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China announces Olympics stability drive after riot

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has launched a nationwide campaign to defuse protest ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, state media reported on Monday, days after a riot in the country's southwest highlighted volatile social strains.

Leaders to consider Zimbabwe crisis at AU summit

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - African leaders are expected to press President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to negotiate with Zimbabwe's opposition but are unlikely to punish his government for holding a discredited presidential election.

Plenty and penury, action and inertia in Darfur

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
ZAM ZAM CAMP, Sudan (Reuters) - Markets stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables. Shiny new gas stations. Freshly built houses. Smooth paved roads. A pizzeria.

Feeble pound shifts Britons' holiday targets

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
LONDON (Reuters) - Vodka, the famous Starowka quarter and the Palace of Culture commonly draw tourists to Warsaw, but John Bentley had a more mercenary motive for holidaying there recently -- it wouldn't break the bank, despite sterling's weakness.

Zambian president rushed to hospital in Egypt

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday after a health emergency, Egyptian health sources and state media said.

Pope may make first trip to Africa next year

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may travel to Africa next year for the first time as pontiff, a senior Vatican official said in comments published on Sunday.

Kashmir chief says will revoke Hindu land decision

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The government of Indian Kashmir said on Sunday it would revoke its decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust, a move that could defuse mass protests by Muslims across the Himalayan region.

Polls close in Mongolia as mining deals eyed

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolians turned out in droves on Sunday to vote in a tight race that will see the election of a government charged with fighting inflation and tapping into the windswept country's huge mineral wealth.

Somaliland hopes election will lead to recognition

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
HARGEISA, Somalia (Reuters) - The breakaway state of Somaliland hopes next year's presidential elections will lead to international recognition of the northern Somali enclave as an independent country, officials said on Sunday.

Eight killed in a market bomb blast in India's Assam

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed in a bomb blast at a crowded village market in India's troubled northeastern Assam state on Sunday, police said.

Darfur rebels hope new mediator can kickstart talks

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels hope the new international mediator for Darfur has the power to wring concessions from the Khartoum government to kickstart a stalled peace process and help end suffering on the ground.

Kazakh leader vows reform before taking OSCE chair

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's president promised the West on Sunday his country would pursue democratic change before its chairmanship of Europe's main human rights watchdog in 2010.

No Afghan peace while Taliban have sanctuary: NATO

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will not be secure as long as insurgents are allowed to operate freely in sanctuaries on the Pakistan side of the border, a NATO spokesman said on Sunday.

Israel in no position to attack Iran: minister

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday he did not believe Israel was in a position to attack his country over its nuclear programme, while an Iranian general announced plans to prepare 320,000 graves for enemy soldiers.

Japan anti-G8 summit protesters scuffle with police

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
TOKYO (Reuters) - Anti-G8 summit protesters danced to blaring music and marched down the streets of Tokyo in heavy rain on Sunday, accusing the Group of Eight rich nations of causing poverty and world instability.

U.S. faces Iraqi anger over raid near Kerbala

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military faced Iraqi anger on Sunday over a raid near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in which a distant relative of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was killed.

Iraqi officials angered by U.S. raid near Kerbala

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi officials have expressed outrage over a U.S. raid near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, which they said should have been approved by local authorities since security for the area is under Iraqi control.

Chechen rebels kill six in attacks

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rebels killed three policemen and three civilians in Russia's volatile province of Chechnya early on Sunday, Interfax news agency quoted police sources as saying.

Israeli cabinet approves Hezbollah prisoner swap

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won his cabinet's approval on Sunday for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah under which two soldiers held by the Lebanese guerrilla group, and believed to be dead, would be recovered.

Guatemalan minister dies in helicopter crash

Wed, 2024-11-27 20:50
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemala's interior minister died when a helicopter crashed on Friday in bad weather north of the Guatemalan capital, officials said.