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Gaddafi, Berlusconi sign accord worth billions

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya and Italy signed an accord on Saturday under which Italy will pay $5 billion in compensation for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country.

Iraq election law must pass mid-Sept for 2008 vote

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament must pass a contentious elections law by mid-September in order to allow anticipated provincial polls to be held this year, the Electoral Commission said on Saturday.

Tibetans fast for peace, Dalai Lama still in hospital

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
DHARAMSALA (Reuters) - Thousands of Tibetans in India fasted and prayed for peace in Tibet on Saturday and their leader, the Dalai Lama, participated from his hospital bed in Mumbai.

Zimbabwe power-sharing talks hit snag: state media

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean power-sharing talks, which resumed in South Africa on Friday, have hit a snag over a proposal for President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rival to chair the cabinet jointly, state media reported on Saturday.

Strong quake rattles Papua New Guinea

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled the second largest town in the Pacific islands nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, with witnesses saying it lasted several seconds and shook buildings.

Bomb blast wounds 45 in Sri Lankan capital

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least 45 people were injured when a small bomb exploded in a busy market area in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, officials said.

Hundreds leave Gaza as Egypt opens border

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory, Palestinian officials said.

Pakistan's Zardari, two others, in president race

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's presidential election next week will be a three-way tussle between the country's main parties after the Election Commission on Saturday issued a final list of candidates.

High waters, heavy rain hamper Indian flood relief

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities, hampered by heavy rain and damaged roads, were struggling on Saturday to get aid to millions of displaced villagers in the eastern state of Bihar, hit by the worst flooding in 50 years.

Philippines says militant leader arrested in Bahrain

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
MANILA (Reuters) - A founder of an Islamic group blamed for the worst militant attack in the Philippines has been arrested while working at a Philippine embassy in the Middle East, officials said on Saturday.

Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
HONG KONG (Reuters) - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.

Bombs kill at least 2 Russian soldiers in Chechnya

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least two Russian soldiers have been killed in bombings in Chechnya, including a suicide attack on a government camp, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.

Australian police clear Indian doctor in terrorism case

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police in Australia have ended a long-running terrorism investigation into an Indian doctor, clearing him of any criminal offence in relation to a June 2007 attack on Britain's Glasgow airport.

Beijing cancels sentence for elderly women

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Two elderly women have won a reprieve from a sentence to one year in labor camps handed down after they sought permission for a protest during this month's Beijing Olympics, a rights group said.

Taiwan graft probe spans four continent

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan prosecutors believe the family of former President Chen Shui-bian, under investigation for alleged misuse of state funds, has moved money to 10 other countries or regions, local media reported on Saturday.

"I will never resign," says besieged Thai PM

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej vowed on Saturday not to quit in the face of intensifying protests aimed at toppling his seven-month-old government.

New video game depicts Venezuela mercenary attack

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
CARACAS (Reuters) - A video game depicting mercenaries storming Venezuela, which has been criticized in the oil-rich South American country as a blueprint for an invasion, will be released by a U.S. company this weekend.

Mexican governor blames Gulf cartel for beheadings

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - The beheadings of twelve people in southern Mexico were probably the work of the powerful Gulf cartel based across the border from Texas, a state governor said on Friday.

Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis: Oxfam

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan needs urgent help to avert a humanitarian crisis this winter, with millions facing some of the worst conditions for more than 20 years, a leading British charity said on Saturday.

Gaza activists say will run Israel blockade again

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:25
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Foreign activists who sailed to Gaza last week to protest against an Israeli blockade of the enclave said on Friday they planned to do it again within a month.