Mexico drug clash kills 16 ahead of Obama trip

2009/04/16 15:59:31

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sixteen people died in a shootout in Mexico between soldiers and suspected d...

U.N.'s Ban sends chief of staff to Sri Lanka

2009/04/16 15:23:31

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent his chief of staff to Sri Lan...

Britain's Brown apologizes over offensive emails

2009/04/16 13:36:11

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on Thursday for offensive emails a...

Russia demands NATO call off exercises in Georgia

2009/04/16 12:42:22

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia demanded on Thursday that NATO call off planned military exercises in Geor...

Somali Prime Minister Asks for More Aid to Fight Pirates

2009/04/16 12:05:47

Somalia's prime minister says his government has identified many pirate leaders and would be willing...

U.S. Nonprofit Group Sues Venezuelan President

2009/04/16 10:54:56

Freedom Watch has sued Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for alleged acts of terrorism and human righ...

U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Leave North Korea

2009/04/16 09:49:24

U.N. nuclear experts left North Korea on Thursday after the communist regime ordered their expulsion...

U.S. Captain Freed by Navy Arrives in Kenya

2009/04/16 09:13:25

The sea captain held hostage for five days by Somali pirates arrived in Kenya Thursday aboard an Ame...

Poor prisons creating HIV time-bomb: U.N.

2009/04/16 15:57:55

VIENNA (Reuters) - HIV spread through drug abuse is rampant in overcrowded prisons across the world,...

India starts marathon vote, weak coalition seen

2009/04/16 15:19:19

VARANASI, India (Reuters) - From the snowbound Chinese border to holy Ganges cities, tens of million...

Spain attorney general against Guantanamo probe

2009/04/16 13:00:47

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's attorney general said on Thursday he would not recommend a criminal inves...

U.S. captain held by pirates arrives safe in Kenya

2009/04/16 12:35:08

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A U.S. ship's captain captured by Somali pirates last week arrived in Ken...

Mom Drops $15G on Surgery to Look Like Daughter

2009/04/16 10:58:45

At first glance it is hard to tell British mother and daughter Janet and Jane Cunliffe apart. But it...

Baby Pythons Escape on Australian Passenger Flight

2009/04/16 09:59:49

Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a searc...

United Pilots Unaware Fire Had Broken Out on Plane

2009/04/16 09:27:48

Pilots prepared a Boeing 777 for take off from Heathrow airport unaware that a fire had broken out o...