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Russia behind downing of Georgia spy plane:U.N.

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
TBILISI (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it believed the Russian air force shot down an unmanned spy plane over Georgia last month, boosting Tbilisi's claims that Moscow is meddling on its territory.

Taliban vow to fight on in Afghanistan

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban will fight on till the last foreign soldier is driven out of Afghanistan, but their door is always open to talks with other Afghan opposition groups, the Islamist movement said on Monday.

Nigeria rebels say attack Shell oil pipeline

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels from Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said they had blown up a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline and killed 11 soldiers in a firefight on Monday, but the army denied losing any men.

Lebanon president set to appoint PM

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman will appoint a prime minister on Wednesday to head a new cabinet to be formed as part of an agreement ending 18 months of political conflict.

Motorcycle bomber kills six near Baghdad

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol and wounded 18 others on Monday, police said.

Iran-Turkey gas flow halted after blast

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
ANKARA (Reuters) - The flow of Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted early on Monday after an explosion hit a gas pipeline in Turkish territory, a Turkish energy ministry official told Reuters.

Mugabe would accept defeat in run-off: minister

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will respect the will of voters if they end his 28-year rule in a run-off election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Monday.

Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday, reviving paralyzed state institutions after an 18-month standoff between a U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition.

Haitian president nominates adviser, friend as PM

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval nominated his longtime friend and adviser Robert Manuel on Sunday to become prime minister of the impoverished Caribbean nation, where the previous government was toppled by food riots in April.

Aid workers ready for action after Myanmar promise

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
YANGON (Reuters) - Foreign aid workers headed for the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Monday to see whether army-ruled Myanmar will honor a promise made by its top general to give them freedom of movement.

Dalai Lama says Tibetans losing faith in talks: FT

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tibetans are losing faith in the Dalai Lama's conciliatory "middle way" because of China's refusal to strike a deal with him over the region's future, the exiled spiritual leader said in an interview published on Monday.

China's push praised and censured in Mauritius

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
TERRE ROUGE, Mauritius (Reuters) - Sitting under a pair of mango trees and sipping coconut water, Toolsy Poorun, 87, says he thought he would live in Terre Rouge forever. But then Chinese investment came to this part of Mauritius.

Swelling China lakes a danger 2 weeks after quake

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China was preparing to dynamite rock, mud and rubble forming a dangerously large "quake lake" on Monday, hoping to avert a new disaster two weeks after a catastrophic tremor struck Sichuan province.

Brazil's gays stage huge parade against bias

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More than a million gays and transsexuals paraded in Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo on Sunday in what was billed as the world's largest gay march to urge an end to violence and discrimination.

Colombia quake victims huddle in shelters, 11 dead

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
QUETAME, Colombia (Reuters) - Hundreds of Colombians huddled in makeshift shelters on Sunday afraid to go home a day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake damaged scores of homes and triggered landslides killing at least 11 people.

Mbeki condemns attacks on migrants and vows action

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Thabo Mbeki called South Africa's wave of deadly attacks on immigrants a "disgrace" on Sunday and said his government would act firmly to curb the bloodshed amid growing criticism from African nations.

Cargo plane breaks in two at Brussels airport

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An American Kalitta air cargo plane drove off the runway during take-off at Brussels's Zaventem airport on Sunday and broke in two but there were no casualties, airport and fire brigade officials said.

Malawi ex-leader Muluzi held on coup charge: lawyer

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Former Malawian president Bakili Muluzi was arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot as he returned home from Britain on Sunday, his lawyer said.

Egypt plans to extend emergency law

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government plans a one-year extension to an emergency law that grants police sweeping powers of arrest, an official said on Sunday.

Sudan politicians accuse government of torture

Tue, 2024-11-26 20:35
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Southern Sudanese leaders, human rights activists and political groups joined forces on Sunday to accuse Sudan's government of torturing suspects and making "arbitrary" arrests in a crackdown following a rebel attack on Khartoum.