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Olmert says he gave no commitment on Golan

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday Israel had made no commitment to Syria to pull out of the Golan Heights in indirect talks that began last year under Turkish auspices.

Catholics hope Turkey opens church for St Paul Year

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church hopes a year dedicated to Saint Paul, born two millennia ago in Tarsus in today's southern Turkey, will bring signs of more religious tolerance in the mostly Muslim but secularist country.

Sudan on verge of north-south war: SPLM official

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The secretary-general of the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) said on Monday his country was on the brink of a new north-south civil war, and called on northern forces to leave a disputed oil town.

Dubai police crack down on cross-dressers

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
DUBAI (Reuters) - Police in Dubai have arrested several men and women for cross-dressing in what they said was a campaign to preserve the social values of the cosmopolitan Gulf Arab trade and tourism hub, newspapers reported on Monday.

Eight killed in Sri Lanka train bombing

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and 73 civilians injured when a bomb exploded on a train during rush hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, military officials said.

Belgian double child murder trial begins

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The trial of a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of two Belgian girls in 2006 began on Monday, reviving painful memories of the Marc Dutroux pedophile killings a decade ago.

Senate set to take up climate change debate

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The international fight to control climate change heads to a new arena in June when the Senate is to debate a bill that could cut total U.S. global warming emissions by 66 percent by 2050.

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Russia behind downing of Georgia spy plane:U.N.

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
TBILISI (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it believed the Russian air force shot down an unmanned spy plane over Georgia last month, boosting Tbilisi's claims that Moscow is meddling on its territory.

Taliban vow to fight on in Afghanistan

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban will fight on till the last foreign soldier is driven out of Afghanistan, but their door is always open to talks with other Afghan opposition groups, the Islamist movement said on Monday.

Nigeria rebels say attack Shell oil pipeline

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels from Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said they had blown up a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline and killed 11 soldiers in a firefight on Monday, but the army denied losing any men.

Lebanon president set to appoint PM

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman will appoint a prime minister on Wednesday to head a new cabinet to be formed as part of an agreement ending 18 months of political conflict.

Motorcycle bomber kills six near Baghdad

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol and wounded 18 others on Monday, police said.

Iran-Turkey gas flow halted after blast

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
ANKARA (Reuters) - The flow of Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted early on Monday after an explosion hit a gas pipeline in Turkish territory, a Turkish energy ministry official told Reuters.

Mugabe would accept defeat in run-off: minister

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will respect the will of voters if they end his 28-year rule in a run-off election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Monday.

Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday, reviving paralyzed state institutions after an 18-month standoff between a U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition.

Haitian president nominates adviser, friend as PM

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval nominated his longtime friend and adviser Robert Manuel on Sunday to become prime minister of the impoverished Caribbean nation, where the previous government was toppled by food riots in April.

Aid workers ready for action after Myanmar promise

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
YANGON (Reuters) - Foreign aid workers headed for the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Monday to see whether army-ruled Myanmar will honor a promise made by its top general to give them freedom of movement.

On vets holiday, candidates ponder Iraq strategy

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday said the United States should stay the course in Iraq even though he was "sick at heart" at mistakes made in the six-year conflict.

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Dalai Lama says Tibetans losing faith in talks: FT

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tibetans are losing faith in the Dalai Lama's conciliatory "middle way" because of China's refusal to strike a deal with him over the region's future, the exiled spiritual leader said in an interview published on Monday.

China's push praised and censured in Mauritius

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 14:41
TERRE ROUGE, Mauritius (Reuters) - Sitting under a pair of mango trees and sipping coconut water, Toolsy Poorun, 87, says he thought he would live in Terre Rouge forever. But then Chinese investment came to this part of Mauritius.

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