Wary Tibetans set for muted New Year celebrations

2009/02/23 22:12:11

TAGONG, China (Reuters) - With communications cut and banners warning residents to banish all though...

Showers, daring, glitches as Rio Carnival rolls

2009/02/23 19:04:33

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Luxuriant floats, one topped by Parisian cancan dancers and others shower...

Nine Security Agents Killed in Algerian Bombing

2009/02/23 11:55:06

It comes as Al Qaeda's Algerian offshoot has vowed to step up attacks in the North African country a...

Rio's Carnival Kicks Off With Bubbles and Samba

2009/02/23 11:03:55

Brazilian celebrities and slum dwellers danced side by side as some samba schools put on brave faces...

Olmert Fires Top Negotiator on Gaza Truce Talks

2009/02/23 10:07:05

Amos Gilad, the sacked negotiator, opposed linking the truce deal with a soldier seized in a June 20...

14 Islamic Terrorism Suspects Go on Trial in Spain

2009/02/23 08:30:53

Some of the 14 are also accused of helping suspects in the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid t...

Teen's Joyride Compared to 'Blockbuster Movie'

2009/02/23 07:40:21

The middle-school student jumped into the driver's seat of city bus No. 404 while it was parked at a...

Labor's Barak Rejects Netanyahu's Partnership Plea

2009/02/23 07:03:39

The centrist Kadima Party had already reacted coolly to Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance overtures the ...

U.S. wants decades in prison for Syrian arms dealer

2009/02/23 19:34:35

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to sentence a Syrian arms dealer convi...

In the north, Afghans fight hunger, not the Taliban

2009/02/23 18:21:33

SANG-I-KHEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States' decision to send thousands more troops to Af...

Search Resumes for Plane That Vanished 81 Years Ago

2009/02/23 11:54:03

Norway plans to resume the search for South Pole conqueror Roald Amundsen's plane 81 years after it ...

Coast Guard Rescues 22 From Flaming Ship

2009/02/23 10:54:15

A Canadian Coast Guard ship rescued all 22 people from a burning Spanish fishing trawler in the Nort...

Britain Faces 'Summer of Rage,' Police Say

2009/02/23 09:33:02

Top police official tells British newspaper those who in the past never thought of joining demonstra...

Girl, 4, Survives 28-Foot Fall From Window

2009/02/23 08:00:51

Police say she suffered bruises and a broken rib, and none of her injuries are life-threatening....

British Couple Saved After 40 Days Stranded At Sea

2009/02/23 07:34:43

Midway though their 2,550-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean disaster struck and the rudder on t...