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Britain sees foreign forces leaving Iraq by 2010

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:48:34 +0000

Source: Reuters (Raises death toll, details) By Katherine Baldwin BAGHDAD, May 22 (Reuters) - British officials said they expected all foreign combat troops to withdraw from Iraq within four years, as British ...

Separatists reject Indian PM's Kashmir roundtable

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:44:41 +0000

Source: Reuters SRINAGAR, India, May 22 (Reuters) - Kashmir's main separatist alliance on Monday rejected an invitation by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend a "roundtable" peace conference in ...

INTERVIEW-Sri Lanka risks high intensity war, rebels warn

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:42:34 +0000

Source: Reuters By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, May 22 (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels accused Sri Lanka's army on Monday of assassinating one of their senior commanders, and said the military was pushing the island ...

WHO chief Lee dies after blood clot surgery

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:40:00 +0000

Source: Reuters By Richard Waddington GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation's director-general Lee Jong-wook of South Korea died on Monday after surgery to remove a blood clot from the brain, ...

WFP says cuts Zambia food aid due to good harvest

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:39:04 +0000

Source: Reuters LUSAKA, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has slashed by half its Zambia feeding programme and will focus on providing food to AIDS patients, pregnant mothers and school children ...

DRC: Interview with Ross Mountain, deputy special representative

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:38:51 +0000

Source: IRIN The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country at a crossroads. Its humanitarian situation ranks among the worst in the world, and it is just about to hold general elections that could usher in democracy and end years of unrest. Ross Mountain, the deputy special representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC, spoke to IRIN on Friday about the unrelenting humanitarian crisis and the security challenges of holding the first elections in 45 years.

FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq on May 22

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:33:14 +0000

Source: Reuters May 22 (Reuters) - The following are security and political developments in Iraq on Monday as of 0915 GMT. BAGHDAD - A car bomb went off in a crowded street in southeastern Baghdad, killing six ...

Sudan prisoner release opens way for eastern talks

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:28:57 +0000

Source: Reuters KHARTOUM, May 22 (Reuters) - Sudan has released three members of the east's main political party, a key opposition demand before peace talks can be held in neighbouring Eritrea to end the simmering ...

Doctors strike in India as anti-quota ire unabated

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:27:14 +0000

Source: Reuters AHMEDABAD, India, May 22 ( Reuters) - Medical services were crippled in India's Gujarat state on Monday as thousands of doctors went on strike to protest the federal government's decision to increase ...

Dozens dead in Afghan fighting, governor says

Mon, 22 May 2006 09:17:45 +0000

Source: Reuters KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan attacked Taliban strongholds in the south on Monday and more than 60 Taliban were killed, the governor of Kandahar province ...