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WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favor the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Breaking with years of secrecy, Mexico's drug gangs are battling it out in public with audacious hit-lists and threats on banners strung up on streets as drug murders soar out of control.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel kept its border crossings with the Gaza Strip shut on Wednesday, saying it was in response to a Palestinian rocket salvo that breached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Tuareg-led rebels in Niger handed over four French hostages to the Red Cross on Wednesday after three days in captivity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would protect about 25 million taxpayers from paying a tax that originally was meant for only the very wealthy.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria gave U.N. investigators a good look at the site of what Washington says was a secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but initial checks were inconclusive and more are needed, they said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train on Moscow's underground railway on Wednesday after a derailment blocked a busy line, leading to huge crowds on other routes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate progress toward approving a sweeping housing rescue plan was delayed on Wednesday by the objections of a Republican lawmaker who wants to attach an amendment dealing with renewable energy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton brushed off suggestions on Wednesday that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, does not seem to share her enthusiasm for campaigning for Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Wednesday.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fire swept through a forest outside Athens on Wednesday, causing power cuts that trapped dozens of people in elevators before it was brought under control, officials said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO is looking to have trained and launched a 2,500-strong Kosovo security force by the end of next year, an alliance spokesman said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday that a tax cut favored by cabinet rivals could hurt Russia's ability to fund its nuclear deterrent.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could move quickly to remove North Korea from its list of terrorism sponsors after Pyongyang issues an expected declaration of its nuclear activities, the White House said on Wednesday.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, was closed on Wednesday after a "suspicious powder" was found in the premises, the embassy said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major gaps remain in global trade talks, the Bush administration said on Wednesday as ministers prepared to come together next month in a bid to clinch a long-awaited multilateral trade agreement.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Passengers were being evacuated from a train on Moscow's metro underground railway system on Wednesday after a carriage caught fire, RIA news agency reported.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 520 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants since January, accusing some of them of planning attacks against an oil installation in the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - About 2.5 million Nepalis need immediate food assistance and 3.9 million others are at risk of becoming food insecure because of rising prices, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Western powers will continue a twin track policy of sanctions and diplomacy towards Iran over its nuclear program, the EU's top diplomat said on Wednesday, despite Tehran's warnings it could backfire.