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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2012 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's president spoke of "fear that could develop into panic" at the country's banks in the weeks before fresh elections that could precipitate Athens exit from the euro zone. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-greece-idUSBRE84D07X20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-greece-idUSBRE84D07X20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 07:25:36 -0400 BEIJING (Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-korea-north-china-idUSBRE84F0F820120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-korea-north-china-idUSBRE84F0F820120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 06:20:00 -0400 PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is to unveil his government on Wednesday, likely to opt for moderate social democrats in the key posts of finance and foreign affairs and put a more old school Socialist in charge of a new super ministry for youth and education. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-france-government-idUSBRE84D1CH20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-france-government-idUSBRE84D1CH20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 05:41:17 -0400 BEIJING (Reuters) - China may have sown the seeds of its next human rights row with the United States even as it looks to end the current one over blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, with its treatment of him inspiring a band of lawyers to join his human-rights battle. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-china-dissident-activists-idUSBRE84F0HQ20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-china-dissident-activists-idUSBRE84F0HQ20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 07:18:40 -0400 BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of U.N. monitors caught in the incident said they were in rebel hands "for their own protection." http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-syria-idUSBRE84C0DO20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-syria-idUSBRE84C0DO20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 07:09:39 -0400 CAIRO (Reuters) - On the eve of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, the Muslim Brotherhood braced itself for a wave of mass detentions, convinced the president was planning to hand power to his son and would order a crackdown on opposition. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-egypt-election-brotherhood-idUSBRE84F0HF20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-egypt-election-brotherhood-idUSBRE84F0HF20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 07:14:09 -0400 THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunted Srebrenica survivors on Wednesday at the start of his trial for genocide, running his hand across his throat in a gesture of defiance to relatives of the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-warcrimes-mladic-idUSBRE84F08P20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-warcrimes-mladic-idUSBRE84F08P20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 07:32:32 -0400 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's national search and rescue agency has found a black box flight recorder from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed during a demonstration flight killing all 45 people on board, an agency official said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-indonesia-sukhoi-idUSBRE84F0D520120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-indonesia-sukhoi-idUSBRE84F0D520120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 05:19:10 -0400 LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Facing an imminent toughening of sanctions, Iran is hinting at a readiness to give some ground in its long nuclear stand-off with world powers, but any flexibility could split their ranks and lead to protracted uncertainty about how to respond. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-nuclear-iran-iaea-idUSBRE84E0BE20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-nuclear-iran-iaea-idUSBRE84E0BE20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 05:29:46 -0400 LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense spending cuts are putting an increasing strain on relations between the United States and its European allies in NATO, sharpening transatlantic battles over issues ranging from financing Afghan security forces to missile defense. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-nato-summit-future-idUSBRE84F0DQ20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-nato-summit-future-idUSBRE84F0DQ20120516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Wed, 16 May 2012 05:37:00 -0400