BELENE, Bulgaria, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp. ... > full story
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West. ... > full story
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — The lower house of Haiti's parliament confirmed Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister on Saturday, clearing the way for the economist and veteran politician to form a new government. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down. ... > full story
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. ... > full story
BERLIN, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros ($1.9 trillion) have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday. ... > full story
TOKYO, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 7, 2009 (Reuters) — NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. ... > full story
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