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Iran and EU in new nuclear contact but no change

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
TEHRAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's chief atomic negotiator and the man representing six world powers discussed Tehran's nuclear program in telephone talks on Monday but an EU official said there was no change in the dispute.

China investigating terrorist links in Xinjiang attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are investigating whether a series of attacks in the restive region of Xinjiang which killed 11 had links to known terrorist groups, a government official said on Monday.

Pakistan Musharraf won't step down: spokesman

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf will not resign, his spokesman said on Monday, as the ruling coalition prepared to launch a bid to impeach the prominent U.S. ally.

Australia to ask Indonesia for clemency for death row convicts

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Australia will ask Indonesia's president for clemency for three Australian citizens on death row once all legal processes have been exhausted, but not for the three Bali bombers, Australia's Foreign Minister said on Monday.

Sri Lanka says kills 115 Tiger rebels in fresh fighting

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed 115 Tamil Tiger rebels in weekend fighting in the far north of the island, the military said on Monday, as government forces continued their push into the rebels' northern stronghold.

Scores dead in Vietnam floods

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
HANOI (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since Saturday have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing more than 100 people and leaving 48 missing, the government said on Monday.

Former Thai PM Thaksin skips bail, flees to Britain

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail on Monday and went into exile, accusing political enemies who removed him in a 2006 coup of meddling in the courts to "finish off" him and his family.

U.S. won't take N.Korea off terrorism list yet

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Japan that Washington would not remove North Korea from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism on the initial deadline of Monday, Japan's foreign minister and the State Department said.

Thousands flee fighting in southern Philippines

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
MANILA (Reuters) - Fierce clashes between Muslim separatists and government troops have displaced nearly 130,000 people in the southern Philippines, officials said on Monday, but vowed to press on with a local election.

Veiled athletes challenge stereotypes in Beijing

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
BEIJING (Reuters) - The women in Roqaya Al Ghasara's home town in Bahrain are so proud of their pioneering Olympic sprinter that some of them got together to design and sew a set of tailor-made aerodynamic veils for her to run in.

Bolivia's Morales easily wins recall vote

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales easily won a recall vote on Sunday and vowed to push on with socialist reforms that his rightist opponents in South America's poorest country are trying to block.

Georgia and Russia fight as France seeks peace

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
TSKHINVALI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian troops and armour pushed into two separatist regions of Georgia on Monday and Georgian forces shelled the Russian-held capital of South Ossetia as the Caucasus crisis worsened.

Afghan empire's last symbols under threat

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - For more than eight centuries the "Towers of Victory" -- monuments to Afghanistan's greatest empire -- have survived wars and invasions, but now weather and neglect could cause them to come crashing down.

Mugabe, opposition under growing pressure for deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party warned power-sharing talks resuming on Tuesday risked collapse as it haggled with the opposition over roles in a new government.

Kenya looks to geothermal power to fuel development

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - For Maasai tribesman Charles Kamami, Kenya's drive to boost its geothermal capacity spells environmental destruction which threatens his pastoralist way of life.

Palestinian negotiator considers binational state

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A top negotiator said on Sunday Palestinians may demand to become part of a binational state with Israel, if the Jewish state continued to reject the borders they propose for a separate country.

Palestinians plan big funeral for poet Darwish

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday -- an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

Thousands forced from homes after Toronto blasts

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
TORONTO (Reuters) - A series of explosions at a Toronto propane depot sent balls of flame soaring into the sky on Sunday and forced thousands of people from their homes.

Sudan former foes not fully withdrawn from Abyei: sources

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's north and south armies have not fully withdrawn from the disputed oil-rich Abyei region as called for under a plan aimed at defusing tensions behind deadly clashes in May, U.N. sources said on Sunday.

Ousted Thai PM Thaksin misses flight home: sources

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:32
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not return home again, a pro-Thaksin MP said on Sunday, suggesting the telecoms billionaire who was removed in a 2006 coup had flown into exile in London.