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Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:21:12 -0500

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.

Iraqi PM leads in two provinces in Shi'ite south

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:06 -0500

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A list led by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading the vote in two provinces in southern Iraq after parliamentary elections this week, according to preliminary results from the country's electoral commission.

Ukraine's Yanukovich gets close ally as PM

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:20:33 -0500

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich secured a coalition majority in parliament on Thursday and lined up a close ally for prime minister, moving to restore stability needed to tackle a deep economic crisis.

Myanmar lets Suu Kyi's party reopen offices

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:26 -0500

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party spokesman said on Thursday.

Earthquake-rattled Chile to swear in new president

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:28:04 -0500

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded killed hundreds of people less than two weeks ago.

Hamas frees British journalist in Gaza

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:06:27 -0500

GAZA (Reuters) - A British journalist left the Gaza Strip Thursday after nearly four weeks in a Hamas-run Palestinian jail facing accusations of spying for Israel.

Thai troops mobilized ahead of anti-government protest

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:11 -0500

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand began mobilizing 50,000 security personnel on Thursday ahead of a mass rally by anti-government protesters who have vowed to bring the capital to a standstill if a new election is not called.

Urbanizing China long way from residence reform

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:34:29 -0500

BEIJING (Reuters) - They build the skyscrapers and lay the highways, mind the city children, sew the clothes and tend the shops, but China's army of migrant laborers are still fundamentally aliens in the country's bustling urban centers.

Thousands protest against crackdown in south Yemen

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:00 -0500

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces launched an attack on Thursday to recapture a government building occupied by separatists in the south of the country, setting off a gunfight that killed two people, a local official and witnesses said.

Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years ago

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:07 -0500

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government on Thursday officially annulled the results of the country's 1990 general election, a poll it chose to ignore at the time when the main opposition party won by a landslide.