KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Politics often appears to be a family affair in Asia with Pakistan's Bhuttos, India's Gandhis and the Lees in Singapore; now Malaysia looks set to join the party. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A jury was picked on Monday for a trial of a suspected Syrian arms dealer extradited from Spain on charges of planning to supply arms including surface-to-air missile systems to Colombian rebels. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — President Hugo Chavez is stepping up attacks on Venezuela's top opposition politician before tough regional elections this month when government allies could lose some posts. ... > full story
MIAMI, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A Venezuelan businessman was convicted on Monday for his role in a plot to conceal what U.S. prosecutors say was an illicit contribution from his country's leftist government to the election campaign of Argentina's current president. ... > full story
RUTSHURU, Congo, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — France called on Monday for United Nations peacekeepers in east Congo to be tougher in protecting civilians from violence, while aid workers searched for tens of thousands of people who have fled recent fighting. ... > full story
GENEVA, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Senior military officers from 50 countries gathered in Geneva Monday to put international humanitarian law into simple language that can be understood in theatres of war worldwide. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Sixty corpses of would-be refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said on Monday. ... > full story
RUTSHURU, Congo, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.N. relief convoy which entered a rebel-captured zone of east Congo on Monday for the first time since heavy fighting last week found deserted refugee camps emptied of their tens of thousands of occupants. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker in the Afghan capital on Monday and shot dead an Afghan driver for the national intelligence agency who tried to stop the abduction, a senior police officer said. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Taxi drivers who broke a strike and returned to work in a southwest Chinese city Monday asked officials for protection after angry crowds smashed about 20 cabs, police cars and other vehicles, state media said. ... > full story
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France: UN Needs New Troops, Rules Of Engagement In Congo Nov. 3, 2008 (Morningstar) — The U.N. force in Congo needs different soldiers and rules of engagement to tackle unrest in the country's east, French Foreign Minister Bernard ...
Australia pledges to aid for Congo Nov. 2, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) — Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Sunday that his government had pledged 1 million Australian dollars (610,000 U.S. dollars) ...
British, French officials meet as Congo crisis worsens Nov. 1, 2008 (NBC 13 Indianapolis (WTHR)) — A British official says the European Union may need to send troops to Congo if a fragile cease-fire fails between the Congo army and rebel ...
Rwanda says Congolese troops fired over border Oct. 29, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Rwanda's foreign minister accused Democratic Republic of Congo's troops of shooting over the countries' common border on Wednesday during fighting ...
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