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Israeli police accuse Olmert of fraud, widen probe

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of fraud on Friday and said a probe into alleged bribe-taking had been widened to look at whether he made duplicate claims for travel expenses.

Lebanon leaders agree unity government: sources

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders agreed on a unity government on Friday that gave veto power for the Hezbollah-led opposition as agreed under a deal that ended a paralyzing political conflict in the country.

Deadly U.S. "buzzers" fray nerves in Pakistan

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pilotless U.S. drones armed with missiles have stepped up patrols over Pashtun villages on the Afghan-Pakistan border, hunting for Taliban and al Qaeda militants and fraying nerves below.

Iran missiles prove U.S. shield not needed: Russia

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday Iran's missile tests showed there is no military justification for U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in eastern Europe because Tehran's rockets cannot travel that far.

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Iran missiles prove U.S. shield not needed: Russia

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday Iran's missile tests showed there is no military justification for U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in eastern Europe because Tehran's rockets cannot travel that far.

Peace dividend in Iraq's Basra faces obstacles

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Property prices are creeping higher, shops are staying open later and more schoolchildren are skipping class to help out in their parents' businesses.

EU voices concern over Iranian missile tests

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union voiced concern on Friday over Iranian missiles tests in the Gulf and stepped up calls on Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment within its disputed nuclear program.

India government to set confidence vote date

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government will announce the date for a confidence vote on Friday as it fights for survival after its communist allies withdrew their support to protest against a U.S. nuclear deal.

Wild elephant kills four in Bangladesh

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
DHAKA (Reuters) - A wild elephant straying into a village trampled four members of a family to death and injured another in southeastern Bangladesh, witnesses said on Friday.

Russia rebuffs U.S. over Georgia mediation

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will reject a call by the United States for international mediators to take a bigger role in defusing a row with Georgia, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian diplomatic source as saying on Friday.

South Korean tourist shot dead by North soldier

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier gunned down a 53-year-old South Korean woman tourist who wandered into a military area at a mountain resort in the North in the predawn hours of Friday, a South Korean official said.

Israeli police resume Olmert bribery probe

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police investigators began questioning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for a third time over allegations he took bribes from an American businessman.

McCain rejects comments from economic adviser

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
BELLEVILLE, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday sharply rejected a top economic adviser's description of the United States as "a nation of whiners" who are in a mental recession.

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Bush signs spy bill and draws lawsuit

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush signed a law on Thursday overhauling the rules for eavesdropping on terrorism suspects but immediately met a civil liberties challenge calling it a threat to Americans' privacy.

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China jails 12 more Tibetans over March riots

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese courts jailed 12 more rioters for their roles in unrest in Tibet, state media said, weeks before the Beijing Olympics and after Beijing deported a Tibetan British woman it accused of anti-government activism.

ICC prosecutor to open new Sudan case

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is poised to seek the arrest of top Sudanese officials -- possibly even the president -- on Monday as he opens a new war crimes case on Darfur.

Catholic church reopens abuse case ahead papal visit

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Only days before Pope Benedict arrives in Sydney, a 25-year-old sexual abuse case involving a Sydney priest has been reopened by the Catholic church after an Australian cardinal denied he tried to cover-up the abuse.

Headway made on checking North Korea nuclear claims

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
BEIJING (Reuters) - International envoys at talks on disarming North Korea made headway on Friday on verifying the communist state's own account of its nuclear activities, but big differences remained, officials said.

Presidential ballot box makes rounds at media fest

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama appeared to be the favorite White House contender among media moguls at an annual Idaho retreat, even if they were not so certain how an Obama victory would affect their businesses.

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Hunger brings anguish for millions of Pakistanis

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 17:44
THARPARKAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - When Pakistani laborer Mangal Ram's children cry from hunger all he has to offer them is empty promises.

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