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World recovery 'modest', debt must stop: OECD
PARIS (AFP) - China, Asia and the United States are pulling the world out of an economic vortex with surprising if "modest" speed, the OECD declared on Thursday.
November 20, 2009, 2:43 am -
South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 civilians and wounding 13, a provincial police chief said.
November 20, 2009, 2:43 am -
French riots after Algeria-Egypt match
PARIS (AFP) - Football fans battled with police, torched cars in cities across France and looted a supermarket after Algeria beat Egypt to qualify for the World Cup finals, police said.
November 20, 2009, 2:22 am -
Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Constitutional Court on Thursday effectively abolished the death penalty, extending indefinitely a 13-year-old moratorium on capital punishment.
November 20, 2009, 2:17 am -
Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula
JAKARTA (AFP) - Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula.
November 20, 2009, 2:07 am -
Sri Lanka floods leave 58,000 homeless
Nearly 60,000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka on Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official says.
November 20, 2009, 2:06 am -
Suicide bomber kills 18 in Pakistan's Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 18 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city.
November 20, 2009, 1:43 am -
Berlusconi's party stronger despite split - poll
ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's conservative People of Freedom (PDL) coalition has bolstered its popularity despite judicial problems dogging the Italian prime minister and splits among its leadership, according to an opinion poll on Thursday.
November 20, 2009, 12:49 am -
After billions in aid, Kosovo still poor and idle
DRENICA VALLEY, Kosovo (Reuters) - Nezir Jonuzi sips black tea, stares at Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's boyhood home and wonders whether he can get a job to feed his family.
November 19, 2009, 11:58 pm -
Karzai sworn in as leader, vows to fight graft
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan forces should be ready to take over security in Afghanistan in five years, President Hamid Karzai said at his inauguration on Thursday, and pledged to tackle graft which has left his reputation in tatters.
November 19, 2009, 11:27 pm -
Journalists slam Indonesian expulsions
Foreign journalists based in Indonesia have condemned the deportation of two reporters from Italy and India who had covered a recent Greenpeace demonstration.
November 19, 2009, 11:19 pm -
Karzai sworn in for second term
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has promised to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during his inauguration.
November 19, 2009, 11:12 pm -
Pakistan bombing kills 19
A suicide bomber has struck a court in Peshawar killing 19 people.
November 19, 2009, 11:04 pm -
Separated twins set for full recovery: doctors
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Two Bangladeshi twins look set to make a full recovery from surgery to part their conjoined heads, doctors said Thursday, as one woke up and started talking just two days after the operation.
November 19, 2009, 11:03 pm -
India PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and trade.
November 19, 2009, 10:51 pm -
Alcohol helps cut heart disease risk for men: study
PARIS (AFP) - Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.
November 19, 2009, 10:46 pm -
UN experts to visit Iran plant after Obama warning
TEHRAN (AFP) - UN experts will visit a controversial uranium enrichment plant south of Tehran on Thursday, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Iran dismissed a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
November 19, 2009, 10:43 pm -
Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday.
November 19, 2009, 10:27 pm -
Popular Santa letter program ends
Children around the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole, but this holiday season they'll not likely to get a response from Santa.
November 19, 2009, 10:21 pm -
CORRECTED: U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff
SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Iran on Thursday of consequences of its failure to respond to the offer of a nuclear deal and could have a package of steps to take "within weeks."
November 19, 2009, 10:08 pm
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