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Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his "Russophobe" Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko was the sole reason for the decline in relations between the two countries.
November 8, 2009, 7:44 am -
Draw at Bayern denies Schalke second spot in Bundesliga
BERLIN (AFP) - Schalke 04 missed the chance to claim second in the Bundesliga behind leaders Leverkusen on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Bayern Munich.
November 8, 2009, 7:04 am -
British man provides photo for his own wanted poster
LONDON (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.
November 8, 2009, 6:34 am -
Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.
November 8, 2009, 5:47 am -
AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal
ADDIS ABABA (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.
November 8, 2009, 5:45 am -
Study shows high cost of German reunification - report
BERLIN (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 have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 5:30 am -
Lebanon's Hariri set to form government with Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 5:18 am -
Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally
TEHRAN (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.
November 8, 2009, 5:08 am -
Honduran election campaigns clouded by crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (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.
November 8, 2009, 5:07 am -
China PM reaches out to Muslims in Cairo speech
CAIRO (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.
November 8, 2009, 4:54 am -
France asks Sri Lanka to end emergency laws
COLOMBO (AFP) - A top French envoy on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.
November 8, 2009, 4:36 am -
Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll
TOKYO (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 democratisation in the country advanced.
November 8, 2009, 4:12 am -
ICC prosecutor confident over Kenya suspects
NAIROBI (AFP) - Top war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on Saturday he has a strong case against the masterminds behind last year's post-election violence in Kenya.
November 8, 2009, 4:05 am -
Russian communists flirt with Medvedev
MOSCOW (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.
November 8, 2009, 3:37 am -
Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops
KABUL (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 Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 3:07 am -
US grieves after army base shooting
US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 at a US military base.
November 8, 2009, 1:43 am -
7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search
KABUL (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 Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 1:39 am -
Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear programme, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.
November 8, 2009, 1:33 am -
UK PM urges financial transactions tax
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions among other measures to make banks more accountable.
November 8, 2009, 1:09 am -
Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism
KABUL (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.
November 8, 2009, 12:44 am
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