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HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban group painted a grim picture of the human rights situation in the island nation, saying in a report on Tuesday it was "very unfavorable" and not likely to get better soon.

MANILA (Reuters) - Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines were pulling out of Catholic farmlands on Tuesday after a fierce military assault on their positions that forced nearly 160,000 people to flee, they said.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's prime minister vowed on Monday to lead a peaceful struggle to restore the country's deposed president and France said it was suspending aid to the West Africa country.

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Confirmed in office in a landslide recall election vote, Bolivian President Evo Morales now plans to push through major constitutional reforms early next year that will further antagonize his rightist opponents.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - About 20 Catholic pilgrims who attended World Day Youth services in Australia with Pope Benedict XVI last month have claimed asylum, with more applications expected, refugee advocates said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama sees an overhaul of Wall Street regulations as crucial to restoring trust in U.S. markets and could move early on it if he wins the White House, according to a senior adviser.

HANOI (Reuters) - Military helicopters delivered instant noodles and fresh water to residents in mud-covered villages in northern Vietnam after floods and landslides killed scores of people, with more rains forecast to hit on Tuesday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean vessel and a North Korean fishing boat collided off the Korean peninsula's east coast early on Tuesday, leaving two North Koreans missing, a South Korean military official said.

ERIE, Pa./HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama warned Russia on Monday of severe, long-term consequences from its conflict with Georgia.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it was proceeding with a $1.16 billion contract with Northrop Grumman Corp for an unmanned patrol plane after government auditors denied a protest filed by losing bidder Lockheed Martin Corp.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Alexandre "Barack Obama" Jacinto has a dream -- to be the first black president of Brazil.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's prime minister vowed on Monday to lead a peaceful struggle to restore the country's deposed president and France said it was suspending aid to the West Africa country.

PARIS (Reuters) - France will suspend development aid to Mauritania and is ready to consider further sanctions with its European Union partners, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said in a statement on Monday.

SANAA (Reuters) - Five suspected members of al Qaeda were killed and two arrested in a clash in Yemen after police stormed a hideout in a southern town on Monday, provincial officials said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday became the first Arab leader to visit Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, a landmark step towards reducing Baghdad's isolation among its Sunni Arab neighbors.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would shut its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a rocket attack that further strained a ceasefire between the Jewish state and Gaza militants.

ERIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate John McCain, flashing his foreign policy credentials while rival Barack Obama is on vacation, warned Russia on Monday of severe, long-term consequences from its conflict with Georgia.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Washington's negotiator John Rood is expected to visit Warsaw later this week in a bid to break an impasse in Polish-U.S. talks over hosting a U.S. missile shield, a U.S. official said on Monday.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's justice minister removed chief anti-corruption prosecutor Daniel Morar from office on Monday, a dismissal observers said could weaken the country's efforts to fight graft among top politicians.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co is "strongly considering" not bidding on the upcoming competition for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling tanker contract, Aviation Week, the aerospace industry magazine, reported on Monday, without identifying its sources.