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Thai protesters defy order to leave PM's compound

1 hour 36 min ago
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound on Thursday as the group's leaders vowed to stay until his administration fell.

Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills 11

1 hour 43 min ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said.

Authorities relax curfew in Indian Kashmir

1 hour 46 min ago
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Authorities tentatively relaxed a four-day curfew in Indian Kashmir on Thursday to allow people to buy essentials as residents ran short of food during massive protests against Indian rule.

Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia

1 hour 49 min ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east on Thursday for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold War.

Malaysia's Anwar rejoins parliament, heads opposition

Thu, 2008/08/28 - 12:58am
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took another step towards his goal of bringing down the government and implementing ambitious reforms when he rejoined parliament on Thursday after a decade's absence.

Sudanese plane hijackers surrender in Libya

Thu, 2008/08/28 - 12:48am
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said.

Pakistani lawyers to press government

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 11:45pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani lawyers were set to launch protests on Thursday pressing the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, as militants attacked police in the northwest, killing 11 people.

Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:45pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81.

Ten Koreans killed in Philippine traffic accident

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 8:27pm
MANILA (Reuters) - Ten South Korean nationals, many of them Baptist pastors, were killed in the northern Philippines when the van in which they were travelling slammed into a concrete wall at high speed, officials said on Thursday.

Iraq says U.S. agreed troop pullout compromise

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 8:14pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States asked Iraq for permission to keep troops there to 2015 but compromised with Iraqi negotiators on 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.

Sudanese plane hijackers surrender in Libya

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 5:26pm
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said.

U.N. official freed in Somalia but MSF closes clinic

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 4:01pm
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kidnappers freed the head of the U.N. refugee agency's office in Somalia on Wednesday but rising insecurity forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu that provided essential health care to hundreds of women and children.

Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 3:37pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81.

Some 70 migrants feared missing in Mediterranean

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 2:45pm
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Some 70 African migrants are feared missing in the central Mediterranean after a large rubber dinghy taking them to Europe capsized, the Malta representative of the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.

Violence hits as Pakistani politicians jockey

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 1:40pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Government forces killed at least 44 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, and the stock exchange took drastic action to stop steady losses stemming from increased violence and political uncertainty.

North Korea still holds plutonium card: analysts

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 3:03am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's threat to restart its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium is feasible, although the task would be a daunting one, analysts said on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Gustav dumps rain on Haiti

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 3:02am
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav stalled over Haiti on Wednesday, dumping torrential rains on the impoverished country, and forecasters warned it could regain hurricane strength once it moves out to sea.

Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 2:56am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.

Missing child case captivates Israel

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 2:54am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The case of a missing four-year-old girl who police believe was murdered by her grandfather -- her mother's live-in lover -- captivated Israel on Wednesday.

Mugabe to form new government, says MDC unwilling

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 2:45am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will form a new government soon but he says the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) does not want to join the new administration, state media reported on Wednesday.