Reuters: World News

Iraq's PM leads again in tight election race

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:40:26 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reclaimed the lead on Wednesday over secularist challenger Iyad Allawi in results from a March 7 parliamentary election that has been dogged by fraud allegations.

Cuban police haul protesting "Ladies in White" away

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:06:20 -0400

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban police grabbed members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" by their hair, dragged them into a bus and drove them away to break up a protest march on Wednesday.

Yemen Shi'ite rebels free scores of prisoners

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:27 -0400

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels freed at least 170 government soldiers and tribal fighters on Wednesday after Sanaa accused them of dragging their feet on implementing a truce deal to end a northern war, both sides said.

Nigeria's acting leader dissolves cabinet

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:20:57 -0400

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved the cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to consolidate his authority at the helm of Africa's most populous nation a month after he assumed executive powers.

EU urges Georgia not to aggravate Russia tensions

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:14:57 -0400

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has urged Georgia's government to avoid exacerbating regional tensions after a Georgian television station broadcast a fake news report about Russian forces heading for the capital Tbilisi.

Libya welcomes Gaddafi compensation offer by Swiss

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:11:52 -0400

TUNIS (Reuters) - A top Libyan official on Wednesday welcomed as a "step forward" a call by Swiss officials for damages to be paid to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was arrested in Geneva in 2008.

Fire at royal tomb prompts Uganda clash

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:08:28 -0400

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan security forces killed two people and wounded five on Wednesday after fire destroyed historic royal tombs, heightening tension between the government and the powerful Bugandan kingdom.

Thai "red shirts" splatter blood at PM's home

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:18:55 -0400

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections.

Somali pirates claim to have hijacked charcoal ship

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:17:12 -0400

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Wednesday they had hijacked a boat carrying charcoal from the rebel-held south of the Horn of Africa nation to Dubai.

Turkish PM threatens to expel Armenians

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:05:59 -0400

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister has threatened to expel thousands of illegal Armenian immigrants after U.S. and Swedish lawmakers passed votes branding World War One-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.