Reuters: World News

Russia says bomb caused deadly train crash

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:51:37 -0500

UGLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia's heartland.

Saudis claim key mountain win over Yemeni rebels

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:28:11 -0500

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had taken control of a strategic mountain on the Saudi side of the border with Yemen, clearing the area of Yemeni Shi'ite rebels.

Cargo plane crashes in Shanghai killing 3 U.S. crew

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:16:18 -0500

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean-registered cargo plane en route to Kyrgyzstan crashed on take-off in Shanghai on Saturday, killing three U.S. crew on board and triggering a fire, state media and a U.S. spokesman said.

Bruised Sarkozy launches campaign for French regionals

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:03:22 -0500

AUBERVILLIERS, France (Reuters) - Battered by a series of political setbacks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday launched his campaign for next year's regional elections and called for unity in his center-right UMP party.

Religious, secular Israelis hold opposing protests

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:08:06 -0500

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several hundred Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against a campaign by ultra-Orthodox Jews to shutter all businesses in the city on the sabbath.

Afghan talks to seek road to security handover

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:31:51 -0500

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on January 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama spells out his expansion of the war effort next week.

At least 73 dead in Congo boat accident: Red Cross

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:16:14 -0500

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 73 people were killed and others missing after a logging boat sank in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a Red Cross official said on Saturday.

At least 32 killed after Bangladesh ferry sinks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:11:17 -0500

DHAKA (Reuters) - Rescuers have retrieved 32 bodies, including at least 12 children, and are searching for scores of people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank in a river along the Bangladesh coast, police and witnesses said on Saturday.

Equatorial Guinea president eyes new term in poll

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:18:35 -0500

MALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is set to secure a new seven-year mandate to rule the oil-producing central African nation on Sunday in a poll widely dismissed by critics as lacking credibility.

Zambia denies shielding Rwanda genocide suspects

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:59 -0500

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia Saturday denied reports that it had failed to help Rwandan authorities find and arrest 1994 genocide suspects believed to be living in Zambia.