Israel frees scores of Palestinian prisoners
July 20, 2007 09:25 AM ET
 | RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel freed more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.
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Court reinstates Pakistan judge in blow to Musharraf
July 20, 2007 08:54 AM ET
 | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in an historic ruling on Friday, that dealt a blow to President Pervez Musharraf who suspended the country's top judge four months earlier.
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North Korea talks end, wrangling to continue
July 20, 2007 05:48 AM ET
 | BEIJING (Reuters) - Grinding talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions will shift to technical wrangling over disarmament steps, envoys said on Friday as they endorsed a broad plan lacking any deadline.
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Russia wants to negotiate new arms pact in autumn
July 20, 2007 04:46 AM ET
 | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants to start negotiating a new Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty in the autumn, a foreign ministry department head told Interfax on Friday, adding a timeframe to a previous offer.
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Taliban kidnap 23 Koreans from Afghan bus: officials
July 20, 2007 08:02 AM ET
 | KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.
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Panama insists on Noriega extradition from U.S.
July 20, 2007 12:39 AM ET
 | PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama wants former military leader Manuel Noriega returned to serve jail time for murder when he is released from a U.S. prison in September, President Martin Torrijos said on Thursday, denying a secret deal to have Noriega extradited to France.
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Tracking the drug trade to its New York endpoint
July 20, 2007 07:19 AM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The international drugs trade can take place just about anywhere in New York. Even on Broadway.
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South Korean "luxury addict" stole $1.4 million: police
July 20, 2007 05:02 AM ET
 | SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police are seeking a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of embezzling about $1.4 million to fund a craving for designer shoes, bags and clothes, a spokesman said on Friday.
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Australia reassures India over detained doctor
July 20, 2007 04:34 AM ET
 | CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia moved on Friday to calm Indian concerns over the detention of an Indian doctor on terror charges as the case against him hit a new problem.
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Turkey's PM eyes Alevi votes but mistrust lingers
July 20, 2007 04:28 AM ET
 | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Alevi Muslims have been branded "pagans" for their musical ceremonies and liberal customs but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is seeking their votes as his party reaches out beyond its devout Sunni Muslim base.
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