Jennifer Figge, 56, Becomes First Woman to Swim Atlantic

2009/02/07 10:36:31

Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched la...

Raging Australian Wildfires Kill 35, Death Toll Climbing

2009/02/07 08:26:45

At least 35 people are dead and hundreds of houses destroyed by a wave of raging wildfires in southe...

Brothers Escape Death After Court Can't ID Guilty Twin

2009/02/07 06:59:01

Identical twin brothers escaped the death penalty in a Malaysian drug trafficking trial after the co...

Pakistan Insists Nuke Scientist's Network is Dismantled

2009/02/07 04:53:14

Pakistan defended Saturday the easing of restrictions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, saying the man who once ...

U.N. Increasingly Critical of Hamas, Softening on Israel

2009/02/07 00:37:04

Though the U.N. as recently as Thursday criticized Israel, for the seizure of a shipment bound for G...

Pakistani court declares nuclear scientist free

2009/02/06 23:28:20

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court declared disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan free ...

Iran official sees positive U.S. signal in Mideast

2009/02/06 21:39:21

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to send an envoy to the Middle East to...

Far-right rise crimps Netanyahu before Israel vote

2009/02/06 16:02:53

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu will go into Tuesday's Israeli election with centrist Forei...

Iran: Sanctions Haven't Deterred Nuclear Program

2009/02/07 09:27:20

Iran has achieved breakthroughs in nuclear and space technology despite international sanctions agai...

At least 16 Feared Dead in Amazon Plane Crash

2009/02/07 07:53:37

A small plane headed to the jungle city of Manaus crashed Saturday in Brazil's Amazon with at least ...

Madagascar Soldiers Shoot, Kill Protesters

2009/02/07 06:10:01

Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters Saturday near the presidential palace in Madagasc...

Roommate Testifies in U.S. Student's Co-Ed Slay Trial

2009/02/07 03:48:51

An American student and the British woman she is accused of killing were friendly at first but then ...

North Korea open to disarmament progress: U.S. expert

2009/02/06 23:36:41

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants to advance nuclear disarmament steps if its aid demands are me...

Haiti bars former rebel leader from April ballot

2009/02/06 22:10:24

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's electoral council on Friday rejected the candidacy of former rebe...

Prognosis not good for Taiwan nude photo clinic

2009/02/06 21:09:00

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan clinic is likely to be fined after allowing two of its nurses to pose nu...