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North Korea fires Scud missiles-Yonhap
04 July 2009 11:10:39
Source: Reuters (Adds details, backgrounds, changes sourcing and dateline)
SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired two Scud-type missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said citing a ...
RPT-North Korea fires short-range missiles-Japan media
04 July 2009 11:03:56
Source: Reuters TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, Japan's Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said on Saturday, quoting South Korea's Yonhap, stoking regional tensions after its ...
North Korea fires short-range missiles-Japan media
04 July 2009 10:52:07
Source: Reuters TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, Japan's Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said on Saturday, quoting South Korea's Yonhap, stoking regional tensions after its ...
African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea
04 July 2009 08:46:25
Source: Reuters * African Union says Eritrea helping rebels in Somalia
* AU summit drops resolution to boost peacekeepers
* Third day of heavy fighting in northern Mogadishu
(Releads with African Union ...
Americas economic leaders shore up crisis response
04 July 2009 08:33:33
Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds quotes)
By Rodrigo Martinez and Terry Wade
VINA DEL MAR, Chile, July 3 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Americas and multilateral lenders sought to shore up responses to the ...
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
04 July 2009 08:22:08
Source: Reuters (Adds confirmation from aid group, detail, background)
By Andrew Heavens
KHARTOUM, July 3 (Reuters) - Armed men seized two female aid workers, one Irish and one Ugandan, in Sudan's Darfur region ...
Biden urges Iraqis to heal divisions
04 July 2009 07:43:07
Source: Reuters * Biden calls on Iraq leaders to reconcile factions
* Mixed Iraqi reactions to Biden visit
* PM says Baath party not part of reconciliation
(Adds PM statement, below crosshead)
By Andrew ...
SENEGAL: Casamance residents warn of attacks' impact
04 July 2009 07:38:56
Source: IRIN In Senegal's Casamance region one youth remains missing five days after armed men attacked a group of people
collecting cashews, one of the region's main cash crops.
Bahraini officials pay first visit to Israel-report
04 July 2009 06:38:25
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, July 3 (Reuters) - Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and ...
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
04 July 2009 06:08:13
Source: Reuters KHARTOUM, July 3 (Reuters ) - Unknown armed men kidnapped two female aid workers, one Irish and one Ugandan, in Sudan's western Darfur region on Friday, a United Nations source said.
The men seized ...