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Saudi Arabia says regains area seized by Yemen rebels (Reuters)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:01:45 EST

DUBAI, Nov. 8, 2009 (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia has regained control of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in a cross-border incursion last week that prompted a military response from Riyadh, a top official was quoted as saying. ... > read full story

Dalai Lama begins visit to disputed India state (Reuters)

Krittivas Mukherjee — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:32:03 EST

TAWANG, India, Nov. 8, 2009 (Reuters) -- Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants. ... > read full story

SPECIAL REPORT: In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism (Reuters)

Anna Mudeva — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:18:17 EST

BELENE, Bulgaria, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp. ... > read full story

China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties (Reuters)

Ben Blanchard — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:18 EST

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West. ... > read full story

Haiti's new prime minister wins confirmation (Reuters)

Joseph Guyler Delva — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:51:37 EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- The lower house of Haiti's parliament confirmed Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister on Saturday, clearing the way for the economist and veteran politician to form a new government. ... > read full story

British man provides photo for his own wanted poster (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:29 EST

LONDON, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down. ... > read full story

AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal (Reuters)

Alain Iloniaina — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:45:07 EST

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. ... > read full story

Study shows high cost of German reunification: report (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:30:07 EST

BERLIN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros ($1.9 trillion) have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday. ... > read full story

Honduran election campaigns clouded by crisis (Reuters)

Sean Mattson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:04:12 EST

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- A bitter four-month dispute over who is president has left many Hondurans too jaded with politics to care about voting for their next leader. ... > read full story

Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll (Reuters)

Yoko Nishikawa — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:08:34 EST

TOKYO, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. ... > read full story

Russian communists flirt with Medvedev (Reuters)

Gleb Bryanski — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:36:13 EST

MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country. ... > read full story

7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:36:19 EST

KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. ... > read full story

Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:31:44 EST

BERLIN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. ... > read full story

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:42:45 EST

KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term. ... > read full story

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:42:22 EST

MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. ... > read full story

Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally (Reuters)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:47:15 EST

TEHRAN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) -- Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. ... > read full story

Madagascar rivals agree power-sharing deal (Reuters)

Alain Iloniaina — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:24 EST

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) -- Madagascar's political rivals struck a deal late Friday on the make-up of a unity government, paving the way for an end to a 10-month political crisis that has rocked the Indian Ocean island. ... > read full story

Stop seeking compromise with Israel: Hamas leader (Reuters)

Khaled Yacoub Oweis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:55:04 EST

DAMASCUS, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) -- Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions. ... > read full story

Lebanon's opposition agrees to join Hariri government (Reuters)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:52:59 EST

BEIRUT, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) -- Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said. ... > read full story

Somali pirates threaten to kill Spanish hostages (Reuters)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:38 EST

MADRID, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) -- Somali pirates have threatened to kill three captive crew members from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed, a senior officer aboard the vessel said on Friday. ... > read full story