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Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=GKIAo1NaDck:0A7NLquz134:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=GKIAo1NaDck:0A7NLquz134:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=GKIAo1NaDck:0A7NLquz134:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=GKIAo1NaDck:0A7NLquz134:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=GKIAo1NaDck:0A7NLquz134:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/GKIAo1NaDck" height="1" width="1"/>
North Korea raises stakes with new missile launch
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired three Scud missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said, further stoking regional tensions that were already high due to its nuclear test in May.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I9YPfWba5wg:f9X9o9orRH0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I9YPfWba5wg:f9X9o9orRH0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=I9YPfWba5wg:f9X9o9orRH0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I9YPfWba5wg:f9X9o9orRH0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=I9YPfWba5wg:f9X9o9orRH0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/I9YPfWba5wg" height="1" width="1"/>
Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=UriHxh947qA:FrvIKk3-lM8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=UriHxh947qA:FrvIKk3-lM8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=UriHxh947qA:FrvIKk3-lM8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=UriHxh947qA:FrvIKk3-lM8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=UriHxh947qA:FrvIKk3-lM8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/UriHxh947qA" height="1" width="1"/>
Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff payments
NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=L6DMybn5CbY:RLsZ62DwwqM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=L6DMybn5CbY:RLsZ62DwwqM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=L6DMybn5CbY:RLsZ62DwwqM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=L6DMybn5CbY:RLsZ62DwwqM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=L6DMybn5CbY:RLsZ62DwwqM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/L6DMybn5CbY" height="1" width="1"/>
Honduras rulers renounce OAS charter
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power and said they would no longer recognize the OAS charter, deepening Central America's worst political crisis in decades.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IHtOx7bVxb4:6mwBAUIxq-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IHtOx7bVxb4:6mwBAUIxq-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=IHtOx7bVxb4:6mwBAUIxq-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IHtOx7bVxb4:6mwBAUIxq-0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=IHtOx7bVxb4:6mwBAUIxq-0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/IHtOx7bVxb4" height="1" width="1"/>
U.S. drone kills 10 in Pakistan, copter crash kills 26
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=FqVFqGHncEo:SgIRBbeft6c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=FqVFqGHncEo:SgIRBbeft6c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=FqVFqGHncEo:SgIRBbeft6c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=FqVFqGHncEo:SgIRBbeft6c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=FqVFqGHncEo:SgIRBbeft6c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/FqVFqGHncEo" height="1" width="1"/>
Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff face trial
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=4hRqqbqsafQ:8wnmOUlr6kM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=4hRqqbqsafQ:8wnmOUlr6kM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=4hRqqbqsafQ:8wnmOUlr6kM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=4hRqqbqsafQ:8wnmOUlr6kM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=4hRqqbqsafQ:8wnmOUlr6kM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/4hRqqbqsafQ" height="1" width="1"/>
U.S. sounds out Arabs on Israel gestures: diplomats
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=XktfFLpudu8:rIliSuBj7V8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=XktfFLpudu8:rIliSuBj7V8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=XktfFLpudu8:rIliSuBj7V8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=XktfFLpudu8:rIliSuBj7V8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=XktfFLpudu8:rIliSuBj7V8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/XktfFLpudu8" height="1" width="1"/>
Massive demand for Michael Jackson memorial tickets
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I0quBjpqGc0:kk3zhriwvls:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I0quBjpqGc0:kk3zhriwvls:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=I0quBjpqGc0:kk3zhriwvls:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=I0quBjpqGc0:kk3zhriwvls:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=I0quBjpqGc0:kk3zhriwvls:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/I0quBjpqGc0" height="1" width="1"/>
Israeli sub sails Suez, signaling reach to Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zQNR-NooDLA:xtwVVmu6y7A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zQNR-NooDLA:xtwVVmu6y7A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zQNR-NooDLA:xtwVVmu6y7A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=zQNR-NooDLA:xtwVVmu6y7A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zQNR-NooDLA:xtwVVmu6y7A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/zQNR-NooDLA" height="1" width="1"/>