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Myanmar arrests activist as U.S. aid ships leave

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has detained a top activist comedian involved in a private aid effort for cyclone victims, a relative said, as U.S. warships sailed away on Thursday after the military junta refused to accept their aid offer.

China says arrests 16 for bombings in Tibet

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have arrested 16 people, most of them Tibetan Buddhist monks, suspected of three bombings, throwing into doubt talks between China and envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

China's Wen flies over "critical" quake lake

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to urge vigilance as a swelling "quake lake" threatens more havoc while the government seeks to focus on tough rebuilding efforts.

World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.

Japan PM faces likely censure but seen keeping job

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda could well suffer an embarrassing if non-binding censure in parliament's upper house next week, but for now the betting is he can keep his job at least for the rest of the year.

Floods from storm Arthur kill five in Belize

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Flash floods caused by tropical storm Arthur have killed at least five people in southeastern Belize, including a toddler, the government of the tiny Central American country said on Wednesday.

China's young generation hampered by lack of jobs

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nineteen years after a brutal crackdown against student protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, China's youth are more focused on iPods, designer jeans and buying their first car than political reform.

Iraq lawmakers want U.S. forces out as part of deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to Congress rejecting a long-term security deal with Washington if it is not linked to a requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Al Qaeda exploits anger in Algeria's Kabylie

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
JEBLA, Algeria (Reuters) - The mountains of northern Algeria have long sheltered outlaws, but it's not just rugged terrain that draws al Qaeda to ravines and forests.

Al Qaeda claims attack on Danish embassy: Web site

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda said on Wednesday it was behind a suicide attack on Denmark's embassy in Pakistan which it mounted in revenge for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.

Medvedev heads to Germany on first W. Europe trip

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
BERLIN (Reuters) - New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Germany on Thursday on his first official trip to Western Europe, one that will be closely watched for signs of Moscow's future ties with its European Union neighbors.

Ministers meet in Paris to keep trade talks alive

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
PARIS (Reuters) - Ministers from trade powers will try to keep struggling world talks alive on Thursday with supporters saying a deal could help offset the global food crisis and soften the economic slowdown.

Abbas signals flexibility on reconciling to Hamas

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Wednesday for reconciliation talks with his Islamist Hamas rivals in a speech that did not repeat previous demands that they first give up the Gaza Strip.

Angola election date sparks transparency fears

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola on Wednesday called much-delayed legislative elections for September 5, but a request by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to extend polling into a second day raised fears of vote-rigging.

Nicaraguan U.S. critic made U.N. assembly president

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A former Nicaraguan leftist foreign minister who has been a sharp critic of U.S. governments was elected on Wednesday as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly.

Palestinians slam Obama on Jerusalem remark

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders reacted with anger and dismay on Wednesday to Barack Obama's pledge that Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital.

China quake parents unbowed in pressing complaints

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
JUYUAN, China (Reuters) - Anguished Chinese parents said on Wednesday they will press ahead with complaints against officials they blame for schools that toppled in a devastating earthquake, a day after police sought to silence one protest.

Developing states back U.N. probe of Iran bomb claims

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
VIENNA (Reuters) - Developing nations joined the West on Wednesday in throwing their weight behind the U.N. nuclear watchdog's attempt to get Iran to clarify intelligence alleging that it secretly researched ways of making atom bombs.

U.S. blames militia for Iraq blast that kills 18

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eighteen people were killed in an explosion in Baghdad on Wednesday that Iraqi police said was caused by a truck bomb but which the U.S. military blamed on a misfiring militia rocket.

Israel halts Gaza fuel after depot attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:50
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel suspended fuel deliveries to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a mortar fired by Palestinian militants struck the territory's only fuel depot, wounding a Palestinian worker.