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Dutch confirm 5 sheep bluetongue cases

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Agriculture Ministry urged farmers to vaccinate their goats, sheep and cattle against the bluetongue livestock disease after confirming five new cases in the north of the Netherlands on Friday.

Two soldiers from NATO force killed in Afghanistan

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents killed two soldiers from NATO-led forces in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

Georgia president says signs ceasefire agreement

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday said he had signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Maoist chief elected as Nepal's new prime minister

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Lawmakers elected a Maoist who led a decade-long insurgency against the Hindu monarchy as Nepal's new prime minister on Friday, marking the Himalayan nation's change into a democratic republic.

Paraguay's Lugo sworn in, embraced by region's left

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
ASUNCION (Reuters) - Former Bishop Fernando Lugo was sworn in on Friday as Paraguay's president in a ceremony attended by Latin America's socialist leaders, who have embraced him even as he has distanced himself from their policies.

Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel: police

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Friday but caused no injuries or damage, police said.

Aid pours into Georgia, S. Ossetia still cut off

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations and Red Cross have poured hundreds of tonnes of aid supplies into Georgia, but need better security conditions before deploying in South Ossetia, the two bodies said on Friday.

Guerrilla bomb kills 7 in Colombian town

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and nearly 50 wounded when Colombian guerrillas detonated a bomb in a small town as residents celebrated a festival in one of the most serious recent attacks by leftist rebels, authorities said on Friday.

Despite crackdown, more illegal immigrants in Italy

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
ROME (Reuters) - The number of illegal immigrants entering Italy nearly doubled in the first seven months of 2008 despite a clampdown by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's new conservative government, data showed on Friday.

Ahmadinejad says hopes for Turkey energy deals soon

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday he hoped his country and Turkey would soon sign energy deals opposed by Washington, which is exerting pressure on Tehran to give up its nuclear program.

Iraq heightens pilgrimage security as bombers strike

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A roadside bomb struck a minibus packed with pilgrims bound for Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Friday even as authorities deployed over 40,000 police and soldiers to avert new violence in the annual rite.

Botswana to boycott regional summit over Mugabe

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
HARARE (Reuters) - Botswana's president will boycott a weekend summit of southern African leaders because the country does not recognize Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's re-election, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Thai court denies Thaksin bid to stop graft trial

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court denied a request on Friday by the lawyers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to have a corruption case against him and his wife suspended after they skipped bail and went into exile.

Pakistan's Musharraf said ready to quit

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking immunity from prosecution for imposing emergency rule, a coalition government official said on Friday.

India PM says Pakistan peace process under threat

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The bombing of India's embassy in Kabul last month has cast a shadow over a peace process with Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday in a key speech in which he urged Islamabad to clamp down on terrorism.

Farmers return to burnt-out homes in Philippines

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
MIDSAYAP, Philippines (Reuters) - Displaced farmers in the southern Philippines returned home to rubble and ash on Friday after fierce fighting between government troops and Muslim separatists destroyed their villages.

Mekong "100-year flood" threatens Indochina

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four people have been killed in flooding and landslides in Laos, where the Mekong river has hit its highest level in at least 100 years after several months of unusually heavy rain, officials said on Friday.

South Korea's Lee seeks to put turmoil behind

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
SEOUL (Reuters) - President Lee Myung-bak, stung by months of protest against his brief rule, marked South Korea's 60th anniversary on Friday with a call for a fresh start and a warning to demonstrators who have hobbled his plans for change.

Japan PM to avoid war shrine on WW2 anniversary

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of its surrender in World War Two on Friday, but Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was expected to avoid visiting a shrine for war dead seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism.

Romania debates religion's role in schools

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:32
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The school priest wanted to convert Andrei to Romania's Orthodox Christianity, because his school could not hire a teacher for religion classes for the 12-year-old Adventist.