BOGOTA, July 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Ingrid Betancourt began each day in captivity at 4 a.m. -- cold and depressed but awake in the dark waiting to hear her mother's words of encouragement over the radio. ... > full story
ULAN BATOR, July 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Mongolian officials cleared away debris left by a night of deadly riots as parliament convened an extraordinary session on Thursday to decide how to move forward after violence over alleged election fraud. ... > full story
MEXICO CITY, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The severed heads of four men were found dumped on a Mexican street on Wednesday with a message accusing a drug gang kingpin of treachery, police said. ... > full story
PALM HILLS, Egypt, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The four-wheel-drives outside the terracotta villas include a Lexus and a Porsche, and under the shade of the palms and the bright red poinciana trees men in liveried overalls are buffing them to a shine. ... > full story
KHARTOUM, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — One minute, Omer Almagboul says, he and his fellow Sudanese flatmate were lazing at their student flat in England, recovering from a big night out. The next, their lives changed for ever. ... > full story
JUBA, Sudan, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la Juventud. ... > full story
TORONTO, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Henry Morgentaler, the doctor who led the fight to legalize abortion in Canada two decades ago, said on Wednesday he was proud to be receiving his country's highest civilian award, an honor condemned by anti-abortion advocates and hailed by his supporters. ... > full story
MOSCOW, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday his presidency would have a different tone from his predecessor and mentor Vladimir Putin's and hinted the Kremlin might consider easing its complete dominance over domestic politics. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — India's government tried to woo a regional party on Wednesday and secure a parliamentary majority amid signs its communist allies would withdraw their support to protest a nuclear deal with the United States. ... > full story
BERLIN, July 2, 2008 (Reuters) — A German court sentenced a pair of middle-aged men to more than 12 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing and torturing two young women they held captive for several weeks -- part of the time in a dog kennel. ... > full story
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Do not drop the bomb July 2, 2008 (Hindustan Times) — Eric Hobsbawm titled his memoirs of the 20th century interesting ti-mes, borrowing from an ancient Oriental curse, despite its doubtful origins: ...
Our N-programme unaffected: PM July 2, 2008 (Rediff) — Apparently heeding to Samajwadi Party's plea for a public statement to assuage its concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Prime Minister's ...
IMF for tighter monetary policy in India July 2, 2008 (Business Standard) — India needs to tighten its monetary policy, although the impact of surging food and fuel prices is "not so big" in the country, the IMF said ...
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