China "quake lake" fears force new evacuation

2008/05/28 00:44:42

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake...

West dismayed over Suu Kyi detention

2008/05/28 00:29:23

YANGON (Reuters) - Western governments lashed out at the extension of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Ky...

U.S. seeks progress from North Korea talks

2008/05/28 00:08:31

BEIJING (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy in nuclear negotiations with North Korea said he hoped talks ...

Colombia offers bounty for FARC founder's body

2008/05/27 21:41:02

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian authorities are offering up to $2.7 million in bounty for the body of t...

Syria's Assad dismisses Israeli demand on Iran

2008/05/27 17:54:04

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday dismissed Israeli demands that Syri...

City Demands Insurance, Lifeguard for Wading Pool

2008/05/27 12:47:57

A 47-year-old British woman has been told by her city council that the 2-foot-deep wading pool in he...

Al-Sadr Calls for Weekly U.S.-Iraqi Security Protests

2008/05/27 11:22:25

Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling on followers to hold weekly protests against a lo...

Putin Named Prime Minister of Russia-Belarus Alliance

2008/05/27 10:44:53

The Belarusian president says he has named Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the prime minister...

Nepalis celebrate the "dawn of the republic"

2008/05/28 00:32:22

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of Nepalis marched, danced and sung in the capital's streets on Wedn...

Barak may call on Olmert to step down: report

2008/05/28 00:27:09

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak may call on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step dow...

Iraq's main Sunni bloc suspends government talks

2008/05/27 23:44:13

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc said on Wednesday it had suspended talks t...

Lebanon's Siniora set to lead new government

2008/05/27 17:58:37

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary majority coalition agreed on Tuesday to nominate Prime Mi...

More action needed to combat civilian deaths: U.N.

2008/05/27 17:03:17

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Much more needs to be done to prevent the killing and displacement of civ...

Bus Plummets From Cliff in South Africa, Killing 24

2008/05/27 11:29:06

A bus plummeted nearly 1,000 feet off a cliff and crashed Tuesday into a river in a mountainous regi...

Insurgent Attacks, Roadside Bombs Kill 24 in Afghanistan

2008/05/27 11:12:22

Roadside bombings and insurgent attacks Tuesday killed 24 people in Afghanistan, including 13 police...