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Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to jointly combat violence committed in God's name, to defend religious freedom and to foster equal rights for minority faith groups. ...  > full story

Afghanistan welcomes Obama win, wants new strategy

KABUL, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans welcomed Barack Obama's U.S. election victory on Wednesday, saying they looked forward to a greater focus and new strategy on the war with Taliban insurgents that has killed at least 4,000 people this year alone. ...  > full story

Afghanistan welcomes Obama win, wants more focus

KABUL, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans welcomed Barack Obama's U.S. election victory Wednesday, saying they looked forward to a greater focus on the war with Taliban insurgents that has killed at least 4,000 people this year alone. ...  > full story

China reveals fresh sentences for Tibet unrest

BEIJING, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A Chinese official has revealed fresh sentences for Tibetans accused of rioting in Lhasa in March, state media reported, while talks continue between Beijing and envoys of the Dalai Lama. The vice chairman of the Tibet regional government, Baema Cewang, said 55 people had so far been sentenced for the deadly rioting that shook the regional capital, Lhasa, on March 14, sparking riots and protests against Chinese rule across many ethnic Tibetan areas, Xinhua news agency reported. "Following the violence, police detained 1,317 people, of whom 1,115 were subsequently released. The rest stood trial," the report cited Cewang as telling a visiting Australian parliamentarian. ...  > full story

Somali teen executed for adultery had been raped: U.N.

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

Iraq VP proposes referendum on U.S. security pact

BAGHDAD, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — An agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three years should be put to the public in a referendum, Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Suicide bomb at Pakistani post kills one, 9 hurt

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed a Pakistani soldier and wounded nine Tuesday, highlighting the growing militant threat a day after the top U.S. commander in the region held security talks with Pakistani leaders. ...  > full story

Taliban lift daytime phone ban in Afghan province

KABUL, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents have lifted a ban on mobile telephone companies operating their networks during daylight hours in the Afghan province of Ghazni, residents said Tuesday. ...  > full story

Pakistan tells Petraeus to stop missile strikes

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. commander running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, held talks on Monday with Pakistani leaders who told him to stop U.S. strikes on militants in Pakistani territory. ...  > full story

Protesters close India's Assam after deadly blasts

GUWAHATI, India, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A strike to protest against bombings that killed 82 people in India's troubled Assam state last week shut down the region Monday, police said, with angry Indians blaming illegal Bangladeshi migrants. ...  > full story
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