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India warms to U.S. offer to help save WTO talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
GENEVA (Reuters) - India welcomed on Wednesday an offer by the United States to limit its disputed farm subsidies as part of efforts to save a global trade deal but immediately came under pressure from Washington to make concessions itself.

Handshakes and smiles at North Korea meeting

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ministers from six nations involved in nuclear talks with North Korea, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, held a rare meeting on Wednesday that China said showed a "political will" to move the disarmament process forward.

Turkey detains 20 in coup plan investigation: agency

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 20 people on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into an alleged plot to overthrow the government, state-run Anatolian news agency said.

Indian government wins confidence vote

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday, ensuring the survival of the ruling coalition and a civilian nuclear deal with the United States.

British bomb plotters lose appeal against conviction

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
LONDON (Reuters) - Five Britons who were jailed for life for plotting al Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks across Britain lost appeals against their convictions on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe rivals to start full talks on Thursday

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC and President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF will begin negotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.

Bashir offers peace, aid in defiant Darfur tour

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in a show of defiance, made his first visit to Darfur on Wednesday since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of genocide and war crimes and sought his arrest.

Thais living on Cambodia border brace for clashes

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
KHAO PRA VIHARN, Thailand (Reuters) - Thais living along the border with Cambodia began evacuation and weapon drills on Wednesday, fearing a land dispute might escalate into violence after talks failed this week.

Karadzic to run own defence, gets shave, haircut

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence at the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be cleared of charges of genocide, relatives and associates of the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday.

Taliban arrest in Pakistan raises Western hopes

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's security forces made a rare arrest of a senior Afghan Taliban commander near the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, Pakistani security officials and coalition forces in Afghanistan told Reuters.

Iran's president vows no retreat in nuclear row

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not "retreat one iota" over its disputed nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday.

Brazil boom breeds new generation of millionaires

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When Fabio Calderaro was a 23-year-old cadet at Brazil's military academy in 2000, he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the stock market.

Search goes on after seven Chinese miners found dead

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BEIJING (Reuters) - Seven Chinese coal miners have been confirmed dead in a flooded pit as hopes dimmed of finding 29 trapped colleagues alive, state media said on Wednesday.

Last Three Gorges Dam migrants evacuate as water rises

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has finished evacuating the last town to be submerged by the giant Three Gorges Dam, making way for water levels in the reservoir to rise to their final height of 175 meters above sea level, state media said.

Nigeria bulldozes slums to polish capital

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
ABUJA (Reuters) - Scavenging through mounds of rubble in Nigeria's capital Abuja, Usman Landam plucks out the biggest mud blocks he can find, determined to rebuild his two-bedroom hut after government bulldozers knocked it down.

Bulldozer in Jerusalem rampage before Obama visit

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into vehicles on a Jerusalem street on Tuesday before a visit by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who condemned the attack and pledged to push for a peace deal.

U.N.'s Ban details Hezbollah letter on prisoner swap

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group's conditions for further prisoner deals with Israel.

U.N.'s Ban details Hezbollah letter on prisoner swap

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group's conditions for further prisoner deals with Israel.

Lawyers see contradictions in Olmert case testimony

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers said on Tuesday they had uncovered contradictions and discrepancies in the testimony of a key witness in a case that threatens to topple the Israeli leader.

Italy's Berlusconi wins immunity from prosecution

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament approved a law on Tuesday giving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution, a victory for the conservative billionaire who has long complained of being hounded by "biased" prosecutors.