Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 27-08-2010
KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck, an official said on Friday.
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Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 27-08-2010
KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck, an official said on Friday.
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Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 26-08-2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The extradition of suspected arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States could undermine warming ties between Moscow and Washington, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said in an article published on Thursday.
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Russian says Bout "ballyhoo" may hurt reset with US
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 20-08-2010
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian leadership accepted on Friday a U.S. invitation for face-to-face peace talks with Israel, a senior Palestinian official said, clearing the way for the first direct talks since late 2008.
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Palestinians accept U.S. invite to talks with Israel
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-08-2010
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The final plugging of BP Plc.’s blown-out Macondo well is delayed until September to allow replacement of a key piece of equipment, the top U.S.
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Final BP well plug delayed til September – U.S. govt
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 19-08-2010
URUMQI, China (Reuters) – A member of China’s restive Uighur minority killed seven people on Thursday in an explosion in far western Xinjiang, an official said, a region which has long been the scene of ethnic tension and occasional violence.
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Attack kills 7 in China’s restive Xinjiang
Filed Under (world updates) by CarmenGay on 19-08-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. troop strength in Iraq is 56,000, a senior Obama administration official said on Wednesday evening, correcting his earlier statement the troop level was down to the 50,000 level Washington has targeted for the end of the month.
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U.S says troop numbers in Iraq at 56,000
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-08-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States supports forming an international commission to probe possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by Myanmar’s military rulers, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
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U.S. backs inquiry into Myanmar war crimes charges
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 16-08-2010
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan has expelled five U.N. and ICRC workers from West Darfur state, a U.N. official said, in the latest confrontation with international organisations in a region with the world’s largest aid operation.
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Sudan expels five UN/ICRC staff from West Darfur
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 10-08-2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Scorching heat will keep hammering Russia for the next 10 days, a top weather official said on Tuesday, and seeding for the winter grain crops is in danger if there is no rain after that.
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No halt in Russia heat, winter crop sowing at risk