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U.N. had to work with Myanmar junta, aid chief says

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.N. humanitarian chief defended on Monday the policy of working with Myanmar's military government after last month's cyclone, saying trying to deliver aid by force would not have helped the victims.

U.S., EU to call for U.N. monitors in Zimbabwe

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
BRUSSELS (Reuters)- The United States and European Union plan a joint call for U.N. monitors to be sent to Zimbabwe after a human rights group alleged systematic government murder and brutality ahead of a presidential vote.

Rights violations serious in Myanmar: U.N. investigator

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Myanmar military junta's arrest of a popular comedian campaigning for victims of cyclone Nargis is part of continuing serious human rights violations in the country, a United Nations investigator said on Monday.

Afghan president says foreign forces needed for decade

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Afghanistan will need foreign security aid for at least another decade before it can run its own affairs, Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Monday.

Food, fuel supply fears as European truckers strike

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish truck drivers blocked the border with France to all goods traffic on Monday as fuel price protests in Spain, France and Portugal raised fears of food and petrol shortages.

Rice to hold talks with Israeli, Palestinian teams

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to hold a three-way meeting next week with the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday.

Twenty-four miners found alive in Ukraine

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Rescue workers located 24 miners alive after a gas explosion at a Ukraine colliery and were bringing them slowly to safety on Monday.

Pakistani lawyers gather for "Long March" protest

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
KARACHI (Reuters) - About 1,000 Pakistani lawyers and political activists gathered on Monday for the start of a cross-country rally to demand the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.

Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake", as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tumbling into the water, state media reported on Monday.

Hamas leader cautious on reconciliation with Abbas

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
GAZA (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip played down on Monday the chances of quick reconciliation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.

Greek villagers sift through quake-hit homes

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
VALMI, Greece (Reuters) - Villagers in southern Greece sifted through the rubble of homes and businesses for belongings on Monday, a day after an earthquake killed two people and injured scores of others.

U.S. presence is Iraq's main problem: Iranian leader

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a united country.

Fair poll impossible in Zimbabwe: rights group

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A systematic government campaign of murder and brutality has eliminated any chance of a fair presidential election in Zimbabwe, an international rights group said on Monday.

Somali peace talks splutter in Djibouti

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - A U.N.-led peace initiative for Somalia appears to have failed, with government and opposition delegations refusing to meet face-to-face in Djibouti to try to end 18 years of conflict.

S.Korea truckers vow fuel strike

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean truckers voted on Monday to strike over high oil prices, piling more pressure on the export-dependent country's new president whose policies have sparked mass street protests.

Two miners rescued from stricken Ukrainian mine

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Rescuers on Monday brought to the surface alive two miners missing after a gas explosion at a Ukrainian colliery, and tried to push down a ventilation shaft to find 34 of their missing comrades.

Blog warnings posted ahead of Tokyo knife rampage

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
TOKYO (Reuters) - A man arrested for killing seven people in a knife rampage on a crowded Tokyo shopping street posted dozens of warning messages on the Internet in the hours leading up to the attack, Japanese media reported on Monday.

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British Afghanistan death toll hits 100

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
LONDON (Reuters) - Three British paratroopers were killed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack, bringing total British military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 to 100.

China seeks to quell quake parents' outrage

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
JUYUAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese officials have sent condolences and payments to parents of children killed in a school that crumpled in the country's huge earthquake, seeking to defuse outrage over shoddy buildings and claimed corruption.

Four Pakistani police die in ambush by militants

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:50
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected militants killed four policeman in an ambush near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, a police official said.