PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) A bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday killed at least 16 people and wounded 75, according to police and provincial government officials. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) India acknowledged the Mumbai attacks had uncovered security lapses but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday evidence showed the strike originated on a neighbor's soil, a clear reference to Pakistan. ... > full story
KHOST, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2008 (Reuters) Suicide bombers killed at least four people when they attacked two government offices in the southeastern Afghan town of Khost on Thursday, a police officer said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) A string of departures by the U.S. military's allies in Iraq is turning into an exodus as violence subsides and the end of a U.N. mandate permitting their deployment to the country approaches. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, as Commerce Secretary. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. forces in Iraq captured two suspected members of an Iranian-backed network and killed a third Wednesday, part of U.S. efforts to target a group it says has attacked Iraqi citizens and foreign troops. ... > full story
MINGORA, Pakistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 30 people and wounded dozens more on Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Blasts at Baghdad's police academy and in the northern city of Mosul killed 29 people and wounded dozens more Monday, hours after a roadside bomb wounded a senior Iraqi official, police said. ... > full story
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) A suicide bomber killed eight civilians and two policemen in an attack on a police convoy in a crowded bazaar in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, the local police chief said. ... > full story
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NZ entering 'two-stage recession' Dec. 3, 2008 (Nelson Mail, New Zealand) The economy faces a "very protracted slowdown" with only modest growth by late next year, despite a range of positive factors, according to Arcus ...
Live Video: Obama To Announce Richardson Sec. of Commerce Dec. 3, 2008 (FOX 35 Orlando (WOFL)) President-elect Barack Obama will announce New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his pick for secretary of commerce on Wednesday.. . Click play and ...
Big rate cut sought to offset falling commodity prices Dec. 3, 2008 (Manawatu Standard, New Zealand) Farmers are demanding the Reserve Bank slash official interest rates by a record 150 basis points today.. . . Federated Farmers say the big rate ...
Companies warned of rise in supplier insolvencies Dec. 3, 2008 (Legal Week, UK) Companies need to act now to ensure they are prepared in the event of a trading partner becoming insolvent, Norton Rose litigation partner Radford ...