Koreans, split by war, distraught after reunions

2009/10/01 06:40:53

SEOUL (Reuters) - Hahm Ok-yeop waited nearly 60 years to see the brother and sister she had left beh...

Provide details on Taliban, Pakistan tells U.S

2009/10/01 06:24:22

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States should provide information about top militants in Pakistan, ...

Philippines braces for second stronger typhoon

2009/10/01 05:39:48

HOI AN, Vietnam (Reuters) - Millions of people were battling on Thursday to cope with the aftermath ...

Somali rebel groups fight in southern port

2009/10/01 05:14:11

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia's Kismayu port Thursday, kil...

Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands

2009/09/30 14:48:16

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Relief workers in American and Western Samoa on Thursday searched for survivors a...

Georgia started war with Russia: EU-backed report

2009/09/30 14:28:01

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An independent report blamed Georgia on Wednesday for starting last year's five...

Peru's Fujimori gets 6 years prison for bribes

2009/09/30 13:10:54

LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to six years...

507-Carat Diamond Found at South African Mine

2009/09/30 12:46:39

Petra Diamonds Ltd. says a diamond the size of a chicken egg has been found at South Africa's Cullin...

Romanian leftists quit coalition government

2009/10/01 06:28:40

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrats quit the coalition government on Thursday in protes...

Tsunami Death Toll in Samoas Climbs to 150

2009/10/01 06:19:01

Stunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being tr...

Tsunamis turn South Pacific paradise to deadly hell

2009/10/01 05:27:55

SIUMU, Samoa (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled bodies from the mud and twisted rubble and fished bloated c...

Rio tells Obama and Olympics rivals: "Yes we can"

2009/10/01 04:23:28

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Brazil's president took a leaf out of Barack Obama's electioneering manual to...

Indonesia quake death toll at 100-200: disaster agency

2009/09/30 14:37:37

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake, which struck near the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumat...

Somalia's al Shabaab rebels declare war on rivals

2009/09/30 13:22:27

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels declared war on rival Hizbul Islam militants on We...

Guinea Military Leader Bans Protests

2009/09/30 12:46:50

Guinea's military leader banned all gatherings and demonstrations, and the United Nations' top human...