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Four on trial after German drink-binge teen death
BERLIN (Reuters) - Four German bartenders behaved immorally by serving over 50 shots of tequila to a 16-year-old boy who died after the drinking binge, a state prosecutor told a court on ...

Turkish government and opposition agree to ease scarf ban
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and a key opposition party agreed on Thursday to cooperate to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities ...

U.S.-led air raid kills 11 in Afghanistan: doctor
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Nine police and two civilians were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, a provincial doctor said on Thursday, but the coalition said ...

Fidel Castro polished his memoirs near death
HAVANA (Reuters) - As doctors fought to save his life 18 months ago, Cuban leader Fidel Castro's main concern was to dictate final changes to his memoirs.

Kenyan rivals meet but accuse each other of sabotage
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's political rivals accused each other on Thursday of sabotaging international mediation efforts to end weeks of unrest, despite a symbolic handshake after talks ...

Russia wants to ban Kremlin opponent from election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov should be barred from Russia's presidential election, officials said on Thursday, a move likely to fuel criticism that authorities brook ...

Suicide bomber kills north Iraq police chief
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in police uniform killed a top police official in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday as he toured the site of an explosion that killed 40 ...

Israel wants to cut Gaza links after border breach
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade ...

Dutch to ban burqas in schools and government offices: media
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government is set to impose a ban on the Muslim burqa in schools and government offices, media reported on Wednesday, in a retreat from the previous ...

Exhibit focuses on German railways' Holocaust role
BERLIN (Reuters) - An exhibition about the role of German railways during the Holocaust and the 3 million European Jews it transported to death camps opened at Deutsche Bahn's headquarters ...

Poll shows Russia's Medvedev set for crushing win
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin front-runner in Russia's presidential election, Dmitry Medvedev, has the backing of 82 percent of voters with six weeks left before the vote, an opinion poll ...

Prodi fights for survival in confidence votes
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left government struggled to stay afloat on Wednesday and even the president appeared to doubt that Prime Minister Romano Prodi, weakened by defections ...

Congo rebels sign deal to end eastern conflict
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - Warring rebels and militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo signed a ceasefire deal on Wednesday aimed at ending conflict at the heart of one of the world's ...

Seven dead in Polish military plane crash
WARSAW (Reuters) - The number of casualties in a Polish military plane crash late on Wednesday rose to seven, the emergency services said.

Taliban offensive unlikely in east Afghanistan: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. military commander said on Wednesday he did not expect the Taliban to mount a major offensive in eastern Afghanistan this spring, but experts warned of ...

Iran vows to follow nuclear path despite sanctions
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian leaders vowed on Wednesday to press on with Tehran's disputed nuclear work regardless of any new U.N. sanctions, one day after world powers agreed the outline of ...

Kenya police fire teargas at funeral
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Police fired teargas to disperse stone-throwing youths outside an opposition funeral on Wednesday while former U.N. boss Kofi Annan tried to negotiate an end to Kenya's ...

Jesuits gather in Rome to elect new "black pope"
ROME (Reuters) - There won't be any white smoke to tell the world he has been elected, but another sort of secret conclave began in Rome on Monday -- to chose the worldwide Jesuit leader ...

Health of Indonesia's Suharto improving: doctor
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The health of former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition last week, continues to improve although he remains weak, hospital ...

Envoy urges patience on North Korea deadline
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities needs to be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday.

Bali bombers seek edict on execution: lawyer
CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) - Three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings met their families on Monday, as their lawyer said they would seek an edict from Indonesia's ...

Bombs kill 14 including Baghdad volunteer leader
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers struck in a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people including the leader of a U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrol ...

Saakashvili wins Georgian presidential election
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili was on Monday celebrating Orthodox Christmas and victory in a presidential election his opponents called rigged.

Footage of amputee victim shown at Taylor trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors began their war crimes case against Liberia's Charles Taylor on Monday with footage of a Sierra Leonean whose hands were cut off by rebels, and testimony ...

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