Palestinian Family Offers Bush 'Shoe-Thrower' a Bride

2008/12/19 00:39:41

The head of a large West Bank family wants to reward the Iraqi journalist who lobbed his shoes at Pr...

Last South Korean troops sent to Iraq return home

2008/12/18 20:10:37

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea, which once had the third-largest contingent of foreign soldiers in Ir...

Rescuers fail to reach 18 trapped miners in China

2008/12/18 17:53:58

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than a day after 18 miners were trapped by a coal mine blast, rescuers stil...

Rwanda's Bagosora sentenced to life for genocide

2008/12/18 16:29:14

KIGALI (Reuters) - A U.N. court sentenced a former army colonel accused of masterminding the slaught...

Tribunal hopes to try Mladic and Karadzic together

2008/12/18 14:03:23

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia hopes wanted Bosnian Serb R...

Pilot Tells Passengers 'I'm Not Qualified to Land Plane'

2008/12/18 11:29:40

A pilot with more than 30 years experience was forced to turn his plane around — because he was not...

China Protest Demands End to Cat-Eating Custom

2008/12/18 10:42:53

A southern Chinese province must stop the 'shameful' and 'cruel' slaughter of cats for food, a group...

U.S. Official: Russia to Test Obama on Missile Defense

2008/12/18 09:44:25

The Russian government is likely to "test the mettle" of President-elect Barack Obama and his admini...

Ceasefire in Gaza over, violence set to rise

2008/12/18 23:47:38

GAZA (Reuters) - A six-month Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Palestinian factions, led by...

8,000 sugar workers laid off in Jamaica

2008/12/18 18:41:02

KINGSTON (Reuters) - About 8,000 sugar industry workers in Jamaica were laid off on Thursday as the ...

U.N. divided over gay rights declaration

2008/12/18 17:09:38

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly split over the issue of gay rights on Thursday ...

Protesters battle Greek police, flights grounded

2008/12/18 15:39:00

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek marchers hurled firebombs and stones at police outside parliament on Thursd...

Georgia inquiry criticizes military, but not war

2008/12/18 13:26:31

TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian parliamentary inquiry has said the military conduct of its August con...

N. Korea Says S. Korea Ordered Hit on Kim Jong Il

2008/12/18 11:20:16

North Korea claimed Thursday that it has arrested a South Korean-hired agent it strongly suggested w...

Holiday Shopers Flee as Greek Protest Clash Erupts

2008/12/18 10:06:17

Riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in central Athens on Thursday, sending Christma...