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Libya says Gaddafi will mediate in soccer dispute
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their soccer World Cup play-off matches, Libyan state media reported Tuesday.
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Hague prosecutor accuses Congo warlords
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two Congolese militia leaders commanded forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in an attack that killed 200 people during the Congo war, a war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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Iraq national vote unlikely in January
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Iraq national vote unlikely in Jan - official
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Obama to announce Afghanistan decision within days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan in days, concluding a 3-month review punctuated by differences in his administration and concerns about corruption in Kabul.
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French postal workers, teachers on strike
PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of French postal workers and teachers went on strike on Tuesday in separate protests over the future of two of France's biggest public sector institutions.
November 25, 2009, 3:59 am -
Soldiers kill 18 militants in Pakistan Khyber area
LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers killed 18 militants on Tuesday in a campaign to break a network orchestrating attacks on Western forces' supplies to Afghanistan and carrying out bombings, a security official said.
November 25, 2009, 3:47 am -
Muslim pilgrims converge in Saudi city for hajj
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - An estimated 2.
November 25, 2009, 3:47 am -
WHO probing drug resistant swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 3:41 am -
Iran says needs guarantees to ship nuclear fuel
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could consider sending its low-enriched uranium abroad, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, signalling a possible softening of its opposition to a plan aimed at easing Western concern over its nuclear ambitions.
November 25, 2009, 3:09 am -
Rock-star wife details drug mayhem in new book
* Scott Weiland's estranged wife writes memoir
November 25, 2009, 3:00 am -
Magnitude 6.8 quake recorded near Tonga
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected.
November 25, 2009, 2:48 am -
Philippines imposes emergency; massacre toll reaches 46
AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after gunmen killed 46 people in a brutal election-related massacre that has shocked the country.
November 25, 2009, 2:26 am -
Canada notes swine flu vaccine allergies
An unusual number of allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine has been recalled, the WHO says.
November 25, 2009, 2:16 am -
Obama Afghan decision due within days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce his decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan "within days" after he held a final strategy session with top aides, the White House said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 2:07 am -
AIDS death toll passes 25 million mark
AIDS has now killed 25 million people around the world but the number of new infections is slowing sharply, the UN says in its annual report on the crisis.
November 25, 2009, 2:05 am -
Iraq war inquiry opens in London
Britain and the US were at odds over whether to overthrow Saddam Hussein two years before the pair teamed up to invade Iraq in 2003, an inquiry has heard.
November 25, 2009, 1:46 am -
WHO probing spread of drug-resistant swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is looking into reports in Britain of the likely spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 1:37 am -
Obama Afghan decision due 'within days'
US President Barack Obama has concluded deliberations on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and will announce his decision soon, the White House says.
November 25, 2009, 1:31 am -
Russian officials beheaded in N. Caucasus: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A police investigator and a court bailiff were found beheaded in a car trunk in Russia's mainly Muslim region of Kabardino-Balkaria, Interfax said on Tuesday, underscoring spreading violence on Russia's southern flank.
November 25, 2009, 1:16 am
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