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WTO talks seesaw toward December ministerial

By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Talks meant to pave the way for a breakthrough in the Doha world trade round are advancing well in some areas but seem stuck in others, leaving officials puzzling over when to invite...

African court orders Mugabe to halt land seizures

Source: Reuters By Paulus Ashipala WINDHOEK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A southern African tribunal ruled on Friday that Zimbabwe's planned seizure of dozens of white-owned farms violates international law and must be ...

Crichton back for Saracens clash

Samoan international Loki Crichton is handed a starting spot as Worcester Warriors travel to Vicarage Road to face Saracens in the Guinness Premiership on Sunday. Crichton will make his third start in the league this season as...

Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000

LONDON (Reuters) - A 97-year-old document that contains clues to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of one of the Beatles' best-loved songs, sold for 115,000 pounds ($177,000) at auction on Thursday.

S.Africa's Zuma expects elections early 2009 (Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that national elections would be held in the first quarter of 2009, pledging that there would be no major changes to the government's...

Airbus crashes in training off France, 5 aboard

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - An Airbus A320 aircraft with five people on board crashed into the sea off the southwest coast of France on Thursday while on a training flight, regional authorities said. "An aircraft crashed at...

Six women shot dead in Chechnya (Reuters)

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Six young women were found shot dead in Russia's restive Chechnya region on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Three of the dead were found in the regional capital, Grozny, while another three were...

Latham sidelined for four weeks

Chris Latham scored Warriors' first try in Friday night's 26-11 victory Worcester full-back Chris Latham could be out for four weeks after a scan revealed ligament damage to the knee he injured on Friday night. Initial reports...

Teething syrup suspected of killing 24 Nigerian kids

ABUJA (Reuters) - Two dozen children have died and nine have fallen ill in Nigeria during the last three weeks after being given teething syrup, the health minister said on Tuesday. Dr. Hassan Lawal ordered a government...

Germany arrests Internet terror suspects after raids

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested three men suspected of distributing propaganda on websites on behalf of al Qaeda after raiding a dozen locations across Germany, the federal prosecutors office said Tuesday.