Find the latest breaking news from around the world on Reuters.com, including news articles on politics, technology, business, entertainment and more. http://www.reuters.com/ 2009-11-27T18:10:18+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2009-08-27T14:36:00+01:00 2009-08-27T14:36:00+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE57P1VV20090827 Robert Woodward

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq declared three days of mourning on Thursday for a leading Shi'ite cleric and politician whose death may intensify political instability before national elections.

2009-08-27T14:24:48+01:00 2009-08-27T14:24:48+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57Q1GW20090827 Robert Woodward

RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Businesses in normal countries take getting around for granted. They can distribute, export and attract workers and customers from wide areas.

2009-08-25T19:33:38+01:00 2009-08-25T19:33:38+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57O0W020090825 Robert Woodward

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A prosecutor demanded on Tuesday "maximum punishment" for a senior reformer accused of acting against national security, a crime which can carry the death sentence, in Iran's fourth mass trial of moderates since a disputed election. ...

2009-08-25T07:55:52+01:00 2009-08-25T07:55:52+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE57O1AE20090825 Robert Woodward

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Most Iranian lawmakers stayed away from a party hosted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

2009-08-25T13:07:07+01:00 2009-08-25T13:07:07+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSLP255227 Robert Woodward

* Hamas confirms German mediation * Israel, whose PM is due to visit Berlin, closed-lipped By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - German involvement in mediation over an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap has advanced the negotiations but a breakthrough ...

2009-08-25T08:09:22+01:00 2009-08-25T08:09:22+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLP65117 Robert Woodward

(refiles, correcting first name of founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba) By Paul de Bendern ISTANBUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The international community urgently needs to release billions of dollars in pledged aid to Pakistan to ensure that gains against an Islamist ...

2009-08-25T12:26:14+01:00 2009-08-25T12:26:14+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE57O2QP20090825 Robert Woodward

SOFIA (Reuters Life!) - Madonna has been condemned by Bulgaria's Orthodox Church because of her disrespectful and intolerant attitude toward Christians.

2009-08-25T13:20:28+01:00 2009-08-25T13:20:28+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLP267994 Robert Woodward

By Marcin Grajewski BRUSSELS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Lithuania will investigate allegations that the former Soviet country hosted a secret CIA prison for al Qaeda suspects, its president said on Tuesday. ABC News reported last week that Lithuania was the ...

2009-08-10T05:31:30+01:00 2009-08-10T05:31:30+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL9709029 Robert Woodward

* Iran mass trials seen as sign hardliners feel insecure * Khamenei urged by Revolutionary Guard to jail Mousavi * Internal struggle dims chance for response to Obama offer By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Iran's latest ...

2009-08-10T07:01:05+01:00 2009-08-10T07:01:05+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL92417 Robert Woodward

(This is a repeat of a story first sent on Sunday) * Iran mass trials seen as sign hardliners feel insecure * Khamenei urged by Revolutionary Guard to jail Mousavi * Internal struggle dims chance for response to Obama offer By Alistair Lyon, Special ...