Ties to poor boost Ecuador's Correa before vote

2009/04/20 14:41:32

QUITO (Reuters) - The beat-up sedan packed with plastic cups may not look like much, but it is a bus...

Sri Lanka gives Tigers ultimatum as thousands flee

2009/04/20 13:45:52

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender after troops bre...

Russia gives cautious response to Obama nuclear plan

2009/04/20 12:41:37

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russia responded cautiously on Monday to U.S. President Barack Obama's plans fo...

NATO release of pirates sends wrong signal: Clinton

2009/04/20 12:21:03

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The release of pirates by NATO forces sends the wrong signal and the alliance...

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Seeking Asylum

2009/04/20 12:02:04

A leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez decided to seek political asylum abroad instead of facin...

Iran's Orders Full Investigation for Jailed U.S. Journalist

2009/04/20 11:44:59

Iran's judiciary chief on Monday ordered a full investigation into jailed U.S. journalist Roxana Sab...

Bomber Strikes U.S. Soldiers Meeting Iraqi Officials

2009/04/20 11:20:42

Police officials claimed the attacker was disguised as a soldier — a tactic used in the past to pas...

Zimbabwe Admits Raiding Private Bank Accounts

2009/04/20 09:11:01

Zimbabwe's central bank governor admits he took money from the bank accounts of private businesses a...

Ahmadinejad prompts walkout from U.N. racism summit

2009/04/20 14:18:46

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a rare walk-out at the United Nati...

Cartel tells smugglers to live "clean" life

2009/04/20 13:40:43

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A cartel engaged in Mexico's deadly drug wars has told its members to avoid ...

Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking Rushed to Hospital

2009/04/20 12:29:43

Eminent scientist said to be very ill in Cambridge hospital....

Venezuela Gets Russian Missiles, Announces Military Unit

2009/04/20 12:19:43

Chavez said the missiles are for self-defense and denied that Venezuela poses a military threat to o...

Germany reports "worrying" rise in far-right crime

2009/04/20 11:48:51

BERLIN (Reuters) - A sharp rise in crimes committed by far-rightists drove the number of politically...

Lawyer optimistic on U.S.-Iranian reporter's appeal

2009/04/20 11:36:36

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer representing an Iranian-American journalist jailed by Tehran for espio...

Nigerian Kidnappers Demand Ransom for Canadian

2009/04/20 11:13:05

Nigerian kidnappers are demanding $136,000 in ransom for a Canadian woman abducted last week in Kadu...