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/ 2009-11-28T17:56:06+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2009-01-04T19:40:05+01:00 2009-01-04T19:40:05+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GCA-iraq/idUSLV65289920090104 sami aboudi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims and blew himself up, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 79 at a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi officials said.

2009-01-04T09:50:23+01:00 2009-01-04T09:50:23+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50313Y20090104 sami aboudi

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and infantry battled Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a ground offensive launched after eight days of deadly air strikes failed to halt the Islamist group's rocket attacks on Israel.

2009-01-04T23:55:55+01:00 2009-01-04T23:55:55+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLS69391620090104 sami aboudi

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks split the Gaza Strip and ringed its main city on Sunday in an offensive against Hamas that has killed 500 Palestinians, including a growing number of civilians.

2009-01-04T18:51:55+01:00 2009-01-04T18:51:55+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50328F20090104 sami aboudi

LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen hijacked a vessel belonging to French oil services group Bourbon off Nigeria's Niger Delta on Sunday as it traveled toward a Royal Dutch Shell offshore oilfield, security sources said.

2009-01-04T18:48:14+01:00 2009-01-04T18:48:14+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL4679366 sami aboudi

LAGOS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Gunmen hijacked a vessel belonging to French oil services group Bourbon <GPBN.PA> off Nigeria's Niger Delta on Sunday as it travelled towards a Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> offshore oilfield, security sources said. The ...

2009-01-04T19:31:23+01:00 2009-01-04T19:31:23+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL4679563 sami aboudi

PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A French warship captured 19 Somali pirates on Sunday when it came to the rescue of two cargo ships threatened in the Gulf of Aden, the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said. The French naval vessel "Jean de Vienne" ...

2009-01-03T23:58:59+01:00 2009-01-03T23:58:59+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLS69391620090103 sami aboudi

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, sending tanks and infantry into battle with Hamas fighters who have defied eight days of deadly air strikes with salvoes of rocket fire into Israeli towns.

2009-01-03T23:33:13+01:00 2009-01-03T23:33:13+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5021PZ20090103 sami aboudi

LONDON (Reuters) - Israel launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after a week-long air campaign against Hamas over the firing of rockets into the Jewish state.

2009-01-04T00:35:53+01:00 2009-01-04T00:35:53+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL4657519 sami aboudi

* Israeli forces move into Gaza * Ground fighting breaks out * 11 killed in attack on mosque * U.N. Security Council schedules special meeting By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and infantry battled Hamas fighters in the Gaza ...

2009-01-03T21:53:46+01:00 2009-01-03T21:53:46+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL380890 sami aboudi

LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the northern coast of the island of Papua in Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Saturday. It said the quake occurred some 150 km (95 miles) northeast of the town of Manokwari ...