Colombia says troops kill guerrilla commander

2009/03/02 21:49:00

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian troops killed a FARC guerrilla commander accused of ordering extortion ...

Shake-up puts Raul Castro stamp on Cuba government

2009/03/02 18:58:04

HAVANA (Reuters) - President Raul Castro cast aside prominent figures linked to older brother Fidel ...

Men Throw Grenades at Police Station, Chief's Home

2009/03/02 10:44:58

A state prosecutor says attackers threw grenades at a city police chief's house and a police station...

Australian Firefighters on Alert Amid High Winds

2009/03/02 09:47:03

Thousands of firefighters in southern Australia were on alert Tuesday over fears that strong winds a...

Minister Found Guilty of Murdering Emmy-Winning Wife

2009/03/02 09:18:06

David Chenery-Wickens, 52, killed 48-year-old Diane Chenery-Wickens in January last year after she b...

600 Buddhist Monks Protest Tibetan New Year Prayer Ban

2009/03/02 08:53:35

Defiant Buddhist monks banned from marking a key Tibetan New Year prayer festival marched in protest...

Guatemala Creates Elite U.S.-Trained Drug Trafficking Force

2009/03/02 08:47:46

The force consists of 24 members of the Guatemalan navy and 25 police. All received tactical trainin...

Iran Denies Developing Nuke Despite U.S. Concerns

2009/03/02 08:08:12

Iran dismissed U.S. concerns about how much fissile material the country has produced, saying it isn...

Brazil struggles with human drug train from Bolivia

2009/03/02 19:55:47

CORUMBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Bolivian street vendor Bigmar Arancibia says he became desperate as busi...

Journalist Arrested in Iran for 'Illegal' Activities

2009/03/02 11:16:10

An Iranian-American journalist, whose family have not heard from her for three weeks, was arrested f...

Fire a Major Killer of Indian Women, Report Says

2009/03/02 10:33:30

More than 100,000 young women were killed in fires in India in a single year, and many of those deat...

Rescuers Work to Save Nearly 200 Beached Whales

2009/03/02 09:37:56

Groups of volunteers used stretchers to lug dolphins into the shallows, and other officials used sma...

'Chemical Ali' Gets Third Death Sentence in Iraq

2009/03/02 09:10:12

An Iraqi judge has given death sentences to three former officials in Saddam Hussein's regime for sl...

Police Believe Canadian Girl Abducted by Cop Imposter

2009/03/02 08:48:48

A sixteen-year-old Canadian girl was allegedly abducted outside her own home by a man posing as a po...

Guinea-Bissau President Assassinated by Soldiers

2009/03/02 08:34:58

Renegade soldiers killed Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira in his palace on Monday, hours...