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French pedophile trial fuels castration debate

DOUAI, France (Reuters) – A Frenchman with multiple pedophilia convictions went on trial on Monday over the kidnap and rape of a 5-year-old boy, a case that has prompted some in government to consider castration for repeat sex offenders. Francis Evrard, 63, has spent half of his
10 30 2009 1:03AM (...more)

Twittering Indian minister makes bovine blunder

NEW DELHI (AFP) – A row about Twitter went to the top of India's ruling party on Tuesday when an Internet-savvy junior minister who made a joke about "holy cow"
09 23 2009 8:57AM (...more)

Canada reiterates will not extend Afghan mission

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Canada has no plans to extend its military mission in Afghanistan past the planned 2011 pullout, even if there is pressure to deal with the worsening security situation, a senior government official
09 16 2009 4:57PM (...more)

Harper sticks by troop withdrawal ahead of US visit

OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada on Monday vowed it would stick by its promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011, just as Washington presses its allies to pour more resources into the eight-year war. "As far as the
09 16 2009 1:29AM (...more)

Malaysian PM resigns, making way for deputy

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's prime minister resigned Thursday after 5 1/2 years of largely ineffectual rule, clearing the way for his deputy to take power to deal with the mammoth task of rebuilding the economy
04 3 2009 8:26AM (...more)

Kenyan minister, asst minister dead in plane crash

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan cabinet minister and assistantminister died on Tuesday along with two others when their lightplane crashed near the Masai Mara game reserve , officials said.
06 11 2008 4:58PM (...more)

Ontario budget shuns Ottawa's tax cut demands

TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario trod its own fiscal path in its2008-09 budget, refusing to follow federal advice to cutbusiness taxes and insisting that tax cuts were not a silverbullet for a rapidly slowing provincial economy.
03 28 2008 5:11PM (...more)

A list of those attending the G-20 Summit

A list of the major G-20 participants: Argentina — President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , Foreign Affairs Minister 04 3 2009 8:16AM (...more)

Former Kyrgyz energy minister named prime minister

ALMATY (Reuters) - The president of the Central Asian stateof Kyrgyzstan on Monday appointed former energy and industryminister Igor Chudinov as prime minister, the president'soffice said.
12 24 2007 10:44PM (...more)

New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey

ANKARA (Reuters) – Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara 's hopes of joining
11 27 2009 12:13PM (...more)