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Lebanon condemns "coup"
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup".
Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police inquiry into allegations of bribery.
Mediator Mbeki meets Mugabe on Zimbabwe crisis
HARARE (Reuters) - South African leader Thabo Mbeki and President Robert Mugabe held talks on Friday on Zimbabwe's election crisis ahead of a possible run-off that has raised fears that violence could escalate.
Files show ties of Venezuela-Colombia rebels: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ties to Colombian rebels are deeper than previously thought, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday following an analysis of files on a dead guerrilla leader's laptops.
Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case
ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said.
Pakistan coalition fails to break judges deadlock
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling alliance failed to break the deadlock on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during talks in London on Friday, rekindling speculation the month-old coalition might collapse.
Sri Lanka cafe bomb kills 11 ahead of elections
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A bomb went off inside a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka killing at least 11 people on Friday, the military said, a day before the first local elections in the region in two decades.
Spanish reporter shot by foreign soldiers in Haiti
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish journalist Ricardo Ortega was shot dead by foreign soldiers in Haiti in 2004, according to a court order from the Caribbean country, the contents of which were made public by Ortega's family on Friday.
Somali insurgents briefly seize police base
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in Mogadishu killed six more people on Friday, including four orphans, a day after Islamist rebels firing grenades briefly seized a major police base in the heart of Somalia's capital.
NATO-led force soldier killed in Afghan operation
KABUL (Reuters) - A soldier from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan was killed during an operation in a province near the Pakistan border on Friday, the force said.
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