KARACHI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's hopes to supply 300,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan are fading after a U.S. wheat donation to feed Afghans driven from their homes by war and drought, a...
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KARACHI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's hopes to supply 300,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan are fading after a U.S. wheat donation to feed Afghans driven from their homes by war and drought, a...
By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Rescue workers raised the death toll from heavy Christmas Eve rains and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro state to 52 on Thursday and warned the...
By Scott McDonald COLOMBO (Reuters) - War-torn Sri Lanka was set to begin its first full cease-fire in nearly seven years at midnight on Monday, fueling renewed hopes that peace talks with Tamil...
GAZA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Forty people were wounded in a fierce gun battle between members of the Palestinian Authority's security forces and Islamic militants in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern...
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By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly scheduled an emergency debate on the Middle East crisis for Thursday at the request of Arab and nonaligned nations after the...
By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani said on Tuesday that Japan wanted to help remove landmines from Afghanistan and that he would seek cooperation from...
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A 12-year-old Colombian boy, whose deathbed plea to see his kidnapped father touched this war-weary nation, died of cancer on Tuesday, sparking fresh outrage at rebel...
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Sudanese government and rebels have agreed to extend a truce in a key guerrilla stronghold which could eventually lead to a wider peace deal in the...
TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Clearing Afghanistan of old land-mines would cost more than $500 million, and the problem is now bigger since the recent U.S.-led bombings are leaving many explosives...
By Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonians never imagined they would need earphones to understand debate in parliament or use a foreign language to buy food, but a new era distasteful to many...
By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Somali warlords opposed to President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan's government said on Tuesday they would not attend talks expected in Kenya this week aimed at...
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OSLO (Reuters) - Declaring that to save one life is to save humanity itself, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday called on the world to respect the individual, whose fundamental rights...
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TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan opened a key border bridge for aid deliveries to Afghanistan on Sunday, making good on a promise President Islam Karimov gave to visiting Secretary of State Colin...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Thursday that Russia will seek to smash rebel resistance in Chechnya with a winter offensive targeting the guerrillas' military leadership. ...
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By Ramit Plushnick-Masti JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Egypt launched an urgent Middle East peace mission on Thursday after clashes broke out between Palestinian police and protesters over the house arrest...
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By Finbarr O'Reilly KINSHASA (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed forces have reinforced their military presence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in what amounts to ''an act of war,'' Congo's...
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski pardoned 11 jailed ethnic Albanian guerrillas on Wednesday, launching an amnesty seen as crucial to sustaining an August peace settlement. The...
LONDON (Reuters) - Commonwealth ministers will meet in London in about two weeks to discuss possible sanctions against Zimbabwe, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Wednesday. Straw told...
By Michael Steen KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban killed Abdul Rahim's father, so he joined the ranks of the Northern Alliance and carries his Kalashnikov assault rifle with pride. He is 14 and one of...
Guinea + 2 more
By Alphonso Toweh MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberian troops have recaptured a town in the north of the country from rebels, killing six of the dissidents, Liberia's Defense Minister said on Tuesday. ...