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2014年8月11日星期一

Morning Digest: Maliki digs in as U.S. pushes for new Iraq government

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08/11/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Maliki digs in as U.S. pushes for new Iraq government

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was battling to keep his job on Monday, deploying forces across Baghdad as some parliamentary allies sought a replacement and the United States warned him not to obstruct efforts to form a new government..

Israeli negotiators in Cairo for Gaza truce talks

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli negotiators arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks on ending a month-old Gaza war with Palestinian militants after a new 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt appeared to be holding..

Exclusive: RBS preparing to sell international arm of Coutts - sources

ZURICH/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland is selling the international arm of its private bank in a deal that could be valued around $1 billion, sources said on Monday, as the British government leans on it to focus more on domestic lending..

'Turtles' beats Marvel's 'Guardians' at US, Canada box office

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The return of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" earned $65 million in ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian movie theaters over the weekend, easily winning a box office battle with Marvel's outer space hit "Guardians of the Galaxy.".

Phelps makes U.S. squad as Olympic hopes gather steam

(Reuters) - Michael Phelps overcame the first hurdle to a potential return to Olympic competition in 2016 when he was named along with exciting teenagers Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin on the U.S. team for the Pan Pacific Championships on Sunday..

China's Baidu warned over porn content: Xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese search engine giant Baidu has been told by authorities to clean up its content after pornographic files were found on its online storage service, the official Xinhua news service said late on Sunday..

Spacecraft Rosetta catches up to comet after 10-year chase

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European spacecraft Rosetta became the first ever to catch up with a comet on Wednesday, a landmark stage in a decade-long space mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system..

Toddler slides through White House gate, alarming Secret Service

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A toddler squeezed through the White House gates on Thursday evening, causing a brief security lockdown on Pennsylvania Avenue and amusing White House reporters awaiting late-breaking news on Iraq..