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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders reacted with anger and dismay on Wednesday to Barack Obama's pledge that Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have arrested 16 people, most of them Tibetan Buddhist monks, suspected of three bombings, throwing into doubt talks between China and envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Steve Preston as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) late on Wednesday.

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to urge vigilance as a swelling "quake lake" threatens more havoc while the government seeks to focus on tough rebuilding efforts.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda could well suffer an embarrassing if non-binding censure in parliament's upper house next week, but for now the betting is he can keep his job at least for the rest of the year.

BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Flash floods caused by tropical storm Arthur have killed at least five people in southeastern Belize, including a toddler, the government of the tiny Central American country said on Wednesday.

BRISTOL, Virginia (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton distanced herself on Thursday from a push to convince former Democratic rival Barack Obama he should select her as his running mate and said the decision on a vice president was his alone to make.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nineteen years after a brutal crackdown against student protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China's youth are more focused on iPods, designer jeans and buying their first car than political reform.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A day after Barack Obama claimed the Democratic party's presidential nomination, his one-time fundraiser was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday, a development the Republican party said raises serious concerns about his fitness for the White house.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will express support for Barack Obama's White House bid and Democratic Party unity in the race against Republican John McCain at an event on Friday, her campaign said in a statement on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to Congress rejecting a long-term security deal with Washington if it is not linked to a requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday.

JEBLA, Algeria (Reuters) - The mountains of northern Algeria have long sheltered outlaws, but it's not just rugged terrain that draws al Qaeda to ravines and forests.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda said on Wednesday it was behind a suicide attack on Denmark's embassy in Pakistan which it mounted in revenge for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.

BERLIN (Reuters) - New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Germany on Thursday on his first official trip to Western Europe, one that will be closely watched for signs of Moscow's future ties with its European Union neighbors.

PARIS (Reuters) - Ministers from trade powers will try to keep struggling world talks alive on Thursday with supporters saying a deal could help offset the global food crisis and soften the economic slowdown.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Black Americans savored Barack Obama's unprecedented victory in the Democratic race for U.S. president, but said on Wednesday the higher stakes raised the prospect of deep disappointment in November.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Wednesday for reconciliation talks with his Islamist Hamas rivals in a speech that did not repeat previous demands that they first give up the Gaza Strip.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a Chicago real estate developer and one-time fundraiser for U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama and other politicians, was found guilty on Wednesday of fraud, attempted bribery and money laundering.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Memo to disappointed women supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton: Republican John McCain wants your vote.