New Mideast peace drive
ANNAPOLIS, Md.(Reuters): With a handshake, leaders of the United States, Israel and the Palestinians agreed yesterday to immediately launch Middle East peace talks with the goal of reaching a final accord by the end of 2008. President George W. Bush made the dramatic announcement...
Adulterer to get 100 lashes
LAGOS (Reuters):A Nigerian sharia court has sentenced a man to one year in prison and 100 strokes of the cane for adultery, the official news agency reported from the northern city of Katsina yesterday.Mahmud Hamisu, 27, is the first man known to have...
Envoy recalled from Colombia
CARACAS (Reuters):Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez recalled his ambas-sador from Colombia yesterday, escalating a dispute over Bogota's suspension of the leftist leader's role in talks to free hostages held by guerrillas. The recal tensions between the neighbours after Chavez...
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