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Nicaragua Ortega says won't let enemies depose him

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega warned his political adversaries on Saturday that he would not allow them to depose him as opposition groups planned street protests against his government.

Hong Kong democrats call on Chinese VP to speed polls

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Democrats in Hong Kong urged Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to speed up implementation of direct elections on Sunday, during his first visit to the city since taking charge of its affairs as a state leader.

Dissident patriarch of Vietnam Buddhist group dies

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
HANOI (Reuters) - The patriarch of a Vietnamese Buddhist group that has peacefully campaigned against successive governments and Communist Party controls on religion, died in his monastery at the age of 87 on Saturday, the organization said.

No quick end to Mongolia political turmoil in sight

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Private television was back on the air, alcohol on sale and restaurants open after the end of Mongolia's emergency rule, but a week after a disputed election the country's political problems were still far from resolved.

Africa takes centre stage as G8 kicks off summit

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight rich nations will seek to convince a skeptical Africa on Monday that it is living up to promises to double aid to the world's poorest continent.

Babies' deaths cast shadow on Egypt's health care

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
CAIRO (Reuters) - The video shows a poorly lit hospital nursery filled with premature babies in incubators. Doctors are frantically trying to resuscitate some babies while others wail in the background after a night-time power cut.

South Korea announces first oil contingency measures

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it was implementing a multi-stage contingency plan aimed at reducing energy consumption before the skyrocketing oil prices push Asia's fourth-largest economy into a full-fledged crisis.

Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 liters of beer

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - Julia Galvin came to Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a 253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the wife-carrying world title and beer worth her body weight.

U.S. and Japan to discuss next steps in six-party talks

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will discuss the next steps in the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear status when they meet on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Japan, a White House official said on Saturday.

Anti-gay violence mars Hungarian parade

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian riot police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to stop far-right extremists from throwing petrol bombs and breaking up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest.

Detective missing after U-turn on Malaysian leader

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian detective has gone missing after retracting allegations he made linking Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak to the brutal murder of a Mongolian woman, police said on Saturday.

Man rips head from Hitler wax figure

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.

Israel blocks West Bank village over protests

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces blockaded a Palestinian village on Saturday in what the army called an effort to curb protests against the construction of a West Bank barrier deemed illegal by the World Court.

Colombia foils bomb plot after rescue

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, military officials said on Saturday.

Film shows Zimbabwe vote rigged: report

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
LONDON (Reuters) - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.

Nigeria road crash kills 12 school children

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
LAGOS (Reuters) - At least 18 people, 12 of them school children, were killed when the bus they were traveling in crashed on a busy highway in the southern Nigerian state of Delta, media reports said on Saturday.

Taliban fighters free two Pakistani journalists

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants released two Pakistani journalists on Saturday more than 36-hours after they were abducted in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the annual diplomatic pageant can achieve.

Russia warns of "new war" in Abkhazia conflict

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A "new war" could break out in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses military force to resolve the conflict, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Syrian rights group says dozens dead in jail riot

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:40
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A London-based Syrian human rights group said on Saturday that Syrian security forces had shot dead dozens of prisoners during a riot at a military jail near Damascus.