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U.S., allies stress diplomacy in Iran nuclear row

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favor the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.

AIDS a growing global "disaster"

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
GENEVA (Reuters) - HIV/AIDS infection rates are growing among intravenous drug users, prostitutes and gay men around the globe but they are often viewed as outcasts and refused treatment, according to a report issued on Thursday.

Mexico prosecutor blames police for disco deaths

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City's top prosecutor on Wednesday said a senior police officer's decision to seal the exit of a crowded disco during a raid last week caused a dozen people to die.

Serbia elects speaker, paving way for government

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia elected a former ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic to the post of speaker of parliament late on Wednesday, paving the way for a new pro-European coalition government to be sworn in within a week.

U.S., allies stress diplomacy in Iran nuclear row

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favor the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.

Macabre messages are new tool of Mexico drug lords

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Breaking with years of secrecy, Mexico's drug gangs are battling it out in public with audacious hit-lists and threats on banners strung up on streets as drug murders soar out of control.

Israel closes Gaza crossings after rocket attack

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel kept its border crossings with the Gaza Strip shut on Wednesday, saying it was in response to a Palestinian rocket salvo that breached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

Niger rebels free French uranium company hostages

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Tuareg-led rebels in Niger handed over four French hostages to the Red Cross on Wednesday after three days in captivity.

Syria opens site to U.N. atom probe

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria gave U.N. investigators a good look at the site of what Washington says was a secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but initial checks were inconclusive and more are needed, they said on Wednesday.

Hundreds evacuated from Moscow metro

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train on Moscow's underground railway on Wednesday after a derailment blocked a busy line, leading to huge crowds on other routes.

Forest fire near Athens brought under control

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
ATHENS (Reuters) - Fire swept through a forest outside Athens on Wednesday, causing power cuts that trapped dozens of people in elevators before it was brought under control, officials said.

NATO sees Kosovo security force by end 2009

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO is looking to have trained and launched a 2,500-strong Kosovo security force by the end of next year, an alliance spokesman said on Wednesday.

Russia's Kudrin talks nukes in economic dispute

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday that a tax cut favored by cabinet rivals could hurt Russia's ability to fund its nuclear deterrent.

Suspicious powder shuts U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, was closed on Wednesday after a "suspicious powder" was found in the premises, the embassy said.

Passengers evacuated from Moscow metro fire

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Passengers were being evacuated from a train on Moscow's metro underground railway system on Wednesday after a carriage caught fire, RIA news agency reported.

Saudi Arabia says arrests 520 terrorism suspects

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 520 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants since January, accusing some of them of planning attacks against an oil installation in the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

Food crisis looms as Nepal Maoists set to take power

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - About 2.5 million Nepalis need immediate food assistance and 3.9 million others are at risk of becoming food insecure because of rising prices, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday.

West to pursue twin track in Iran nuclear dispute

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
GENEVA (Reuters) - Western powers will continue a twin track policy of sanctions and diplomacy towards Iran over its nuclear program, the EU's top diplomat said on Wednesday, despite Tehran's warnings it could backfire.

U.S.-backed radio says Turkmen commentator tortured

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Turkmen security forces detained and tortured a commentator for a U.S.-backed radio station after he had refused to stop working for the broadcaster, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) said.

Bomb in Qaeda bastion in Iraq kills 3 U.S. troops

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:48
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in a region of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling al Qaeda, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.