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Couples queue for passion in a Dutch car on stilts AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Couples in Amsterdam are writing out their dreams of passion for the chance to spend a night in a small car fitted with a bed and hoisted up on poles.
Venezuelan Chavez wants to be world's anti-U.S. voice CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez staked a claim to be the world's leading anti-American voice by branding President Bush as the devil in a speech to ...
Japan voters worry about Abe's leadership ability TOKYO (Reuters) - A hefty majority of Japanese voters support the country's new prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe, two media surveys published on Friday showed, but many also have ...
Russia slams NATO over ties with Georgia MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday denounced moves by NATO to forge closer ties with Georgia, saying any eventual membership of the Western alliance by the ex-Soviet state would ...
Nasrallah makes first postwar public appearance BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appeared in public on Friday for the first time since a 34-day war with Israel despite Israeli threats to kill him.
Rioters, police clash again on Budapest streets BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Wednesday blamed opposition parties for a second night of clashes between rioters and police, saying they had failed ...
Islamists advance on Somali port: officials KISMAYO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali Islamist militia were advancing on the strategic port of Kismayo on Friday with the aim of seizing it to expand their control of the Horn of Africa ...
Nineteen Afghan workers killed in ambush KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Nineteen Afghan laborers heading home from work were killed on Friday in an ambush in southern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said.
Muslims want to know more on Pope's view of Islam ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Following a wave of protests against Pope Benedict's remarks on Islam, Muslim intellectuals in Turkey are asking what he really thinks about their faith and what ...
CORRECTED: Argentina dirty-war criminal gets life sentence BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - A retired police commissioner was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for murder, torture and kidnappings during Argentina's "dirty war," in ...
Yemen votes for president, incumbent in early lead SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis voted on Wednesday in elections that long-serving President Ali Abdullah Saleh is expected to win despite a challenge from a former minister.
Quartet welcomes Palestinian unity government UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators on Wednesday endorsed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' effort to establish a national unity government with ...
Israel plans full Lebanon pullout within days JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel intends to complete a troop withdrawal from Lebanon by the weekend, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Wednesday, as Germany and Malaysia took steps to ...
Iraq deaths surge over last two months: UN BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds more Iraqis died in violence in July and August than in the previous two months, many of them tortured to death because of their religion with cables, ...
Over 50 nations press for binding nuclear test ban UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than 50 nations issued a plea on Wednesday for 10 more countries to ratify a 10-year old treaty banning nuclear tests, a step that would transform an ...
Judge expels Saddam from court BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A new judge expelled a defiant Saddam Hussein from his genocide trial on Wednesday and defense lawyers stormed off in protest after the government sacked the ...
AU extends Darfur force till year end UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union said on Wednesday it would extend its underfinanced force in Sudan's Darfur region until the end of this year after receiving promises of ...
Japan's Abe set to become PM TOKYO (Reuters) - Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly elected ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage for ...
Blast kills 41 at Mittal mine in Kazakhstan SHAKHTINSK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A methane explosion tore through a coal mine belonging to Mittal Steel in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 41 people in the country's worst mining ...
Blair runs into protests, snubs on Lebanon visit BEIRUT (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to Beirut marked by protests and snubs, pledged on Monday to help strengthen Lebanon's security forces as they deploy ...
Somali radio shut by Islamists re-opens without music MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali radio station closed by Islamists for playing local love songs deemed to encourage immorality returned to the airwaves on Monday after pledging to stop ...
Man charged with attending UK terrorism camp LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Monday they had charged two men held in a major swoop last week, one of whom was accused of undergoing terrorism training at a camp in ...
Uganda rebels' deputy commander emerges after truce JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ugandan rebels including their deputy commander have gathered at two locations as part of a truce signed with the government three weeks ago, the ...
Cyprus finds air defense systems on Syria-bound ship NICOSIA (Reuters) - A ship bound for Syria from North Korea and detained in Cyprus on an Interpol alert for suspected arms smuggling was carrying air defense systems, Cypriot ...
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