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Reuters World News Highlights at 0530 GMT, Nov 11

2008-11-11 05:58:48 GMT (Reuters)
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SINGAPORE - Evidence of a weakening Chinese economy and feeble data from Australia and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged global recession on Tuesday, as policymakers groped for a co-ordinated response to the downturn.

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

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

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TOKYO - U.S. authorities have received information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il suffered a second stroke late last month, Japanese broadcaster TBS reported.

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BAGHDAD - Two car bombs exploded in central Baghdad on Monday and a suicide bomber blew himself up among police and civilians who rushed to help the wounded, a triple strike that killed 28 people and wounded 68.

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CAIRO - Arab League chief Amr Moussa will call an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to assess the situation in the region, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Monday.

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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 on Monday.

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HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vowed on Monday to form a unity government as soon as possible, despite growing signs that a power-sharing deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is unravelling.

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BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed on Monday to relaunch talks with Russia on a partnership pact, dismaying Georgia, Moscow's foe in a brief conflict in August.

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LOS ANGELES - The Phoenix Mars Lander, which made history by finding definitive proof of water on the Red Planet, has lost contact with Earth, effectively ending its more than five-month mission, NASA said on Monday.

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