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Reuters World News Highlights 1400 GMT Nov 11

2008-11-11 14:02:50 GMT (Reuters)
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LONDON - Weak economic readings from China, Japan and Britain and a grim corporate outlook worldwide reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, prompting investors to look to a world leaders' summit for solutions.

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GOMA, Congo - Congolese rebel chief Laurent Nkunda said he would fight African peacekeeping troops if they attacked him, as concerns grew that the eastern Congo conflict could suck in neighbouring armies.

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BRUSSELS - A deal on the Doha round of trade talks could be reached within weeks and a summit of industrial and emerging countries this weekend must send a clear signal to achieve this, the EU's top trade official said.

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LONDON - Oil prices tumbled as a slide in global stock markets refocused attention on the prospect of widespread recession, which is likely to cut deep into oil demand in many developed economies.

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GAZA - Israel renewed fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip, ending a week-long suspension of supplies that led to blackouts in the Hamas-controlled enclave where militants had launched cross-border rocket attacks.

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VIENNA - U.N. investigators have found traces of uranium at a Syrian site Washington says was a secret nuclear reactor almost built before Israel bombed the target last year, diplomats said.

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YANGON - Myanmar's military junta sentenced at least 11 dissidents involved in monk-led protests last year to 65 years in jail, opposition figures said, a major blow to the pro-democracy movement before a 2010 election.

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A blast went off outside a stadium in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, soon after a sports tournament had ended, causing some casualties, police said.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama visited the White House for his first post-election meeting with President George W. Bush, a strikingly symbolic moment in the transition of power.

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NAIROBI - Somali pirates have hijacked a second ship chartered by chemical tanker shipping group Stolt-Nielsen, a regional maritime official said.

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