Israel releases Hamas speaker of parliament

2009/06/23 14:28:55

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday freed the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliam...

Berlusconi denies ever paying for sex

2009/06/23 13:58:43

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied ever paying a woman for sex, as...

U.S. aid worker shot dead in Mauritanian capital

2009/06/23 13:55:56

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a U.S. aid worker on Tuesday in the capital of Mauritania, a...

Rich, poor nations seek deal for U.N. finance meeting

2009/06/23 12:14:27

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rich and poor nations on Tuesday edged closer to a deal on proposals for ...

Kim Jong Il Puts Youngest Son in Charge of Spy Agency

2009/06/23 10:43:47

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has put his youngest son in charge of the country's spy agency in a ...

Australian Parents Convicted in Daughter's Starvation

2009/06/23 10:22:20

The parents of an autistic 7-year-old girl who weighed barely 20 pounds were convicted Tuesday of st...

Official: N. Korean Ship Carrying Weapons to Burma

2009/06/23 08:02:02

A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tue...

American Shot Dead in West African Capital

2009/06/23 06:43:44

Gunmen shot and killed an American man Tuesday as he left his car in the capital of the West African...

U.S., EU start WTO case against China on raw materials

2009/06/23 14:20:53

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and European Union on Tuesday began a case against...

Iran says courts will teach protesters a lesson

2009/06/23 13:56:56

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities said they would teach an exemplary lesson to "rioters" held i...

Poland Gets 1st Openly Gay Rabbi

2009/06/23 12:41:59

When Rabbi Aaron Katz walks the streets of Warsaw's former Jewish quarter, scenes of that lost world...

French Kidnap Convict in Mexico Plans Appeal

2009/06/23 11:48:35

France expressed disappointment Tuesday at Mexico's refusal to let a Frenchwoman serve out a 60-year...

Magnitude 6.7 quake hits off Papua New Guinea

2009/06/23 10:42:06

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 quake hit off Papua New Guinea's island of New Ireland, the U....

WWIII? British Release Secret Planning Manual

2009/06/23 09:04:25

It's October 1968, and the Soviet Union has just landed cosmonauts on the moon. Warsaw Pact troops a...

Venezuela to Deport 'Mafia's Foreign Minister' to Italy

2009/06/23 06:55:11

A convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" will be deported to Italy...