MANILA - A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
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May 31, 2008
Egyptian Christians, Muslims clash, killing one
CAIRO (Reuters) - One Egyptian Muslim was killed and four Christians were wounded and on Saturday in a clash over disputed land near a Christian monastery in central Egypt, security sources said.
Venezuela says troops kill Colombian "subversive"
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan troops killed a Colombian "subversive" in a border gun battle, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, an incident that could fuel new tensions between the two countries.
Macedonians vote amid EU, NATO uncertainty
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonians vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the Balkan country's political maturity after campaign violence raised fears its slow march toward European Union membership could be further delayed.
New treatment reduces breast cancer by 35 percent: study
CHICAGO (AFP) - A treatment against osteoporosis that uses the biophosphate Zometa has shown to reduce the risk of early breast cancer in pre-menopausal women by 35 percent, a study presented here showed.
Over a million wait as China prepares to drain 'quake lake'
MIANYANG: China on Saturday made final preparations to drain a dangerous "quake lake" in an audacious attempt to avert a disaster that could flood the homes of over a million people.
Zimbabwe TV says MDC supporters shoot ZANU-PF members
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's state-owned television said on Saturday two ruling ZANU-PF party members had been shot dead by suspected opposition supporters in a rural district that has been gripped by political violence.
Myanmar cyclone raises risk of forced labour
GENEVA : The International Labour Organisation expressed its concern on Saturday that the Myanmar ruling military junta will use forced labour to rebuild areas of the country devastated by Cyclone Nargis.
Over a million wait as China prepares to drain 'quake lake'
MIANYANG (AFP) - China on Saturday made final preparations to drain a dangerous "quake lake" in an audacious attempt to avert a disaster that could flood the homes of over a million people.
South Africa violence toll rises to 62
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa has killed 62 people since the violence broke out three weeks ago, police said on Saturday.
Fishing fuel strikes, protests hold firm across Europe
MADRID (AFP) - An all-out strike by Spanish fishermen, who operate Europe's largest fishing fleet, went into a second day Saturday, amid protests on land and at sea across Europe at rocketing fuel prices.
Florida, Michigan restored in blow to Clinton
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Democratic Party dealt a severe blow to Hillary Clinton's fading White House hopes, restoring renegade states Michigan and Florida to its presidential convention, but with halved voting power.
Ethiopia flash floods kill 19 children
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Nineteen of 25 people killed by flash floods in Ethiopia's eastern town of Jijiga this week were children, a regional official said on Saturday.
Astronauts open space station's 'beautiful' Japanese lab
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronauts on Wednesday opened the International Space Station's newest and biggest room, a bus-sized Japanese laboratory providing the Asian power its first manned space facility.
Thai PM backs away from protest crack down
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Saturday they would not break up an anti-government rally in Bangkok after an apparent reversal by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
Kenya police disperse food protesters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police fired teargas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against high food prices in the east African country.
May 30, 2008
Galapagos volcano eruption threatens giant turtles
QUITO (Reuters) - A volcano in the Galapagos islands spewed molten lava, threatening 100-year-old giant tortoises living around the crater, island officials said on Friday.
Haiti hit by increase in kidnappings
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti has been hit with a growing number of kidnappings this year as its government struggles to build a stable democracy in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Georgia says stopped drone flights over Abkhazia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Georgia said on Friday it had stopped spy plane flights over breakaway Abkhazia as Western nations prepared a diplomatic drive to calm tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow that have raised fears of war.
UN biodiversity conference ends with package to protect wildlife
BONN (AFP) - UN talks on Friday yielded a package of measures aimed at staving off what scientists fear is a mass extinction of Earth's species and blocking irreparable damage to the ecosystems on which human life depends.
Italy looks to army to end Naples trash crisis
NAPLES (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he would rely on the Italian army to face down protests over his plans to end a trash crisis in the southern city of Naples.
U.S. questions Pakistan force's allegiance, funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed paramilitary force in Pakistan's lawless border area may be aiding Taliban fighters, according to American officials who say the support may cause Congress to freeze some security funds for Islamabad.
Red Cross calls for more aid for China quake victims
GENEVA - The Red Cross called Friday for more aid for Chinese earthquake victims, saying it needed 59.5 million euros (92.7 million dollars) to help half-a-million people over the next three years.
Lost tribe discovered deep in Amazon: officials
SAO PAULO (AFP) - Dramatic images of an isolated Brazilian tribe believed never to have had contact with the outside world were published by officials Friday to draw attention to threats posed to their way of life.
Europe fuel protests spread wider
(BBC News) Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices spread to more countries across Europe, with strikes by fishermen.
China rushes to clear radioactive materials below quake lake
DUJIANGYAN (AFP) - China rushed Friday to remove radioactive and chemical materials sitting downstream from a "quake lake" that threatens to burst and send torrents of water into heavily populated areas.
Israel uses gunfire to repel Hamas border rally
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops used gunfire and teargas on Friday to keep more than 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip's main border crossings with Israel, wounding at least six Palestinians, witnesses said.
More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban
DUBLIN (AFP) - A landmark international convention banning cluster munitions was formally adopted by 111 countries here Friday, in a move organisers hope will stigmatise the lethal weapons as much as landmines.
All eyes on palace for Nepal king's eviction
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's government said Friday it has started an audit of palace property and sent an official letter telling King Gyanendra to leave after an historic assembly abolished the monarchy.
Myanmar starts mass evictions from cyclone camps
KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centers on Friday, apparently fearing the 'tented villages' might become permanent.
Croatia jails war crimes general
A Croatian court for the first time convicts a Croatian general for war crimes against Serbs.
May 29, 2008
Years after slaughter, Peru opens giant burial pit
PUTIS, Peru (Reuters) - Forensic scientists pulled human skeletons from the biggest known mass grave in Peru on Thursday, searching for proof the army slaughtered more than 100 people at a rocky pit during the 1980-2000 civil war.
Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil
One of South America's few remaining uncontacted tribes is photographed from the air on the Peru-Brazil border.
U.N. council to tackle Sudan, Somalia on Africa trip
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council plans to push hard for lasting peace in Sudan and Somalia during a 10-day trip to five African countries starting next week, diplomats said.
Infection cot death link probed
(BBC News) Some of the hundreds of sudden, unexplained baby deaths each year may be linked to bacterial infection, research suggests.
Canada's aboriginals slam "third-world" conditions
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada cares less and less about the "third-world" living conditions faced by many of its native peoples, protesters said on Thursday in the second annual aboriginal National Day of Action.
Bahrain names Jewish US envoy
(BBC News) The king of Bahrain appoints a Jewish female legislator as the country's new envoy to the United States.
World Bank creates 1.2 bln dollar food crisis fund
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank on Thursday announced a 1.2 billion dollar program to fight the global food crisis, including 200 million dollars in grants to poor countries facing the most dire needs.
Iran slams Iraq "occupiers" at world meeting
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it was keen to play a major role in the reconstruction of Iraq, and lambasted the United States and its allies for "mistaken policies" in its neighbor.
WITNESS: Photographing evil in S.Africa's townships
Siphiwe Sibeko, who was born and raised in Soweto township, is a mostly self-taught photographer who joined Reuters in Johannesburg in 2005 after working for several leading South African newspapers. In the following story, he describes covering the anti-foreigner violence that has swept parts of South Africa.
Experts see big holes in cluster bomb ban
LONDON (Reuters) - An agreement banning cluster bombs has cheered human rights campaigners, but powerful military states are refusing to join it and experts say the treaty is riddled with holes that make it unworkable.
Myanmar enacts new constitution
YANGON - Myanmar's new constitution has been "confirmed and enacted" following a referendum this month, state television said Thursday, reading a statement by military leader Than Shwe.
Chemicals and rain add to China's quake lake fears
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Five thousand tonnes of dangerous chemicals and heavy rain are adding to the mix of threats from one of China's "quake lakes" in danger of bursting their banks, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Royal flag comes down at Nepal palace
KATHMANDU (AFP) - The royal flag was taken down from Nepal's royal palace Thursday as the Himalayan nation celebrated a vote consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and declaring a republic.
Egypt's emergency law leaves trail of tears
CAIRO (Reuters) - Fifteen years after police took away her husband, Zeinab Ahmed says she has lost hope he will return to help raise their daughter, born while he was in jail.
World praises progress in Iraq as Baghdad seeks debt relief
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - World leaders, including UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on Thursday hailed Baghdad's progress in combatting violence and stabilising Iraq.
May 28, 2008
California's first gay marriage, on June 17
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - California will hold its first gay marriages starting on June 17, state authorities told its public officials Wednesday, two weeks after the state Supreme Court quashed a ban on gay marriage in a historic ruling.
Observers laud landmark cluster bomb ban
DUBLIN (AFP) - Observers on Thursday lauded a landmark treaty agreed by delegates from 111 countries in Dublin to ban cluster bombs, though the deal lacks the backing of major producers and stockpilers.
China invites Taiwan to restart talks: official media
BEIJING (AFP) - China invited Taiwan on Thursday to quickly restart talks that have been suspended for over a decade, state media reported, the latest development in a dramatic thaw in tensions between the rivals.
Canada reopens its "most disgraceful" act
OTTAWA (Reuters) - After decades of foot-dragging, Canada is finally about to take a close look at what one aboriginal leader calls "the single most disgraceful, harmful and racist act in our history".
Nepal votes to abolish monarchy
(BBC News) Nepalis celebrate in Kathmandu as their country becomes a republic after 240 years of royal rule.
Deal reached to ban cluster bombs
More than 100 countries, meeting at a conference in Ireland, agree on a treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs.
Beijing vows transparency in Olympic medical emergencies
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has learnt from the SARS epidemic and there will be no attempt to hide any outbreak of infectious disease during the Beijing Olympics, the city's chief medical officer said on Wednesday.
S.Africa to set up refugee camps after attacks: BBC
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has decided to set up refugee camps for tens of thousands of African migrants who fled their homes during a wave of deadly xenophobic attacks, the BBC said on Wednesday.
Summit seeks accord on Arctic sovereignty
ILULISSAT (AFP) - Ministers from the five countries bordering the Arctic Ocean met Wednesday in Greenland to try and thrash out competing territorial claims in the oil- and gas-rich region.
Nepal set to abolish monarchy
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal was set for historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic.
Food crisis may worsen African child mortality: U.N.
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - The global food crisis could reverse some of the progress Africa has made in bringing down child mortality, the head of the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.
May 27, 2008
Japan PM pledges help to double African rice production
YOKOHAMA, Japan: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged assistance Wednesday to help Africa double rice production over the next 10 years to ease the burden of soaring food prices.
West dismayed over Suu Kyi detention
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military has started to bury cyclone victims in communal graves, villagers said on Wednesday, as Western nations pledged to keep aid flowing despite anger at its detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
China "quake lake" fears force new evacuation
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says 50 killed in poll violence
HARARE (Reuters) - More than 50 people have been killed in political violence since Zimbabwe's disputed March 29 elections and 25,000 have fled their homes, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
Lebanon's Siniora set to lead new government
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary majority coalition agreed on Tuesday to nominate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to form the country's first government under newly elected President Michel Suleiman.
More action needed to combat civilian deaths: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Much more needs to be done to prevent the killing and displacement of civilians in places such as Darfur, Somalia, Israel and Columbia, U.N. humanitarian affairs chief John Holmes said on Tuesday.
North Korea fights off malaria as disease heads South
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has greatly reduced malaria infections at home but mosquitoes carrying the disease are crossing the heavily armed border and infecting hundreds each year in the South, a provincial governor said on Tuesday.
Russian justice 'fails thousands'
(BBC News) Russia's prosecutor-general admits that the country wrongly charges thousands of people each year.
Food prices seen causing pain in war zones
GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people caught up in armed conflicts will be pinched hard by the global food crisis, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which vowed on Tuesday to sustain aid to 52 countries.
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says 50 killed in poll violence
HARARE (Reuters) - More than 50 people have been killed in political violence since Zimbabwe's disputed March 29 elections and 25,000 have fled their homes, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
China works around the clock to drain quake lake
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - Chinese soldiers were working non-stop to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake", with plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to avert a new disaster, state media said.
Georgia rebels ready for war, hope for prosperity
SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - In the capital of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region, the sea breeze rustles the palm trees and beneath them a group of teenage schoolgirls in camouflage gear rehearse marching drills.
Human rights abuses seen up in Gaza and W.Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Human rights conditions have worsened in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since Hamas ousted Fatah in Gaza last year, a Palestinian rights group said on Tuesday.
Mars lander is 'in good health'
Nasa says its Phoenix spacecraft is in good health after landing on Mars.
UN officials cautiously optimistic about aid situation in Myanmar
BANGKOK: United Nations officials said they are encouraged by signs that Myanmar's military government is beginning to allow a trickle of foreign aid workers into parts of the country worst hit by Cyclone Nargis.
May 26, 2008
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran hiding weapons studies
VIENNA (AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog has expressed serious concern that Iran is still hiding information about alleged studies into making nuclear warheads and defying UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
Darfur rebels threaten Khartoum as peace hopes fade
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Darfur rebel group threatened on Monday to launch new attacks on Khartoum and central Sudan, amid fears that the region's peace process was unraveling.
Small Rwandan Hutu rebel group in Congo to disarm
KISANGANI, Congo (Reuters) - A small faction of Rwandan Hutu rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo pledged on Monday to lay down their guns and return home, but the main rebel movement refused and rejected the ceremony as a sham.
Peacekeepers 'abusing children'
Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says the UK charity Save the Children.
Nearly 100 held in Chile dictatorship abuse probe
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 100 former Chilean soldiers and secret police from Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship were ordered detained on Monday in the biggest single mass arrest for abuses during the period, judicial sources said.
Death toll climbs in SA violence
(BBC News) The number of deaths in a wave of violence against foreigners in South Africa reaches 56, with 650 injured.
Aid workers ready for action after Myanmar promise
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.
Dubai police crack down on cross-dressers
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.
Seven killed in Sri Lanka train bombing
COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded on a train during rush hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, military officials said.
U.S., Iran and Arab neighbors to meet on Iraq
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The United States will prod Sunni Arab states to offer more support to the Iraqi government at a conference in Sweden this week as a way of countering the growing influence of non-Arab Iran in Iraq.
Blasts in Nepal capital ahead of monarchy decision
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Two small bombs exploded in Kathmandu on Monday as Nepal banned demonstrations in the capital, fearing trouble ahead of a special assembly meeting expected to abolish a centuries-old monarchy.
Ethiopian court hands death sentence to Mengistu
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's supreme court on Monday sentenced to death former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, granting a prosecution appeal that argued a life sentence he was given for genocide was unequal to his crimes.
UN concludes Russia shot down Georgian spy plane
TBILISI (AFP) - The UN concluded in a report Monday that a Russian fighter jet shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane last month, boosting Tbilisi's claims of Russian military interference on its territory.
Sudan on verge of north-south war: SPLM official
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The secretary-general of the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) said on Monday that his country was on the brink of a new north-south civil war.
Lebanon president to appoint new PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman will on Wednesday appoint a prime minister to head a new cabinet that will be formed as part of an agreement to end 18 months of political conflict.
May 25, 2008
Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president
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.
Mbeki calls attacks on migrants "absolute disgrace"
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Thabo Mbeki called a wave of deadly attacks on migrants an "absolute disgrace" on Sunday and said his government would take all measures to bring those responsible to justice.
Malawi ex-leader Muluzi held on coup charge: lawyer
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Former Malawian president Bakili Muluzi was arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot as he returned home from Britain on Sunday, his lawyer said.
Colombian rebels confirm leader dead
Colombia's Farc rebels confirm the death of top commander Manuel Marulanda, saying he died of a heart attack.
Hamas wants Arabs to broker Palestinian accord
DUBAI (Reuters) - Palestinian group Hamas is open to Arab mediation in its dispute with rival Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abbas, the Arab League chief said in remarks published on Sunday.
Mugabe threat to expel US envoy
President Robert Mugabe threatens to expel the US ambassador for "interfering" in Zimbabwe's affairs.
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