BANGKOK, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail on Monday and went into exile, accusing political enemies who removed him in a 2006 coup of meddling in the courts to "finish off" him and his family. ... > full story
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — For more than eight centuries the "Towers of Victory" -- monuments to Afghanistan's greatest empire -- have survived wars and invasions, but now weather and neglect could cause them to come crashing down. ... > full story
ROME, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — On the banks of the Tiber river by two baroque churches and Emperor Augustus' 2,000-year-old Mausoleum sits a marble, glass and steel structure -- the first modern building to rise in Rome's historic centre. ... > full story
NAIVASHA, Kenya, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — For Maasai tribesman Charles Kamami, Kenya's drive to boost its geothermal capacity spells environmental destruction which threatens his pastoralist way of life. ... > full story
LA PAZ, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Bolivian President Evo Morales survived a recall vote on Sunday, according to an unofficial, partial count of ballots at a representative sample of polling stations, private TV channel ATB said. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — A top negotiator said on Sunday Palestinians may demand to become part of a binational state with Israel, if the Jewish state continued to reject the borders they propose for a separate country. ... > full story
KHARTOUM, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudan's north and south armies have not fully withdrawn from the disputed oil-rich Abyei region as called for under a plan aimed at defusing tensions behind deadly clashes in May, U.N. sources said on Sunday. ... > full story
SRINAGAR, India, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — A top Kashmiri separatist leader ended a hunger strike on Sunday after authorities assured him they would work to stop the economic blockade of a Muslim-majority region by Hindu protestors. ... > full story
AZEFFOUN, Algeria, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — It looks like any Mediterranean resort: Young women in bikinis frolic in the surf and old folk doze under parasols in the baking heat. ... > full story
CAIRO, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — The Sunday edition of the independent Egyptian newspaper al-Dustour, which contained a story about the murder of a Lebanese singer in Dubai, disappeared from the market on Saturday, officials said. ... > full story
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BLM approves transmission line Aug. 8, 2008 (Las Vegas Review-Journal) — The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced it took the first step to approve right of way for the first direct transmission line between ...
Myers presents energy policy Aug. 7, 2008 (Press of Atlantic City) — Chris Myers, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, announced a 13-point energy platform Wednesday afternoon, as Democratic ...
Geothermal lease sales strong Aug. 7, 2008 (Las Vegas Review-Journal) — Federal land managers sold a record $28.2 million in geothermal leases in eight Northern Nevada counties this week, including one parcel where the ...
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