MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — A plane crash that killed Mexico's interior minister and closest ally, as well as his chief drug war adviser, does not appear to have been caused by sabotage, the government said on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the Middle East on Wednesday to set the stage for future Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that both sides acknowledge will not produce an agreement this year. ... > full story
MIAMI, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The 17th tropical depression of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Wednesday and was expected to strengthen into a storm or perhaps even a hurricane on a path that could threaten the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Cuba, U.S. forecasters said. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — If the International Criminal Court decides to indict Sudan's president for crimes in Darfur it could ruin a peace process that ended two decades of civil war, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged on Wednesday to station new missiles near Poland's border in response to U.S. plans for an anti-missile system and proposed extending the presidential term to six years from four. ... > full story
TRUJILLO, Peru, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Finance teams from 21 Pacific Rim economies gathered in Peru on Wednesday as calls grew for large emerging markets such as China to take on a bigger role in running an international financial system racked by crisis. ... > full story
LUSAKA, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Zambia's election commission will on Thursday begin verifying ballots cast in last week's controversial presidential vote to enable the opposition to challenge the result in court, officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Gunmen stormed an airstrip in Somalia on Wednesday, kidnapping two Kenyan pilots and four European aid workers in the latest strike against humanitarian organizations in the lawless Horn of Africa nation. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Iraqi government is confident that president-elect Barack Obama will not jeopardize Iraq's improving security by hastily withdrawing U.S. troops, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans welcomed Barack Obama's U.S. election victory on Wednesday, saying they looked forward to a greater focus and new strategy on the war with Taliban insurgents that has killed at least 4,000 people this year alone. ... > full story
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U.S. ready to airlift peacekeepers to Darfur Nov. 4, 2008 (Denver Post) — The U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer, said Monday that Washington was ready to airlift as many as 4,000 ...
Gunmen kill S African peacekeeper Nov. 3, 2008 (PerthNow, Perth, Australia) — GUNMEN have killed a South African peacekeeper and wounded another in Sudan's western Darfur region, the United Nations/African Union force ...
Former Sudanese president dies Nov. 3, 2008 (News 24, South Africa) — Sudan's former head of state Ahmed al-Mirghani has died in his home in the coastal city of Alexandria in Egypt, state news agency MENA said on ...
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