KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian women's groups reacted with outrage on Sunday to a government proposal to impose restrictions on women planning to travel overseas on their own.
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May 3, 2008
Iran to UK: Don't cross "red lines" in atomic offer
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran told Britain not to cross any "red lines" when preparing incentives for the Islamic Republic aimed at ending a row with the West over Tehran's nuclear program, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday.
Yemenis protest mosque bomb as northern truce falters
SANAA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Yemenis demonstrated in the northern city of Saada on Saturday in a outpouring of anger after a bombing killed 15 people outside a mosque and threatened to drag the volatile region into a renewed bout of violence.
Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with rocketing prices of the region's staple in most meals.
Zimbabwe opposition to discuss run-off dilemma
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party holds a high-level meeting on Saturday to discuss whether its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, should take part in a run-off election against President Robert Mugabe.
Abbas sends forces to north WBank in security push
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Hundreds of forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deployed to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday for a law-and-order campaign meant to show the government is laying the ground for statehood.
ADB to get US$11.3b to tackle poverty, food crisis
MADRID: Donors have pledged 11.3 billion dollars (7.3 billion euros) to the Asian Development Bank by 2012 to help it tackle poverty and the food crisis.
May 2, 2008
US mulls sending 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON : The United States is considering sending an extra 7,000 troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, The New York Times reported.
China condemns Dalai Lama ahead of planned talks
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Beijing called the Dalai Lama a criminal on Saturday, as representatives of the exiled Buddhist leader gathered for a meeting on Sunday in China to discuss the most serious unrest in Tibet for nearly two decades.
Zimbabwe opposition insists it won outright victory
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition on Saturday reiterated claims of an outright election victory against President Robert Mugabe -- saying a run-off was "unnecessary" as tensions in the country mounted.
US religious rights panel wants Vietnam, Pakistan blacklisted
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US religious freedom watchdog on Friday asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on a watchlist.
Election rout for Britain's Brown in first key electoral test
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's governing Labour Party suffered its worst local election results in 40 years Saturday with widespread losses, including the key political prize of running London.
Gates says putting US troops in Afghan south worth considering
RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT, Texas : US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday it was worth considering whether to put US forces in charge of NATO's counter-insurgency efforts in southern Afghanistan.
Microsoft and Yahoo in takeover talks: source
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft and Yahoo began takeover talks Friday with the US software giant open to raising its 44.6-billion-dollar bid for the struggling Internet pioneer, a source close to the situation told AFP.
London mayor ousted as British PM suffers poll 'bloodbath'
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a crushing election "bloodbath" Saturday, as his party lost control of London's City Hall on top of its worst poll results for 40 years across the country.
Aid worker's death shows limits of EU Chad force
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - The European Union military force in Chad does not have enough troops to escort humanitarian convoys in the conflict-torn eastern region where a French aid worker was killed by gunmen, a force spokesman said on Friday.
U.N. Security Council to tour Africa in June
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will tour Africa early next month to try to better understand and address some of the continent's crises, including Darfur and Somalia, British Ambassador John Sawers said on Friday.
Cubans buy first computers in latest change
HAVANA (Reuters) - The future arrived at Pedro Fresnedo's home on Friday, and it gave him goosebumps.
Zimbabwe opposition chief wins election, no overall majority
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition declared its leader as rightful president Friday, rejecting the official result of a March 29 election which saw it fall just short of toppling Robert Mugabe in the first round.
UN urges 'inclusive, credible' political process in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously urged Myanmar authorities to ensure an "inclusive and credible" political process and reminded them of their pledge to ensure a "free and fair" constitutional referendum next week.
World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges
LONDON (Reuters) - World powers called on Friday on Arab states to honor their financial and political pledges to help the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort with Israel.
UN tribute to media warriors for World Press Freedom Day
GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to those journalists who die or suffer injuries or secret detention in hostile regimes simply because they are exercising their profession.
Tsvangirai wins first round of Zimbabwe polls: official
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was finally declared the winner Friday of the March 29 presidential election but fell just short of toppling incumbent Robert Mugabe in the first round.
Dalai Lama envoys travel to China for talks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama are traveling to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the government-in-exile said on Friday, only three months before the Beijing Olympics open.
Somali rebels defiant after al Qaeda chief killed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists vowed on Friday to fight on under new leadership after U.S. planes killed the man said to be al Qaeda's boss in the Horn of Africa nation.
Pakistani judges to be reinstated on May 12: Sharif
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - All the judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf during emergency rule last November will be reinstated on May 12, the leader of the second largest party in the ruling coalition government said on Friday.
Blast in northern Yemen mosque kills 15
SANAA (Reuters) - About 15 people were killed and dozens wounded on Friday in the bombing of a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada that officials blamed on followers of rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
With modest job losses, US economy defies doomsayers
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US labor market held up better than expected in April, with 20,000 jobs cut in the month, according to data Friday that analysts said signaled a mild economic downturn but not a calamity.
US, European central banks step up credit crisis battle
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve and key European central banks on Friday announced a fresh offensive against a global credit crisis that has gridlocked lending and slowed the world economy.
Britain's Brown suffers major defeats in local polls
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Friday that his party had suffered a "bad" blow in key local elections, as forecasts predicted the worst results for Labour since the 1960s.
Mideast Quartet presses Arab states, Israel
LONDON (AFP) - Key world powers called Friday on Arab states to fulfil their promises of aid for the Palestinians and voiced deep concern over the humanitarian impact of a nine-month-old Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Putin's legacy: strong Russia with a Soviet flavor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down next week after eight years in power, he will leave behind him a strong Russia, self-confident at home and assertive abroad.
May 1, 2008
Fiji deports Murdoch newspaper publisher
SUVA (Reuters) - Fiji's military government deported the Australian publisher of Rupert Murdoch's Fiji Times newspaper on Friday, after declaring him a threat to national security.
Foreign ministers to discuss Mideast peace, Iran in London
LONDON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Arab states for dragging their feet on the Middle East peace process and not contributing enough to the Palestinian cause ahead of talks on Friday with key counterparts in London.
British PM's party headed for drubbing in key local polls
LONDON (AFP) - Beleauguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party appeared to be headed for a drubbing in key local polls as results poured in Friday showing the party suffering nationwide losses.
Olympic torch relay underway in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese leg Friday in Hong Kong, the last chance for protesters who have dogged its worldwide trek to pile more pressure on Beijing over its human rights record.
US lawmakers ask Hu to end NKorean refugee repatriation
WASHINGTON: Fifty-four US lawmakers have written to Chinese President Hu Jintao to end Beijing's policy of repatriating North Korean refugees, some of whom are reportedly executed on their return home.
Russia sends extra troops to Georgian rebel region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday an extra contingent of its troops had begun arriving in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, a move Tbilisi said was an illegal act of military aggression.
West Coast ports closed by worker protest in US
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ports along the U.S. West Coast, including the country's busiest port complex in Los Angeles, shut down on Thursday as some 10,000 dock workers went on a one-day strike to protest the war in Iraq, port and union officials said.
Turkish jets bomb PKK camps in Northern Iraq: Anatolian
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish air force planes launched a bombing raid against camps of the Kurdish separatist group PKK in the Qandil area of northern Iraq late on Thursday, the state news agency Anatolian said.
Dominican Republic sees surge in drug smuggling
KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Drug smugglers are flying with impunity into the Dominican Republic and have turned it into a far more important transshipment point for South American cocaine than its largely lawless and impoverished neighbor, Haiti, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Bolivia's Morales deepens control of economy
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's President Evo Morales deepened state control of the economy on Thursday, the second anniversary of his energy nationalization and days before an opposition-led autonomy vote that challenges his leftist reforms.
Al Jazeera says cameraman freed from Guantanamo
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Al Jazeera television cameraman who suffered health problems after a long hunger strike has been freed from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, the network said on Thursday.
US govt to tighten lead emissions standards
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans Thursday to significantly strengthen lead emissions standards, in the first revision of the regulations for 30 years.
Bush unveils new US sanctions on Myanmar
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush slapped fresh sanctions on Thursday on state-run Myanmar firms, charging their profits help the ruling military there resist international pressure to enact democratic reforms.
May Day clashes and anger over food prices
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Police firing pepper gas and water cannons clashed with union activists in Istanbul on Thursday, as workers around the world made soaring food prices their May Day battle cry.
International Public Opinion Says Government Should Not Limit Internet Access
WASHINGTON (WORLD PUBLIC OPINION.ORG) - A new poll of nations around the world finds worldwide support for the principle of media freedom and broad opposition to government having the right to limit access to the Internet. In many countries people want more media freedom than they have now, but in many Muslim countries and in Russia, there is substantial support for regulation of news or ideas that the government thinks could be politically destabilizing.
Is New Probe Into Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Claims Justified?
SARAJEVO and BELGRADE (IWPR) - Allegations that Kosovo Albanian militants killed captives and sold their organs abroad have prompted calls for the claims to be investigated further, but IWPR enquiries suggest there is insufficient new evidence on which a new case could be based. Serbia has raised the temperature by opening an investigation, after the account of organ trafficking and murder appeared in Carla Del Ponte’s memoirs, “The Hunt: War Criminals and Me”, published in April.
US air strike 'kills Al-Qaeda leader in Somalia'
MOGADISHU (AFP) - The United States carried out an air strike in Somalia which killed at least 10 people, including Al-Qaeda's military leader in the war-torn country, Ethiopian officials and rebels said Thursday.
Pakistani coalition calms fears of break-up over judges
DUBAI (Reuters) - Leaders of Pakistan's month-old ruling alliance narrowed differences on Thursday over the reinstatement of judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf to calm fears that the coalition was about to break up.
Iraq PM sends team to Iran to discuss militias
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sent a delegation to tell Iran to stop backing Shi'ite militias, officials said on Thursday, underscoring Iraq's unease over the influence of its powerful neighbor.
Tension follows Olympic torch into China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tension and anger burned on despite the return of the Olympic torch to China on Thursday after a five-continent tour dogged by protests over Beijing's crackdown on rioting Tibetans.
Deadlocked election talks to resume in Zimbabwe
HARARE (AFP) - Deadlocked all-party talks hosted by Zimbabwe's electoral commission were due to resume on Friday in Harare with the opposition claiming an outright victory over President Robert Mugabe in a March 29 poll.
Russia sends extra troops to Georgian rebel region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday an extra contingent of its troops had begun arriving in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, a move Tbilisi said was an illegal act of military aggression.
Nepal bans grain export amid food price surge
KATHMANDU - Nepal has banned the export of grains to try and avert a food crisis as prices soar, an official in the impoverished Himalayan nation said Thursday.
Malaysia's ex-premier Mahathir launches blog
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's ex-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday launched his own blog, becoming the latest among many politicians who are crowding cyberspace to air their views.
Britain's Brown faces first electoral test
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his popularity plunging and his reputation for economic competence under fire, faced his first electoral test on Thursday since taking over from Tony Blair in June.
Protests against Carrefour stores in few Chinese cities
BEIJING : Sporadic protests broke out against French retail giant Carrefour in some Chinese cities on Thursday.
April 30, 2008
China probes enterprises over child slave workers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is investigating thousands of enterprises suspected of using child workers abducted from the southwestern of province of Sichuan and sold into slavery, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday.
Protests at Carrefour stores in China: state media
BEIJING (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters demonstrated Thursday outside stores belonging to French supermarket chain Carrefour in four cities in China, state media reported, in a new sign of anti-French sentiment.
Myanmar vote a 'sham' to entrench military rule, says rights group
BANGKOK: Myanmar's referendum next week on a new constitution is a "sham" aimed at entrenching the military, which has ruled since 1962, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday.
Fearing stigma, US soldiers hide mental problems: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A majority of US soldiers who have done tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan say they suffer from stress-related troubles linked to their deployments, a study showed Wednesday.
Pakistan coalition parties to hold more talks
DUBAI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Leaders of Pakistan's coalition parties made progress in talks to save the month-old government on Wednesday but will meet again on Thursday to try and resolve remaining issues, officials said.
Pro-reform Saudi blogger freed without charge
LONDON (THE INDEPENDENT) - A blogger arrested for his pro-reform opinions in Saudi Arabia has been released without charge after being imprisoned for nearly five months. Fouad al-Farhan, 32, the first online critic to be arrested by the Saudi government, was freed from Dahban prison in Jeddah at 5.30am on Saturday, according to his wife.
In Pictures: Palestinian life in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (BBC) - Today 250,000 Palestinians live within the municipality of Jerusalem as defined by Israel. They pay city and state taxes and are considered residents, though not citizens, of Israel. In this picture a Muslim Palestinian prays in the street near to the al-Zayyem checkpoint.
Zimbabwe to verify election results amid turmoil
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe braced on Thursday for the latest twist in a political crisis that has racked the southern African state, with election officials set to verify results from a presidential election on March 29.
Global warming? Next decade could be cooler, says study
PARIS (AFP) - Global warming could take a break in the next decade thanks to a natural shift in ocean circulations, although Earth's temperature will rise as previously expected over the longer term, according to a study published on Thursday in the British journal Nature.
UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels
GENEVA (AFP) - A senior UN official who will lead a top international task force on the global food price crisis warned Wednesday against a hasty response to the growing use of biofuels.
NATO warns Russia not to interfere in Georgia
BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO warned Russia Wednesday to stop undermining Georgia's territorial integrity, after Moscow announced it would send more peacekeepers to two rebel Georgian regions.
Palestinian factions agree to truce with Israel: MENA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo for talks with Egyptian security officials have agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a truce with Israel starting in the Gaza Strip, state news agency MENA said on Wednesday.
China rescues 167 children from slavery: report
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have rescued 167 village children sold to work as slave laborers in a city in the booming southern province of Guangdong, newspapers said on Wednesday.
Iran launches new crackdown on dress code offenders
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will launch a crackdown next month on small companies which fail to enforce strict religious dress codes, Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Food crisis unlikely to cause famine soon: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Global food shortages and higher prices are more likely to cause malnutrition than outright famine, at least in the near term, the coordinator of a new United Nations task force said on Wednesday.
"Falafel fuel" powers cars in petrol-starved Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - When Hassan Amin al-Bana gingerly steps on the gas pedal of his bright yellow taxi, a strange smell wafts from the exhaust: deep-fried fast food.
Forty years on, France still fascinated by May 1968
PARIS (Reuters) - Forty years after May 1968, France is enjoying a wave of nostalgia for the student revolt that rocked the streets of the Latin Quarter in Paris, fuelled by a never-ending debate about what it all achieved.
Sluggish US economy expands by just 0.6 percent
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy expanded at a sluggish 0.6 percent annual pace in the first quarter, the government said Wednesday in its first estimate of gross domestic product.
Two battalions to join Darfur peace force in June
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - About 1,600 troops will join Darfur's U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in June as part of plans to deploy 80 percent of the force by the end of the year, the head of the mission said on Wednesday.
Georgia slams Russian troop move ahead of NATO Russia talks
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Georgia accused Russia of military aggression Wednesday over its plans to send more peacekeepers to two Georgian rebel regions, as the tensions were set to top the agenda of NATO Russia talks.
At least 925 killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashes
BAGHDAD (AFP) - More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters on Wednesday.
WWW inventor says web only in infancy
LONDON (AFP) - The World Wide Web is still only in its infancy, its British inventor said Wednesday, on the 15th anniversary of the web's effective launch.
NKorea headed for outright famine, says US think tank
SEOUL : North Korea again runs the risk of outright famine, ten years after up to one million of its people died of starvation, a leading US research institute said Wednesday.
Pakistan's Sharif, Zardari set for crunch talks in Dubai
ISLAMABAD: The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition were to meet Wednesday in Dubai with their one-month alliance on the line amid a deadlock over the reinstatement of sacked judges, party officials said.
Australian gay couples get equal rights, but no weddings
SYDNEY : Gay and lesbian couples will have the same rights as heterosexuals under new Australian laws but marriage will remain off limits, Attorney General Robert McClelland said Wednesday.
April 29, 2008
Music and weddings in Basra, for now
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Last week Haider Lefta took the boards off his shop renting out musical instruments and session bands for parties, and dusted off a wooden "oud" -- the traditional Arabic lute central to much Iraqi music.
Heavily-armed pirates attack Thai, South Korea ships
KUALA LUMPUR : Heavily-armed pirates attacked a Thai oil tanker carrying jet fuel in Malaysian waters and a South Korean vessel in the pirate infested Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said on Tuesday.
IMF faces glut of staff seeking buyouts as reform advances
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it has a glut of employees seeking buyout packages as its member nations overwhelmingly approved major voting and quota reforms.
Sharif flies to Dubai for Pakistan coalition talks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif flew to Dubai on Tuesday for a crucial meeting to decide if his party should stay in a month-old coalition with the party of the late Benazir Bhutto.
Iranian president tries to seal India pipeline
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed to seal a $7.6 billion pipeline deal linking the world's second-largest gas reserves to growing South Asian economies, despite opposition from the United States.
More Filipinos queueing up for cheap rice
MANILA : As the price of commercial rice grains continues to increase, more and more Filipinos have to endure lining up for cheap rice just to be able to purchase their daily supply of the Filipinos' staple food.
U.N. council pressed to send mission to Zimbabwe
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council took up Zimbabwe's election standoff for the first time on Tuesday, and Western powers pressed for a U.N. mission or envoy to visit the crisis-stricken southern African country.
Islamic Jihad sets conditions for truce with Israel
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said on Tuesday any possible truce with Israel would not restrict its right to respond to strikes by the Jewish state in the West Bank.
Guantanamo, Pakistan detainees plan to sue Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for former detainees are preparing to sue the British government and intelligence services for alleged complicity in abuse of terrorism suspects by the United States and Pakistan.
BP, Shell profits soar on sky-high oil prices
LONDON (AFP) - British energy giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell revealed Tuesday that their combined first-quarter net profits surged to almost 17 billion dollars (11 billion euros) thanks to record high oil prices.
India, Iran set for energy talks during Ahmadinejad visit
NEW DELHI : Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to arrive in New Delhi Tuesday for a lightning visit due to be dominated by talks on gas supplies as energy-starved India searches for new fuel sources.
UN chief orders task force to tackle food crisis
BERN (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans.
Malaysia's king urges lawmakers to work for national good
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's king Tuesday told lawmakers to work for the national good and not their own political ends as he officially opened the first parliament session since landmark general elections in March.
April 28, 2008
Candidates to vet Zimbabwe presidential poll count
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe election officials expect to complete a partial recount from the disputed presidential poll on Monday so candidates can start verifying the results, electoral officials said.
China says Dalai Lama manipulating foreign opinion
BEIJING (Reuters) - China lashed out at the Dalai Lama again on Monday, accusing Tibet's exiled spiritual leader of manipulating opinion and governments in the West, just days after offering talks with his aides.
Iran discusses "serious" nuclear ideas with Russia
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has prepared a package of "serious" proposals to help defuse a nuclear row with world powers, chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday after talks with a top Russian official.
South Korea, Japan plan wider military cooperation
SEOUL: South Korea and Japan plan to sign their first comprehensive agreement on military cooperation, the defence ministry said on Monday, in another sign of warming ties between the two historic enemies.
April 27, 2008
Seventy dead in China train crash: state media
ZIBO (AFP) - Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported.
China train crash kills 66, injures hundreds
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds as carriages derailed and toppled into a ditch, state media said.
Haiti names new PM amid food crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Haiti on Sunday named a new prime minister two weeks after his predecessor was ousted over rocketing food and fuel prices that sparked violent demonstrations claiming several lives.
Food crisis: UN to reveal battle plan
GENEVA (AFP) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was set Monday to lead a concerted effort by 27 key UN agencies to tackle the growing crisis caused by a worldwide sharp rise in basic foodstuff prices.
Israel open to meeting with Syrians: officials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel would be open to participating in a senior-level meeting with the Syrians brokered by Turkey to test the waters for renewed peace negotiations, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
Karzai escapes assassination bid
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday from an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul.
Olympic torch gets protest-free relay in NKorea
SEOUL (AFP) - China's close ally North Korea staged an elaborate welcome Monday for the Beijing Olympic torch, mobilising tens of thousands of cheering citizens and criticising protests elsewhere in the world.
Pope appeals for peace in Somalia, Darfur, Burundi
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday appealed to the world not to forget the "tragic" conflicts in Somalia, Darfur and Burundi and called on authorities to "honor their commitments" to bring an end to the violence.
Myanmar nationals protest constitution in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Hundreds of Myanmar nationals, many wearing red or t-shirts with the word "No", gathered outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore on Sunday to protest against the country's proposed new constitution.
Turkish soldiers fight PKK in 2 operations: sources
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Thousands of Turkish soldiers fought Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatists on Sunday in two large operations, military sources said.
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WITNESS: From war to election - Nepal's exhilarating ride
Simon Denyer is India bureau chief for Reuters, with responsibility for Nepal and Bhutan. He has visited Nepal several times to cover what often seemed like intractable political and social problems, including a Maoist revolution, and most recently for April 10 parliamentary elections.
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