KIBATI, Congo, Nov. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Aid agency efforts to help thousands of people displaced by fighting in eastern Congo mostly failed on Saturday, despite an appeal by African leaders for a ceasefire. ... > full story
PARIS, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A pensioner nicknamed "Plastic Bertrand" ferried cash-filled shopping bags across Paris to the plush offices of an arms dealer who used the money for payouts linked to illegal deals in Angola, a court heard on Tuesday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Explosions killed at least 13 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, with one blast targeting a Shi'ite member of the first U.S.-backed Iraqi governing body. ... > full story
MADRID, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A son of Osama bin Laden has asked Spain for political asylum and is being held at Madrid airport while authorities study his request, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Tuesday. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations said on Tuesday that a Somali stoned to death by Islamists on accusations of adultery was a 13-year-old girl who had apparently been raped while visiting her grandmother. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. civilian shot dead an Afghan civilian who tried to set fire to another American on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. ... > full story
HARARE, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Regional leaders will hold a summit in South Africa on Sunday aimed at breaking a stalemate in negotiations threatening Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. ... > full story
KHARTOUM, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — More than 150 Sudanese journalists and support staff Tuesday started a 24-hour hunger strike to protest against censorship by state security services, media executives said. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran's parliament sacked the interior minister on Tuesday in a blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's presidential election. ... > full story
HANOI, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Flood water from southern China pushed up river levels in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, worsening inundations across a wide region that have killed at least 120 people on both sides of the border. ... > full story
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More rain as Vietnam flood toll rises to 74 Nov. 4, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — Rain continued to lash Vietnam's flood-hit capital Hanoi and the north-central countryside on Tuesday as the official death toll climbed to 74 ...
Heavy rains kill four in northern Vietnam Nov. 4, 2008 (IOL, South Africa) — Hanoi - Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least four people in northern Vietnam during the past week, officials ...
Hanoi Hit by Record Floods Nov. 4, 2008 (Voice of America) — Hanoi, Vietnam has been hit by its worst floods in 35 years. Between Friday and Monday, more than 60 centimeters of rain paralyzed the city ...
Flood and torrential rain take 64 lives Nov. 3, 2008 (People's Daily, China) — 64 people in northern and central Vietnam have been killed or left missing in flood triggered by torrential rains over the last several days, the ...
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