France, China Sign Major Aviation Deal as Relations Improve

2009/12/21 07:38:04

French defense contractor Safran SA and General Electric secured a reported $15 billion deal to supp...

Mexico City Lawmakers Approves Gay Marriage

2009/12/21 04:02:15

Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage....

Afghan troops battle Taliban attackers in southeast

2009/12/21 03:44:10

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces clashed with a group of Taliban fighters, incl...

Auschwitz sign thieves not neo-Nazis: Polish police

2009/12/21 02:40:48

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Five men detained over the theft of the metal sign that hung over the for...

Protests Break Out at Funeral for Iranian Cleric

2009/12/21 02:33:16

Tens of thousands of Iranian mourners — many chanting protest slogans — joined the funeral process...

China Sets Execution Date for British Man

2009/12/21 01:37:05

China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officia...

China praises Cambodia as Uighurs deported

2009/12/20 22:06:39

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deal with 20 ethnic Uighurs who were deported from Cambodia over the ...

Chavez launches national police in violent Venezuela

2009/12/20 16:52:26

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Sunday launched the first part of a national police force intended ...

Brazil's Court Delays Ruling on International Custody Battle

2009/12/21 04:32:53

A New Jersey father who won a new round in a five-year-long international child custody fight said T...

Iran Nuclear Official Calls for Atomic Weapons Ban

2009/12/21 03:54:16

Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has called for the disarmament of all nations with atomic we...

Suicide attack kills local leader in northern Iraq

2009/12/21 03:13:38

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed a local leader in northern Iraq on Monday, police sa...

Police to Question Fugitive American Doctor in Italy

2009/12/21 02:39:42

Doctors in Italy gave permission Monday for police to question a fugitive American doctor who was fo...

Protests mark funeral of dissident Iranian cleric

2009/12/21 02:29:04

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Big crowds of mourners chanted anti-government slogans during the funeral of Iran...

China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border

2009/12/20 23:34:59

BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar has given China political assurance over an important crude oil pipeline...

Missing Dutch sailor girl found on St. Martin

2009/12/20 17:33:58

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch teenager who went missing after child welfare authorities thwarted her...