U.S. plans new financial sanctions on Sudan

2007/03/15 06:32:51

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning new sanctions against Sudan, including restrict...

Ivory Coast must punish war-time rapists: Amnesty

2007/03/15 06:19:03

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's government must punish those responsible for widespread sexual abu...

S.Korea haggles with U.S. on soldier who ducked Iraq

2007/03/15 06:08:15

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean soldier may be a U.S. military deserter after he left his U.S. base...

Zimbabwe says opposition escalating violence

2007/03/15 05:36:00

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe on Thursday accused opposition supporters of stepping up violence agains...

Report: Communist Rebels Kill 49 Police Officers in India

2007/03/15 05:13:21

Officials fear that Communist rebels in eastern India have killed at least 49 police officers in an ...

Polish Teachers Promoting 'Homosexual Culture' to Be Fired

2007/03/15 04:43:53

Teachers deemed to be promoting "homosexual culture" in Polish schools will be fired, the deputy edu...

Nigerian Militants Release Two Italian Hostages

2007/03/15 03:26:41

Militants in southern Nigeria released two Italian oil workers on Thursday after three months of cap...

Food, shelter scarce in Sri Lanka war refugee exodus

2007/03/15 01:39:06

PALAMEENMADU CAMP, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Hunched over a fire cooking rice amid a sea of tents as a n...

Young French, seeking hard work, head for Britain

2007/03/15 06:24:18

LONDON (Reuters) - Young, dynamic, willing to work long hours? This is the typical French worker -- ...

Outrage over Japan nuclear reactor coverup

2007/03/15 06:18:03

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese power company admitted on Thursday that it had covered up a 1999 incide...

Pakistani cinemas shut down to protest piracy

2007/03/15 05:54:39

KARACHI (Reuters) - Cinemas across Pakistan stopped showing films for a day on Thursday to protest a...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Admits Planning Sept. 11 Attacks

2007/03/15 05:27:20

Pentagon releases transcript of Gitmo hearing in which Al Qaeda chief lays out his role in least 31 ...

U.N. Security Council Members Reach Deal on Iran Sanction

2007/03/15 05:05:21

The modest package includes an embargo on Iranian arms exports and an asset freeze on more individua...

China decries cadres colluding with big business

2007/03/15 04:39:33

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Communist officials are colluding with big business and exacerbating cor...

Nicaragua's Ortega: U.S. Should Aid Ex-Contra Guerrillas

2007/03/15 02:14:33

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega says that the U.S. should contribute $ 300 million to a church-bac...