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Volume, variety key for Adobe's stock-image service to click

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REUTERS -Adobe Systems Inc is leveraging its popular Creative Cloud software suite for its new stock-image service, but will have to dig deeper to woo designers and take on established players such as Shutterstock Inc and Getty Images.Launched on Tuesday, Adobe Stock is a repackaged version of Fotolia, which Adobe bought in January.The company is offering the product at a significant discount to users of its Creative Cloud suite, which houses the popular Photoshop and Illustrator tools. It will also be available as a standalone service.But analysts said it would not be easy to lure customers away from Shutterstock and the product may even be a hard sell to existing Creative Cloud users, at least in the near term.I think that Creative Cloud users could potentially experiment with Adobe Stock, but I dont think that the content is there right now for them to switch over, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Blake Harper said.ADVERTISINGFor one, Adobe Stock needs to boost its inventory. It offers 40 million images, while Shutterstock has a gallery of over 56 million images.I think the magnitude of the lead that Shutterstock has is kind of under-appreciated, RBC Capital Markets analyst Rohit Kulkarni told Reuters.Getty, one of the oldest in the game, offers more than 25 million images under its iStock brand, apart from other royalty free images. The company boasts a total inventory of over 100 million images and serves a large editorial clientele.Adobes entry could unsettle Getty, which is struggling with financial problems and has been discounting to retain users.Topekas Harper said Adobe would also need to sort out the bad blood between Fotolias management and U.S. contributors over payments.Analysts have said Adobe Stock needs more variety, especially U.S. content, as Fotolia was more popular in Europe.PRICING WARSThe key to winning the war could be pricing.Adobe Stocks annual subscription of 750 images is priced at $199.99 per month, a dollar more than Shutterstocks professional package.Gettys premium iStock photos cost $333.25 per month, while a cheaper collection costs $166.58.It will take time for Adobe to gain critical mass, and meanwhile Shutterstock could lower prices to attract new customers, Morningstar analyst Norman Young said.Still, Adobe is confident that it will be able to take a big share of the $3-billion total available market, the companys Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett told Reuters. Adobe expects $75 million in revenue from Adobe Stock this year.Shutterstocks CEO and founder, Jon Oringer, declined to comment on whether the company expects Adobe Stocks launch to alter market dynamics.Getty declined to comment.

Ebay sells Craigslist stake back to Craigslist

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TORONTO (Reuters) -EBay Inc said it has sold its 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist Inc back to the online classified advertising company.Under a confidential settlement agreement, all litigation between the companies will also be dismissed, eBay said in a blog post.The companies have been feuding for years in civil court over allegations that eBay took a stake in Craigslist and then misappropriated confidential information while secretly planning its own classifieds site.EBay, which launched classified ad service Kijiji in the United States in 2007, bought the Craigslist stake in 2004.

Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoffs

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Reuters -Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter.The deliberations are preliminary and no decision has been made, the people said. The review highlights Chief Executive Lisa Sus determination to consider every possible option to turn the company around.AMD, based in Sunnyvale, California, has asked a consulting firm to help it review its options and draw up scenarios on how a break-up or spin-off would work, the people said this week, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.One option under consideration is separating AMDs graphics and licensing business from its server business, which sells processors that power data centers, one of the people said.AMD had explored such a move in the past and decided against it, the people said. Su, however, who took over as CEO last October, judged that there is merit for the company to at least consider such a possibility again, the people added. There is no certainty that a split or spin-off will occur, the people cautioned.An AMD spokeswoman said no such project was in the works at this time and reiterated the companys commitment to the long-term strategy it laid out in May at its analyst meeting.AMD, which has a market capitalization of around $2 billion, has competed with much larger Intel since the 1980s, and at times has made inroads with its PC and server chips. AMD has an extensive cross-licensing agreement with Intel, an issue AMD would have to study carefully in the case of a break-up.In the last few years, AMD has been caught somewhat flat-footed by new competitors designing low-cost and power-efficient chips. AMD shares have fallen 40 percent over the last 12 months.The company, which said in October it would cut 7 percent of its workforce, is now shifting its focus to gaming consoles and low-power servers to combat falling laptop sales.While large rivals such as Intel have deeper pockets to fund research on new products, AMD faces declining cash flows and has a more modest balance sheet.AMDs net loss widened to $180 million, or 23 cents per share, in the quarter that ended March 28, from $20 million, or 3 cents per share, a year earlier. It also missed on revenue expectations. It is forecasting a return to profitability in the second half of the year.

Alonso says he lost motivation at Ferrari

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SPIELBERG (Reuters) -Fernando Alonso has credited McLaren with restoring the motivation he lost after five years at Ferrari.I don’t have any regrets because Im happy now, the Spaniard told reporters after his teams dismal start to the Formula One season and new partnership with Honda showed no let-up in Saturdays Austrian Grand Prix qualifying.Im enjoying the weekends, Im enjoying my job and I need this motivation.I lost motivation last year. To be second or third for so many years with not really any progress...without motivation it is very difficult to work and I have all that back now, added the double champion.Alonso has yet to score a point in seven races this season and McLaren, in a new partnership with Honda, plumbed new depths on Saturday when he and Jenson Button picked up 25-place grid penalties.At Ferrari, Alonso won races and ended up second in the championship in three seasons but the title was always out of reach.The Spaniard said he was sad not to be fighting for the podium but progress was being made.I see the Q3 (final phase of qualifying) normally on television unfortunately now, he added, expressing mock sympathy for those who filled the top places.I saw the top three in the press conference and they were very sad, he smiled. They were angry. One because he spun in turn one, one because he spun in the last corner and the other because hes third whatever the conditions.I was in that position for five years, he said of Sebastian Vettel, third for Ferrari behind the dominant Mercedes duo of champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.So I am enjoying the challenge of being in this project from zero, the very bottom because we are not very competitive, but if we can achieve something important together this will be fantastic and taste better.McLarens Racing Director Eric Boullier expected more penalties in the coming races as McLaren and Honda wrestled with reliability.Im pretty sure were going to have a new record in the Guinness book by the end of the season, said the Frenchman who felt the rules limiting engine development and usage needed to change.We have to respect the rules but I find it sad for Formula One to have two world champions like Jenson and Fernando sitting at the back of the grid.

Top seed Federer to face Seppi for eighth Halle title

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HALLE (Reuters) -World number two Roger Federer edged past Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3) 7-6(4) on Saturday to reach the Halle Open final where he will face Italian Andreas Seppi, who went through when opponent Kei Nishikori retired injured.The Swiss top seed, eyeing his eighth title in the grasscourt Wimbledon warmup event, held serve throughout but was taken to two tiebreaks having failed to secure a single break point against the Croatians powerful serve.It is always complicated to play against Ivo but I remained calm when it mattered, Federer told reporters.I was lucky in the first round (needing three sets against Philipp Kohlschreiber) so I am happy to have made the final.It was always going to be a slugfest with Karlovic having fired a record 45 aces past Tomas Berdych on Friday.The Croat did not disappoint, racking up 10 aces halfway through the first set.A sensational backhand return in the opening tiebreak gave Federer the slight edge he needed on his opponents serve and a double fault from the Croatian handed him the first set.The Swiss again had to stay patient, but won two points on the Croatians serve in the second tiebreak and sealed his win with a backhand volley after one hour and 28 minutes.Seppi advanced to his second final of the year after Zagreb when Japans Nishikori, the second seed, retired injured early in the first set.It was the second time in two days that the Italian had gone through thanks to an injury retirement, after he reached the last four on Friday when Frances Gael Monfils conceded in the second set.Nishikori, who was moving poorly with his left leg heavily bandaged, lasted only five games before quitting.

Anderson powers into Queen's final, Murray delayed

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LONDON (Reuters) -Kevin Anderson produced a devastating display of serving power to reach the final of the Aegon Championships with a 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 defeat of gallant Frenchman Gilles Simon at Queens Club on Saturday.Seventh seed Simon watched 34 aces fly past him on the slick Centre Court grass but hung on to stretch the towering South African into a decider before succumbing.Anderson, ranked 17 in the world, will face either top seed Andy Murray or Serbias Viktor Troicki in Sundays final which will be his first on grass.World number three Murray, bidding for a fourth Queens Club title, and Troicki were locked at 3-3 in the first set when heavy rain wiped out the rest of the days play, meaning they will resume at 1000GMT (6:00 a.m. ET) on Sunday.Troicki slipped and fell and appeared to injure his shoulder during the final point before the rain arrived but was ready to resume when play was suspended.The 29-year-old Anderson has dropped serve only once on the way to the final, against former champion Lleyton Hewitt in round one when he was a point away from defeat.Since then he has gathered momentum and has looked impregnable on serve, bashing down 96 aces.I think at this point its more just about the rhythm and the way it feels, the unseeded Anderson told reporters.I really feel its been clicking the last few matches.It was in the groove against the agile Simon who did not sniff a single break point.Anderson is not just a monstrous server though.He struck plenty of precision groundstrokes and a couple of rasping forehands allowed him to break decisively in the eighth game of the opener.Simon stuck to his task manfully to reach a tiebreak in the second set but Anderson looked on the cusp of victory leading 5-4 with a mini-break and two service points to come.But Simon turned it round, saving one match point when Anderson skewed a backhand wide, before levelling the match.The decider went with serve until 4-3 when Anderson, whose baseline game was solid throughout, snatched the Frenchmans serve and he then duly sealed victory, predictably with an ace.

Hamilton makes it a year of Mercedes poles

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SPIELBERG (Reuters) -Lewis Hamilton seized pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday in a damp qualifying session that saw both the Formula One world champion and his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg skid off on their final laps.The pole was Hamiltons seventh in eight races -- the same number he managed in all of last season -- and 45th of his career, taking him to third equal with Sebastian Vettel on the all-time list behind Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.It also completed a year of domination by Mercedes, with Brazilian Felipe Massas pole for Williams in Austria last June the last time any driver from outside the team has started from the top slot.It was quite a difficult qualifying session for everyone because of the track conditions, said Hamilton, who spun off at turn one as he started his final quick lap on a drying track after morning rain.I was pushing that bit extra on the next run and just locked the rears, added the Briton, who leads Rosberg by 17 points after winning four races to the Germans two.Rosberg, who was two tenths slower than Hamilton going into his final lap, pushed just a bit too hard and careered across the runoff and into the gravel just as it seemed he was going to be quicker.I went on the astroturf out of the second to last corner. Maybe that was still a bit wet or something or I just overdid it after that, Im not sure. I just lost it there into the last corner, said the German.I knew I had to go for it.Ferraris Vettel will line up in third place with Massa fourth for Williams and 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nico Hulkenberg fifth for Force India.Mercedes-powered cars filled five of the top six slots at a power circuit.Generally the Mercedes-powered cars can turn up the performance a bit. Even the Williams were also a lot closer than they were in practice, said four-times champion Vettel.At a scenic circuit owned by energy drink giant Red Bull, 17-year-old Dutch rookie Max Verstappen provided some cheer for the unhappy hosts with seventh place on the grid for Red Bulls sister team Toro Rosso.Both Red Bulls main drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat have 10 place grid penalties as a result of engine replacements and are set to start 18th and 15th respectively.Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen failed to get through the first phase of qualifying and was 18th before penalties applied to others moved the Finn up to 14th.How is that possible?, exclaimed the Finn, with the expletive deleted.An element of farce was added to the session with McLarens Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button each taking 25 place grid penalties in a field of just 20 cars for exceeding their allocation of power unit components.Alonso qualified 15th and starts 19th while Button dropped from 17th to last. They will also have to serve time penalties on Sunday, an additional embarrassment with new Honda president Takahiro Hachigo attending the race.

Jolie decries 'explosion of suffering' after visiting refugees in Turkey

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MIDYAT (Reuters) -Hollywood actress and director Angelina Jolie on Saturday described a spiraling global refugee crisis as an explosion of human suffering whose causes the international community refuses to confront.Jolie, who serves as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, was speaking at a news conference in southeastern Turkey, home to Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war, on World Refugee Day.The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said in a report last week that there were now more refugees than at any other time in history, with 59.5 million people displaced from their homes worldwide.There is an explosion of human suffering and displacement on a level that has never been seen before, Jolie said, warning that Syrians and Iraqis were running out of safe havens as neighboring states reached the limit of their capacity.It is hard to point to a single instance where, as an international community, we are decisively addressing the root causes of refugee flows, she said.Jolie and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the city of Midyat, some 50 km (30 miles) from the Syrian border. She also attended a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner at a nearby camp and visited refugees.This was Jolies third visit to Turkey since 2011, when the conflict in Syria began. The war has displaced more than 3 million refugees, or almost a fifth of the pre-war population.Turkey shelters 1.8 million Syrian refugees, as well as thousands of Yazidis, whose ancient religion draws on Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, who fled attacks by Islamic State in Iraq last August.The long-running wars in neighboring Iraq and Syria mean that Turkey has overtaken Pakistan to become the worlds leading host of refugees, and has spent $6 billion on assisting Syrians alone, UNHCR said.

Malian rebel alliance signs peace deal with government

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BAMAKO (Reuters) -An alliance of Tuareg-led rebels and the Malian government signed a peace deal on Saturday meant to draw a line under a 2012 uprising and allow the authorities to focus on tackling Islamist militants in the desert north.The Algerian-brokered deal, signed by a representative of the rebel Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), grants greater autonomy to sparsely populated northern Mali in a bid to end a cycle of four uprisings since independence from France in 1960.The Algiers Accord had been signed in May by a coalition of loyalist armed groups but the CMA held out for concessions on the return of refugees, security arrangements and development plans for the region.These were agreed with the government this month.A French-led military campaign in early 2013 liberated northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels, who seized control of it after the Tuareg uprising sparked a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos.However, the north remains prey to attacks by extremist groups, and some 140,000 Malians remain abroad as refugees.Hand in hand, let us make Mali better, more brotherly, more united than ever, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, elected after a transition back to democracy, told the ceremony. Long live a reconciled Mali Long live peacePrevious deals with northern rebels have failed to secure a lasting peace. The light-skinned Tuareg and Arab peoples of northern Mali say they have been marginalised by successive black African governments in the southern capital, Bamako.The application of this accord will be complicated by the division of fighters into competing splinter groups. Analysts say some northern factions vie for control of smuggling routes to north Africa.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters in Cairo that the deal differed from previous pacts because it would be monitored by the international community, including France.The deal has, however, left the issue of Azawads political identity for a national debate between Malian parties.The government has said it is prepared to devolve more authority under Malis existing decentralised structure, but rejects demands for full autonomy within a federal system.CMA representative Mahamadou Djeri Maiga told the ceremony: We are placing a lot of hope in the assurances of IBK (the president) and our international partners.Malian authorities said Algeria would head an independent commission charged with monitoring the deal.The Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Mali, Mongi Hamdi, said the 11,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) would also support the deals implementation.With violence still simmering in the north, MINUSMA has suffered 49 fatalities since its deployment in 2013, according to its website.

Brazil's Rousseff approval rating drops further, poll shows

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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Dilma Rousseffs popularity suffered a new blow in June, with just 10 percent of voters approving her government as unemployment rises and corruption allegations haunt key allies, a poll showed on Saturday.The proportion of Brazilians who consider Rousseffs administration bad or very bad rose to 65 percent this week from 60 percent in April, according to a Datafolha poll carried out on Wednesday and Thursday and which was published by newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.Rousseffs approval rating was the lowest for a Brazilian president since Fernando Collor de Mellos impeachment in 1992.Rousseffs image worsened across age groups and regions, including in poorest socioeconomic groups which benefited most from the policies of Rousseff and her mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In the Northeast, a traditional stronghold of Rousseffs Workers Party, only 14 percent of voters rate her government as good or very good, compared with 58 percent who consider the administration bad or very bad.The poll was taken before federal police on Friday arrested the chief executives of Brazils two largest construction firms for allegedly participating in a corruption scheme that has been linked to Rousseffs party and Lula himself.Healthcare, corruption and unemployment are the greatest concerns of Brazilian voters, the poll showed. The share of voters who cited unemployment as their biggest concern rose to 11 percent, from 6 percent in April, reflecting the recent increase in joblessness as companies fired more than 200,000 workers in just two months.Brazils economy is probably shrinking at its fastest pace in 25 years, economists said. Despite the downturn, Rousseffs cabinet raised taxes and increased interest rates in an effort to restore credibility with investors.Datafolha interviewed 2,840 people in 174 cities.

Inaction on peace risks setting Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'ablaze': France

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CAIRO (Reuters) -French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday that the stalemate in the peace process risked setting the conflict ablaze and urged both sides to return to the negotiating table quickly.U.S.-led efforts to broker a so-called two-state solution collapsed in April 2014 and leaders on both sides have since been weakened politically. But with the regions crises worsening and Washington reassessing its options on relations with Israel, France sees a narrow window to resume negotiations.We have to do the maximum so that the two sides restart negotiations, Fabius told reporters after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. We think that by doing nothing there will be the twin risk of stalemate and setting (the conflict) ablaze.Fabius was on a two-day trip to the Middle East to promote a French-led initiative that would see the peace process relaunched through an international support group comprising Arab states, the European Union and U.N. Security Council members.These states would then work to pressure both sides to make compromises that neither wants to make alone.Talks would be rubber-stamped by a U.N. Security Council resolution setting the negotiating parameters and establishing a time period, possibly 18 months, to complete talks.Its been 40 years ... we need to adapt the method so that the Arabs, the Europeans, the Americans can accompany things, Fabius said.What is important is to get these talks restarted. Israels security has to be assured but also the rights of the Palestinians have to be recognized and, in that regard, when settlements move ahead, that pushes back a two-state solution.Speaking at the same news conference, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said he supported efforts to revive the talks given the regional geopolitical situation.After meeting key Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, Fabius said they had agreed to press ahead with the initiative and work toward creating the international contact group.If there is an agreement ... then this could manifest itself in September, he said.Fabius was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday.The trip comes before a final round of nuclear talks between major powers and Iran in late June. Washington has said it will not discuss the Middle East process until the Iran situation is clear, but has indicated it may be receptive to a new U.N. resolution.Israeli officials have called the French initiative counterproductive, saying that only direct dialogue between the two sides can resolve the conflict.

U.N. expands refugee camp in Kenya as South Sudan conflict rages

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REUTERS (Kakuma) - Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade for peace in the worlds newest nation.The arrival of some 44,000 South Sudanese refugees since late 2013, when fighting broke out between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and rebels allied with former Vice President Riek Machar, has stretched the camp to its limits.Before the resumption of the current crisis, what we hoped was that the camp would shut. But what weve seen, since December 2013, is actually the contrary, said Raouf Mazou, the U.N. refugee agencys Kenya representative.Kakuma is home to some 185,000 people, mostly from South Sudan, and with the planned expansion it will soon accommodate up to 80,000 more. The extra space will help ease congestion as well as make room for new arrivals.The sprawling Kakuma camp was set up in Kenyas arid Turkana County in 1992 to accommodate thousands of Lost Boys who fled the southern part of what was then Sudan and walked hundreds of miles to Kenya.A 2005 peace deal paved the way for South Sudans 2011 independence and the United Nations launched a repatriation program. By 2008, officials contemplated the camps closure.But the crisis involving long-time rivals Kiir and Machar has led to fierce fighting along ethnic lines: Kiir is an ethnic Dinka and Machar is Nuer.Thousands have been killed and more than 1.5 million people have been displaced, while another 500,000 have fled to neighboring countries, especially Ethiopia and Uganda, the United Nations has said.Nobody thinks that they can go back, said Andrew Riek Wal, 24, who lived in Kakuma for a decade before returning home in 2011, only to come back to the camp in 2013. I am very worried about going back because I may be killed.During his brief return, Wal got a job teaching English in the capital Juba and began searching for family members. But when fighting resumed, he feared he was especially vulnerable.Because he had spent his adolescence in Kakuma, he was never given the distinctive horizontal forehead marks that distinguish Nuer men, and he feared he would be mistaken for a Dinka.Living this life of a refugee, it seems like I am in prison, he said.

South Korea reports three new cases of MERS, taking total to 169

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REUTERS (Seoul) -South Koreas Health Ministry reported on Sunday three more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, bringing the total to 169 in an outbreak that is the largest outside of Saudi Arabia.The ministry late on Saturday reported the 25th fatality, a patient who had suffered a heart ailment and diabetes. The outbreak which was first confirmed on May 20 seems to have leveled off, the ministry said on Friday.

Protesters throng London to oppose new UK government's austerity plan

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REUTERS (London) -Tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters massed outside Britains parliament on Saturday to demonstrate against the newly re-elected Conservative governments plans for further public spending cuts.Holding banners saying End Austerity Now and Defy Tory Rule, protesters had marched from the Bank of England in the heart of Londons financial district, in a rally which organizers said drew several hundred thousand people.Police declined to estimate numbers for the event, which featured speeches from celebrities such as singer Charlotte Church and comedian Russell Brand as well as trade unionists and Labour Party leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn.Everyone from up and down the country is here because they have had enough of austerity, cuts and privatization, university scientist Gareth Hardy told Reuters Video News.One marcher carried a placard showing Prime Minister David Cameron peeking out of a garbage can -- suggesting this was where his policies belonged too -- while another pictured him with devils horns.A small number of protesters let off red-colored smoke bombs in a mostly good-natured march.Britains Conservatives unexpectedly won an outright majority in a national election last month after five years when they had led a coalition focused on cutting public spending to narrow Britains large budget deficit.Since winning the election, finance minister George Osborne has said he wants government departments to make extra cuts this year and to commit future governments to run budget surpluses during normal economic times.The government also plans to reduce spending on social security benefits by a further 12 billion pounds ($19 billion), arguing that high levels of public debt make Britain vulnerable if there is another global financial crisis.Speaking to crowds outside parliament, Church said people should not be afraid to seek help from others.If you feel ashamed that you have to use a food bank because this government would rather see you starve ... walk tall. You have the moral high ground.The protest was organized by the Peoples Assembly Against Austerity, an umbrella group with support from trade unions, anti-war protesters and some Labour and Green Party politicians.This march has exceeded all expectations, a spokeswoman for the organizers said. Today is the start of a mass movement to take on this government.Similar protests took place in Glasgow and Liverpool.The last major demonstration in central London was in October, when the Trades Union Congress said up to 90,000 of its supporters marched to call for higher wages. A 2011 march organized by the TUC as part of pan-European anti-austerity protests attracted several hundred thousand marchers.

Car bomb explodes in Yemen capital near mosque used by Houthis, two dead

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REUTERS (Sanaa) -Islamic State group said it was behind a car bomb that exploded in Yemens capital Sanaa on Saturday near the Qiba al-Mahdi mosque, killing two people and wounding six others, witnesses and a security source told Reuters.The group said in a statement published on militant Twitter accounts that the attack was targeting the Houthi militia, whose fighters have used the mosque, located in the old city of Sanaa.On Wednesday the Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility for four car bombs that detonated near mosques used by the Houthis and the groups headquarters in Sanaa, killing two and injuring around 60 people.The Houthis, who are mainly drawn from the Shiite Zaydi sect and are considered heretics by Islamic State, took control of Sanaa in September, a move that culminated in a messy civil war and months of air strikes by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition.U.N. sponsored talks in Geneva between Yemens warring parties ended on Friday without a deal.The Houthis are allied to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who still has the loyalty of much of the army. They are fighting President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is exiled in Riyadh, as well as southern separatists, tribal factions and other political groups.Two coalition air raids early on Saturday hit the al-Dulaimi air base near Sanaas international airport, while several others targeted Saada in northern Yemen and areas near the border with Saudi Arabia, witnesses and the Houthis said.In Marib, a region east of Sanaa contested in fighting for the past three months, 15 Houthis and four tribal fighters were killed in clashes on Saturday morning, tribal sources told Reuters.
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