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Soccer diplomacy brings Turkey's Gul to Armenia

YEREVAN, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — President Abdullah Gul, making the first visit to Armenia by a Turkish leader, joined Armenia's president on Saturday at a soccer match which both men said could help end almost a century of hostility. ...  > full story

Voting ends in Angolan election

LUANDA, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Angolans voted for an unscheduled second day on Saturday in a parliamentary election which opposition parties said was illegitimate and should be held again. ...  > full story

Rice seeks closer Maghreb counter-terror links

ALGIERS, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed for closer north African counter-terrorism cooperation on Saturday on a tour of an oil-rich region periodically hit by violence blamed on al Qaeda. ...  > full story

Killer landslide hits east Cairo shanty town

CAIRO, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Thirty-one people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses, security and medical sources said. ...  > full story

Russia accuses West of provocation in Georgia

MOSCOW, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Saturday of provoking Moscow by using warships to deliver relief aid to its ally Georgia, with which Russia fought a brief war last month. ...  > full story

Woman locked in cabin for nine years

STOCKHOLM, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported. ...  > full story

Nuclear nations approve disputed India trade waiver

VIENNA, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Forty-five nations approved a U.S. proposal on Saturday to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India in a breakthrough towards sealing a controversial U.S.-Indian atomic energy deal. ...  > full story

Zardari wins Pakistan election

ISLAMABAD, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday. ...  > full story

Two NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Two soldiers of the NATO-led force were killed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said. ...  > full story

China to press N.Korea on nuclear dispute: U.S. envoy

BEIJING, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — China will "reach out" to get North Korea to accept rules to vet its nuclear disclosures, a U.S. envoy said after talks on Saturday seeking to revive momentum in the North's faltering atomic disarmament steps. ...  > full story
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