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Source: Reuters (Changes sourcing on replaced ministers in third paragraph) By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, Jan 6 (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government ...

Source: Reuters * Israeli ground offensive widens to south Gaza * Three Israeli soldiers killed by "friendly fire" * 18 Palestinians killed on Tuesday * Sarkozy on Middle East peace mission By ...

Source: Reuters NEW DELHI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - State-run carrier Air India [AI.UL] sacked 10 air hostesses for being "exceptionally overweight", a spokesman said on Tuesday. The staff had been grounded for ...

Source: Reuters * Indian Prime Minister accuses Pakistan of war hysteria * Singh says Pakistan agencies must have known of attack * Washington wants more cooperation between neighbours (Adds details throughout ...

Source: Reuters (Adds details, US condemnation, byline) By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Masked gunmen with grenades destroyed the main studio of Sri Lanka's largest private broadcaster on Tuesday, ...

Source: IRIN Lack of government funds could force the Ministry of Displacement and Migration to postpone until 2010 some housing projects designed to ease internal displacement, an official told IRIN on 4 January.

Source: Reuters HANOI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A five-year-old Vietnamese girl who ate poultry has been infected with bird flu, the first human case reported in the country this year, state-run television said on Tuesday ...

Source: Reuters Jan 6 (Reuters) - Democrats will have to rely on help from some moderate Republicans to pass many of their initiatives this year, having failed to gain the 60 votes in the 100 member U.S. Senate to ...

Source: Reuters Jan 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0545 GMT on Tuesday. SWAT - Militants in northwestern Swat Valley beheaded five captured policemen and paramilitary ...

Source: Reuters By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The new U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday under pressure to deal with a worsening economy by passing a stimulus package that Barack ...

Source: IRIN Being a community-based mediator in domestic violence cases is not for the faint-hearted. Saru Tamang has been slapped, verbally abused and threatened by male members of her village in Kavre District when she has gone to mediate in domestic violence cases. The village has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country, say local rights activists.

Source: Reuters GAZA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed seven members of a Palestinian family in a strike on their home in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian medical officials said. The attack at Beach ...

Source: Reuters By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Australia's government delayed full approval on Monday of a controversial A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) pulp mill that environmental groups say is a ...

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed when a bus in which they were travelling plunged into a valley in southwest China's mountainous Guizhou province, Xinhua news agency said on ...

Source: Reuters GAZA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children in their home in eastern Gaza City on Monday, medical officials said. They said several other Palestinians were ...

Source: Reuters GAZA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children in their home in eastern Gaza City on Monday, medical officials said. They said several other Palestinians were ...

Source: Reuters TAIPEI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivaling similar monoliths on land. The 200 metre-long, 10 ...

Source: Reuters * French president to fly in, leading global truce push * Hamas delegation to hold talks in Egypt * U.N. recalls Mideast envoy for Gaza briefing * Ground combat continues * Palestinian death toll ...

Source: Reuters (Adds government quote, detail on death count) GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed when part of a mountain collapsed onto a road in northern Guatemala on Sunday, ...

Source: Reuters * Israeli forces move into Gaza * Israel cuts Gaza Strip in half * U.S. thwarts Libyan push for Gaza truce * Israel says 30 of its soldiers wounded By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Jan 4 ( ...