NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama will name New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner as his Treasury Secretary, major media reported on Friday, sparking a late-day stock market rally and helping assuage concerns about a power vacuum in Washington. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Rampant piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes of oil and other goods on a longer journey around southern Africa, industry officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming U.S. president's global popularity. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — A Saudi supertanker seized by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship hijacking reached Somalia on Tuesday, and another ship was captured in the perilous waters off the lawless state. ... > full story
OTTAWA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Canada and Pakistan are working together to seek the release of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in Pakistan this week while working on a documentary, the Canadian government and a friend of the victim said on Friday. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told world leaders at a U.N. interfaith meeting on Wednesday that terrorism is the enemy of all religions, calling for a united front to combat it and promote tolerance. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday named an Islamic charity as a group aiding Hamas militants in the Middle East and prohibited Americans from dealing with the Union of Good organization. ... > full story
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Tanker stolen in 16 minutes Nov. 21, 2008 (News 24, South Africa) — Pirates took just 16 minutes from boarding to seizing control of a 100-million-dollar-laden Saudi oil super-tanker in the Indian Ocean, a military ...
PIRATE THREAT: S25M OR ELSE Nov. 21, 2008 (New York Post) — Pirates who hijacked one of the world's biggest ships are demanding a $25 million ransom in 10 days - or else. . . "We do not want long-term ...
Impoverished Somalians support pirates' ransom operations Nov. 20, 2008 (Mercury, South Africa) — In impoverished Somalia, where public institutions have crumbled, brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars and ...
Hijackers Are Pirate Havens' Heroes Nov. 20, 2008 (New York Post) — Somalia's pirates are being hailed as heroes, and their hijacking of one of the world's largest ships is being celebrated as a victory on the ...
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