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Beijing reminds foreigners to behave during Olympics

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
BEIJING (Reuters) - The organizers of this summer's Beijing Olympics on Monday reminded foreigners coming to China for the Games to behave, warning them that everything from protesting without permission to sleeping outdoors was banned.

"Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
YONGAN, China (Reuters) - Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing.

Bangladesh hotel blasts injure more than 30 people

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
DHAKA (Reuters) - Blasts at a multi-storey hotel in the Bangladesh capital injured more than 30 people overnight, police and fire authorities said on Monday, adding the explosions appeared to have been caused by gas leaking from a room heater.

More Bolivian regional voters back autonomy push

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
COBIJA, Bolivia (Reuters) - Voters in eastern Bolivia overwhelmingly endorsed plans on Sunday for more autonomy for their regions in two referendums fiercely opposed by leftist President Evo Morales, whose call to boycott the balloting helped limit the turnout.

U.S. "dismayed" more Russian troops sent to Abkhazia

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday expressed dismay over the deployment of additional Russian troops to Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, adding that it has addressed its concern to Moscow.

Death toll in Colombian landslide rises to 19

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Saturday avalanche of mud and rubble in a poor hillside neighborhood in the northern Colombian city of Medellin killed 19 people, while up to eight more were missing, authorities said on Sunday.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Rome for food summit

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
ROME (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe flew into Rome for a global food summit on Sunday, his first official trip abroad since elections condemned by Western and opposition leaders as fraudulent.

U.N. Security Council to meet Somalia government, opposition

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council meets the key players in the Somalia conflict on Monday to try to persuade the disparate factions to cooperate and restore order to the desperately poor and lawless Horn of Africa country.

Mafia kill informant as Naples protests over trash

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
NAPLES (Reuters) - An Italian businessman who was helping police break organized crime gangs that operate waste disposal rackets in Naples was gunned down on Sunday in an apparent mafia hit, police said.

Mexicans believe drug gangs winning war with gov't

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A majority of Mexicans believe violent drug gangs are winning a war with President Felipe Calderon's government after one of the worst months on record for killings, Reforma newspaper reported on Sunday.

Two Zimbabwe opposition figures arrested

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police have arrested the leader of a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and an opposition member of parliament, their representatives said on Sunday.

Nepal back to work after republic

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal went back to work on Sunday as government offices and schools opened for the first time since the Himalayan nation ended its centuries-old monarchy and became a republic.

Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it might have to limit its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, criticizing the agency's report which said Tehran's alleged research into nuclear warheads was a matter of serious concern.

South Africa camps not fit for displaced migrants: Oxfam

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The camps where South Africa's government plans to house migrants displaced by xenophobic attacks do not meet humanitarian standards, international aid agency Oxfam said on Sunday.

Children held over Khartoum attack in good health: U.N.

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Some 89 children detained by Sudan on suspicion of taking part in a rebel assault on the capital Khartoum appear to be in good health and have not been mistreated, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Sunday.

Algeria riots pose risk of wider unrest

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Sporadic riots in OPEC member Algeria this year risk triggering wider protests against a political elite slow to turn unprecedented oil wealth into jobs and homes.

Scores of Taliban killed in operation: Afghan govt

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
KABUL (Reuters) - Scores of Taliban militants were killed last week in an operation involving Afghan and foreign troops in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

High food prices, drought threaten Ethiopia again

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
KOREM, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Clutching an intricate bronze cross he used to dig graves during Ethiopia's 1984-1985 famine, priest Alemayu Gede prays drought and high food prices will not make him use it as a shovel again.

Iranian parliament chooses Larijani as speaker

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's newly-elected parliament picked one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's potential rivals in next year's presidential election for the influential post of speaker on Sunday, official media reported.

Myanmar defends cyclone response after rebuke

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta on Sunday defended its response to Cyclone Nargis after stinging criticism from the United States, while a U.N. official said food supplies had yet to reach at least 200,000 people.