China Investigates Claims of Child Slavery

2008/04/30 10:36:35

China is investigating whether hundreds of children, most aged between 9 and 16, were sold to factor...

Rights Group: Zimbabwe's Army Unleashing 'Terror'

2008/04/30 10:28:50

Leading human rights group accuses Zimbabwe's government of using its army and ruling party militant...

Iraqi Militants Hang Corpse of Gov. Spokesman's Nephew

2008/04/30 08:45:04

Iraqi militants killed the nephew of the spokesman for the Interior Ministry and hung his corpse fro...

DNA: Exhumed Bones Are Children of Last Czar

2008/04/30 05:00:33

DNA tests carried out by U.S. laboratory prove that bone fragments exhumed last year belong to two c...

Israeli President Urges World to Control Iran

2008/04/30 03:01:05

Israeli President Shimon Peres calls on the world to shoulder today's responsibilities — a referenc...

Indias Health Minister: Bollywood, Stop Boozing!

2008/04/30 01:37:39

After asking Bollywood actors not to smoke on screen, India's health minister has called on movie he...

Blast heard near Italian embassy in Yemen: witnesses

2008/04/30 00:32:35

SANAA (Reuters) - An explosion was heard near the Italian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa early ...

North Korea heading towards famine: report

2008/04/29 23:44:18

SEOUL (Reuters) - Soaring global food prices and reluctant donors are pushing North Korea back towar...

13 Countries Regularly Let Reporter Killers Get Away

2008/04/30 10:34:09

From the war-torn Iraq to the peaceful democracy of India, the Committee to Protect Journalists foun...

German Group 'Hosts' Head Lice as Art in Israeli Museum

2008/04/30 10:22:34

A group of Germans is living at a museum in Israel with lice in their hair for three full weeks....

Cuban-American Activist Kidnapped in Panama

2008/04/30 05:05:59

Panama arrests three police officers in connection with the abduction of Cecilio Padron, a businessm...

India Turns Up Nose at Racy Foreign Cheerleaders

2008/04/30 03:49:27

The cheerleaders who began performing at sporting events in India soon found themselves in a deeply ...

Police Piece Together Details of Austria Incest Case

2008/04/30 02:33:18

Investigations remained focused on the crime attributed to the suspect by his own confession and DNA...

People of Lesbos Take Gay Group to Court Over Term 'Lesbian'

2008/04/30 01:09:06

Greek court is asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the...

China rescues 167 children from slavery: paper

2008/04/30 00:08:13

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have rescued 167 village children sold to work as slave laborers ...