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Russia says catches Georgian spy: Interfax

Fri, 2008-05-16 10:50

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service said it had intercepted a spy working for Georgia and prevented him from helping assist rebels in southern Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Friday.

New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar

Fri, 2008-05-16 10:48

YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts.

China buries quake dead; school collapses in focus

Fri, 2008-05-16 10:36

MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.

EU, Latin American leaders meet on trade, climate

Fri, 2008-05-16 10:23

LIMA (Reuters) - Political differences loomed over a summit of European and Latin American leaders in Peru on Friday, threatening to undermine their efforts to fight poverty and global warming.

Dominicans vote in race seen favoring incumbent

Fri, 2008-05-16 10:10

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominicans vote in a presidential election on Friday in which incumbent Leonel Fernandez is heavily favored to win a third term at the helm of the Caribbean country.

Indian village proud after double "honor killing"

Fri, 2008-05-16 06:24

BALLA, India (Reuters) - Five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel.

Chavez reviews Colombia ties after Interpol report

Fri, 2008-05-16 06:00

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday said he was reviewing ties with Colombia after an Interpol report authenticated rebel computer documents that Bogota says prove the leftist leader has supported guerrillas.

Nigeria pipeline blast kills at least 100: Red Cross

Fri, 2008-05-16 03:25

IJEGUN, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by a bulldozer caught fire and exploded on Thursday in a village near Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos, the Red Cross said.

Lebanese to hold crisis talks in Qatar

Fri, 2008-05-16 03:17

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders are scheduled to talks in Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war.

Iraqi PM vows to impose order in al Qaeda haven

Fri, 2008-05-16 02:15

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday to impose law and order in northern Iraq and said an offensive against al Qaeda militants would end the "dark days" of shootings and bomb attacks.

China intensifies quake rescue but hopes dim

Thu, 2008-05-15 10:41

DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - China ordered fresh waves of helicopters and aid to earthquake-devastated areas as the sheer magnitude of caring for tens of thousands of homeless survivors threatened to overwhelm relief efforts.

Indian group claims responsibility for bombings

Thu, 2008-05-15 10:37

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A little-known militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for setting off bombs in the western Indian city of Jaipur that killed 61 people and injured 216 people this week, police said.

Anger, blood, at scene of missile hit in Pakistan

Thu, 2008-05-15 09:50

DAMADOLA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Angry residents of a Pakistani village on the Afghan border stopped government officials on Thursday from approaching the ruins of a house struck by two missiles suspected to have been fired by a U.S. drone.

Foreign powers lean on Myanmar to open up aid effort

Thu, 2008-05-15 09:32

YANGON (Reuters) - Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.

Afghan police training: "Don't shoot", then eat

Thu, 2008-05-15 05:16

GHULAM ALI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Sergeant Chris Padron, a thick-set former cop from Texas turned police trainer in Afghanistan, fixed the group of earnest Afghan policemen with a hard stare and delivered his next question.

Drug hitmen attack police in Mexico hot spot

Thu, 2008-05-15 05:08

CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen threw grenades and opened fire on a police station in Mexico's Sinaloa state on Wednesday, just hours after the government sent thousands of troops to fight a powerful drug cartel there.

Chile town closed for three months after volcano

Thu, 2008-05-15 03:59

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The government on Wednesday declared the evacuated Chilean town of Chaiten off-limits for three months until it is no longer threatened by a cloud of hot ash from an erupting volcano.

Lebanon cancels anti-Hezbollah measures

Thu, 2008-05-15 03:01

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's government cancelled measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the country's 1975-90 civil war.

U.N. opens inquiry into peacekeeper sex abuse charges

Thu, 2008-05-15 01:21

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The United Nations is investigating allegations that its peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo committed sexual abuses, which aid workers said involved paying children for sex.

Iraq PM in Mosul for offensive against al Qaeda

Thu, 2008-05-15 00:14

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 20 people and wounded dozens more when he blew himself up at a funeral west of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.