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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Democratic senators called on Friday for an independent review of electrical work at U.S. bases in Iraq where more than a dozen soldiers have been electrocuted and others injured.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police killed at least eight people in a raid on drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum, a spokesman said on Friday, following widespread anger and fear over police brutality in recent weeks.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic activists laid out plans on Friday to register 2 million new Latino voters to boost the clout of the United States' fastest-growing voter bloc in the November presidential election.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A soldier on trial for the killing of a Congo opposition politician earlier this month testified on Friday that the governor of Kinshasa, an ally of President Joseph Kabila, had ordered the murder.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama has decided against using the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop for a speech in Berlin, his aides said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key farm state senators warned the Bush administration on Friday they would not support a world trade deal that cuts U.S. farm subsidies more than it opens foreign markets to American farm products.

DURBAN (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's crisis has weakened the unity of the southern African body SADC, Angola's foreign minister said on Friday, suggesting the region is divided over how to deal with President Robert Mugabe's disputed re-election.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain commented on Friday on the unannounced timing of a high-security trip by Barack Obama to Iraq, saying he believed his Democratic rival was going this weekend.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet North Korea's foreign minister next week at an informal gathering of the six countries working to end Pyongyang's nuclear arms program, the State Department said on Friday.

WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful John McCain told embattled GM employees on Friday he backs their development of an electric car and said Americans should be able to receive $5,000 tax credits to buy them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday the United States would not soften its refusal to negotiate directly with Iran until Tehran gave up its nuclear program.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday international recognition of Kosovo would increase and the independence of the former Serbian province was a fact that opponents must accept.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis displaced by sectarian conflict are still struggling to get sufficient food, shelter and basic services like water and health care, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Briton has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a series of sex attacks on sheep, London police said on Friday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S. businessman at the centre of a corruption case against Ehud Olmert told a court on Friday he was worn out from questioning by the Israeli prime minister's lawyers, saying "I can't do it anymore".

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa celebrated the 90th birthday on Friday of Nelson Mandela, a symbol of reconciliation in a nation now torn by doubts and nostalgia for his leadership.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters calling for independence for Tibet protested in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, and police said they took 118 demonstrators into custody for organizing anti-China demonstrations.

GENEVA (Reuters) - From banana imports to rules for protecting the product names, officials and diplomats were working on Friday on a range of issues ahead of next week's make-or-break ministerial trade negotiations.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Indian officials met the International Atomic Energy Agency chief on Friday and briefed IAEA governors to resolve questions about India's plan for expanded nuclear inspections.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim has given details of his alibi to the police investigating a sodomy allegation, his lawyer said on Friday, as he faced mounting pressure to provide a DNA sample.