Tornado kills 14, injures 146 in eastern China

2007/07/04 05:13:09

BEIJING (Reuters) - A tornado swept across eastern China, killing 14 people and injuring 146, state ...

Hundreds surrender at Pakistan mosque, many defiant

2007/07/04 05:10:10

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - More than 500 radical Muslim students surrendered at a besieged mosque in the ...

Kidnapped Journalist Alan Johnston Freed

2007/07/04 04:38:45

British reporter Alan Johnston has been released after nearly four months in captivity....

Descendants of slaves still suffer in Brazil

2007/07/04 03:16:03

PARACATU, Brazil (Reuters) - Moacir de Mello's small farm is squeezed on one side by bulldozers belo...

China inspectors find one-fifth of goods substandard

2007/07/04 02:07:10

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly a fifth of goods Chinese quality inspectors checked in the first half of ...

Colombia rebel hostages appeal for accord

2007/07/03 23:25:23

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven hostages held by Colombian rebels for as long as nine years appealed in a v...

U.S., Russia Pledge to Reduce Stockpiles of Nukes

2007/07/03 11:34:26

The United States and Russia vow Tuesday to reduce stockpiles of long-range nuclear weapons 'to the ...

China Limits Organ Transplants for Foreigners

2007/07/03 10:18:23

The Chinese government issued guidelines restricting organ transplants for foreigners, who make up 3...

Ethiopia punishes civilians in rebel crackdown: group

2007/07/04 05:10:57

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A U.S.-based human rights group accused the Ethiopian military on Wednesday of b...

Nigerian rebels end truce, others attack oil rig

2007/07/04 05:06:16

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a Shell oil rig in the Niger Delta in southern Ni...

Regional Kurdish govt says it's not seen Iraq oil law

2007/07/04 03:27:29

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The local government in Iraq's northern region of Kurdistan said it had yet to s...

Pakistan Warns Mosque Militants to Surrender or Face Action

2007/07/04 02:23:45

Pakistani government threatens military force unless armed militants inside a mosque lay down their ...

South Korea to send North oil as reactor shutdown nears

2007/07/04 01:43:49

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will start shipping oil to North Korea next week, an official said on ...

African leaders agree to study continental union

2007/07/03 23:14:12

ACCRA (Reuters) - African leaders have vowed to speed up the economic and political integration of t...

Iran President Rejects Oliver Stone Documentary

2007/07/03 10:26:48

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposal by Oscar-winning movie director Oliver...