KABUL, Oct. 29, 2009 (Reuters) — Afghanistan laid out plans for the November 7 run-off presidential vote on Thursday in an announcement criticized as insufficient to prevent fraud, a day after a Taliban attack on U.N. staff reinforced concerns about security. ... > full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pulled out of talks with the country's post-coup de facto leaders on Friday, throwing efforts to resolve a months-long political crisis back to square one. ... > full story
BANGKOK, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Thailand's 81-year-old king made his first public appearance on Friday after more than a month in hospital, with hundreds of well-wishers surrounding his electric wheelchair as he visited statues of his parents. ... > full story
BARCHA, Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Tiffany Jones chews tobacco, spitting the juice into the Afghan desert as she talks, and wears her M-16 automatic rifle slung across her chest just like her male colleagues. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight people outside a key Pakistani airforce facility Friday, with officials quick to deny suggestions the target was linked to the country's nuclear program. ... > full story
HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — A trade row between Thailand and the Philippines threatened to derail a regional free trade pact on Friday, as hosts Thailand cast tight security over an Asian summit twice postponed due to anti-government protests. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — A group of Israeli army conscripts who disrupted their swearing-in ceremony by calling for continued Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank were threatened Friday with dismissal. ... > full story
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