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Canadian father killed tenant, family, police say

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A Canadian man stabbed to death a tenant in the basement of his suburban Calgary home on Tuesday evening, then went upstairs and killed his wife, two of his three young children and, finally, himself, Calgary police said on Friday.

Galapagos volcano eruption threatens giant turtles

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
QUITO (Reuters) - A volcano in the Galapagos islands spewed molten lava, threatening 100-year-old giant tortoises living around the crater, island officials said on Friday.

Haiti hit by increase in kidnappings

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti has been hit with a growing number of kidnappings this year as its government struggles to build a stable democracy in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Georgia says stopped drone flights over Abkhazia

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Georgia said on Friday it had stopped spy plane flights over breakaway Abkhazia as Western nations prepared a diplomatic drive to calm tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow that have raised fears of war.

Italy looks to army to end Naples trash crisis

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
NAPLES (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he would rely on the Italian army to face down protests over his plans to end a trash crisis in the southern city of Naples.

U.S. questions Pakistan force's allegiance, funding

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed paramilitary force in Pakistan's lawless border area may be aiding Taliban fighters, according to American officials who say the support may cause Congress to freeze some security funds for Islamabad.

Zuma pledges help to victims of South Africa attacks

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma on Friday comforted the children of African migrants displaced in a wave of xenophobic attacks, pledging to help them and their families rebuild their lives.

Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.

Olmert's party considers ballot over scandal

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Leaders of Israel's governing Kadima party plan to meet in as little as a week to decide on an internal ballot that could replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, senior Kadima members said on Friday.

Pakistan asks U.N. to probe Bhutto assassination

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has formally requested a U.N investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her widower said on Friday.

Meeting adopts cluster bomb ban, debates loopholes

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
DUBLIN (Reuters) - More than 100 nations formally agreed on Friday to ban the use of cluster bombs but debate continued on loopholes that could benefit powers such as the United States, which has refused to take part in talks on a ban.

Japan man discovers woman living in his closet

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who was mystified when food kept disappearing from his kitchen, set up a hidden camera and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet, Japanese media said on Friday.

Israel uses gunfire to repel Hamas border rally

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops used gunfire and teargas on Friday to keep more than 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip's main border crossings with Israel, wounding at least six Palestinians, witnesses said.

Burundi's rebel leader returns home for peace deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - The exiled leader of Burundi's last rebel group returned to the capital on Friday to begin implementing a stalled deal seen as the final obstacle to peace in the tiny central African country.

European fishermen, truckers protest over fuel

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish fishermen handed out free fish while European truckers and seamen from Portugal to Bulgaria blocked roads and ports on Friday, demanding government action to curb rising fuel prices.

Afghan town recaptured by security forces

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces along with U.S.-led coalition forces regained control of a district centre in the province of Ghazni after the Taliban had captured it overnight, provincial governor, Shir Khosti told Reuters.

Deaths mount in India job quota protests

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - At least three people were killed on Friday in clashes between police and an ethnic Indian group demanding job and college quotas, taking the death toll to 42 in a week of protests.

Myanmar starts mass evictions from cyclone camps

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centers on Friday, apparently fearing the 'tented villages' might become permanent.

Musharraf flays rumor mongers for sowing strife

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has lashed out at rumor-mongers for speculation he planned to quit to avoid being forced out by the new government, and for trying to cause a rift between him and the army.

Chinese gang boss "with crush on guns" gets life

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:45
BEIJING (Reuters) - A gun-toting Chinese official who owned two Ferraris and liked driving around in an amoured personnel carrier has been jailed for life for illegal weapons possession and fraud, state media reported on Friday.