Power Sharing Summit for Zimbabwe Postponed

2008/10/20 03:38:37

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader boycotted a regional summit Monday, arguing the session was too li...

Bus, Taxi Bombed in Iraq, Killing 4

2008/10/20 02:25:43

Bombs struck double-decker bus and taxi in eastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 12 othe...

Man dies in bomb blast north of Myanmar capital

2008/10/20 00:18:31

YANGON (Reuters) - A bomb killed a man in a town north of Yangon in the second of two blasts in or n...

Toddler virus flares up again in China, kills three

2008/10/20 00:00:24

BEIJING (Reuters) - Three children have died in eastern China from hand, foot and mouth disease in t...

Financial crisis may end boom for Suez Canal

2008/10/19 19:46:55

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Winding through this small Egyptian town like an artery, pumping cash in...

Sugar harvest advances have social cost in Brazil

2008/10/19 19:09:07

PRINCESA ISABEL, Brazil (Reuters) - Ines Ferreira dos Santos lives with four of her kids in a spacio...

Gunmen kill UNICEF worker in Somalia

2008/10/19 16:51:54

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a Somali working for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...

Vladimir Putin's Deputy: 'Russia Will Not Attack Neighbors'

2008/10/19 10:23:01

In an attempt to calm fears of a new cold war, one of Moscow’s most powerful figures has said that ...

S. Korea: No 'Important Announcement' From the North

2008/10/20 03:08:42

There was no unusual activity in North Korea on Monday, South Korean officials said, despite reports...

Crew Held by Somali Pirates Appears to Be Healthy

2008/10/20 01:03:36

U.S. Navy says the 20 crew members held captive by Somali pirates aboard an arms-laden Ukrainian shi...

Japan PM support rate falls to about one-third-poll

2008/10/20 00:02:54

TOKYO (Reuters) - Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso fell to just over one-third in...

Israel's Livni needs more time to form government

2008/10/19 23:55:16

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tzipi Livni is expected to step up efforts to put together a coalition governm...

Economic woes cramp style of Japanese luxury shoppers

2008/10/19 19:22:11

TOKYO (Reuters) - Designer boutiques in Tokyo are still packed with well-dressed young people, but t...

Mexican police arrest Colombian drug smugglers

2008/10/19 17:14:04

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Police have arrested a gang of suspected Colombian drug smugglers linked to ...

Business Tycoon Pleads Not Guilty in Pop Star Slaying

2008/10/19 12:25:37

An Egyptian tycoon and an associate pleaded innocent Saturday to charges they orchestrated the grues...