Reuters: International News

China warns of burst dams as quake death toll rises

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:21 -0400

DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.

Curfew in historic Indian city a day after blasts

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:25:32 -0400

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.

Myanmar aid trickles in; EU warns of starvation

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:01:23 -0400

YANGON (Reuters) - The 1.5 million people left destitute by Myanmar's cyclone are in increasing danger of disease and starvation, experts said on Wednesday, but its ruling junta rejected a Thai request to admit more aid workers.

Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai to return home

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:03:07 -0400

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return to his country and start a campaign for a run-off presidential vote against President Robert Mugabe on Sunday, the MDC said on Wednesday.

Lebanon set to cancel anti-Hezbollah measures

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:38:14 -0400

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's cabinet is likely to cancel measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the country's civil war, political sources said.

Iraq PM in Mosul for offensive against al Qaeda

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:09:49 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to oversee a big offensive against al Qaeda in what the U.S. military says is the group's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.

Clashes break out in Sudan's Abyei region

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:32:38 -0400

ABYEI, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese former rebels fought northern government forces on Wednesday in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, killing up to four people and sending hundreds fleeing, south Sudanese and U.N. officials said.

Pakistan "thins out" troops in Waziristan for pact

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:44:18 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has begun shifting troops from parts of the South Waziristan region and swapped prisoners with the militants in an effort to make peace with an al Qaeda-linked commander, officials said on Wednesday.

Judge says Berlusconi can testify in CIA kidnap case

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:17:32 -0400

MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of U.S. and Italian spies who are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, a Milan judge ruled on Wednesday.

German goes on trial for abusing 8 of own children

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:37:12 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 54-year-old German went on trial on Wednesday charged with sexually abusing eight of his own children, a court in the city of Trier said.