Pentagon Backs $5 Billion Green Zone Plan

2008/05/04 07:31:00

Penatgon backs plan to create a $5 billion 'zone of influence' around a $700 million U.S. embassy th...

Wife of Iraqi President OK After Motorcade Is Bombed

2008/05/04 01:42:03

The wife of Iraq's president is unharmed after a bomb hit her motorcade in downtown Baghdad....

U.S. rocket strike in Baghdad wounds 20

2008/05/03 22:27:57

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military fired rockets at a target near a major hospital in eastern Bag...

China slams Dalai Lama, to talk to his envoys

2008/05/03 21:17:56

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China kept up a barrage of criticism against the Dalai Lama on Sunday, e...

Thousands evacuated as Chile volcano spews ash

2008/05/03 20:16:08

CHAITEN, Chile (Reuters) - Covered in thick ash, the Patagonian community of Chaiten was a ghost tow...

Zimbabwe opposition still undecided on runoff

2008/05/03 16:57:44

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party said on Saturday it was still undecided on wheth...

Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security

2008/05/03 12:40:57

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to coopera...

Brit Businessmen's Plane Vanishes Off Brazil's Coast

2008/05/03 11:00:34

The coast guard is searching for a small plane carrying four British businessmen that vanished off t...

More Than 350 Dead in Myanmar Cyclone

2008/05/04 03:08:55

Powerful cyclone kills more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media says....

Cyclone kills 4 in Myanmar, disaster declared

2008/05/04 00:00:08

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday af...

Japan, China keen to avoid 1998 Jiang visit rerun

2008/05/03 22:05:10

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ten years after a disastrous visit to Japan by China's top leader dominated by the...

Perth airport temporarily closed by bomb scare

2008/05/03 20:26:29

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Perth's international airport was temporarily shut on Saturday night and flights ...

At least 18 killed in new prison riot in Honduras

2008/05/03 17:14:37

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Police have quelled a riot at Honduras' main prison in which at least 18 inm...

Abbas sends forces to north West Bank

2008/05/03 14:02:25

JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Hundreds of forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deploye...

Flying Character Has UFO Watchers in Mexico Buzzing

2008/05/03 12:00:47

Sensational sightings of a flying human above the skies of Mexico could be genuine, says a paranorma...