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Iraq sees spike in violence before U.S. polls
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad police found 56 bodies and a severed head and the U.S. military reported seven combat deaths, a spike in violence that did nothing to ease pressure on President George W. Bush before U.S. elections next week.
Many thousands more could flee Iraqi violence - U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 50,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes each month and hundreds of thousands more may soon follow, fearing prolonged instability in the country, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Sudan says ready for talks with Darfur's NRF rebels
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Sudanese government is willing to start unconditional talks with the National Redemption Front rebel group to stop the violence in Darfur but sees no need for a new peace deal, a senior presidential adviser said.
Ethiopian-backed govt troops march into Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Triumphant Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred capital they had held for six months.
Ethiopian-backed govt troops march into Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Triumphant Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred capital they had held for six months.
Somali PM enters Mogadishu, crowds line route
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister swept into Mogadishu in an armoured convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamist rivals from the city they had ruled by sharia law since June.
U.N. seeks $60 mln to help Iraq refugees, displaced
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency appealed on Monday for $60 million to help some half a million Iraqis being driven from their homes in the violence in their country.
Thailand deports 152 Hmong refugees to Laos
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand deported a group of 152 Hmong to Laos on Tuesday, despite human rights groups' fears that the ethnic minority who fought alongside America in the Vietnam War face persecution from Vientiane's communist government.
Thais halt Hmong deportation after stand-off
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand was forced on Tuesday to halt the deportation to Laos of 153 Hmong, the ethnic minority who fought alongside America in the Vietnam War, after the men in the group put up a struggle, the general in charge said.
INTERVIEW - Afghans in militant camps should go home - Pakistan PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Monday Kabul should take back millions of refugees from huge camps NATO sees as havens for militants fighting alliance troops in Afghanistan.
