International News Archive - October 09, 2005
By Wojciech Moskwa and Malgorzata Rakowiec GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Poles began voting in a presidential election on Sunday that could decide whether Poland pursues new market reforms or focuses on traditional conservative values since completing its long trek into the EU.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car into a vehicle carrying Western nationals in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, Afghan officials and witnesses said.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four British nationals were wounded on Sunday after a suicide bomber rammed a car into their vehicle in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar, a senior Afghan official said.
By Mirwais Afghan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four Britons were wounded on Sunday after a suicide bomber rammed a car into their vehicle in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar, a senior Afghan official said.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 4-year-old boy has tested positive for bird flu in Indonesia, a case which if confirmed would be the sixth in the world's fourth-most populous country, the health ministry said on Sunday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Special forces stormed a house in a Russian region bordering Chechnya on Sunday, killing five militants, local news agencies reported.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's outspoken Shi'ite interior minister was quoted on Sunday as saying he hoped his verbal onslaught on Saudi Arabia would be a "passing summer cloud" and that ties between the two countries would remain strong.
By Iain Rogers BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and conservative leader Angela Merkel meet on Sunday to resolve a bitter dispute over who should lead Germany and to lay the foundations of a coalition government of their rival parties.
By Jonathan Wright CAIRO (Reuters) - Ten Egyptian groups, including liberals, leftists and the Kefaya (Enough) protest movement, have joined forces to fight the ruling party in parliamentary elections next month, members said on Sunday.
