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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.

[World News] 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,...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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...

[World News] 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,...

[World News] 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...