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Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) * Karzai seeks reconciliation with Taliban * Obama, Karzai speak infrequently * Karzai seeks no "proxy wars" on Afghan soil By Sayed ...

Source: Reuters (Repeats with no change to text) By Alistair Scrutton and Bappa Majumdar NEW DELHI, March 15 (Reuters) - A bombing that killed 16 people in western India last month was carried out by home-grown ...

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, March 16 (Reuters) - Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was set to face a military court on Tuesday on charges of engaging in politics while in office in a trial ...

Source: Reuters CANBERRA, March 16 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's popularity has hit a record low over his radical health and climate policies, but his government would still win elections ...

Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds police quote, details, background) BANGALORE, India, March 16 (Reuters) - A shootout out broke out between two armed men and security forces outside a high security space centre in ...

Source: Reuters BANGALORE, India, March 16 (Reuters) - A gunbattle broke out between two armed men and security forces outside a high security space centre in southern India early on Tuesday, the Indian Space ...

Source: Reuters (Adds details, changes dateline to Santiago) SANTIAGO, March 15 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Concepcion, ...

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Concepcion, which was heavily damaged in an 8.8 magnitude ...

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office A seventh member of World Vision’s local staff working for children and displaced communities in North Western Pakistan has succumbed to his injuries following Wednesday's devastating attack at the World Vision office in Mansehra district.

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office A seventh member of World Vision’s local staff working for children and displaced communities in North Western Pakistan has succumbed to his injuries following Wednesday's devastating attack at the World Vision office in Mansehra district.

Source: Reuters (Repeats story that moved at 0000 GMT) By Michael Perry SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold ...

Source: Reuters FALLUJA, Iraq, March 15 (Reuters) - A car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province killed seven civilians and wounded 13 on Monday, police said. The bomb exploded in a car parked near an army patrol in ...

Source: Reuters * Yemen probing 15 Pakistani sailors, Iranian captain * Yemen says cannot rule out ship was smuggling drugs SANAA, March 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's security forces have detained an Iranian ship in ...

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its ...

Source: Reuters * Electricity service returns to key copper mines * Shaky supply could continue to hit mining operations * Anglo American mines status unclear By Fabian Cambero and Alonso Soto SANTIAGO, March ...

Source: Reuters * Study shows importance of deep-sea volcanoes in CO2 capture * Iron-rich waters from volcanoes crucial to global climate * Iron helps tiny CO2-absorbing plants bloom in oceans By David Fogarty ...

Source: Reuters * Transformer failure knocks out a main power grid * Feb. 27 earthquake may have affected grid * Power restored to most areas within hours (Updates with fresh quotes, power returning) By ...

Source: Reuters (Embargoed for release at 12.01/0401 GMT) * Stem cell science, genomics are hot fields * Researchers are also Nobel candidates By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, March 15 ( ...

Source: Reuters SANTIAGO, March 15 (Reuters) - About 80 percent of Chile had power restored just after midnight on Monday, as electricity supplies returned to normal after a blackout hit much of the country, Interior ...

Source: Reuters SANTIAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - Electric power could return in a matter of hours to Chile, which suffered a massive blackout at about 8:50 p.m. (2350 GMT), Presidency Minister Cristian Larroulet told ...