86-year-old was greeted by tens of thousands of flag-waving well-wishers at the Epsom Derby in southern England to watch one of the racing calendar's richest events. ...

Annan talks tough to Syria's Assad Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of atrocities and arbitrary arrests, and said on Saturday he had delivered a blunt message to Assad to act now to implement all points of a peace plan. Annan, appointed as envoy on Syria by both the United Nations and the Arab League, said the specter of an all-out civil war was growing daily to the concern of other Middle East countries. ...

Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:56 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli on Saturday, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence. Mikati held talks with ministers and officials in the northern city, as gunmen a few kilometers (miles) away fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Residents and a doctor said 42 people had been wounded. ...

US tries not to make waves with 'Pacific Pivot' Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT As the United States moves to bolster its military position in Asia, it faces severe budget cuts from Congress, an increasingly powerful rival in China and a hornet's nest of regional political sensitivities.

Police: Shots fired at Canada mall, 1 dead Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT A gunman fired shots in a crowded food court in one of Canada's busiest malls Saturday killing a man and injuring seven others, police said.

Panetta arrives at former US base in Vietnam Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:59 PM PDT U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived at a former U.S. air and naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, becoming the most senior American official to go there since the war ended.

France says military action in Syria only under UN Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:11 PM PDT France says it will only participate in military action in Syria under a United Nations mandate.

10 killed in cargo plane crash in Ghana's capital Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:19 PM PDT A Boeing 727 cargo plane attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana's capital crashed Saturday, slamming into a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street, killing all 10 people inside the vehicle, emergency responders and airport officials said.

Life sentence for Egypt's Mubarak; sons acquitted Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:10 PM PDT Former President Hosni Mubarak has received a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of protesters during Egypt's uprising. But he and his sons have been cleared of corruption charges, setting off protests for greater accountability for 30 years of abuses under the old regime.

US drone in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:59 PM PDT An American drone strike in the frontier tribal areas of Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants Sunday, Pakistani officials said as the U.S. pushes ahead with its drone campaign in the face of Pakistani demands to stop.

Police say porn actor charged with threatening PM Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:27 PM PDT A porn actor accused of videotaping a gruesome murder before posting it to the internet will be charged with threatening Canada's prime minister after mailing a severed foot to his Conservative party headquarters, police said Saturday.

Suu Kyi returns home after 1st trip in 24 years Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:31 PM PDT Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi completed her first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years on Sunday, a tour that highlighted her new freedom to explore the world — and to return home.

Hun Sen's party poised to win Cambodia elections Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:29 PM PDT Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party was expected to win Cambodia's local elections Sunday in a vote that monitors say is tainted by vote buying and other irregularities.

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