HAVANA, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Cuban police grabbed members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" by their hair, dragged them into a bus and drove them away to break up a protest march on Wednesday. ... > full story
KAMPALA, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Ugandan security forces killed two people and wounded five on Wednesday after fire destroyed historic royal tombs, heightening tension between the government and the powerful Bugandan kingdom. ... > full story
BRUSSELS, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — The European Union has urged Georgia's government to avoid exacerbating regional tensions after a Georgian television station broadcast a fake news report about Russian forces heading for the capital Tbilisi. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Somali pirates said on Wednesday they had hijacked a boat carrying charcoal from the rebel-held south of the Horn of Africa nation to Dubai. ... > full story
SANTIAGO, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — The family of two victims of Chile's massive quake accused the government of manslaughter in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying officials failed to warn them of a deadly tsunami set off by last month's tremor. ... > full story
TUNIS, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — A top Libyan official on Wednesday welcomed as a "step forward" a call by Swiss officials for damages to be paid to a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was arrested in Geneva in 2008. ... > full story
PARIS, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced growing discontent from within his own party Wednesday ahead of regional elections that are expected to end in a heavy defeat for the center-right. ... > full story
SANTIAGO, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Aftershocks still rattle walls and nerves in Chile nearly three weeks after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, intensifying grief and trauma for some while others find escape at the football stadium. ... > full story
BOGOTA, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Brazilian helicopter crews are standing by near the Colombian border to fly in and pick up two soldiers that FARC rebels plan to free to the Red Cross, the Colombian government said on Wednesday. ... > full story
KHARTOUM, Mar. 17, 2010 (Reuters) — Sudan executed two people convicted of killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, in one of the country's most energy-rich regions, state media reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
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