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Israel rejects international inquiry into lethal raid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel rejected Sunday a proposal by U.N. Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon for an international investigation into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship and said it had the right to launch its own inquiry.
Next Japan PM to tap fiscal reformers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new leader, Naoto Kan, will pick a fellow fiscal conservative for the key finance minister post and a critic of an unpopular powerbroker as his party No. 2 in a bid for voter support in an election next month. | Video
Israeli patrol kills four militants in diving gear
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli naval patrol killed at least four Palestinian militants in diving gear off the Gaza coast on Monday, Hamas security officials and the Israeli army said.
Suicide bomber kills four police in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a crowd of officers outside a police station in Baghdad on Sunday, killing four and wounding 12, a source in Iraq's Interior Ministry said. | Video
North Korea assembly holds rare session amid sanctions push
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's parliament meets for a rare second annual session on Monday amid growing momentum in the international community to punish Pyongyang for the sinking of a South Korean navy ship in March that killed 46 sailors.
Costa Rica puts brakes on popular stem cell tourism
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica is cracking down on an unauthorized stem cell clinic that has attracted hundreds of foreigners seeking relief from degenerative diseases and serious injuries.
Indian court convicts eight in Bhopal gas disaster
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - An Indian court on Monday found eight people guilty of negligence in failing to prevent one of the world's worst industrial accidents that killed thousands of people in 1984.
Yemen holds U.S., French students on security concerns
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have detained several U.S. and French students of Arabic on security grounds, a government official said on Sunday, shortly after an Australian woman was reported to be held for links to militancy.
Rival candidate for president new headache for Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - German media and traditional allies of Angela Merkel threw their weight behind an opposition candidate for president at the weekend, raising the risks of an embarrassment for the chancellor in a vote later this month.
Colombian air force says kills six rebels in attack
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian military planes struck a leftist rebel camp on Sunday, killing six guerrillas in a raid in the south of the Andean nation, its air force said.
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