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Malaysia's Anwar charged with sodomy, granted bail | Afghan roadside bomb incidents hit four-year peak | Mauritania junta battles tide of diplomatic outrage | Israel to free Palestinian prisoners to Abbas | WITNESS: Dreaming of a long shower in parched Cyprus | Morales rallies disrupted ahead of Bolivia recall | Showdown with Musharraf looms for Pakistan coalition | Britain criticizes U.N. probe of Kosovo raid

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Georgian troops, warplanes, pound separatists

MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian troops, backed by warplanes, pounded separatist forces on the outskirts of the South Ossetian capital on Friday hours after launching an assault on the breakaway region following a short-lived truce.

Israeli police to question Olmert for fifth time

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police probing bribery and fraud allegations will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the fifth time on Friday, a police spokesman said.

Pakistan coalition to move for Musharraf impeachment

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling coalition will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf on charges of plunging the country into a political and economic crisis, party leaders said on Thursday.

U.N. Iraq mandate renewed; Baghdad wants more U.N. help

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to keep the United Nations mission in Iraq for another year, as Baghdad urged the world body to do more to help it transform into a functioning democracy.

Gaza militants warn Israel truce may end in 3 weeks

GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) militant group on Thursday warned Israel that a truce between Israel and Hamas which went into effect on June 19 was in danger of collapse, saying it could end in three weeks.

Muslim rebels agree to leave villages in Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) - Muslim rebels agreed to leave Catholic farming villages in the southern Philippines after the government gave them 24 hours to pull out or face a combined military and police offensive.

Returning to Somaliland to shape the future

HARGEISA, Somalia (Reuters) - Almis Yahye Ibrahim remembers when he and his friends hit on the idea of building a university in one of the world's most neglected corners, the breakaway republic of Somaliland.

Berlusconi sees Naples and sweeps

NAPLES (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi picked up a broom on Thursday in a brief attempt at sweeping the streets of Naples, where a garbage crisis has scared off tourists and threatened residents' health.

Malaysia's Anwar charged with sodomy, granted bail

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's leading opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim was charged with sodomy at a court hearing on Thursday in a move that could damage his chances of staging a political comeback.

Afghan roadside bomb incidents hit four-year peak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roadside bomb incidents involving U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan hit their highest level in at least four years between April and June, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Mauritania junta battles tide of diplomatic outrage

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The leaders of a coup in Mauritania may have won the support of many local politicians but they face a tide of international outrage for ousting the desert nation's first democratically elected president.

Israel to free Palestinian prisoners to Abbas

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed on Wednesday to the release of 120 to 150 Palestinian prisoners later this month as a gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian officials said.

WITNESS: Dreaming of a long shower in parched Cyprus

Michele Kambas is a senior correspondent in Cyprus, where she has worked for Reuters since 1995. A British national, she has lived on the east Mediterranean island for 20 years. In the following story, she recounts the upheaval caused by stringent water rationing and one of the worst droughts on record.

Morales rallies disrupted ahead of Bolivia recall

TRINIDAD, Bolivia (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters on Wednesday mounted roadblocks and surrounded an airport, forcing Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales to abandon rallies days before a recall vote.

Showdown with Musharraf looms for Pakistan coalition

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Leaders of Pakistan's civilian coalition consulted into the early hours of Thursday morning on whether to strip President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally, of his powers and possibly impeach him.