NYC weighs allowing many immigrants to vote
Agha Saleh came to the United States inspired by democratic ideals, but it took him years to achieve a basic one here: voting. Full story
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - On a January afternoon in Kuwait City, a group of bloggers gathered around three men they would not normally expect to see in a downtown coffee shop, clutching lattes and mochas. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Russia will help Egypt develop its nuclear power program, Trade and Industry Minister Hatem Saleh said on Monday, signaling that the Islamist-led state will press ahead with its quest for atomic energy. Full story
DUBAI (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Friday applauded this week's shake-up of Yemen's army and security leadership but expressed concern that putting key figures into diplomatic posts would make it harder to call them to account for potential past crimes. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead three people in a failed attempt to assassinate a Houthi rebel leader on Saturday after he left Yemen's "national dialogue" talks aimed at ending political turmoil in the country, sources at the talks said. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - For Fayez al-Absi, Yemen's most important political gathering in 50 years will never manage to end the country's political turmoil, as many of the powerbrokers participating are the cause of the very problems they are meant to solve. Full story
Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold a poster of Saleh outside al-Saleh mosque after weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace in which Saleh and other stat
A female supporter of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seen with her face partially covered while attending a gathering of Saleh's supporters in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace in whi
A man holds a poster of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside al-Saleh mosque after weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace in which Saleh and other state officials w
Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh hold a poster of Saleh outside the al-Saleh mosque after weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace in which Saleh and other
People gather next to posters of former Yemeni officials who were injured along with the country's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace, in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the attack. REUTERS/Kha
Supporters of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh shout slogans outside al-Saleh mosque after weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa May 17, 2013. Loyalists to Saleh marked on Friday the second anniversary of the June 2011 bomb attack at the Presidential Palace in which Saleh and other state officia