Japan PM calls Okinawa rape case "unforgivable"

2008/02/12 04:35:00

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister on Tuesday denounced the suspected rape of a 14-year-old gi...

Myanmar says dissidents tearing country apart

2008/02/12 04:17:02

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta accused pro-democracy and dissident groups on Tuesday of...

Man arrested for destroying S.Korea's top treasure

2008/02/12 03:43:29

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Tuesday they arrested a pensioner who confessed to bur...

Tears, dances as Aborigines make history in parliament

2008/02/12 03:00:33

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Aborigines playing didgeridoos and smeared with white body paint overturned hun...

Pakistan unsure if missing envoy kidnapped

2008/02/12 02:29:53

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities said on Tuesday they didn't know whether their ambassado...

Rescue underway of 37 people on sinking yacht

2008/02/12 02:03:03

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A rescue operation to save 37 people on a sinking yacht off Australia's northeast...

Annan moves Kenya talks in drive for speedy deal

2008/02/11 15:38:31

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. boss Kofi Annan has invited Kenya's feuding political parties to con...

East Timor president wounded in rebel attack

2008/02/11 14:53:45

DILI (Reuters) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and critically wounded at his home i...

Longer tours, Afghan solution bring peace: U.S. troops

2008/02/12 04:27:35

ZORMAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. troops in east Afghanistan might be eager for their 15-month to...

Israel to build new homes in Jerusalem area

2008/02/12 03:57:06

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's housing ministry said on Tuesday preparations were underway to build ...

World's Smallest Bodybuilder Causing Huge Stir

2008/02/12 03:12:47

A tiny Indian bodybuilder who is less than 3 feet tall and deemed the world's smallest is causing a ...

Australian troops arrive to boost East Timor security

2008/02/12 02:53:33

DILI (Reuters) - Australian troops began arriving in East Timor on Tuesday to help enforce a state o...

Kenyan crisis spoils Valentine's Day run-up

2008/02/12 02:06:41

NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Past the greenhouses and fields of roses, a chain fence surrounds rows o...

U.S. assails Myanmar election pledge

2008/02/11 16:26:40

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday accused Myanmar's military rulers of planning a s...

Setback for Sarkozy as spokesman quits mayor race

2008/02/11 15:19:08

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy suffered fresh embarrassment on Monday when his s...