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Japan PM rules out visit to controversial shrine

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda ruled out on Tuesday a visit to Tokyo's Yasakuni shrine, seen by many in Asia as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, on the August 15 anniversary of the country's surrender in World War Two.

Sharif sees decisive talks for Pakistan coalition

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said a meeting set for Tuesday with the head of the ruling party, Asif Ali Zardari, should be decisive for the future of their fractured four month-old coalition.

Ex-PM Hasina followers win Bangladesh local vote

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
DHAKA (Reuters) - Unofficial results from local elections in Bangladesh showed that followers of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina won almost all the positions in a free, fair and peaceful vote, poll officials said.

Frostbitten Italian survivor reaches K2 base camp

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Hobbling on frostbitten feet, an Italian climber walked down to K2 base camp on Tuesday after heavy mists ruled out an airlift for the last survivor of the worst disaster on the world's second-highest mountain.

Attack-hit west China under heavy security

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
KASHGAR, China (Reuters) - The city in China's restive Xinjiang region where a bomb attack killed 16 police was calm under sweeping security measures on Tuesday, three days before the Beijing Olympics.

Beijing gets its ducks in a row for heavenly roast

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
BEIJING (Reuters) - Time to sing along to the award-winning company anthem, "100-Year Flame."

Angola to hold elections every 4 years: president

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
LUANDA (Reuters) - President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Monday oil-rich Angola would have parliamentary elections every four years, after holding its first national vote for 16 years on September 5.

Putin says Solzhenitsyn death is loss for Russia

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led tributes on Monday to the late Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel literature laureate and prominent dissident of the Soviet era, saying his death was a loss for all of Russia.

Sharif sees decisive talks for Pakistan coalition

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said a meeting set for Tuesday with the head of the ruling party, Asif Ali Zardari, should be decisive for the future of their fractured four month-old coalition.

Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury told

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver performed vital services that enabled "the world's most dangerous terrorist" to launch attacks, a prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial at Guantanamo.

Gay, bisexual men still at high risk for HIV: study

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, yet are ignored in many countries, an AIDS group said in a study released on Monday.

Plutonium leak contained at ageing IAEA laboratory

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
VIENNA (Reuters) - A small amount of plutonium has leaked from an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory outside Vienna, but radioactive contamination has not reached the environment and no one was injured, the U.N. watchdog said.

Iraqis see compromise on Kirkuk standoff

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi political leaders reached a tentative compromise on Monday that may resolve a stalemate over the fate of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and allow local elections to go ahead, the deputy speaker of parliament said.

Kenya charges 3 in al Qaeda suspect's reported escape

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya charged three people on Monday with helping a top al Qaeda operative escape over the weekend, nearly 10 years after two U.S. embassy blasts he is accused of planning put the militant group on the world stage.

Ninety-four militants, 14 troops killed in NW Pakistan

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's army killed 94 Islamist militants and lost 14 soldiers in fighting in the northwestern Swat valley during the past week, a senior officer said on Monday.

Philippines supreme Court halts Muslim land deal

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to halt a territorial deal between the government and Muslim separatists, the latest setback for peace in the nation's volatile south.

Turkey picks army boss, public tension seen easing

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
ANKARA (Reuters) - Land forces commander Ilker Basbug has been appointed head of Turkey's powerful armed forces, a hawkish general who is expected to avoid open confrontation with the Islamist-rooted governing AK Party.

Indonesian Muslims urge Ahmadiyya sect disbanded

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Several hundred Indonesian Muslims rallied on Monday in Jakarta and Surabaya, urging the government to disband the Ahmadiyya sect which many followers of Islam consider heretical.

Iran says it won't halt nuclear work, talks to EU

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and the representative of six world powers talked by telephone on Monday without resolving a row over Tehran's sensitive nuclear work, which the Islamic Republic said would not be stopped.

India orders inquiry into deadly temple stampede

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:31
CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities ordered an investigation on Monday into possible organizational lapses that led to a stampede outside a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India, killing at least 145 pilgrims.