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UN to fast in solidarity with world's hungry UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will join a 24-hour fast called by the U.N. food chief to show solidarity with the world's 1 billion hungry ahead of a food security summit next week, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 at 23:12 | Reuters
Obama pushes for greater U.S. involvement in Asia TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will promise greater U.S. engagement in Asia and push for deeper trade ties with the region in a major speech in the Japanese capital on Saturday, administration officials said.
Nov 13, 2009 at 23:08 | Reuters
Chechnya says helicopter attack kills 20 rebels MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Chechen security forces killed up to 20 Islamist rebels in a helicopter attack near the capital Grozny, the region's leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 at 22:44 | Reuters
Hundreds of reindeer drown in northern Sweden STOCKHOLM, Nov 13 (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of reindeer crossing a frozen lake above Sweden's Arctic Circle for their annual migration to winter grazing grounds drowned this week as the ice collapsed beneath them.
Nov 13, 2009 at 19:14 | Reuters
WHO: Flu shows signs of peaking in some areas GENEVA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The winter flu season that began early in the northern hemisphere this year may be peaking in parts of north America and western Europe, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 at 19:02 | Reuters
UN plans global anti-corruption reviews DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.N.-led meeting in Doha struck a deal Nov. 13 under which anti-corruption inspectors from the United Nations and independent groups could review public funds in countries around the world in an effort to track and return money looted by political leaders.
Nov 13, 2009 at 17:27 | Associated Press
U.S. official: 9/11 suspects to be tried in New York WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent for prosecution to criminal court in New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said on Nov. 13.
Nov 13, 2009 at 14:43 | Reuters
Early snow triggers at least 38 deaths in China BEIJING, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Unseasonably early and heavy snow in northern China has caused at least 38 deaths, including four children who died unded collapsed school canteen roofs in two separate provinces, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Nov 13, 2009 at 14:08 | Reuters
Airbus military transporter cleared for testing BRUSSELS (AP) — The long-delayed prototype of Airbus' first military transport plane has been moved from the factory for final ground tests ahead of its maiden flight next month, a spokeswoman said Nov. 13.
Nov 13, 2009 at 13:31 | Associated Press
Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options TOKYO (AP) — President Barack Obama met with Japan's new leader Nov. 13, hoping to shore up relations with a nation that vows to be more assertive with the United States, as Obama also weighs whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Nov 13, 2009 at 13:26 | Associated Press
Serbia buys 3 million Swiss swine flu vaccines BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated €24 million ($36 million).
Nov 13, 2009 at 13:15 | Associated Press