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Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks
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 ...
RPT-INTERVIEW-Islamist group behind Indian city bombing-official
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 ...
Sri Lanka ex-general Fonseka goes on trial
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 ...
Q+A-Could Australia's Rudd lose election? What if he did?
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 ...
Shootout erupts at Indian space centre
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 ...
Gunbattle erupts at Indian space centre
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 ...
Aftershock hits off coast of Chile, no damage
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, ...
Magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits off coast of Chile
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 staffer succumbs to injuries after Wednesday’s brutal attack
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office A seventh member of World Visions 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 staffer succumbs to injuries after Wednesday’s brutal attack
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office A seventh member of World Visions 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.
RPT-Australian cities must transform for population growth
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 ...
Car bomb in Iraq's Falluja kills 7, wounds 13-police
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 ...
Yemen detains Iranian ship over suspicious cargo
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 ...
US official set up unit to kill Afghan militants-NYT
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 ...
Chile key copper mines restart after blackout
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 ...
Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role -scientists
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 ...
Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake
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 ...
US stem cell expert is "hottest" researcher-Thomson
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 ( ...
Power returning to normal in most of Chile
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 ...
Chile power could return in hours - minister
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 ...








