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Hezbollah gunman shot Lebanon army aircraft: sources

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah turned over to the authorities on Friday one of its gunmen who shot at an army helicopter and killed its pilot, security sources said.

Spanair almost switched jet just before crash

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanair had considered replacing a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet just an hour before 154 people were killed when it crashed last week, a government minister said on Friday.

Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working: report

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the U.N. atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Georgia says cutting diplomatic ties with Russia

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said on Friday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin's recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states.

Islamic Jihad warns of rising Fatah-Hamas tensions

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A top Islamic Jihad leader said on Friday a rift between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas could trigger more violence if it is not resolved by January, the target date for a presidential poll.

Iraqi girl tells of ordeal as suicide bomber

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Rania is only 15-years old, but in the past week the softly spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged, strapped with explosives, arrested by men she nearly blew up and then shoved into a detention centre.

Nepal urged to focus on child rights in adoption

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The sale, abduction and trafficking of children is rife in Nepal and the government should do more to encourage adoption by domestic families, a U.N. study released on Friday said.

U.N. court overturns Rwandan's genocide conviction

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A United Nations court trying the architects of Rwanda's 1994 genocide on Friday reversed the genocide conviction and 25-year jail sentence of a former army lieutenant colonel, the court said.

Zardari should give up Pakistan president bid: rival

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The widower of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto should withdraw as a candidate for president because of questions about his mental health, a rival candidate said on Friday.

Karadzic plea entered as "not guilty" by tribunal

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead.

Indian villagers desperate as floods spread

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
PATRAGHAT, India (Reuters) - A boat carrying dozens of flood victims overturned in eastern India, killing at least 20 people and raising to 85 the death toll while hunger and disease stalked the worst-ever floods in 50 years.

Doctors say Dalai Lama health not serious

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Doctors treating the Dalai Lama say there is no cause for concern despite him being admitted to hospital in India, and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will take part in a fast on Saturday, aides said.

Abbas to hold further talks with Israel's Olmert

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

Thousands seek refuge from India religious attacks

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Thousands of people, most of them Christians, have sought shelter in makeshift government camps in eastern India, driven from their homes by religious violence which has killed at least 13 people this week.

South Africa says Zimbabwe talks to resume

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
HARARE (Reuters) - South Africa said Zimbabwean power-sharing talks would resume on Friday despite comment from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party that there was no need for further negotiations.

Hezbollah shot Lebanese army helicopter: paper

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese army helicopter that was hit by gunfire in south Lebanon was targeted by Hezbollah fighters who thought the aircraft was Israeli, the Lebanese newspaper as-Safir reported on Friday.

Suicide bomber killed trying to attack Pakistan camp

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
KOHAT, Pakistan - A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of people were killed in violence across the region

Israeli police quiz Olmert again on corruption

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a seventh time on Friday as part of a corruption investigation that has jeopardized peace talks with the Palestinians and shaken Israel's political system.

Malaysia ban on anti-government website draws outcry

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has pulled the plug on a popular news portal often critical of the government, sparking protests from a resurgent opposition.

Oxygen bottle blamed for Qantas plane explosion

Thu, 2024-05-02 13:21
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian air safety investigators on Friday blamed an oxygen bottle for a mid-air explosion which blew a minivan-size hole in the side of Qantas 747, but said they don't know why the bottle blew up.