MADRID (Reuters) - On a street in central Madrid, Juan Jose Perucho points to where he is going to build one of the capital's tallest residential blocks after buying a site bigger than five football pitches from the state-owned metro network.
Exiled Ugandan general allowed home to keep army on side
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan general who fled into exile last year saying he feared for his life after criticizing President Yoweri Museveni's reported plan to hand power to his son, returned home on Sunday in a move analysts said was designed to keep the army on side.
U.N. talks agree building blocks for new-style climate deal in 2015
LIMA (Reuters) - About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures.
U.N., aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo’s mining heartland
PWETO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Faced with a dearth of United Nations peacekeepers, lack of funding and competition from other global crises, relief agencies are struggling to contain a growing humanitarian disaster in Democratic Republic of Congo's mining heartland.
Special Report: EU funds help Poland build 'ghost' airports
LODZ, Poland (Reuters) - The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three "ghost" airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business.
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