Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
By Muhanad Mohammed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to five suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a...
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Basque separatists ETA halting armed attacks
By Sonya Dowsett
MADRID (Reuters) - Basque rebel group ETA, weakened by arrests and facing calls for ceasefire within the separatist movement, announced on Sunday it had called a halt to armed attacks, according...
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Seven killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
By Muhanad Mohammed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five suicide bombers armed with rifles tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 29 less than a week after Washington...
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Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort
CAIRO (Reuters) - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Basque separatists ETA to halt armed attacks
By Sonya Dowsett
MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque separatist group ETA has decided to stop carrying out armed attacks, Basque-language newspaper Gara said on its website on Sunday.
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Basque separatists ETA announce ceasefire: Gara
MADRID (Reuters) - Basque rebels ETA have decided to no longer carry out armed attacks, Basque-language newspaper Gara said on its website on Sunday.
Gara did not make clear whether the ceasefire was permanent...
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Peace deal requires new approach: Netanyahu
By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A peace deal with the Palestinians will require a creative, new approach to issues that have defied resolution in past negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...
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Seven killed in suicide attack on Iraq army base
By Muhanad Mohammed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding 22 less than a week after Washington...
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Philippine police chief takes blame for bus hijack
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight Hong Kong tourists at a Manila park, announcing his decision to retire early from the service.
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Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted New Zealand's second biggest city on Sunday as a clean-up got underway following the country's worst earthquake in 80 years.
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Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico.
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Gales and aftershocks shake quake-hit New Zealand city
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted New Zealand's second biggest city of Christchurch Sunday as a clean-up got underway after the country's worst earthquake in 80 years.
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Belgium back in crisis as mediator quits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium plunged back into political crisis on Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation of a government quit, almost three months after an election.
King Albert accepted the resignation of...
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Corrected: Belgium back in crisis as mediator quits
(Makes clear in bullets and first paragraph that last election was three months ago, not five)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium plunged back into political crisis on Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation...
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Belgium back in crisis as coalition mediator quits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium plunged back into political crisis Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation of a government quit, five months after an election.
King Albert accepted the resignation of French-speaking Socialist...
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Thousands protest at French immigrant clampdown
By Lucien Libert and Nick Vinocur
PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies on which President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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Minister says Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift
By Augustine Anthony
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to create a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government...
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Blair pelted with eggs at Dublin book signing
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Three people were arrested after protesters threw eggs and shoes at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when he arrived to sign copies of his memoir at a bookshop in Dublin on Saturday, national broadcaster RTE said.
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Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday.
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South Korea foreign minister quits in nepotism row
By Brett Cole
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister has resigned over accusations of nepotism involving his daughter, sources at the president's office and ministry said on Saturday, the latest senior official to...
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Car bomb in Caucasus wounds minister, kills driver
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia's Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesman told Reuters.
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Curfew declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, bringing down power lines and bridges and wrecking roads and...
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Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift: minister
By Augustine Anthony
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to fuel a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government...
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Crime adds to misery for Pakistan's flood victims
By Rebecca Conway
MEHMOOD KOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims.
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Corrected: Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens U.S
(Corrects reference to Pakistani people in third paragraph)
By Saud Mehsud
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Emergency declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city, Christchurch, early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and...
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Two Mexican congressmen die in plane crash
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said.
Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan...
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Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hits New Zealand city
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no...
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Quake of 7.4 hits New Zealand near Christchurch
By Gyles Beckford
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 km (20 miles) west of Christchurch early on Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread...
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Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threaten U.S.
By Saud Mehsud
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week, piling...
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Clinton: time ticking for Israel-Palestinian peace
By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Israel and the Palestinians to overcome the final obstacles to peace, saying their new talks may be a last chance...
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Pakistan's Taliban threaten attacks in U.S., Europe
By Saud Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban threatened on Friday to launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon."
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Mexican women work, die for gangs in drug war city
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico's most violent city as high unemployment along the U.S. border sucks desperate families into...
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Venezuela's rife crime political peril for Chavez
By Frank Jack Daniel
CARACAS (Reuters) - Children tussle after dark on a dusty soccer field used just weeks ago as a shooting range by local drug gangs, a sign that a new police...
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Iran's Ahmadinejad calls on Palestinians to fight on
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to continue talks on a U.S.-backed...
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Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 43 dead
By Rizwan Saeed
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta Friday, killing up to 43 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure...
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Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villages
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wildfires swept through dozens of villages in southern Russia, killing at least eight people and reducing more than 400 homes to smoldering ruins, officials said Friday.
The blazes in the provinces...
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U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro makes first public speech in 4 years
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the commandant of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public since falling ill...
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S.Africa gov't and strikers brace for new wage talks
By Jon Herskovitz and Peroshni Govender
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week...
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U.N. atom chief invited Israel to mull anti-nuclear arms pact
By Fredrik Dahl and Sylvia Westall
VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog invited Israel last month to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact but the Jewish state has dismissed...
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BOJ to stand pat next week, eyes easing next month
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hold off on easing monetary policy next week but is gearing up for further action in October as the strong yen...
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Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 22 dead
By Rizwan Saeed
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 22 people in the second major attack this week, piling...
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Blast rips through rally in Pakistan
By Rizwan Saeed
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least nine people, the second major attack this week, piling pressure...
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Floods likely to delay Pakistan anti-Taliban moves
By Saud Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's devastating floods are likely to delay army offensives against Taliban insurgents, the U.S. defense secretary said on Friday, possibly giving militants chances to intensify...
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Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan
By Phil Stewart
KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between NATO-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, U.S....
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Athens shops pull down shutters on recovery hopes
By Ingrid Melander and Renee Maltezou
ATHENS (Reuters) - There are more employees than clients in Andreas Triandafillidis' clothes shop in central Athens. Austerity has kicked in and the shirts stay on the shelves...
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Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician
By Ben Berkowitz
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A well-known Australian Muslim cleric has called for the beheading of Dutch anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders, a newspaper said on Friday.
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Pakistan Taliban take responsibility for bombings
By Saud Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim procession this week, challenging the civilian government further as it struggles with...
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Villagers flee as Indonesia volcano erupts again
By Heru Asprihanto
SURBAKTI (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano that lay dormant for 400 years erupted yet on Friday, shooting a mushroomed-shape plume of smoke 3 km (2 miles) into the air and prompting...
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Swing-vote Australia MP hints at possible Labor deal
By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of three independent MPs needed by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a minority government hinted on Friday he could negotiate on Labor's mining profits tax...
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Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.
Soldiers were sent to...
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Chavez defends his record on crime in Venezuela
By Enrique Andres Pretel
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years...
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Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
By Andrew Quinn and Jeffrey Heller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a...
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Israelis and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
By Andrew Quinn and Jeffrey Heller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders opened direct peace talks under U.S. auspices on Thursday and agreed to meet every two weeks to try to forge a...
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U.S. to start NATO talks on Afghan transition: Petraeus
By Phil Stewart
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will start preliminary talks with its allies in Afghanistan soon on next year's planned "transition," expected to include withdrawal of some U.S. forces, the top...
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U.S. says Israelis and Palestinians agree to more talks
By Andrew Quinn and Jeffrey Heller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began their first round of direct peace negotiations in more than a year on Thursday, pledging to meet again in two...
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