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WITNESS: Media menace at British coup plotter's trial

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
Daniel Flynn, correspondent for West and Central Africa, joined Reuters in 1998 and has worked in Venezuela and Spain. In the following story he describes his experience of the trial of Simon Mann in Equatorial Guinea.

Cargo plane crash in Colombia kills three on ground

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Three Colombians were killed early on Monday when a 747-200 cargo plane crashed into their house near the capital city Bogota while all eight crew members on board the aircraft survived, authorities said.

Georgian rebel region blast death toll rises to 4

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - The death toll from a bomb explosion in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia on Sunday has risen to four, separatist officials said on Monday, further worrying the West with fears the violence could worsen.

Talk of $200 oil casts shadow over G8 summit

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Italy on Monday proposed increasing margin requirements on futures markets to deter speculative buying of oil, which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said could reach $200 a barrel.

Indian PM set to advance U.S. nuclear deal at G8

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Having clinched crucial political support, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Japan on Monday for a G8 summit where he may formally press ahead with a civilian nuclear deal with the United States.

Pakistani police hunt bomb clues; blasts in Karachi

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani investigators scouring the scene of a weekend suicide bomb attack on police found a severed head on Monday as the leader of the ruling party said his government would do everything to stop the bombers.

Srebrenica remains symbol of martyrdom and division

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
LUKAVAC, Bosnia (Reuters) - Three sets of bones are neatly displayed next to each other in aluminum cases in a basement in northeast Bosnia: they are three of four brothers killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Iran says demand to halt enrichment "illegitimate"

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday his country would not stop enriching uranium and rejected as "illegitimate" a demand by major powers that it do so, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Zimbabwe says world must accept Mugabe's victory

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe urged the world on Monday to accept President Robert Mugabe's re-election and said any move to impose U.N. sanctions on his government would hurt everyone involved.

Bomb at Indian Embassy kills 41 in Afghanistan

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and wounding 139, in an attack Afghan authorities said was coordinated with foreign agents in the region, a likely reference to Pakistan.

Freed hostage Betancourt to visit Lourdes shrine

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
PARIS (Reuters) - Freed Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, a devout Catholic who prayed daily during six years in captivity, will visit the shrine of Lourdes in southwest France this week, a source close to her said on Monday.

Iraq says may agree timetable for U.S. withdrawal

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

G8 leaders talk of more Zimbabwe sanctions

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - World leaders raised the prospect of more sanctions against Zimbabwe on Monday unless quick progress is made to end a political crisis after a violent election that extended President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule.

Eight hurt on first day of Spanish bull run

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
MADRID (Reuters) - Eight people have been taken to hospital, mainly for bruising and concussion, on the first day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Monday, organizers said.

Russia, U.S. need talks despite missile row: Medvedev

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Moscow and Washington should keep up dialogue despite failing to overcome differences on U.S. missile defense plans in Europe, a key irritant in ties, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

Italy hit by nationwide transport strike

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
ROME (Reuters) - Italian trains, buses and subways ground to a halt on Monday as workers staged a nationwide strike to demand a renewal of their expired labor contracts.

Serbia to vote in new pro-Western government

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's new government will focus on quick entry into the European Union, strengthening the country's economy and keeping Kosovo as a part of Serbia, Prime Minister designate Mirko Cvetkovic said on Monday.

Chavez implicated in "suitcase scandal": U.S. witness

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
MIAMI (Reuters) - A lawyer for a defendant in the Argentine "suitcase scandal" said a U.S. government witness has sworn that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was personally involved in the affair, according to a U.S. court filing.

Israel to exhume Hezbollah bodies for prisoner swap

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will begin exhuming bodies of Hezbollah fighters on Monday ahead of a planned swap with the Lebanese guerrilla group, which is holding two soldiers, an Israeli military spokesman said.

Israel extends curfew in Palestinian town

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:58
OUTSIDE NILIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers fired teargas and stun grenades on Monday to stifle protests against a West Bank barrier, declared illegal by the World Court four years ago this week.