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North Korea missiles get boost from outside: report

11 months ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea received a huge boost from Soviet technology to develop its ballistic missiles and still relies on foreign suppliers for key components, a report obtained on the weekend said.

Rebels surround president's palace in Chad capital

11 months ago

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian rebels surrounded the presidential palace in N'Djamena on Saturday after storming into the capital, and France began evacuating French and foreign nationals from the city.

Malaysia to cut foreign worker numbers: paper

11 months ago

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia wants to cut its army of foreign workers, sending home at least 200,000 by 2009, as it tries to reduce dependence on overseas labor and free up jobs for locals, a local newspaper said on Sunday.

Torture manual 'wrongly' lists allies: Bernier

11 months ago

Foreign Affairs Minister says department training manual that lists U.S., Guantanamo Bay and Israel as sites of possible torture will be rewritten

Suicide attack on Afghan luxury hotel kills seven

11 months ago

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide attack claimed by the Taliban killed seven people, including an American and a Norwegian journalist, on Monday at a luxury hotel in Kabul where the Norwegian foreign minister was staying.