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Work-shy Myanmar buffaloes add to farmers' woes

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
DEDAYE, Myanmar (Reuters) - With a planting deadline looming, rice farmers in cyclone-hit parts of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta have hit a problem -- donated oxen and water buffaloes are refusing to work because they are stressed.

China demolishes mosque for not supporting Olympics: group

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a mosque for refusing to put up signs in support of this August's Beijing Olympics, an exiled group said on Monday.

North Korea to open up for cooling tower blast: media

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
SEOUL (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea wants to invite five foreign news companies to record the destruction of the cooling tower at its ageing nuclear complex in a show of its will to abide by a disarmament deal, media reported on Monday.

Ten killed in weekend gunbattle in Indian Kashmir

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - At least 10 people, including nine separatist militants, were killed in clashes between security forces and insurgents at the weekend in Indian Kashmir, police said.

Kidnappers release Greek industrialist

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
ATHENS (Reuters) - A prominent Greek businessman who was kidnapped for ransom earlier in June was released early on Monday, police said.

China unveils anti-graft plan, warns task "arduous"

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BEIJING (Reuters) - The survival of China's ruling Communist Party rests on its ability to curb corruption, the government warned in a plan released on Monday that outlines the need to clean up sectors from land use to fiscal transfers.

South Korea says to take time in allowing in U.S. beef

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean official said on Monday the country would move slowly in allowing back U.S. beef imports so as to calm an angry public that has staged mass street protests for weeks against the product.

Hopes fade for Philippine ferry victims

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescuers halted efforts on Monday night to find nearly 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines as darkness fell and large swells prevented divers from drilling holes into the doomed vessel.

Colombian oil pipeline closed by attacks: source

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline has been closed by rebel bomb attacks carried out on Saturday and Sunday, a source at state petroleum company Ecopetrol told Reuters.

Nigerian oil militants vow ceasefire in delta

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
LAGOS (Reuters) - Militants in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta, whose campaign of sabotage has sharply cut the country's oil output, announced a ceasefire on Sunday but stopped short of agreeing to participate in peace talks.

Kidnappers release Greek industrialist

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
ATHENS (Reuters) - A prominent Greek businessman who was kidnapped for ransom earlier in June was released early on Monday, police said.

Somali activist assassinated, U.N. boss kidnapped

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali gunmen shot dead a peace activist and kidnapped a senior United Nations official, while a roadside bomb killed three policemen in the anarchic Horn of Africa country, witnesses said on Sunday.

6,000 troops urgently needed in Afghanistan: NATO

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BERLIN (Reuters) - Up to 6,000 additional troops are urgently needed in Afghanistan and a failure to deploy them will only prolong the presence of Western forces in the country, a German NATO general said on Sunday.

Supplies into Gaza increase slightly, says Israel

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel began on Sunday to gradually ease its economic blockade of the Gaza Strip by allowing additional goods into the Hamas-ruled enclave but Palestinians said the increase in deliveries was meager.

Italy reopens probe into 1980 plane crash: media

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
ROME (Reuters) - Rome prosecutors have reopened a probe into a mysterious plane explosion off Sicily in 1980, after former Italian President Francesco Cossiga said the plane was hit by a French missile, Italian media reported on Sunday.

Tibetan capital still bears scars of unrest

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
LHASA, China (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama remains a spiritual leader but is politically anathema, a senior monk in Lhasa told foreign reporters on an official visit that underscored tensions in the mountain region.

Tsvangirai to pull out of Zimbabwe run-off: MDC source

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will announce on Sunday that he is withdrawing from the June 27 presidential run-off election, a source within his Movement for Democratic Change told Reuters.

Leaked Israeli drill seen as U.S. pressure on Iran

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. leak of an Israeli air exercise reported to be practice for possible bombing of Iran's nuclear sites was seen in Israel on Sunday as a deliberate move to increase pressure on Tehran to halt sensitive atomic work.

Female suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber blew herself up among policemen outside a restaurant north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 35, Iraqi police said.

China's Wen speaks of "calamity-ridden nation"

Wed, 2024-11-27 14:20
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, making his third visit to the quake zone, spoke of a "calamity-ridden nation" on Sunday but said life in the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu should be back to normal within two months.