JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Authorities in the central Nigerian town of Jos may relax a curfew Monday after the army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people. ... > full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) China's richest man, Huang Guangyu, who is being investigated for suspected economic crimes, is no stranger to controversy. ... > full story
BOGOTA, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) Anti-kidnapping campaigner Ingrid Betancourt paid a surprise visit to Colombia on Saturday at the start of a regional tour to try to jump start hostage talks with the leftist rebels who kept her captive for years. ... > full story
JOMBA, Congo, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) Congolese Tutsi rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda threatened war Saturday unless Congo's government entered a new round of talks with him. ... > full story
DOHA, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy said on Saturday he was increasingly inclined to call ministers to Geneva next month to pursue a global trade treaty that could mitigate the world's economic turmoil. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) More than 200 people have been killed in two days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Saturday, the worst unrest in the country for years. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) Standing outside the jammed office door of Mumbai's battered Trident-Oberoi Hotel, the thought hits us at about the same time: what if it's blocked by a booby trap? ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) The Iraqi army unearthed 30 decomposed bodies in a series of shallow graves in northern Iraq's volatile Diyala province, the army said on Saturday. ... > full story
HEBRON, West Bank, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) Jewish settlers and Palestinians hurled stones at each other in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday before Israeli soldiers separated the two sides, the army and Palestinian witnesses said. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) Iran has sentenced three men to death for being involved in the fatal bombing of a mosque that killed 14 Iranians in the southern city of Shiraz in April, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday. ... > full story
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People's Party rejects EU labour treaty Nov. 29, 2008 (Swiss Info) Delegates overwhelmingly on Saturday came out against a parliamentary decision which will go to a nationwide vote next February. They also rejected ...
S. Korea, EU to Resume FTA Talks in Mid-Dec. . Nov. 29, 2008 (Korea Times) South Korea and the European Union will resume their negotiations in Vienna Dec. 15 - 17 to finalize their free trade agreement talks, Yonhap News ...
Cda-Cuba-Trade Nov. 29, 2008 (TMCnet.com) Cuba's trade minister says the Caribbean nation is seeking more business with Canada to bolster his country's economy during the global economic ...
Castro to Penn: I'm open to Obama Nov. 29, 2008 (PerthNow, Perth, Australia) CUBAN President Raul Castro is open to meeting US President-elect Barack Obama on neutral ground to try to resolve the island's four-decade-old ...