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More than 35 migrants drown off Gabon

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - More than 35 migrants drowned when their boat was wrecked off Gabon's capital Libreville, police and morgue officials said on Tuesday after the bodies washed up on the city's seafront.

Man lost in Amazon for 42 days dies in father's arms

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian student lost in the Amazon rain forest for more than 40 days was found by his father, only to die in his arms shortly after, rescue officials said on Tuesday.

Israel closes Gaza crossings after rocket attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel shut its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in what it called a response to a rocket attack a day earlier that further strained a ceasefire.

Portuguese police hand Madeleine report to prosecutor

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese police have sent their final report on the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann to public prosecutors, who will decide whether to take any further steps, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Turkey widens coup probe, AK Party court case starts

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained at least 24 ultra-nationalists, including two prominent retired generals, on Tuesday in a widening police investigation into a suspected coup plot against the government.

Kashmir separatist leaders arrested over land row

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India placed several top Kashmiri separatist leaders under house arrest on Tuesday as they prepared to protest against a decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust, a move that has sparked violence.

Thousands march for greater democracy in Hong Kong

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands in Hong Kong urged Beijing to grant it greater democracy on Tuesday, with a recent furor over newly appointed political aides stoking perceptions of the unelected government's lack of accountability.

International migration office bombed in Nepal

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at an office of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in east Nepal that helps Bhutanese refugees to settle in third countries, police and government officials said on Tuesday.

Poland deals new blow to French EU presidency

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
PARIS (Reuters) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski compounded the problems facing the European Union on the first day of France's presidency of the bloc on Tuesday, saying he will not sign the Union's reform treaty for now.

U.N.'s Ban urges G8 to stick to Africa aid pledge

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Group of Eight rich nations on Tuesday to stick with a three-year old pledge to raise African aid levels to $25 billion a year, after a report the leaders may be about to backtrack.

Malaysia's Anwar says sodomy charge "a conspiracy"

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday he was shelving plans to contest a parliamentary by-election due to a "political conspiracy" behind a young aide's accusation of homosexual assault.

Somali gunmen kidnap workers with Italian charity

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali gunmen have kidnapped two local workers with an Italian charity in the latest attack on humanitarian staff in the Horn of Africa nation, locals and foreign aid sources said on Tuesday.

African Union calls for unity govt in Zimbabwe

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The African Union called on Tuesday for a national unity government in Zimbabwe after the widely condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe in a violent poll ruled unfair by monitors.

Sydney police warn: Don't annoy papal pilgrims

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
SYDNEY (Reuters) - World Youth Day in Sydney this month is the Catholic church's Woodstock, five days of love, peace and Christianity overseen by the Pope, but civil liberties leaders say police will be using "repugnant" anti-protest powers.

S.Korea fears beef protests driving away investors

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's prime minister said on Tuesday that violent street rallies against a U.S. beef import deal are harming the country's international credibility and driving investors away.

India's communist party says mulls gov't withdrawal

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main communist party said it would discuss the timing of withdrawal from the government over the civilian nuclear deal with the United States due to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's trip to a G8 summit.

Iraq throws open door to foreign oil firms

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq opened its giant oilfields to foreign firms on Monday, putting British and U.S. companies in pole position five years after U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein.

China, Dalai Lama's envoys resume talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
BEIJING (Reuters) - China resumed fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics.

Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food program.

Double life term for Pinochet secret police chief

Wed, 2024-11-27 21:51
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean judge on Monday added two life terms to the jail time of Augusto Pinochet's secret police chief for the murder of a former army chief and his wife in Argentina, the toughest penalty for dictatorship-era abuses to date.