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Obama to weigh four options in Afghanistan

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:09:59 +0000

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's deliberations over war strategy in Afghanistan have narrowed to four options but a decision is still weeks away, the White House said on Tuesday.

Vessels hit as two Koreas in brief naval clash

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:32 +0000

SEOUL (Reuters) - Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Asia.

Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:15:34 +0000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants vowed to fight a tough, protracted guerrilla war against the army on Tuesday as a suicide car-bomber killed up to 20 people in a northwestern town, police said.

WITNESS: Face to face with America's "rock star" president

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22:25 +0000

The following story is an account by Washington Bureau Chief Simon Denyer of an interview with President Barack Obama. Denyer was accompanied for Monday's interview by Foreign Policy Editor Patricia Wilson and White House Correspondent Caren Bohan.

Obama: Gunman in U.S. base rampage to pay for crimes

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:09:09 +0000

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.

Prosecutors start grilling Taylor at U.N. trial

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:22 +0000

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors challenged former Liberian President Charles Taylor over the circumstances of his departure from power as they opened their cross-examination on Tuesday at the first war crimes trial of an African leader.

Israeli general says readying all options on Iran

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:35 +0000

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is readying all options to try to force Iran to halt its atomic program, Israel's top general told a parliamentary panel Tuesday, an official said.

Palestinian vote, Abbas threat might be a bluff

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:21 +0000

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Voter registration for a Palestinian election failed to get under way as scheduled on Tuesday, adding to signs that President Mahmoud Abbas might be bluffing about a make-or-break vote in January.

Britain offers land to help Cyprus talks, U.N. says

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:41 +0000

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Britain has offered to hand over almost half of its sovereign territory in Cyprus to facilitate a peace deal between the island's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Lethal Kalashnikov designer is now Russia's hero

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:59:59 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The designer of the Kalashnikov, sometimes called the world's most lethal weapon, was named a "Hero of Russia" Tuesday by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of."