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U.N. chief to Myanmar: focus on saving lives

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
YANGON (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon began a mission on Wednesday for Myanmar's cyclone victims, saying "our focus now is on saving lives", as the military government gave approval for the first foreign helicopters to distribute aid.

Torch relay to resume after quake mourning

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympic torch relay will resume on Thursday in the coastal city of Ningbo after three days of national mourning for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, Xinhua news agency said.

Rival Lebanese leaders forge deal to end conflict

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
DOHA (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders signed a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict that had threatened to push the country to a new civil war.

Iconic hotel survives Afghanistan's bitter history

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
KABUL (Reuters) - On the western edge of Kabul, in the saddle between two hills, stands a flaking monument to what the city once aspired to be -- a cosmopolitan destination drawing chic travelers from the world over.

U.S. warns Pakistan against deal with militants

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday warned Pakistan against negotiating an agreement with militants along its border with Afghanistan, saying a deal might allow them to plot attacks in Pakistan and abroad.

Cuba to build 14,000 plastic houses a year

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba plans to build 14,000 plastic homes a year to help ease a national housing shortage, a government news agency reported on Tuesday.

Georgia votes, opposition poised to cry foul

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's ruling party is likely to win a majority in a parliamentary election on Wednesday that the West says will be a test of President Mikheil Saakashvili's democratic credentials as he pushes for NATO membership.

Growing danger of coup in Zimbabwe: think tank

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - There is a growing danger of a coup by military hardliners in Zimbabwe to prevent opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from toppling President Robert Mugabe, a leading think tank said on Wednesday.

Israeli strikes, raid kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
GAZA (Reuters) - Three Israeli air strikes and a raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed three Hamas militants and two Palestinian civilians, local medical workers and the Islamist group said.

U.S. military cites growing China space, cyber threat

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military painted China on Tuesday as posing a growing threat to the United States and others in space and cyberspace.

Gates questions notion of useful U.S.-Iran talks

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday questioned whether the United States could have productive talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without first stepping up pressure on Tehran.

Explosion rocks Ethiopian capital, three dead: police

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An explosion on a minibus shook central Addis Ababa on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding nine, Ethiopian police said.

Fewer children go to war, but problem lingers

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of children forced to fight wars around the world has fallen but a hardcore of governments, rebels and armed groups are resisting pressure to stop using underage soldiers, a report said on Tuesday.

Violence erupts in Mexico's drugs heartland

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Violence has exploded in Mexico's drug smuggling heartland in a three-way battle between rival gangs and security forces, the biggest challenge yet to President Felipe Calderon's war against the cartels.

Afghan govt says to decide how long NATO troops stay

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government will decide when foreign troops will leave the country, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, but added they would be needed until Afghan security forces could stand on their own feet.

South Africa acts to curb attacks on foreigners

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets at hundreds of shantytown residents on Tuesday in a crackdown on violence against foreigners that has killed at least 24 people and unnerved investors.

Hunger kills 28 Ugandans, forces some to eat rats

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Global price rises and floods last year have caused severe food shortages in northeast Uganda, where nearly 30 people have died and some have been reduced to eating rats, officials said on Tuesday.

Witness in Saddam aide trial tells of executions

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces under Saddam Hussein executed traders for breaking price controls and then banned their families from giving them proper funerals, a witness in the trial of a top Saddam aide said on Tuesday.

Old rivals India, Pakistan resume peace process

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Top Indian and Pakistani foreign ministry officials met on Tuesday to review their four-year-old peace process that has stalled since domestic political turmoil erupted in Pakistan last year.

Iraqi army seizes Sadr's Baghdad bastion

Tue, 2024-11-26 16:29
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers, backed by tanks, pushed deep into Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Baghdad bastion on Tuesday, stamping the government's authority on an area until now outside its control.