SYDNEY, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania's west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Support for Japan's gaffe-prone prime minister, Taro Aso, tumbled by a third to 31 percent in a survey published Monday, as he struggles to rescue the economy from recession and keep his ruling party from unraveling. ... > full story
ZENICA, Bosnia, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Daniel Marinic, a convicted murderer, is a victim of Bosnia's ethnic rivalries: he must remain in a prison unit for convicts with psychiatric disorders even though his imprisonment is against the law. ... > full story
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Advertising executive Penny Holt loves her native South Africa but power cuts, a murky political climate and widespread violent crime made her think about leaving the nation she once viewed as a beacon of hope. ... > full story
TIJUANA, Mexico, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Nine decapitated bodies were discovered on Sunday in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Gunmen killed three policemen and a passerby in Dagestan in southern Russia on Sunday, news agencies said, a region where increased violence could destabilize the whole country. ... > full story
LA PAZ, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Bolivia's leftist government said on Sunday it was preparing to charge a top leader of an autonomy movement with "terrorism" after violent protests in September. ... > full story
BUCHAREST, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Romania's opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD) appeared to have won Sunday's parliamentary election, according to exit polls, reducing chances for a revival of EU-mandated anti-corruption reforms if it manages to form a government. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged supporters to work on a constitutional reform that would let him stay in office as long he keeps winning elections, a year after voters narrowly rejected this same proposal in a referendum. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali security forces have arrested five men for the kidnapping this week of two European journalists who are being held in the hills east of Bosasso, the local governor said on Sunday. ... > full story
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Venezuela's regional elections Nov. 27, 2008 (Economist) — RARELY can a round of regional elections have been presented in such an apocalyptic fashion. Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, told his followers ...
Oppenheimer Nov. 27, 2008 (Miami Herald) — Both narcissist-Leninist President Hugo Chavez and the opposition claimed victory in Venezuela's key state and municipal elections Sunday, but a ...
Venezuela Polls Open For Elections Of Governors, Mayors Nov. 23, 2008 (Morningstar) — Polls opened across Venezuela on Sunday in elections for governors and mayors seen as a popularity test for leftist President Hugo Chavez, one year ...
Venezuela: Contradictions in Style Nov. 20, 2008 (RGE Monitor) — With less than a week to go until the regional elections, many investors are expecting President Hugo Chavez to suffer a major defeat ...
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