UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) U.N. investigators probing the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Tuesday they had found new information that expanded their list of suspects. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ... > full story
GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) At least 10 people were wounded after a bomb ripped through a passenger coach of a train in India's troubled state of Assam, officials said on Tuesday. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Somali pirates have agreed to release a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after successful negotiations between the hijackers, local elders and a Yemeni official, a local official said Monday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 30 people and wounded dozens more on Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 29 people and wounded dozens more Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned back in the face of an Israeli naval blockade, Palestinian officials said. ... > full story
MINGORA, Pakistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Seven people were killed on Monday in a suicide attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) Somali pirates and owners of a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks and other military hardware have reached a deal to release the vessel, a Kenyan maritime official said Sunday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) Israel approved on Sunday the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
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