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  • IAEA votes to censure Iran over nuclear cover-up

    Reuters – 1 hr 36 mins ago  

    VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted on Friday to rebuke Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret but Tehran dismissed the move as "intimidation" which would poison its negotiations with world powers. Full Story »

  • Philippine clan members investigated after killings

    Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 6:10 am ET  
    Andal Ampatuan Jr. (R), a local mayor in Maguindanao province,... Reuters

    MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday barred its top elected official in the south, his father and other relatives from leaving the country as it investigated the massacre of 57 people earlier this week. Full Story »

  • U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war: UK envoy

    Reuters – 1 hr 54 mins ago  

    LONDON (Reuters) - The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday. Full Story »

  • Pakistani forces kill 15 militants in Khyber region

    Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 7:23 am ET  
    Sofi Fakar, 60, shop owner, poses for a photo in a poor neighborhood... AP

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces killed 15 militants in the lawless northwest of the country, a security official said Friday, as part of a campaign Washington hopes will help it defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Full Story »

  • Israel targets Gaza militants in air strike

    Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 4:29 am ET  
    A Palestinian man pulls a bull by its tail as he slaughters it... AP

    GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said, but Israel said one of them had been killed. Full Story »

  • India says troubled by China-Pakistan military ties

    Reuters – 2 hrs 1 min ago  
    A Pakistan Navy soldier (L) operates an anti-aircraft weapon... Reuters

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Growing military ties between China and Pakistan are a serious concern to India, Defense Minister A.K. Antony said on Friday, in the latest display of a prickly rivalry between New Delhi and its neighbors. Full Story »

  • Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul

    Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 8:03 am ET  

    MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Drive-by shootings, murders and extortion are the new calling cards of a weakened insurgency in Mosul, replacing suicide bombings as the worst nightmare for residents of the northern Iraqi city. Full Story »

  • Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal

    Reuters – 2 hrs 3 mins ago  
    Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better... Reuters

    PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-communist regime to face justice. Full Story »

  • Honduras to vote for new president amid coup crisis

    Reuters – 2 hrs 22 mins ago  
    Supporters of interim President Roberto Micheletti march in support... Reuters

    TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras chooses a new president on Sunday in an election that may defuse a crisis caused by a coup against President Manuel Zelaya, but the vote is splitting Washington and Latin America. Full Story »

  • China, Japan plan first joint military exercise

    Reuters – 2 hrs 25 mins ago  

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China agreed on Friday to conduct their first joint military training exercise, in the latest sign of warming ties between the Asian neighbors, long marked by mutual suspicion and spats over a range of issues. Full Story »

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