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Olmert's party considers ballot over scandal

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Leaders of Israel's governing Kadima party plan to meet in as little as a week to decide on an internal ballot that could replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, senior Kadima members said on Friday.

Bush phones Pakistan's Musharraf to reiterate backing

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush offered renewed backing on Friday for Pakistan during a telephone call he made to its president, Pervez Musharraf, who was trying to quash rumors that he plans to leave office.

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Condi may not be a rocker, but Kiss likes her

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have attended just four rock concerts in her life, but the rock band Kiss apparently thinks she is pretty cool.

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Pakistan asks U.N. to probe Bhutto assassination

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has formally requested a U.N investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her widower said on Friday.

Meeting adopts cluster bomb ban, debates loopholes

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
DUBLIN (Reuters) - More than 100 nations formally agreed on Friday to ban the use of cluster bombs but debate continued on loopholes that could benefit powers such as the United States, which has refused to take part in talks on a ban.

Japan man discovers woman living in his closet

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said on Friday.

U.S. presses Israel on Gaza students' exit visas

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States pressed Israel on Friday to let seven Gaza Strip Palestinians travel to the United States to study on coveted U.S. government Fulbright fellowships and Israel said it was working on the issue.

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Israel uses gunfire to repel Hamas border rally

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops used gunfire and teargas on Friday to keep more than 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip's main border crossings with Israel, wounding at least six Palestinians, witnesses said.

End of Democratic White House race could be near

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
After five months of voting, 16 months of campaigning and more surprises, reversals and comebacks than any U.S. political race deserves, the grueling duel for the Democratic presidential nomination could be entering its final days.

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Burundi's rebel leader returns home for peace deal

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - The exiled leader of Burundi's last rebel group returned to the capital on Friday to begin implementing a stalled deal seen as the final obstacle to peace in the tiny central African country.

European fishermen, truckers protest over fuel

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish fishermen handed out free fish while European truckers and seamen from Portugal to Bulgaria blocked roads and ports on Friday, demanding government action to curb rising fuel prices.

Afghan town recaptured by security forces

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces along with U.S.-led coalition forces regained control of a district centre in the province of Ghazni after the Taliban had captured it overnight, provincial governor, Shir Khosti told Reuters.

Deaths mount in India job quota protests

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - At least three people were killed on Friday in clashes between police and an ethnic Indian group demanding job and college quotas, taking the death toll to 42 in a week of protests.

Myanmar starts mass evictions from cyclone camps

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centers on Friday, apparently fearing the 'tented villages' might become permanent.

Musharraf flays rumor mongers for sowing strife

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has lashed out at rumor-mongers for speculation he planned to quit to avoid being forced out by the new government, and for trying to cause a rift between him and the army.

McCain and Obama try to redraw the political map

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama could shake up the political map in November, putting new states in play and shifting the odds in some traditional battlegrounds like Florida and Ohio.

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Al Qaeda near defeat, on defensive: CIA chief

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world, CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington Post interview published on Friday.

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Chinese gang boss "with crush on guns" gets life

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
BEIJING (Reuters) - A gun-toting Chinese official who owned two Ferraris and liked driving around in an amoured personnel carrier has been jailed for life for illegal weapons possession and fraud, state media reported on Friday.

Christie's sets record with Asia art sales, eyes more

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global auction house Christie's sold a record $310.7 million worth of Asian art at its Hong Kong spring sales this week, cementing the region's reputation as one of the most promising in a thriving international market.

World Bank approves $1.2 bln funding for food crisis

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in loans and grant financing to expand its assistance to poor countries struggling with the effects of soaring fuel and food costs.

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