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Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite its neighbor's aggressive rhetoric and dynamiting of two border bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on… more
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

EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to ma… more
An Afghan boy who was injured in a bomb blast lies in hospital in Farah province, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguard… more

U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Fr… more

Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not ac… more

ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched urani… more

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent cra… more

U.N. committee slams Iran for post-election crackdown

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent cra… more

Abbas confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections sche… more

New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey

Fri Nov 20, 12:00 AM
ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that h… more
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