CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — My neighbor has been kidnapped and my six-year-old daughter witnessed an armed robbery at the local store. A friend was almost killed by a stray bullet in a gun battle at a set of traffic lights. ... > full story
KHARTOUM, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States said on Saturday a group called "Al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles" has threatened its citizens and allies in Sudan, adding to fears of a growing extremist presence in the country. ... > full story
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Hooded gunmen believed engaged in a drugs feud burst into a bar in northern Mexico and shot dead 11 people in the third drugs-related massacre in the state since July, officials said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Hundreds of houses in ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia were torched in August, after Russian troops took control of the area, according to an analysis of satellite images released on Thursday. ... > full story
LONDON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Thursday that war crimes allegations against him were fabricated and the people would decide in elections next year if the country's rulers were criminals. ... > full story
BAIDOA, Somalia, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — An unidentified aircraft bombed an Islamist rebel stronghold in Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, but it was unclear if there were any casualties. ... > full story
BELFAST, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — A former bank employee accused of involvement in a 26.5 million pound ($47 million) robbery that almost derailed the Northern Ireland peace process walked free on Thursday after the charges against him were dropped. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates freed a Japanese chemical tanker and its crew on Thursday after a $1.6 million ransom was paid, a regional government official said. ... > full story
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Several people were wounded in an armed attack on a police vehicle in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, police sources said. ... > full story
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. war crimes tribunal sentenced on appeal the former leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Milan Martic, to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for ordering atrocities in a breakaway region of Croatia. ... > full story
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Judicial retirement plan sues on divestment law Oct. 9, 2008 (Times Argus) — The New Hampshire Judicial Retirement Plan has asked a Superior Court judge to decide the constitutionality of a law ordering it to sell its ...
Somali pirates free Japanese tanker for ransom Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters, UK) — Somali pirates freed a Japanese chemical tanker and its crew on Thursday after a $1.6 million ransom was paid, a regional government official ...
Somali pirates, Ukrainian ship's owners negotiating deal Oct. 9, 2008 (Houston Chronicle) — The Somali pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian freighter nearly two weeks ago may soon be getting their ransom - loads of it, maritime ...
Somali troops free British oil worker; 1 killed Oct. 8, 2008 (Boston Globe) — A Somali government official says troops have freed a British oil worker abducted in northern Somalia.. . Energy and Minerals Ministry official ...
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