Tsunami early warning must start at community level

2009/12/25 01:22:04

LONDON (Reuters) - Five years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the region has its own early warning...

Explosion Kills 4 Iraqi Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad

2009/12/25 00:37:07

A roadside bomb killed six Shiite Muslim pilgrims Friday during a procession, the latest violence ta...

Pilgrims crowd Bethlehem on warm Christmas eve

2009/12/24 20:20:25

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of pilgrims and dignitaries crowded into Bethlehem's Chur...

Iran security clashes with cleric mourners: website

2009/12/24 13:59:16

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces clashed with supporters of dead dissident cleric Grand Ay...

Explosions Kill at Least 26 Across Iraq

2009/12/24 10:17:51

Explosions killed at least 26 people across Iraq on Thursday, most of them Shiite pilgrims taking pa...

Attacks kill at least 23 across Iraq

2009/12/24 09:55:28

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 23 people died in attacks across Iraq on Thursday, including a provinci...

Dad, Son Arrive in Fla. From Brazil After Custody Battle

2009/12/24 07:31:11

Sean Goldman and his father, David Goldman of New Jersey landed Thursday evening in Orlando on a jet...

Pakistan Christians Celebrate Christmas in Fear

2009/12/24 05:44:25

No Christmas decorations brighten the tent camp sheltering Christians left homeless by the worst vio...

Report: Ft. Hood-Tied Cleric Unhurt in Yemen Airstrike

2009/12/25 00:47:12

A U.S.-born radical cleric is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni a...

Venezuela's Chavez threatens to oust Toyota

2009/12/24 22:53:30

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has threatened to expel Japanese carmaker Toyo...

U.N. website details peacekeeper sex abuse claims

2009/12/24 15:31:21

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations unveiled a website on Thursday aimed at improving tran...

Report: N. Korea Lauds Soldiers Who Nabbed U.S. Reporters

2009/12/24 11:53:15

North Korea has commended two soldiers who apprehended a pair of U.S. journalists earlier this year ...

Peru Bus Crash Kills 42 People

2009/12/24 10:03:18

A bus carrying mostly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged 250 feet into a ravin...

Survivor Tells of Harrowing Jamaican Jet Crash

2009/12/24 09:08:12

First the passengers applauded what seemed like a smooth, safe landing. Then all hell broke loose....

Medvedev: Russia to Build New Nuclear Missiles

2009/12/24 06:08:38

Russia will begin working on a new generation of nuclear missiles to ensure its nuclear deterrent re...