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Christie's sets record with Asia art sales, eyes more

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global auction house Christie's sold a record $310.7 million worth of Asian art at its Hong Kong spring sales this week, cementing the region's reputation as one of the most promising in a thriving international market.

World Bank approves $1.2 bln funding for food crisis

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in loans and grant financing to expand its assistance to poor countries struggling with the effects of soaring fuel and food costs.

Panama helicopter crash kills at least 11 people

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed into a building in a busy central district of Panama City on Thursday, killing at least 11 people including Chile's federal police chief.

Vatican says will excommunicate women priests

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication.

Iraq asks creditors to cancel crippling debts

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Iraq pressed its creditors to cancel about $60 billion in debts at an international conference on Thursday, but two of its biggest creditors, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, sent only junior representatives to hear the call.

Years after slaughter, Peru opens giant burial pit

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
PUTIS, Peru (Reuters) - Forensic scientists pulled human skeletons from the biggest known mass grave in Peru on Thursday, searching for proof the army slaughtered more than 100 people at a rocky pit during the 1980-2000 civil war.

Chinese battle quake lake amid official confusion

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China's struggle to overcome earthquake devastation has been compounded by conflicting official claims about plans to evacuate 1.3 million people in a city threatened by a swelling "quake lake".

Pressure grows on Olmert to step aside

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister deepened the uncertainty over Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ability to survive a corruption scandal by saying on Thursday their party had to prepare for a possible early election.

Panama helicopter crash kills Chile police chief

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed into a building in a busy central district of Panama City on Thursday, killing Chile's federal police chief and several other people.

Canada's aboriginals slam "third-world" conditions

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada cares less and less about the "third-world" living conditions faced by many of its native peoples, protesters said on Thursday in the second annual aboriginal National Day of Action.

Vatican says will excommunicate women priests

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication.

U.N. council to tackle Sudan, Somalia on Africa trip

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council plans to push hard for lasting peace in Sudan and Somalia during a 10-day trip to five African countries starting next week, diplomats said.

Pressure grows on Olmert to step aside

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister deepened the uncertainty over Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ability to survive a corruption scandal by saying on Thursday their party had to prepare for a possible early election.

Earthquake rocks Iceland damaging buildings

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
SELFOSS, Iceland (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked Iceland on Thursday, damaging roads and buildings in one town and sending frightened residents running into the streets.

NATO urges more Afghan effort on opium trade

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's commander in Afghanistan urged the government on Thursday to step up its fight against the opium trade, which is increasingly fuelling the insurgency.

Iran slams Iraq "occupiers" at conference

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it was keen to play a major role in the reconstruction of Iraq, and lambasted the United States and its allies for "mistaken policies" in its neighbor.

Experts see big holes in cluster bomb ban

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
LONDON (Reuters) - An agreement banning cluster bombs has cheered human rights campaigners, but powerful military states are refusing to join it and experts say the treaty is riddled with holes that make it unworkable.

Egypt's emergency law leaves trail of tears

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
CAIRO (Reuters) - Fifteen years after police took away her husband, Zeinab Ahmed says she has lost hope he will return to help raise their daughter, born while he was in jail.

Macedonia votes in shadow of violence

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonians vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election marred by campaign violence and held against a backdrop of uncertainty over progress towards European Union and NATO membership.

Swiss face controversial immigration vote

Tue, 2024-11-26 22:26
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to back a controversial proposal that would give individual communities the authority to award Swiss passports.