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South Africa's Zuma seeks dismissal of corruption case

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, appeared in court on Monday in a bid to win the dismissal of a graft case that could stop him becoming president next year.

Plutonium leak contained at ageing IAEA laboratory

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
VIENNA (Reuters) - A small amount of plutonium leaked in an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory outside Vienna but radioactive contamination was contained to a storage area and no one was injured, the U.N. watchdog said.

Russia warns Georgia over breakaway province

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has accused Georgia of using disproportionate force in its breakaway province of South Ossetia and warned it not to aggravate the crisis there, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Bangladeshis vote in "gateway to democracy" poll

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshis voted on Monday in the first polls organized by the country's army-backed interim government since it took power in early 2007 with a promise to restore democracy.

Bombers kill 16 in west China ahead of Games

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
BEIJING (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim separatists with homemade bombs killed 16 police in western China on Monday, state media said, reporting one of the worst attacks by militants on Chinese soil just four days before the Olympics.

Israel sends Gazans who fled Hamas to West Bank

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Israel sent 75 pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after clashes with the Islamist group to the West Bank on Monday after reversing a decision to return them to the coastal enclave.

Afghan airport to help switch from drugs to fruit

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan and U.S. governments have broken ground on an agricultural centre and airport in the volatile southern province of Helmand, aimed at helping farmers grow food crops instead of opium poppies.

Iran tests naval weapon with 300 km range: report

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had tested a naval weapon that would destroy any vessel in range of 300 km (190 miles), Fars News Agency reported.

Olmert's vying successors seek to avoid elections

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The two candidates favored to succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday they may seek to forge a government with rightists, a step that could hurt peace talks but avoid an early election.

Grenade attack kills 16 in China ahead of Games

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
BEIJING (Reuters) - A police station in China's restive Xinjiang region was attacked on Monday morning, four days before the Beijing Olympics begin, killing 16 officers and wounding 12, state media reported.

China bid for supremacy revives East-West duel

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
BEIJING (Reuters) - After nearly ending the U.S. hegemony over the Olympic medal table in Athens four years ago, China could overtake their sporting superpower rivals in the race for global supremacy in Beijing.

Rescuers reach Italian after 11 die on K2

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rescuers have reached an Italian mountaineer who refused to succumb to frostbite and exhaustion on K2 after 11 other climbers perished on the world's second-highest mountain, a Pakistani guide said on Monday.

More health workers needed to fight AIDS: experts

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Many developing countries that are combating AIDS are facing dire shortages of qualified doctors and nurses as healthcare workers leave for developed countries where they are paid many times more.

U.N. council must increase sanctions on Iran: U.S

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday that Iran has left the U.N. Security Council no choice but to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic for ignoring demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities.

South Africa's Zuma seeks case dismissal as backers rally

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, goes to court on Monday in an attempt to win the dismissal of a corruption case that could wreck his chances of becoming the nation's president next year.

Soviet dissident writer Solzhenitsyn dies at 89

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
LONDON (Reuters) - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet dissident writer and Nobel literature prize winner, has died aged 89, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday.

Slain Syrian general buried, questions linger

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian officials attended the funeral on Sunday of a senior security officer whose killing has shaken the tightly controlled country.

Greek man beheads girlfriend on Santorini island

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
ATHENS (Reuters) - A 31-year-old Greek beheaded his girlfriend and carried her head round the popular tourist island of Santorini before he was arrested, police said on Sunday.

Olmert's vying successors seek to avoid elections

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The two candidates favored to succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday they may seek to forge a government with rightists, a step that could hurt peace talks but avoid an early election.

U.N. council must increase sanctions on Iran: U.S.

Wed, 2024-11-27 06:43
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday that Iran has left the U.N. Security Council no choice but to increase sanctions on the Islamic Republic for ignoring demands that it halt sensitive nuclear activities.