TOKYO, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday. ... > full story
BERLIN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term. ... > full story
BEIRUT, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Madagascar's political rivals struck a deal late Friday on the make-up of a unity government, paving the way for an end to a 10-month political crisis that has rocked the Indian Ocean island. ... > full story
DAMASCUS, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions. ... > full story
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