KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed eight civilians and two policemen in an attack on a police convoy in a crowded bazaar in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, the local police chief said. ... > full story
SHALAMCHA, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran and Iraq on Sunday exchanged the remains of a total of 241 soldiers killed in their 1980-88 war, resuming a swap that had been suspended since shortly after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates and owners of a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks and other military hardware have reached a deal to release the vessel, a Kenyan maritime official said Sunday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. envoy to Iraq said on Sunday that militants will try but will fail to disrupt the country's provincial elections on January 31. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel approved on Sunday the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker. ... > full story
BUCHAREST, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Romanians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will determine both its response to the global financial crisis and the fate of judicial reforms, which have stalled since it joined the European Union last year. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Twelve people in southern Iran have died after drinking homemade liquor and dozens more have been blinded or are in a serious condition, health workers in the Islamic Republic said in remarks published Sunday. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The Palestinian group Hamas has claimed responsibility for Friday's shelling of an Israeli military base along Israel's frontier with the Gaza Strip where six soldiers were wounded. ... > full story
SEOUL, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Hundreds of South Koreans streamed out of the communist North at the weekend, expelled from a joint industrial enclave by Pyongyang in anger at the hardline policy of the conservative leader in the South. ... > full story
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Tank-laden Ukrainian ship could be freed soon Nov. 30, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Pirates have agreed on a ransom for releasing a Ukrainian freighter laden with battle tanks and it could be released soon, a spokesman said ...
Somali pirates reach deal on Ukrain ship Nov. 30, 2008 (The Irish Times) — Somali pirates and owners of a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks and other military hardware have reached a deal to release the vessel, a Kenyan ...
Ship with 25 Indian crew hijacked Nov. 29, 2008 (The Hindu, India) — Mumbai/Kuala Lumpur: Heavily-armed Somali pirates on Friday seized a chemical tanker with 31 crew, including 25 Indians, in the Gulf of Aden. ...
Somali pirates hijack tanker after evading Nato copter Nov. 29, 2008 (GulfNews, United Arab Emirates) — Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden as a Nato helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up ...
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