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Ex-Oprah school matron pleads not guilty in South Africa

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A former dormitory matron charged with abuse at U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey's girls academy in South Africa on Tuesday pleaded not guilty.

Voice recorder gives no clues on holed Qantas plane

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
MANILA (Reuters) - A cockpit voice recorder gave no useful information about what had torn a large hole in the fuselage of a Qantas Airways 747 plane last week, forcing it to make an emergency landing, investigators said on Tuesday.

Iran tells developing states to fight U.N. "bias"

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president called on Tuesday for developing nations to unite against what he said was bias by the U.N. Security Council, which the Islamic Republic accuses of siding with the West in a nuclear row.

Pakistani militants take hostage 30 police, troops

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pro-Taliban militants attacked a security post and took up to 30 hostages on Tuesday in Pakistan's Swat valley, a day after insurgents killed three army intelligence staffers, officials said.

Police defuse bombs found in western Indian city

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Police defused several unexploded bombs in the western Indian city of Surat, one of the world's biggest diamond-polishing centers, on Tuesday, three days after a series of blasts in the same state killed 45 people.

Baghdad Shi'ite pilgrimage passes peacefully

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A major pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites to a Baghdad shrine passed peacefully on Tuesday, a day after three female suicide bombers killed 35 people among crowds of pilgrims.

Small bomb explodes at Spain's Torremolinos resort

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
MADRID (Reuters) - A small bomb exploded on Tuesday at Spanish holiday resort Torremolinos without causing injury or any significant damage, a government official said.

Canada to investigate deaths of two Afghan children

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will investigate why its troops opened fire on a car in southern Afghanistan, killing two small children, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Monday.

Petrol bombs found underneath Indonesia train

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police have launched an investigation after a cache of up to 10 petrol bombs was found stashed underneath a train heading to the Indonesian capital Jakarta, officials said on Tuesday.

U.N. council split on Sudan genocide indictment

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was split on Monday over an effort by Libya and South Africa to have the council prevent the International Criminal Court from indicting Sudan's president for genocide.

Malaysia Anwar fights sodomy claim with doctor report

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim produced a report by a private doctor on Tuesday that he said showed his accuser had not been sodomized, as he battles a criminal case in his drive to unseat the government.

France's first lady compares self to Jackie Kennedy

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, said she sees herself as akin to former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in an interview with a U.S. magazine released on Monday.

Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
LONDON (Reuters) - Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book.

Marathon WTO talks collapse in U.S.-India farm row

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
GENEVA (Reuters) - Marathon talks on a new global trade pact collapsed on Tuesday as the United States and India refused to compromise over a proposal to help poor farmers deal with floods of imports.

U.N. council split on Sudan genocide indictment

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council was split on Monday over an effort by Libya and South Africa to have the council prevent the International Criminal Court from indicting Sudan's president for genocide.

Mideast deal seems beyond reach as Rice hosts talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet this week to work toward the long-shot U.S. goal of achieving a comprehensive peace deal this year that even Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says is out of reach.

Canada to investigate deaths of two Afghan children

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will investigate why its troops opened fire on a car in southern Afghanistan, killing two small children, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Monday.

U.N. admits "significant" Myanmar exchange rate loss

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top U.N. humanitarian affairs official said on Monday the world body had suffered "significant" losses while delivering cyclone aid to Myanmar due to a distorted official exchange rate.

Zimbabwe crisis negotiations deadlocked

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were deadlocked on Monday after negotiators failed to agree on a power sharing agreement, an MDC source said.

Guantanamo prisoners in limbo as trials gain pace

Wed, 2024-11-27 13:07
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Guantanamo prison cell door opened a crack to reveal an eye peering from the shadows within. A photographer focused through layers of fencing and barbed wire, and the door snapped shut.