Truck Driver Gets Life for Rape and Murder of Girl, 10

2008/10/06 10:01:24

A Swedish court has convicted a truck driver of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl and a 31-y...

6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Kills 72 in Kyrgyzstan

2008/10/06 09:23:11

A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and k...

Pakistan tells Afghan refugees to quit battle zone

2008/10/06 09:09:07

KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have begun expelling Afghan refugees from a tribal ...

AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize

2008/10/06 08:27:22

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the...

Central Asia quake kills 70, razes village

2008/10/06 07:17:56

BISHKEK (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and leveled a vill...

China vows clean up of "chaotic" dairy sector

2008/10/06 07:00:23

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's dairy industry suffers from chaotic production and lax oversight, the go...

Psych Test Done for Canada Bus Beheading Suspect

2008/10/06 06:05:08

The lawyer for a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow bus passenger said Monday an in...

Sri Lanka suicide bomb kills 26 including politician

2008/10/06 05:29:28

COLOMBO (Reuters) -- A Sri Lankan suicide bomber killed 26 people at an ancient tourist town on Mond...

Russia to Carry Out Large-Scale Cruise Missile Test

2008/10/06 09:56:23

Russia began the most ambitious test of its strategic bomber fleet in almost a quarter of a century ...

Strong Tibet quake kills at least 30: report

2008/10/06 09:11:40

BEIJING (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed at least 30 people in Tibet on Monday with a n...

U.S. to allies: Fight in Afghanistan or write check

2008/10/06 08:49:02

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies who have refused to send tr...

Peacekeepers protect Darfur camp amid attack fears

2008/10/06 07:22:00

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Peacekeepers on Monday said they had sent reinforcements to guard a volatile ca...

European, Asian Markets Plunge on Crisis Fears

2008/10/06 07:04:02

Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe f...

Afghanistan begins registering voters for 2009 election

2008/10/06 06:26:30

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan began registering voters on Monday for elections due next year that wi...

German, 2 French Share Nobel Medicine Prize

2008/10/06 05:55:57

Germany's Harald zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier have ...