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Reuters: World News
Taliban attack across Kabul, target U.S. Embassy KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters fired rockets at the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul on Tuesday and attacked police in three other areas in the biggest assault the insurgent group has mounted on the Afghan capital.
Jailed Americans to be freed soon: Ahmadinejad TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will soon free two Americans jailed for spying, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, in what he called a humanitarian gesture weeks before he travels to the United Nations in New York.
Civilians pour out of besieged pro-Gaddafi town NORTH GATE OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyans fled a desert town held by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Tuesday, complaining of hardship and intimidation, as fighters backed by the country's new rulers warned of a full onslaught in the coming days.
Turkish PM throws weight behind Arab cause CAIRO (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was time to "raise the Palestinian flag at the United Nations" in a rallying call to Arab states before a Palestinian U.N. membership bid opposed by Washington.
U.N. experts say Israel's blockade of Gaza illegal GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip violates international law, a panel of human rights experts reporting to a U.N. body said on Tuesday, disputing a conclusion reached by a separate U.N. probe into Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship.
Hague court urged to investigate Pope over sex abuse AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy want the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict and three Vatican officials, accusing them of allowing the rape and abuse of children.
Venezuela's Chavez to run again in October 2012 CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's presidential vote will be held on October 7 next year when Hugo Chavez hopes to win re-election and cement his socialist "revolution" in South America's largest oil exporter.
Most French want Socialist election victory: poll PARIS (Reuters) - Most French voters would like to see the opposition Socialist party win next year's presidential vote, a poll showed on Wednesday, dampening a summer revival by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Gunmen kill five on Pakistan school bus PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a school bus on Tuesday which killed five people, saying the children on the bus were from a pro-government tribe.
Russia resists Syria sanctions, Assad forces kill 22 AMMAN (Reuters) - Russia has rejected Western calls for wider sanctions on Syria over its violent crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, in which the United Nations said 2,600 people have been killed.
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