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Sunshine Policy failed to change North Korea: report (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - South Korea’s peaceful “Sunshine Policy” toward North Korea failed, a government report has found, saying there have been no positive changes to Pyongyang’s behavior despite a decade of…

UK to compensate Guantanamo ex-detainees: report (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Demonstrators dressed as prisoners, protest against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, outside the Ministry of Defence in London, February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacgregorReuters - Britain is set to pay out millions of pounds in compensation to former detainees held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, British media said Tuesday.


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Shanghai apartment block fire kills 42: report (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in Shanghai, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - At least 42 people died and more than 50 were injured when fire swept through a central Shanghai apartment block Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.


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Nigeria will report Iran if arms broke U.N. sanctions (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria will report Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N. sanctions, Nigerian…

U.N. council gets Sudan report that infuriated China (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Sudan's Minister of Defence Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein talks to South's minister for the SPLA (the southern army) Nhial Deng Nhial after a joint news conference at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Khartoum November 11, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahReuters - After weeks of delays due to Chinese objections, the U.N. Security Council on Friday received a report on violations of the arms embargo in Sudan’s western Darfur region…

Qantas plane turns back after engine problem: report (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - An engine problem forced a Boeing 767 operated by the Australian airline Qantas to turn back to Perth on Friday, Australia’s AAP news agency reported.

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Special Report: The two lives of Angela Merkel (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Michel Euler/PoolReuters - German conservative party headquarters is rocking. To the heavy thud of AC/DC, hundreds of young party members throng the foyer of Konrad Adenauer House in Berlin waving posters…

Special Report: Gas in the Holy Land (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

A member of the Greek Orthodox clergy holds a crucifix during a procession just outside Jerusalem's Old City September 5, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Using the Bible as its guide, Texas-based energy company Zion Oil and Gas has searched for oil in the Holy Land for a decade. The company uses a…

Report slams U.S. effort to curb Mexico gun trade (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Mexican federal police present two suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and weapons confiscated during their capture at a news conference at the federal police center in Mexico City October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mexican Federal Police/HandoutReuters - U.S. efforts to stop the “iron river” of guns headed south to Mexico’s drug war are being hampered by failures at the federal agency tasked with tracing and…

China stops blocking harsh North Korea report: U.N. envoys (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - After months in limbo due to Chinese objections, a U.N. report suggesting North Korea may have supplied Syria, Iran and Myanmar with banned nuclear technology is heading to…