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Bolivia coca farmers back Morales in recall

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
VILLA 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE, Bolivia (Reuters) - Coca farmers in the verdant Chapare region, where Bolivian President Evo Morales rose to prominence as a fiery union leader, are confident he will win a recall vote on Sunday.

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.

Bolivia's shoeshine outcasts pin hopes on Morales

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
LA PAZ (Reuters) - His dark eyes glinting from behind a black woolen ski mask to hide his identity, 22-year-old shoeshiner Abel Alvarez is praying Bolivian President Evo Morales wins a recall vote.

Crisis-hit Bissau gets new government until polls

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's president swore in a new government on Saturday, a day after the armed forces said military officers had tried to mount a coup to end a political crisis in the West African country.

Musharraf won't dismiss hostile assembly: ally

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An old political ally of President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday Pakistan's embattled former army chief will not use his powers to dissolve the National Assembly to pre-empt moves to impeach him.

More than 20 insurgents killed in Afghanistan

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan soldiers backed by international air support killed more than 20 Taliban insurgents in the east and west of the country on Friday, a provincial police chief and the U.S. military said on Saturday.

Puntland leader sorry after Germans released

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - The president of northern Somalia's breakaway Puntland region apologized on Saturday to two German tourists who were freed following two months being held hostage by pirates.

Bangladesh textile workers to get wage rise

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
DHAKA (Reuters) - Workers in Bangladesh's export-oriented knitwear manufacturing factories will get a pay rise of about 20 percent from next month due to increases in the cost of essentials, a business leader said on Saturday.

African Union will suspend Mauritania: AU chair

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The African Union will suspend Mauritania until democracy is restored in the West African nation where soldiers overthrew the president this week, AU chair Tanzania said on Saturday.

Ailing Zambia president "heavily sedated": minister

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who suffered a second stroke in June, is heavily sedated and is expected to remain in a French military hospital for a long time, Health Minister Brian Chituwo said.

Relative of U.S. volleyball coach killed

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man killed a relative of a U.S. men's volleyball coach and injured another family member in a stabbing at a popular tourist spot in Beijing on Saturday.

Zimbabwe deal possible Sunday: ruling party

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe could sign a power-sharing deal on Sunday that names opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister, a senior ruling party official said on Saturday.

Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb victims

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemn ceremony on Saturday and a call for world powers to abandon their nuclear weapons.

EU, U.S. back Georgian call for truce in S.Ossetia

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
TIRDZNISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russia accused Georgia on Saturday of seeking bloody adventures by trying to retake its breakaway region of South Ossetia and defended its own military campaign to stop it.

Lawyers for Guantanamo inmate sue Canadian PM

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Lawyers for a young Canadian man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay filed a lawsuit on Friday against Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a bid to force him to intercede with Washington on the inmate's behalf.

Llama fetus ritual to help Bolivia's Morales?

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) - Muttering incantations at a witches' market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will help Bolivian President Evo Morales survive a recall vote.

U.S. hints Monday deadline for North Korea will lapse

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday North Korea had to make "substantial progress" on a verification plan for its nuclear weapons before being taken off a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Palestinian forces shut "Hamas fronts" in Hebron

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces shut down four Islamic charities and two photocopying shops in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday for alleged ties to the rival Hamas faction, a security source said.

Car bomb in N. Iraq kills 18, wounds 25: police

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said.

Canada arrests suspected Italian crime boss

Wed, 2024-11-27 04:49
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a fugitive Italian mafia suspect who was identified on Friday by the Italian government as a leader of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime group.