Reuters World News Highlights

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PUNE, India – Security officials were investigating the  possible involvement of Pakistan-based militants in a bomb  blast in western India that killed nine people, but New Delhi  said talks with Islamabad later this month would go ahead.

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RIYADH/SANAA – Yemeni Shi’ite rebels are expected to hand  over five captive Saudi soldiers within a week, a Saudi-owned  newspaper reported yesterday, following a 48-hour ultimatum set  by Riyadh.

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ISLAMABAD – A U.S. drone aircraft killed five militants in  Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border yesterday, Pakistani security officials said.

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KIEV – Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovich was declared  president-elect by the main election body yesterday, leaving  rival Yulia Tymoshenko with only a slender chance to take power  through a legal challenge.

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BERLIN – A majority of Germans want debt-ridden Greece to  be thrown out of the euro zone if necessary and more than  two-thirds oppose handing Athens billions of euros in credit, a  poll published yesterday showed.