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China mine explosion death toll reaches 87
A rescuer waits to enter Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors after a gas explosion at the mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song By Maxim Duncan HEGANG, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China'… more
NATO takes command of Afghan army, police training
U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training mission will be headed by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani By Jonathon Burch KABUL (Reuters) - NATO took command of the trainin… more
Iraq parliament struggles over elusive vote deal
By Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament suspended efforts on Saturday to reach a d… more
Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A ferry with 213 people on board sank off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday af… more
Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday, i… more
Bomb blasts kill six, wound 40 in India's northeast
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 40 wounded in two bomb blasts in no… more
Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions
A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends a rally against the installation of U.S. military bases in Colombia, in Caracas November 21, 2009. The signs read 'Yankee bases out of Colombia'. REUTERS/Jorge Silva By Jose Miguel Gomez CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian Presiden… more
Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities
By Fredrik Dahl and Hashem Kalantari TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said it will begin large-s… more
Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - reports
Former Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, dressed in prison uniform, speaks at a tribunal session in Tehran August 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News TEHRAN (Reuters) - A reformist former vice president, who was arreste… more
Iran to hold war games to protect atom plants
By Fredrik Dahl and Hashem Kalantari TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will begin large-scale air defense wa… more
Iran to hold drills for protecting atom facilities
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. An Iranian Tondar missile is ready for launch during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan By Fredrik Dahl and Hashem Kalantari TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will st… more
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
Allene Diaz (L), 11, and her mother, Christina, wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Texas October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The … more
Prosecutor seeks life for Knox in Italy murder trial
PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors on Saturday called for a life sentence for American … more
Suspected militants blow themselves up in Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up on Saturday… more
Pressure for progress at talks on rebel Karabakh
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia hold talks on Sunday on the Nagorno-Karabakh con… more
China mine explosion kills 31, traps 78
Rescuers wait to go down Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors following a gas explosion at the mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 21, 2009. At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at the mine in China, state media said on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trap… more
Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of t… more
Afghan govt would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/Pool LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown … more
Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) building with a background of Mount Meru in Arusha is seen in this undated handout picture released on February 27, 2008. REUTERS/ICTR-Handout By Hereward Holland KIGALI (Reuters) - Survivor groups from Rwanda's… more
Azerbaijan says Karabakh talks last chance for deal
A woman is seen in front of the ruins of a house destroyed during fighting between Karabakh and Azerbaijan forces in 1993, in the town of Shusha outside Nagorno Karabakh's main city of Stepanakert, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili By Lada Yevgrashina BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan said talks with Arme… more
Russia's Medvedev raps ruling party over elections
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the opening of the United Russia party congress in St. Petersburg, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk By Gleb Bryanski ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry … more
Honduras de facto leader says will step aside
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti speaks during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on … more
Madagascar leaders to meet on unity government deadlock
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting with ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (not in the picture) in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Irada Humbatova By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's political l… more
Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent
U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating h… more
Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela
By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezu… more
Canada to have vaccine soon for half population
The French family from Young's Point waits for H1N1 vaccinations, administered by Peterborough Health Unit, held at a branch of Royal Canadian Legion in rural Lakefield Ontario, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill OTTAWA (Reuters) - Enough H1N1 flu vaccine for almost half of Canada'… more
EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president
Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy (L) and EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton of Britain are congratulated after Van Rompuy and Ashton were elected as EU President and EU foreign policy chief respectively in Brussels November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman By Darren Ennis and Timothy Heritage BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European U… more
U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismi… more
More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts
An Afghan boy who was injured in a bomb blast lies in hospital in Farah province, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer By Sharaffuddin Sharafyar HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide b… more
Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader; vows to fight graft
By Yara Bayoumy and Peter Graff KABUL (Reuters) - Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in … more
Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside
A boy carries bricks on his head at a riverside factory where mud is fired in kilns to produce building materials on the outskirts of Chad's capital N'Djamena, May 31 2008. Many children are used as cheap labour transporting bricks. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global … more
Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi By David Brunnstrom and Dave Graham BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Seni… more
U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan
By Alamgir Bitani PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. mi… more
ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi By Dave Graham BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief ur… more
Abbas confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legis… more
Belgian Van Rompuy becomes EU's first president
Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy (L) and EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton of Britain are congratulated after Van Rompuy and Ashton were elected as EU President and EU foreign policy chief respectively in Brussels November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman By Darren Ennis and Timothy Heritage BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European U… more
Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
By Nigel Roddis COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundre… more
Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan
By Sharaffuddin Sharafyar HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonate… more
ElBaradei hopes for Iran fuel deal by end of year
BERLIN (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Friday he hoped for an… more
Eight dead in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwester… more
Belgians proud but concerned over Van Rompuy exit
Outgoing Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives for talks with Belgium's King Albert II at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Thierry Roge By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians on Friday mixed p… more
Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker
A smoker holding a cigarette in a file photo. REUTERS/File LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette … more
China activists say detained after seeking to meet Obama
By Chris Buckley and Lucy Hornby BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese rights activists who sought a mee… more
Iraq election impasse continues, veto contested
By Waleed Ibrahim and Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers failed on Thursday to re… more
Transsexual in Italian political scandal murdered
Brenda, one of two Brazilian transsexuals who were involved in a political scandal last month with the former governor of Lazio region, is seen at his apartment building in Rome, October 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer By Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught… more
Transsexual in Italian political scandal found dead
ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a… more
Suicide bomber kills seven in Afghanistan
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a senior police official i… more
Belgian Van Rompuy, UK's Ashton win top EU jobs
By Darren Ennis and Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime M… more
Belgian, Briton on course for EU top jobs
Briton Catherine Ashton and Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy in a combination image. REUTERS/Files By Darren Ennis and Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime … more
U.S. civilian experts train for the real Afghanistan
By Sue Pleming BUTLERVILLE, Indiana (Reuters) - They arrive at the meeting by U.S. military helico… more

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