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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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior executives from a range of businesses, including Boeing Co, Ford Motor Co, and JPMorgan Chase & Co, met on Wednesday with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Experts who advise presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on East Asia say U.S. policy there hinges on resolution of the Iraq crisis, but disagree on how to go about that.

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.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Wednesday sought to reassure supporters in the face of some polls showing a widening lead for Democrat Barack Obama ahead of the November election.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Tuareg-led rebels in Niger handed over four French hostages to the Red Cross on Wednesday after three days in captivity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would protect about 25 million taxpayers from paying a tax that originally was meant for only the very wealthy.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate progress toward approving a sweeping housing rescue plan was delayed on Wednesday by the objections of a Republican lawmaker who wants to attach an amendment dealing with renewable energy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton brushed off suggestions on Wednesday that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, does not seem to share her enthusiasm for campaigning for Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Wednesday.

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.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could move quickly to remove North Korea from its list of terrorism sponsors after Pyongyang issues an expected declaration of its nuclear activities, the White House said on Wednesday.