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Zimbabwe opposition may sign initial talks agreement
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's party on ending a political impasse that has worsened the country's severe economic crisis, opposition officials said on Saturday.
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Brazilian police recover Picasso print, nab suspect
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police recovered a Pablo Picasso print and arrested one person in connection with an armed robbery at Sao Paulo's Pinacoteca Museum last month, local media reported on Saturday.
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Pakistan will not admit foreign troops: PM
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is committed to supporting the U.S.-led global coalition fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban but will not allow allied foreign forces to operate on its territory, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said.
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Arab ministers criticize ICC Sudan charges
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League criticized the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for seeking the arrest of Sudan's president on genocide charges, saying diplomacy should be given a priority to solve the conflict in Darfur.
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UK's Brown says wants to cut troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Baghdad on Saturday and said he wanted to reduce British troop levels in Iraq, although he refused to set a timetable for their departure.
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Powers wield sanction threat after Iran stalemate
GENEVA (Reuters) - Major powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear programme on Saturday or face tougher sanctions after talks ended in stalemate despite unprecedented U.S. participation.
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Zuma says Mandela "glue" holding South Africa together
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's ruling party said former President Nelson Mandela was the glue holding the country together, giving voice to long-held fears about the future of the fledgling democracy without him.
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Nine Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir explosion
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - At least nine Indian soldiers were killed and 16 wounded on Saturday when their vehicle detonated a landmine in the biggest attack on Indian soldiers in recent months.
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Gunbattle at Palestinian camp in Lebanon kills two
EIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Saturday in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, camp officials said.
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Iraq's Sunni Arab bloc rejoins government
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc rejoined the Shi'ite-led government on Saturday in a breakthrough for national reconciliation after parliament approved its candidates for several vacant ministerial posts.
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Pope apologizes for Church sex abuse
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized directly for the first time for sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, but victims groups in Australia said they wanted action and not words.
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Ten Kurdish rebels killed in clashes in SE Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Ten members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on Friday, security sources said on Saturday.
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Police kill two in clash in southwest China: report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police killed two people in a clash with locals residents in Menglian County, a rubber farming area in southwest China's Yunnan province with a large ethnic minority population, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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Italian climbers spotted on Pakistan's deadly peak
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A rescue helicopter has spotted two Italian mountaineers stranded on one of the world's deadliest peaks in northern Pakistan, the Italian embassy said on Saturday.
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Japan residents protest against U.S. warship plan
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 10,000 people marched by a U.S. navy base near Tokyo on Saturday, calling for the Japanese government to stop the deployment of a nuclear-powered warship for the first time to Japan, rally organizers said.
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China arrests quake critic on secrets charge
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police arrested a human rights campaigner in the country's southwest for "possession of state secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed in the region's massive earthquake, his family said.
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Zimbabwe to introduce 100 bln dollar bank note
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce new higher-value 100 billion Zimbabwe dollar notes on Monday as part of a desperate fight against spiraling hyperinflation, the bank said.
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Ethnic Madheshi set to be Nepal's first president
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal was set to elect its first president on Saturday, from a marginalized ethnic community whose violent demand for a greater say in running the government once threatened a peace deal with Maoist former rebels.
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Olympic protests pose quandary for Chinese forces
BEIJING (Reuters) - Banners are banned, flags restricted and even t-shirts will be scrutinized during Beijing's Olympic Games.
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Israeli troops kill Syrian drugs smuggler: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a drugs smuggler from Syria and wounded another on Saturday as they crossed a fence into territory controlled by Israel on the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli army said.
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