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Sunni Saudi cleric visits Shi'ites to ease tension

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
RIYADH (Reuters) - A prominent Sunni Muslim Saudi cleric met with minority Shi'ite Muslim leaders this month in an attempt to soothe anger over an edict by radical sheikhs calling Shi'ism a heresy, Shi'ite sources said on Thursday.

Pope doesn't wear Prada: Vatican newspaper

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
ROME (Reuters) - After years of speculation that Pope Benedict wears shoes by Prada, the Vatican's official newspaper denied such talk as "frivolous".

G8 pushes Myanmar to accept foreign cyclone aid

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight wealthy nations put pressure on Myanmar to let in more foreign relief workers after a devastating cyclone last month, after accusations it had obstructed aid, a Japanese official said on Thursday.

Kosovo Serbs to form parliament

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
MITROVICA (Reuters) - Serbs in Kosovo's divided city of Mitrovica will establish their own assembly on Saturday in the latest challenge to the authority of the new state's ethnic Albanian leadership, officials said.

Afghanistan sacks police chief over jail break

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan government sacked the police chief of Kandahar on Thursday for negligence after some 400 Taliban prisoners and 700 criminals escaped this month in one of the biggest jail breaks in history.

Zimbabwe casts pall over Mandela UK visit, concert

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
LONDON (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela uttered just four words criticizing Zimbabwe's leadership, but they were enough to resonate around the world.

U.S. says Syria must not hinder IAEA nuclear probe

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday welcomed a U.N. check of a Syrian site said to have harbored an almost-built secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but called on Damascus not to restrict the investigation.

N.Korea presents nuclear report

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, prompting a still-wary U.S. President George W. Bush to ease some sanctions on a country he once branded part of an "axis of evil."

Iran says "enemies" won't stop nuclear work: agency

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran's "enemies" would never succeed in stopping its nuclear activities, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Catholic rebel snubs pope call to rejoin Rome

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
PARIS (Reuters) - The leader of a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group has rejected a Vatican offer to rejoin Rome, accusing Pope Benedict of trying to silence dissenting voices.

Bombs kill 40 in Iraq, Anbar handover still on

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs killed at least 40 people in Iraq on Thursday, including 20 at a tribal council meeting in Anbar province just days before the U.S. military transfers control of security for the vast western region to Iraqi forces.

Rivals clash as Pakistan holds by-elections

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rival political activists clashed in Pakistan on Thursday as by-elections were held for five National Assembly seats and 25 provincial assembly seats and several people were wounded, police said.

Japanese athletes begin chopstick-less "food camp"

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese athletes have begun a spartan, chopstick-free Chinese food training program to help them acclimatize for this year's Beijing Olympics.

Gaza truce strained by rocket fire, closure

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, putting further strain on a week-old truce as Israel kept border crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.

China says NGOs stir anti-Chinese feelings in Darfur

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's envoy to the strike-torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday accused western media and non-governmental groups of stirring up anti-Chinese feelings among opposition groups in the African country.

Relatives bid farewell at Philippine ferry site

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Relatives said goodbye to their missing kin at the site of a capsized ferry in the central Philippines on Thursday fearing they will not see them again; dead or alive.

Zimbabwe votes as world watches, condemns

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans vote in a one-sided presidential run-off on Friday after President Robert Mugabe defied mounting world condemnation and calls to postpone an election which the opposition says is a farce.

Corrupt Chinese officials betrayed by pillow talk

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
BEIJING (Reuters) - Anti-graft authorities in a southern Chinese city are questioning mistresses of suspected corrupt officials and finding the information is paying off prettily, state media said on Thursday.

Tibet unrest dents Shangri-la tourism, but temporarily

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
SHANGRI-LA, China (Reuters) - Excusing himself from the banquet table, Liao Chunlei stood up, wine glass in hand, and belted out a traditional folk song with colleagues as his face turned red with drink.

Colombian smugglers take cocaine under the waves

Wed, 2024-11-27 18:42
BUENAVENTURA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombians who thought they had seen everything in the war on drugs were treated to something new this year: cocaine smuggling in a submarine.