BAGHDAD, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. and Iraqi negotiators completed a draft deal on Wednesday to give U.S. troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after 2008, without setting out a timetable for their withdrawal, Iraq's top negotiator said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraqi security forces raided the office of a provincial governor and arrested the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician in separate incidents on Tuesday that could stoke sectarian and political tension. ... > full story
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Hundreds of anti-government protesters battled supporters of President Evo Morales on Tuesday with rocks and sticks as a general strike against the Bolivian leader turned violent. ... > full story
BANGKOK, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Thailand's Election Commission (EC) deferred a decision on Tuesday on whether to recommend that the ruling People Power Party (PPP) be disbanded for electoral fraud, saying it needed to investigate further. ... > full story
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will ask regional leaders to help resolve the deadlock in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe's party, an opposition spokesman said on Monday. ... > full story
, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion by Pakistan's ruling coalition government. ... > full story
MINSK, Aug. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Kozulin, considered in the West to be the ex-Soviet state's most prominent political prisoner, was released on Saturday and is on his way home, his daughter said. ... > full story
HARARE, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — Botswana's president will boycott a weekend summit of southern African leaders because the country does not recognize Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's re-election, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Blocking Russia from joining the World Trade Organization because of the conflict in Georgia would defy common sense and break Western promises, a Russian official said on Thursday in response to U.S. warnings. ... > full story
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Mauritania's new ruling military junta named Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, a former ambassador to Belgium, as prime minister on Thursday, state news agency AMI said. ... > full story
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