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Pakistan, India exchange nuke sites list »
Pakistan and India on Friday exchanged lists of their nuclear sites under an annual accord, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said.
U.S. business group accuses Obama of shorting Taiwan »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a prominent U.S. business group accused President Barack Obama of compromising Taiwan’s security to promote U.S. ties with China.
Pakistan volleyball blast kills 88 »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in an SUV at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 88 people in a village that opposes al Qaeda-linked Taliban insurgents, police said.
Gays rush to marry at New Hampshire statehouse »
BOSTON (Reuters) – Gay and lesbian couples rushed to marry in New Hampshire on Friday when at the stroke of midnight it became the fifth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, reversing some setbacks for the polarizing national movement.
Thousands in new year Hong Kong march for democracy »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong residents appealed to China on New Year’s Day to allow full democracy to be introduced soon in the city, as opposition lawmakers pressed forward with a mass resignation plan later this month.
Australian breakthrough may save Tasmanian devils »
Australian researchers have cracked the genetic origin of the deadly cancer that is threatening to wipe out Tasmanian devils, raising hopes Friday that the animal’s future is safe.
U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen »
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A U.S. military commander said on Friday the United States will more than double its nearly $70 million security assistance program for Yemen, where a crackdown is underway on al Qaeda militants believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner.
Opposition head Mousavi: Iran in "serious crisis" »
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Friday he was ready to die for his reformist campaign after a disputed election in June, defying hardline calls for his execution.
U.S. drone attack in Pakistan kills three militants »
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, security officials said.
China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall censorship.