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China's quake survivors weigh future hopes and fears

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
CHENJIABA, China (Reuters) - Close to one month after China's devastating earthquake killed Mu Jianfeng's wife, he finally found time to visit her grave and the battered home where their baby survived in his wife's last embrace.

Chavez urges Colombian rebels to free all hostages

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged the new leader of Colombia's FARC rebels on Sunday to unconditionally release all prisoners from jungle camps, in an effort to galvanize international efforts to free high-profile hostages.

Filipino mothers search for their disappeared children

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
MANILA (Reuters) - A group of men, widely thought to be an army "black squad", abducted Edita Burgos's son while he ate lunch in a Manila shopping mall last year.

Chavez urges Colombian rebels to free all hostages

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged the new leader of Colombia's FARC rebels on Sunday to release all prisoners held in jungle camps, in an effort to galvanize international efforts to free high-profile hostages.

British Afghanistan death toll hits 100

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
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.

Chavez reverses course on citizen spying rules

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would scrap new rules that oblige citizens to spy on each other, backing down after an outcry from the opposition, rights groups and the Roman Catholic Church.

Algeria bombs kill 12, including French engineer

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded on Sunday at a railway station east of Algiers, killing 12 people including a French engineer, diplomats and security sources said.

Greek quake kills two people, injures 125

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
KATO ACHAIA, Greece (Reuters) - An earthquake struck southern Greece on Sunday, killing two villagers, injuring 125 people and damaging dozens of homes, authorities said.

Iraq seeks to allay Iran's concern over U.S. bases

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister used a visit to Tehran on Sunday to soothe Iranian concerns that negotiations between Baghdad and Washington on a new military agreement will lead to permanent U.S. bases across its border.

Iraq suicide bomber kills U.S. soldier, wounds 18

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber blew up near a patrol base in Iraq on Sunday, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding 18 others, U.S. forces said.

Ruling Pakistan party says to cut Musharraf's power

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling party has said it is determined to curtail the powers of the presidency in favor of parliament, whether President Pervez Musharraf likes it or not.

Zimbabwe court orders release of opposition MP

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court on Sunday ordered police to release an opposition member of parliament who was arrested on Saturday for the second time in a week amid mounting tensions before this month's presidential run-off.

China says "quake lake" rising despite drainage

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
BEIJING (Reuters) - A lake created by the Chinese earthquake which threatens to unleash a devastating flood is still rising despite urgent efforts to drain the waters off safely, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Laura Bush visits Afghanistan and urges more support

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Laura Bush appealed to the international community on Sunday not to abandon Afghanistan in the face of resurgent Taliban violence.

Man stabs shoppers in Tokyo street, killing seven

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
TOKYO (Reuters) - A man who said he was tired of life went on a stabbing rampage on Sunday in a crowded Tokyo shopping street, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others.

U.N. envoys back Congo's Kabila against Rwandan rebels

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
KINSHASA (Reuters) - U.N. envoys met Congo President Joseph Kabila on Saturday and backed his plans to disarm and expel Rwandan rebels behind years of strife, and to refocus the biggest U.N. peace force on rebuilding his shattered nation.

Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday overturned a police ban on opposition rallies this weekend ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off, a lawyer for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said.

Italy gay pride march protests against government and Church

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
ROME (Reuters) - Some 10,000 dancing and singing homosexuals and gay-rights supporters marched through Rome on Saturday, many of them chanting slogans against the Vatican and Italy's conservative new government.

Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court overturned a police ban on opposition rallies on Saturday, a lawyer for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said.

Hamas, Fatah delegates meet Senegal's Wade: media

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:35
DAKAR (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah delegates have met Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade in a first round of mediation aimed at finding a common position for an eventual deal with Israel, Senegalese state media reported on Saturday.