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Blasts shake Georgia conflict zone, one killed

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian officials said six explosions struck on both sides of a de facto border between Georgia and its breakaway Abkhazia region on Sunday, killing one person.

G8 wrangles over climate change, aid to Africa

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - World leaders head into the second day of the annual G8 summit preoccupied by soaring food and oil prices and deeply divided over how to tackle climate change.

One month to go - Beijing prepares to deliver

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
BEIJING (Reuters) - With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinized Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent.

China presses Dalai Lama ahead of Games

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's stance on future talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama rests on how he answers demands not to disrupt next month's Beijing Olympics, an official said, highlighting intense anxieties about the Games.

UAE cancels nearly $7 bln in Iraq debt

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has cancelled almost $7 billion of debt including interest and arrears payments owed by Baghdad, becoming the first Gulf Arab country to forgive all of Iraq's debt.

British report calls for new look at biofuels

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - A British government report on food policy to be published on Monday says the link between demand for biofuels and rising world food prices needs to be more closely examined.

Iranian minister sees "new environment" for EU talks

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Sunday expressed optimism about what he said was a "new environment" for talks with major powers over its nuclear program.

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

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
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 02:33
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will begin exhuming the bodies of Hezbollah fighters buried in Israel ahead of a swap deal with the Lebanese guerrilla group, which is holding two Israeli soldiers, a military official said on Sunday.

Russia opposition figures calls for "prisoner day"

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian dissident launched a campaign on Sunday in support of what he called political prisoners, demanding President Dmitry Medvedev free 25 people - including jailed oil boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone: police

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police have concluded that a Palestinian construction worker who killed three Israelis with a bulldozer in Jerusalem last week acted alone and not as part of a militant organization, a spokesman said on Sunday.

At least 8 dead in blast near Pakistani mosque

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 23 in an attack on police who had been guarding Islamists marking the anniversary of an army commando raid on Islamabad's Red Mosque.

U.S. and Czechs to sign radar deal despite opposition

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic and the United States will sign a treaty on Tuesday to build a missile defense radar on Czech soil despite opposition at home and in Russia.

Bush says backs Japan on North Korea abduction issue

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - President George W. Bush pledged on Sunday that Japan's concerns about North Korean abductions of its citizens would not be ignored even as Washington moved to ease sanctions against the communist country.

Blasts shake Georgia conflict zone, one killed

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian officials said six explosions struck on both sides of a de facto border between Georgia and its breakaway Abkhazia region on Sunday, killing one person.

5.7 magnitude quake shakes islands north of Japan

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the largely uninhabited Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Baghdad car bomb kills six, wounds 14: police

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed six civilians and wounded 14 other people in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

Malaysia asks Interpol help to find missing detective

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has issued an international alert for a missing private eye after he made, and abruptly retracted, allegations about the deputy prime minister's links to a high-profile murder case, police said on Sunday.

Four blasts in Georgia breakaway region: agencies

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian peacekeepers said four explosions went off in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia early on Sunday, according to Russian news agencies reports, in the latest sign of growing conflict.

Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings

Thu, 2024-11-28 02:33
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by Palestinian militants.