U.S. troops come under Iraqi mandate * Iraqi forces assume control of Green Zone * Three police killed in suicide attack By Waleed Ibrahim and Tim Cocks BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq...
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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 1 Jan 2009
Jan 01 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1215 GMT on Thursday. MOSUL - A suicide truck bomber killed three policemen and wounded five civilians on Thursday in southern Mosul,...
U.N. Security Council debates Gaza violence
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Arab countries called an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to debate the violence in Gaza, demanding in a draft...
Ivory Coast sends army to secure cocoa-growing area
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has sent hundreds of soldiers to bolster security in its cocoa-growing west, but farmers caught up in simmering land disputes say that won't lure...
Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 31Dec 2008
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1500 GMT on Wednesday. SINJAR - A car bomb killed four people and wounded 45 more on Wednesday in Sinjar, a town located some 390 km...
OPT: Britain pledges $10 mln in emergency aid to Gaza
LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Britain pledged 10 million dollars of emergency humanitarian aid on Wednesday for the Gaza Strip, where Israeli air strikes have left hundreds dead and wrought havoc for...
Factbox - Security developments in Afghanistan, 31 Dec 2008
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1000 GMT on Wednesday: *Denotes new or updated item. EASTERN AFGHANISTAN - NATO-led forces killed six suspected insurgents in...
Factbox - Countries pledge aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Israel has described as unrealistic a French proposal for a 48-hour truce that would allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, where countries have pledged help for Palestinians. Following are...
OPT: Gaza quieter after days of heavy assaults
Israeli cabinet to debate 48-hour truce proposal - Palestinian toll 384 dead, 800 wounded - Israel mobilises more army reserves - Hamas says onus for truce is on Israel By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Dec...
Israel rebuffs Gaza truce call, mobilises more troops
Israel rejects calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire * Bush calls for Hamas to stop rocket fire first * Hamas says prepared to study proposals for truce * Palestinian toll 393 dead, more than 1,600...
oPt: Israeli naval ship clashes with Gaza aid boat
JERUSALEM, Dec 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli naval ship clashed on Tuesday with a small boat carrying international activists with aid destined for Gaza, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said. ...
OPT: Israel and Hamas under pressure for Gaza aid truce
Ceasefire calls grow, Sarkozy expected in Israel - Palestinian toll 384 dead, 800 wounded - Hamas says onus for truce is on Israel - Barak seeks to mobilise more Israeli army reserves By Nidal...
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OPT: Quartet officials urge ceasefire in Gaza, S.Israel
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Senior officials from the "Quartet" of Middle East peace brokers, which includes the United States, called on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire...
Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 30 Dec 2008
Dec 30 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0800 GMT on Tuesday. MOSUL - Gunmen killed a civilian on Monday in a drive-by shooting in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of...
oPt: Israel rejects truce, presses on with Gaza strikes
Olmert says Israeli operation in first of several stages - Israeli warplanes attack Hamas buildings, 10 killed - Rockets from Gaza kill Israeli soldier, woman - Israeli ground forces mass on border ...
Burundi rebels seek peace deal deadline extension
BUJUMBURA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Burundi's last rebel group on Tuesday said it would miss a Dec. 31 deadline to transform itself into a political party because of failures to fully implement a 2006...
OPT: Gulf leaders tell Israel to end Gaza "massacres"
By Daliah Merzaban and John Irish MUSCAT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab leaders called on Tuesday for an end to Israel's "massacres" of Palestinians in Gaza but did not unite behind a Qatari call for...
Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 29 Dec 2008
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1500 GMT on Monday. MOSUL - One person was killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a grocery shop in west Mosul, 390 km...
Ugandan LRA rebels kill 189 Congo villagers -U.N.
KINSHASA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed 189 people during three days of raids on villages in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo last week, a U.N. agency...
Timeline - Somalia's President resigns
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf resigned on Monday, ending a deadlock at the top of the interim government. Here is a timeline of events since Islamists first seized the capital,...