PARIS/MOSCOW, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia and European powers took a step back from confrontation over Georgia on Friday, with Moscow urging the EU not to rush into punitive action and France saying now was not the time for sanctions. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Rania is only 15-years old, but in the past week the softly spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged, strapped with explosives, arrested by men she nearly blew up and then shoved into a detention centre. ... > full story
ANKARA, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — An explosion rocked a gunpowder factory in central Turkey on Friday, killing two people and injuring another 12, Turkish broadcasters reported. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — The widower of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto should withdraw as a candidate for president because of questions about his mental health, a rival candidate said on Friday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role in Afghan violence, officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. forces arrested the deputy head of a committee that purged Iraq's government of members of Saddam Hussein's party, an ally said, but the U.S. military said he was a wanted militia leader behind a deadly Baghdad bombing. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. troops will on Sept. 1 hand over control of Iraq's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan. ... > full story
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Russia slaps ban on US poultry imports Aug. 29, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — Russia is banning imports from 19 US poultry suppliers as of Monday, and considering blacklisting 29 others, due to health concerns, the Russian ...
Georgia, Khodorkovsky case hurt Russia sentiment Aug. 29, 2008 (Yahoo! News) — Denial of parole for a jailed Russian oil tycoon and tension between Russia and the West over Moscow's military clash with Georgia are giving ...
Moscow assuages Greek fears about Caucasus Aug. 29, 2008 (Kathimerini) — Russia's Ambassador to Athens Andrei Vdovin addressed journalists yesterday after Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis expressed 'concern and ...
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