World News from Reuters (Complete list)
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Karadzic to run own defence, gets shave, haircut
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:28 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence at the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be cleared of charges of genocide, relatives and associates of the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday.


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Obama assures Israel he's a friend
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:22:32 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Israel and its U.S. Jewish supporters on Wednesday he was a friend who would not press for peace concessions that would compromise its security.


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India warms to U.S. offer to help save WTO talks
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:44 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
GENEVA (Reuters) - India welcomed on Wednesday an offer by the United States to limit its disputed farm subsidies as part of efforts to save a global trade deal but immediately came under pressure from Washington to make concessions itself.


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Guatemala jungle brings new dangers on trek to U.S
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:58 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
EL NARANJO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico's southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.


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Strong quake jolts north Japan, injuring dozens
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:28:43 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring at least 76 people, trapping hundreds in halted trains and temporarily cutting off electric power to thousands of homes.


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AU says troops in Somalia need help, wants U.N. force
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:34:47 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union said on Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country.


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Senegal lifts final bar to trial of Chad's Habre
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:47:44 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal lifted the last constitutional obstacle to its courts trying former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for human rights crimes, the Senegalese Minister of Justice said on Wednesday.


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Venezuela leader in Belarus decries "U.S. imperialism"
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:39:36 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
MINSK (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vowed on Wednesday to work with Belarus, an ex-Soviet state long at odds with Washington, to defeat "hegemonistic" U.S. imperialism.


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Bashir offers peace, aid in defiant Darfur tour
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:19:24 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in a show of defiance, made his first visit to Darfur on Wednesday since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of genocide and war crimes and sought his arrest.


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Pakistan vows not to allow militants to plot attacks
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:28:57 GMT (more with latitude, longitude)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Wednesday it would neither allow Islamist militants to plot attacks on its soil nor let foreign troops take military action on its territory.


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