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Colombia welcomes Chavez shift on guerrilla support

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday welcomed a call by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for FARC rebels to free their hostages as a step towards peace negotiations to end Latin America's oldest insurgency.

Japan quake death toll 9, searchers dig through rubble

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescue workers searched on Sunday for 11 people still missing after a powerful earthquake rocked rural areas of northern Japan, killing at least nine and injuring more than 200.

Argentina pays belated homage to "Che" Guevara

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
ROSARIO, Argentina (Reuters) - A bronze statue of Ernesto "Che" Guevara was unveiled on Saturday in the Argentine city where he was born exactly 80 years ago, the first such monument to the revolutionary in his homeland.

Pope says Church role in politics "for good of all"

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA, Italy (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has a vital role to play in shaping social policies but does not seek to usurp secular authorities, Pope Benedict said on Saturday.

Iraq prepares new drive against armed groups

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq has sent army and police units to the southern city of Amara for a new crackdown on Shi'ite militias, local officials said on Saturday.

Kyrgyzstan buries writer, perestroika ally Aitmatov

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
BISHKEK (Reuters) - More than 20,000 mourners paid last respects to Kyrgyz writer and statesman Chingiz Aitmatov on Saturday as the country buried the intellectual who helped bring in Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika reforms.

Afghans hunt for prison escapees

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said.

Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 182 held

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Saturday and detained 182 people for organizing anti-China demonstrations.

Chad rebels attack town, EU troops shield refugees

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
GOZ-BEIDA, Chad (Reuters) - Rebels on the offensive in east Chad on Saturday attacked a town ringed by refugee camps but stayed away from European Union troops protecting thousands of civilians, witnesses and rebel spokesmen said.

Result of Gaza truce talks to be known soon: Israel

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The outcome of negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire between Hamas Islamists and Israel will be known "in the near term", an Israeli official involved in the talks said on Saturday.

North Japan quake kills at least 5, more missing

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200 and sparking landslides that sliced mountains, destroyed roads and left residents cut off.

Japan keeps up pressure on China over defense

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan told China on Saturday it remained concerned about its ballooning defense expenditure, an official said, as the two countries sought to build military and other ties following a historic visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao last month.

Mugabe vows opposition will never rule Zimbabwe

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe vowed on Saturday that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would never rule Zimbabwe and that he was prepared to fight to keep them from taking power.

Bush still expects security pact with Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday he expected to reach a long-term security pact with Iraq despite Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki saying talks were deadlocked because of sovereignty concerns.

Spanish police arrest 14 in child pornography raids

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Saturday they had charged 20 people with exchanging child pornography online and arrested 14 others in a nationwide operation.

U.N. criticizes "excessive" Congo crackdown

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese police killed prisoners and looted homes in an excessively violent crackdown on a shadowy separatist sect this year in which at least 100 people died, U.N. investigators said in a report.

Spain's Expo 2008 on world water opens

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
ZARAGOZA, Spain (Reuters) - Expo 2008, themed on the world's dwindling water resources, opened in the Spanish city of Zaragoza on Saturday, days after the riverside site narrowly escaped flooding.

Quake-hit China province to re-open tourist services

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province will reopen some tourist services to the public from June 15, in a bid to revive its tourism industry, official media said on Saturday.

China blast kills 27 coal miners

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Twenty-seven miners were killed and another seven remained trapped after an explosion in a Chinese coal mine, state media said on Saturday.

Iran rules out nuclear halt despite powers' offer

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:40
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran again ruled out suspending sensitive nuclear work on Saturday, despite an offer by six world powers of trade and other benefits to try to coax it into stopping activities the West fears are aimed at making bombs.