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Fri, May 25, 2012

Patz suspect's lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense

By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) - The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who New York police say has confessed to ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups"

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The size and sophistication of some recent bomb attacks in Syria suggest that "established terrorist ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Lebanese Syria hostage release delayed, massacre claimed

By Mariam Karouny and Khaled Yacoub Oweis

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Friday that a group of Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces tried to break into the town of Houla in Homs ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Polls show Greek conservatives, leftists neck-and-neck

ATHENS (Reuters) - Parties supporting and opposing Greece's international bailout are running neck-and-neck ahead of next month's repeat national election, which could determine ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Bankia, Catalonia pile on Spanish debt worries

By Fiona Ortiz and Sonya Dowsett

MADRID (Reuters) - Financial troubles at a big Spanish bank and one of the country's richest regions, Catalonia ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Murdoch private eye targeted U.S. hedge fund boss

By Mark Hosenball

(Reuters) - A private detective working for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers used a legally questionable tactic to obtain a hotel bill ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

IRS prepares for potential private equity tax hike

By Patrick Temple-West and Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax regulators are preparing for a potential tax hike on profits earned by private equity managers ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Exclusive: F1 chairman puts brake on IPO talk

By Keith Weir

MONACO (Reuters) - Businessman Peter Brabeck, celebrating his appointment as Formula One chairman on Friday, said the motor racing series had not ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Exclusive: U.S. probes China's ZTE over tech sales to Iran

By Steve Stecklow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Commerce is investigating Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp for allegedly selling embargoed U.S. computer ...