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Rising Afghan violence threatens aid effort: NGOs

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
KABUL (Reuters) - Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level since 2001 with more than 260 civilians killed in July alone, a group of 100 aid agencies said on Friday, calling on all sides to do more to protect the lives of non-combatants.

UK's Brown in slump, new leader won't help: poll

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's popularity has slumped to a record low, but a change in leader will not help the ruling Labour Party win the next election, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.

Top evangelicals praise Christian-Muslim talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Two prominent evangelical Christians praised their dialogue with Muslim leaders on Thursday at the end of a three-day conference seeking ways to ease tensions between the world's two largest faiths.

Right-to-die case faces legal challenge in Italy

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
ROME (Reuters) - State prosecutors in Italy lodged an appeal on Thursday against a court ruling authorizing a man to remove the feeding tube which has kept his comatose daughter alive for 16 years.

Guantanamo court holds secret session

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The Guantanamo war crimes court conducted its first secret session on Thursday to hear defense testimony from a U.S. Army psychiatrist who helped train mental health officials involved in prisoner interrogations.

Hitmen kill six, including kids, in western Mexico

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead six people, including children, in western Mexico in an execution-style massacre of the kind often carried out by drug gangs, Mexico media said on Thursday.

U.S. prosecutors finish evidence in Guantanamo trial

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. military prosecutors finished their case against Osama bin Laden's driver on Thursday after presenting a week's worth of evidence in the first trial in the war crimes court at the Guantanamo Bay naval base.

Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe talks deadline flexible

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
DAKAR (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he was "fairly satisfied" with talks with President Robert Mugabe's party to end a political crisis, and said a Monday, August 4 deadline was "not inflexible".

Nigerian president slams "big man" mentality

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua said on Thursday the biggest problem in Africa's most populous nation was poor leadership and rounded on public servants who abused their positions of power to gain personal wealth.

U.S. Treasury targets more Colombian FARC supporters

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Thursday said it blacklisted six more companies and 13 individuals linked with Colombia's FARC guerrillas in an effort to squeeze the group's financing from narcotics sales.

Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe talks deadline flexible

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
DAKAR (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he was "fairly satisfied" with talks with President Robert Mugabe's party to end a political crisis, and said a Monday, August 4 deadline was "not inflexible".

India talks bombings and border fire with Pakistan

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers held talks in Colombo on Thursday against a background of an increase in border skirmishes and bomb attacks on Indian cities that threaten a sluggish peace process.

Horror on Canadian bus as man beheaded

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A man sleeping on a Greyhound bus as it rolled across the Canadian Prairies was killed and decapitated by his seatmate as horrified passengers fled to safety in the night, witnesses and police said on Thursday.

Foreign aid workers slowly returning to Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Foreign aid agencies are slowly returning to address Iraq's massive humanitarian woes following a fall in violence in the country to four-year lows.

South Africa court deals blow to Zuma in graft case

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's highest court on Thursday rejected ruling ANC party leader Jacob Zuma's attempt to stop seized evidence being used against him in a corruption trial.

Cyclone-hit Myanmar struggling to find its feet

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into army-run Myanmar, people in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta are still in dire need of food and clean water, hampering efforts to rebuild their lives, aid agencies say.

Ukraine parliament examines floods after 30 dead

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
KIEV (Reuters) - Floods in western Ukraine have killed 30 people and prompted the evacuation of nearly 18,000, officials said on Thursday, after five days of rain caused rivers to spill over into villages and farmland.

U.N. Darfur text sends wrong signal on genocide: U.S.

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in Darfur on Thursday in a resolution that Washington criticized for raising concerns about moves to indict Sudan's president for genocide.

Reuters seeks evidence on why cameraman held in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Reuters urged the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately release an Iraqi cameraman working for the news organization or to publicly produce evidence to justify his detention.

Pakistani troops in new deadly clashes with militants

Wed, 2024-11-27 10:36
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 13 people, including two women, were killed in clashes between troops and militants on Thursday in Pakistan's Swat valley, police said, taking the death toll in days of fighting to nearly 50.