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02/03/2012 11:40 PMStreet battle rages near Egypt's Interior Ministry CAIRO (Reuters) - Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police through clouds of tear gas near Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths in Port Said of 74 people - the country's worst soccer disaster. 
02/04/2012 10:02 AMOver 200 people killed in Syria's Homs before U.N. vote BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. 
02/04/2012 08:53 AMIran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's oil minister called on the European Union to review its decision to impose sanctions on the Islamic state's oil exports and said that the international oil market was balanced. 
02/04/2012 08:12 AMCivilian deaths in Afghan war up for fifth straight year - U.N. KABUL (Reuters) - More than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the number has risen, the United Nations said on Saturday in a report likely to revive tension between the Afghan government and its Western backers. 
02/04/2012 09:26 AMRomania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west. 
02/04/2012 05:10 AMSudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight. 
02/04/2012 12:03 AMAmid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan. 
02/04/2012 12:15 AMIran threatens retaliation over oil embargo TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader threatened Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb. 
02/04/2012 07:21 AMPakistan PM to discuss Afghanistan reconciliation in Qatar (Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with officials from the Gulf Arab state on the Afghan reconciliation process, a senior government official said on Saturday. 
02/04/2012 02:50 AMRescuers find bodies from Papua New Guinea ferry disaster SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers searching for survivors after a heavily laden ferry sank off Papua New Guinea said on Saturday they had found four bodies and that the search would go on for about 100 still missing. 
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