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Analysis: Survival steers Myanmar generals towards reform
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rare overtures by Myanmar's reclusive, authoritarian rulers toward liberalization and reform suggest change could be afoot in the isolated nation.
Italy says Libyan oil facilities not damaged at all
ROME (Reuters) - Italian oil and gas facilities in Libya were not damaged during the conflict and can restart as soon as security conditions permit,...
Son of assassinated Pakistani governor kidnapped
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The son of a Pakistani governor who was killed by his bodyguard for his opposition to a harsh blasphemy law this...
Iraqi official says rockets landed in Iraq, not Kuwait
BAGHDAD, Aug 26 - Three rockets fired in Iraq's southern oil port city of Basra landed inside Iraq and were not aimed at Kuwait or...
Joint U.S.-China operation busts child porn ring
BEIJING (Reuters) - A joint U.S.-China police operation has cracked a Chinese-language child pornography ring in New York, Chinese police said, an unusual public example...
Fat camp shows China battling the bulge
BEIJING (Reuters) - On the grounds of the Bodyworks weight loss campus in Beijing, 30 tubby men and women sweat profusely, gasping for air as...
Syrian forces kill 8, protesters hail Libya
AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed eight people across Syria overnight, activists said on Friday, in a sustained campaign to crush...
India's corruption deadlock looks set to end soon
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament prepared on Friday to debate the anti-corruption proposals of a self-styled Gandhian activist in a move to end an...
Documents show Gaddafi tried to halt NATO: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The Gaddafi government carried out a lobbying operation to try to stop NATO's bombardment of Libya, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Friday,...
China denounces Pentagon report, defends military modernization
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Pentagon report that warned China's military modernization could destabilizes the region engaged in exaggeration and "groundless suspicion," the Chinese Ministry of...