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Turkish speaker seeks to curtail court's powers

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament speaker suggested curtailing the powers of the Constitutional Court on Saturday after it annulled a law which removed a ban on headscarves at universities.

Musharraf says not resigning now

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he had no immediate plan to resign or go into exile, in a bid to quash rising speculation he will quit office soon.

Zimbabwe police arrest another opposition lawmaker

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police arrested another opposition lawmaker on Saturday, a day after Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained for the second time this week ahead of a June 27 presidential vote.

Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
MOGADSIHU (Reuters) - Eight more people died in Somalia's capital on Saturday, residents said, bringing the death toll in Mogadishu from two days of violence to 16.

Seizures in Iraq reveal militia's arsenal

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops sweeping through the Baghdad stronghold of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have found large quantities of weapons, including helicopter missiles and an anti-aircraft gun, the U.S military said on Saturday.

Sudan says Uganda rebels kill troops, start "war"

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels have killed 23 people including 14 south Sudanese soldiers and "started war", a south Sudanese minister said on Saturday.

Bush, S.Korea's Lee talk about beef deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak discussed solving a dispute over importing American beef amid widespread fears there about food safety, the White House said on Saturday.

Guards prevent "attack" on house of Kosovo PM

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Security guards exchanged fire with a man trying to enter the house of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci late on Friday, in what the government said was an attack on the home.

Sarkozy urges reconciliation on Lebanon visit

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Lebanese leaders on Saturday to seal reconciliation through dialogue and commitment to an agreement that has pulled the country back from the brink of civil war.

Turkish headscarf ruling blow to basic rights: HRW

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
ANKARA (Reuters) - A decision by Turkey's top court to annul a government reform which lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves at universities is a blow to freedom of religion and other fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.

Nepal urged to end attacks on Bhutanese refugees

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Seven Western governments have expressed "deep concern" over violent attacks on exiled Bhutanese seeking resettlement and aid workers assisting them, urging Nepal to stop the attackers.

Czech PM says gov't could fall this year: report

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's ruling coalition may collapse by the end of the year unless it can overcome infighting and push ahead with reforms, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said in a newspaper interview on Saturday.

Russia to use property database to fight corruption

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia will up the fight against corruption with a special electronic property database allowing officials to see more easily what people own, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov told Reuters on Saturday.

Peru's Fujimori tongue lesion cancerous: daughter

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's daughter said on Friday that a lesion removed from her father's tongue was "cancerous," though a family doctor said the growth had not spread.

China begins easing pressure on menacing quake lake

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
MAJINGXIANG, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops on Saturday eased pressure on a swelling "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people, but a smaller lake burst its banks in a show of destructive force.

China quake could speed growth of ad-hoc activism

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
CHENGDU (Reuters) - It was just an afternoon stroll down the streets of his hometown, but every step blogger "Yellow Peach" took was revolutionary.

Police detain Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai again

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday for the second time this week after blocking him from reaching a campaign rally for the June 27 presidential run-off vote.

U.S. probes deporting of Canadian to Syria

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether agency attorneys improperly deported Canadian Maher Arar to his native Syria, where he says he was tortured after he was detained at a U.S. airport due to his erroneous placement on a terrorist watch list.

Assailants attack police head in Russia's Chechnya

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An explosion ripped apart a car carrying a district police chief in Chechnya on Friday and gunmen then shot at the burning vehicle, a source at the law enforcement agencies told Interfax news agency.

Irish "No" camp: EU treaty bad for democracy

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:42
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Critics of the European Union reform treaty in Ireland, which will vote on the document on June 12, are a diverse group united by the idea it would undermine democracy.