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Reuters: World News Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. U.S. Democrats expect healthcare bill passage 21 Mar 2010 at 6:13pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday said they had the votes to pass a landmark healthcare reform bill seen as critical to President Barack Obama's political standing and legislative agenda. Netanyahu firm on settlements before U.S. visit 21 Mar 2010 at 5:51pm JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had told Washington in writing, just before heading for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, that Israel would not stop Jewish settlement around Jerusalem. Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll 21 Mar 2010 at 3:34pm PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party faces heavy losses in regional elections on Sunday that could affect the pace of reform before the 2012 presidential vote. Allawi leads Iraq vote, Maliki asks for recount 21 Mar 2010 at 5:39pm BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi retained a slim lead in Iraq's tight election race after a preliminary count of 95 percent of votes released on Sunday. U.S. actions contrary to desire for better ties - Iran 21 Mar 2010 at 3:48pm TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Washington's actions contradict its call for friendly ties, a day after a renewed offer of dialogue by U.S. President Barack Obama. Missile strike kills 8 militants in Pakistan 21 Mar 2010 at 6:10pm MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into an al Qaeda and Taliban hideout in northwest Pakistan on the Afghan border on Sunday, killing eight militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Vatican must take abuse more seriously - Swiss abbot 21 Mar 2010 at 5:26pm ZURICH (Reuters) - The Vatican has to take cases of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy more seriously, the abbot of a Swiss monastery at the centre of an abuse scandal told a Swiss Sunday paper. Thousands mourn Nepal's former prime minister 21 Mar 2010 at 5:10pm KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal cremated former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday in a Hindu funeral as tens of thousands of mourners thronged the streets of the capital Kathmandu. Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds flee 21 Mar 2010 at 5:40pm REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a state of emergency, officials said on Sunday. Darfur donors raise $841 million 21 Mar 2010 at 4:35pm CAIRO (Reuters) - A donor meeting for Darfur held in Cairo on Sunday raised less than half the targeted $2 billion (1.3 billion pounds) for development in Sudan's violent western region after several countries refrained from pledging over security worries. Newsfeed display by CaRP