http://mobile.reuters.com Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:30:59 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/images/small/logo.png http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/CWOR?src=RSS-WOR http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSN0432958220080705?src=RSS-WOR BOGOTA/PARIS (Reuters) - Colombia showed a video on Friday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where their anger turned to ecstasy as theater-trained military agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:25:55 +0000 2008-07-05T002555Z_01_N04329582_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLOMBIA-HOSTAGES.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSDAH44554320080704?src=RSS-WOR TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran responded on Friday to an incentives package offered by six world powers aimed at resolving a standoff over its disputed nuclear ambitions. 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Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:15:59 +0000 2008-07-04T181559Z_01_L04352363_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMENIA-PROTEST.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSISL7141020080704?src=RSS-WOR ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Twenty-two civilians, including women and children, were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led forces on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan, an official said. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:32:50 +0000 2008-07-04T143250Z_01_ISL71410_RTRUKOC_0_US-AFGHAN-VIOLENCE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0471076020080704?src=RSS-WOR JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday sought the demolition of the houses of two Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against Israelis after the attorney-general said the move was legally viable. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:21:16 +0000 2008-07-04T172116Z_01_L04710760_RTRUKOC_0_US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-DEMOLITIONS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSN0433374820080705?src=RSS-WOR BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian intelligence officers took acting classes to prepare for freeing Ingrid Betancourt and her fellow hostages, putting on Che Guevara T-shirts and pretending to be leftists out to help the insurgents. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:25:41 +0000 2008-07-05T002555Z_01_N04329582_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLOMBIA-HOSTAGES.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0410572720080704?src=RSS-WOR PARIS (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was given a hero's welcome on Friday in France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy had made her release a foreign policy priority and thousands had campaigned for her freedom for years. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:01:40 +0000 2008-07-04T230140Z_01_L04105727_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE-BETANCOURT.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSN0435269420080704?src=RSS-WOR WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poland and the United States are at odds over who should pay possibly billions of dollars for Raytheon and Lockheed Martin air defenses as part of a missile-shield agreement between the two countries, a prominent U.S. missile-defense advocate said on Friday. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:09:16 +0000 2008-07-04T190924Z_01_WAR007062_RTRUKOC_0_US-SHIELD-POLAND-USA.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0434926120080704?src=RSS-WOR LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has demanded that South Africa explain why President Thabo Mbeki announced publicly that Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa had died, state television reported on Friday. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:55:31 +0000 2008-07-04T185531Z_01_L04349261_RTRUKOC_0_US-ZAMBIA-MWANAWASA-MBEKI.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0411848320080704?src=RSS-WOR PARIS (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said on Friday it was premature to talk of direct peace negotiations with Israel, a day after the Jewish state called for face-to-face discussions to start soon. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:21:13 +0000 2008-07-04T172116Z_01_L04710760_RTRUKOC_0_US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-DEMOLITIONS.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSBRU00662820080704?src=RSS-WOR BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana's office confirmed on Friday it had received a reply from Iran concerning an international offer of incentives for Tehran to stop enriching uranium. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:18:41 +0000 2008-07-04T171844Z_01_DAH445543_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-NUCLEAR-RESPONSE.xml-sidebar-1 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0426119720080704?src=RSS-WOR BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New European Union rules for immigration are fair and the bloc is more open to foreigners than some Latin American countries that are protesting about the changes, the head of the EU's executive said on Friday. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:33:05 +0000 2008-07-04T153305Z_01_L04261197_RTRUKOC_0_US-EU-IMMIGRATION-BARROSO.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL046505520080704?src=RSS-WOR ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria on Friday rejected the re-election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, saying a run-off vote had changed nothing in the country, but stopped short of refusing to recognize his government. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:27:52 +0000 2008-07-04T152755Z_01_L03575788_RTRUKOC_0_US-ZIMBABWE-CRISIS.xml-sidebar-4 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0427741520080704?src=RSS-WOR ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria expressed "strong displeasure" on Friday at the process leading to the re-election of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and said the outcome of the run-off vote should not form a basis for negotiations. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:26:41 +0000 2008-07-04T152644Z_01_L03575788_RTRUKOC_0_US-ZIMBABWE-CRISIS.xml-sidebar-4 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSL0412093220080704?src=RSS-WOR VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will receive former Colombian rebel hostage Ingrid Betancourt as soon as his schedule allows, Vatican sources said on Friday, without setting a date for the meeting. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:26:04 +0000 2008-07-04T182936Z_01_N04296067_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLOMBIA-HOSTAGES-REBELS.xml-sidebar-4