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Al Qaeda vows more attacks on Yemen government: tape
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda threatened in an internet audio recording on Thursday to carry out more attacks on Yemeni forces following several suspected and confirmed Qaeda strikes on the government that have killed dozens.
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Gunmen and bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, security and hospital sources said.
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French mother confesses to killing eight babies
DOUAI/PARIS (Reuters) - A 47-year-old French woman confessed to suffocating eight new-born children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said on Thursday, in what experts declared as the country's worst recorded case of infanticide.
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Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the Palestinians believe the time is right.
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Warm words, trade challenges ahead as UK woos India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Britain spoke on Thursday of a new momentum toward closer trade and security ties, but a high-profile visit by Britain's prime minister was partly overshadowed by his outspoken comments on Pakistan.
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Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan plane
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior police officer said.
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U.S. and major powers urged to join cluster munitions pact
GENEVA (Reuters) - Activists called on the United States and other major powers on Thursday to join a global treaty banning cluster munitions that goes into force on August 1.
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Afghan president asks why allies won't act on Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai questioned on Thursday the willingness of his Western allies to strike insurgent bases in Pakistan given the strong evidence of Islamabad's support for the Taliban.
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Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a spokeswoman for the airport said.
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Death toll in Somali fighting rises this year: group
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll in Somalia's long-running conflict rose in the first seven months of this year, driven up by increased shelling and fighting in the central region, a human rights group said Thursday.
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Berlusconi rejects truce offer from party rival
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rebuffed a peace offering from a party rival, potentially bringing forward a final showdown in his strife-torn center-right government.
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Medvedev boosts KGB successor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new law to boost Russia's security service, restoring a Soviet-era practice of issuing warnings to people it believes are about to commit a crime, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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Up to 138 killed in DR Congo boat accident
KINSHASA (Reuters) - As many as 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in rough water in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on Thursday.
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Suspected Nazi guard charged over 430,000 killings
BERLIN (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Germany have charged a suspected Nazi camp guard with helping to kill 430,000 Jews in the Holocaust and personally shooting 10 others.
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Frank talk from Cameron shakes up British diplomacy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed a plain-speaking streak during a tour of Turkey and India that raises questions over whether it is down to youthful inexperience or a bold new approach to diplomacy.
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French police question minister in tax scandal
PARIS (Reuters) - Police questioned French Labor Minister Eric Woerth Thursday as a witness in an investigation into a political donations scandal that has rocked the government.
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Syria-Saudi ties not Washington's business: Syria
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Syrian government advised the United States on Thursday against interfering with a visit by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to Damascus and said the two countries "know better" how to stabilize the Middle East.
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Protesters blame officials for Love Parade deaths
DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Angry protesters demanded on Thursday that police and local officials be held accountable for the deaths of 21 revelers in a stampede at a German "Love Parade" music festival.
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Spain court seeks U.S. troops arrest for Iraq killing
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish High Court judge ordered on Thursday the arrest and extradition of three U.S. soldiers for killing a Spanish television cameraman during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Flash floods, storms kill about 150 people in Pakistan
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - About 150 people have been killed by flashfloods and bad weather in Pakistan in the last week, with the country's northwest and Baluchistan provinces bearing the brunt of the storms, officials said on Thursday.
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