BEIJING, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) China Tuesday denied it had illicitly sought technical data for space launch vehicles from the United States, after a physicist from Virginia pleaded guilty to illegally exporting the information to China. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Uranium traces found at a Syrian site bombed by Israel were not sufficient evidence of undeclared nuclear activity but Syria must be more open to help clarify the issue, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog urged Syria on Monday to be more transparent in dealing with inspectors looking into the country's alleged atomic activity. ... > full story
HANOI, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) A tropical storm hit central Vietnam on Monday, threatening severe floods, landslides and substantial damage to coffee output from the world's second-largest producer of the crop. ... > full story
HANOI, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) A strong tropical storm churned toward southern Vietnam on Monday, threatening a direct hit on the densely populated Mekong Delta and substantial damage to the country's coffee production. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Sunday for a stronger international campaign against Iran's nuclear program, to "thwart it with greater force." ... > full story
HALABJA, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Western powers have questioned an International Atomic Energy Agency offer to help Syria look into building a nuclear power plant while it is under investigation for alleged covert atomic activity, diplomats said on Friday. ... > full story
AL-QUDS PLANT, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) For many Iraqis, progress in rebuilding a nation reduced to rubble by years of war and destruction is measured by the flick of a switch. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) A United Nations aid agency said on Thursday it had run out of food supplies for 750,000 Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after Israel blocked deliveries by the world body. ... > full story
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