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N. Korea's Kim has pancreatic cancer - report

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:27:42 +0100

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday, citing information gathered from Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.

Two shot dead in renewed Xinjiang unrest

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:51:58 +0100

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Chinese police shot dead two people on Monday in renewed unrest in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media said, after at least 184 people died in riots last week.

Japan PM seeks August poll

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:04:30 +0100

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Monday he plans to call a general election on August 30, despite the prospect that his long-ruling conservative party is headed for a historic defeat.

Germany charges accused Nazi guard Demjanjuk

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:32:43 +0100

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors on Monday charged suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk with helping to kill nearly 28,000 Jews in World War Two, setting the stage for what may be Germany's last big Nazi war crimes trial.

Pakistan's 2 million displaced start returning home

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:36:27 +0100

JALOZAI CAMP, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani government began sending home on Monday about 2 million people displaced two months ago by the army's assault on Taliban militants in the Swat valley.

Medvedev backs South Ossetia during trip

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:56:39 +0100

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday said Moscow would continue to back the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, which Russia recognized as independent after a brief war last year.

France eyes more jail time for "gang of barbarians"

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:19:44 +0100

PARIS (Reuters) - France's justice minister asked a prosecutor Monday to appeal for increased jail terms against members of a gang imprisoned last week for kidnapping a young Jewish man, torturing him and leaving him to die.

Iraq curfew in some Christian areas after church bombs

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:45:28 +0100

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Mosul imposed a curfew on vehicles in Christian neighbourhoods on Monday, responding to a spate of bomb attacks targeting churches in Baghdad, police said.

Defeated Iranian candidate warns of system "collapse"

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:17:28 +0100

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A defeated candidate in Iran's disputed election has said the Islamic system may face "collapse" unless it embraces change, in unusually blunt language from a prominent establishment figure.

Darfur rebels threaten to boycott "chaotic" talks

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:47:36 +0100

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A major Darfur rebel group threatened on Monday to pull out of discussions with Sudan's government if mediators insisted on inviting other insurgents to negotiate.