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U.N.'s Ban to meet again with Myanmar supremo over Suu Kyi
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets again with Myanmar junta supremo on Saturday when he expects a verdict on whether he will be allowed to visit detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi .
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UK embassy staff face trial in Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.
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Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men seized two female aid workers, one Irish and one Ugandan, in Sudan's Darfur region on Friday, their employer said, the third kidnapping of foreign aid staff in the territory in four months.
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to resign
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office.
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Vietnam to pulp sex-selection books
Vietnam, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples how to have a baby of their desired sex.
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Spanish police foil zeppelin jailbreak
Spanish police foiled a plot to use a zeppelin to help a prisoner break out of jail, the interior ministry says.
July 4, 2009, 7:29 am -
Foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
Two aid workers from Ireland and Uganda have been kidnapped by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region.
July 4, 2009, 7:28 am -
Children die in London high-rise fire
Two children, including a three-week-old baby, were killed and about 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in UK.
July 4, 2009, 7:03 am -
OAS chief tells Honduras to bring back Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Organisation of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore toppled President Manuel Zelaya or suffer a diplomatic sanction from the Western Hemisphere.
July 4, 2009, 6:46 am -
Putin rejects Obama's Cold War jibe
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism from US President Barack Obama that his thinking is still influenced by Cold War attitudes.
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Australian in Croatia may have swine flu
An Australian citizen is suspected of being the first swine flu case in Croatia.
July 4, 2009, 6:27 am -
Serial killer blamed as four die in US
Sheriff's deputies are searching for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wonder who might be next.
July 4, 2009, 6:14 am -
Palin resigning as Alaska governor
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , the former Republican vice presidential nominee, says she will resign from office on July 26.
July 4, 2009, 6:07 am -
U.S. sets new Israel meeting, presses Arabs to help
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defence minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to focus again on a dispute over settlements.
July 4, 2009, 5:02 am -
U.S. drone kills 10 in Pakistan, copter crash kills 26
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.
July 4, 2009, 4:45 am -
U.S. sounds out Arabs on Israel gestures: diplomats
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
July 4, 2009, 4:43 am -
Israel's Barak to meet U.S. envoy Mitchell next week
Corrects to say last meeting between the two was this week
July 4, 2009, 4:31 am -
Brown urges Myanmar to halt Suu Kyi trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Myanmar authorities on Friday to halt the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to release her.
July 4, 2009, 4:27 am -
PM urges Myanmar to halt Suu Kyi trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Myanmar authorities on Friday to halt the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to release her.
July 4, 2009, 4:20 am -
Israel checks mortar incident that killed Gaza girl
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military was investigating whether a teenage Palestinian girl killed in the Gaza Strip was hit by a Palestinian or an Israeli mortar shell, an army spokeswoman said Friday.
July 4, 2009, 4:12 am
