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  • EU on track for Russia talks

    Reuters - 2 hours 27 minutes ago

    VILNIUS - The European Union looks likely to launch talks with Russia next month on a new partnership deal after Lithuania on Sunday dropped its veto on negotiations starting. More »

  • Serbia awaits outcome of crossroads election

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    Some 6.7 million people are registered to vote, including Kosovo's defiant ethnic Serbs. Polls closed at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) - BELGRADE - Polls closed in Serbia on Sunday evening and voters awaited the outcome of a parliamentary election to see if the lure of European Union membership had outweighed their anger over the EU-backed secession of Kosovo. More »

  • Tibetan women protest in Nepal, over 500 detained

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    KATHMANDU - Nepali police detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu on Sunday, the first all-women protest against Chinese rule in their homeland, officials said. More »

  • Rare Somalia talks make slow start but U.N. hopeful

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    DJIBOUTI - Rare peace talks between Somalia's interim government and opposition exiles have made a slow start in Djibouti, but a senior U.N. official said he was encouraged both sides had turned up. More »

  • Key al Qaeda member killed in Afghanistan

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    KABUL - A prominent member of al Qaeda was killed in fighting with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, the group said in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Sunday. More »

  • Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    The United Nations appealed for $187 million (96 million pounds) - YANGON - Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medicine. More »

  • Mexican drug gangs step up police murder war

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Suspected drug gunmen ambushed and killed a Mexican police chief on Saturday in a murder campaign against senior policemen that has escalated in the past week. More »

  • Sri Lanka holds crucial vote in war-torn east

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    "There are 300 people in this IDP (Internally Displaced Person) - BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Residents in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged east voted for the first time in two decades on Saturday in an election the government hopes will endorse its war to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels. More »

  • Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    PRETORIA - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a run-off against President Robert Mugabe and deal him a "final knock-out" after almost three decades in power. More »

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