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
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
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
JOS, Nigeria, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — More than 200 bodies have been brought to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos following ethnic and religious clashes and the final death toll is likely to be much higher, the Red Cross said on Saturday. ... > 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
SHANGHAI, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man who wounded three people and took a nurse hostage in a Carrefour store in southwest China on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said. ... > full story
BOGOTA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Thousands marched on Friday in Colombia's main cities to protest kidnappings carried out by FARC rebels holding hundreds of hostages in secret jungle camps as part of their 44-year-old insurgency. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Clashes between rival ethnic and religious groups in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 20 people on Friday, injured hundreds more and forces thousands from their homes, the Red Cross said. ... > full story
KINYINYA, Burundi, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — On an inky night earlier this month, a gun-wielding gang burst into Generose Nizigiyimana's mud hut in Burundi and dragged her sleeping six-year old albino boy into the bushes. ... > full story
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Piracy threatening Egypt's canal revenue Nov. 30, 2008 (Houston Chronicle) — The Suez Canal, a vital shortcut between East and West for nearly 140 years, is facing an enormous challenge, as the scourge of Somali piracy ...
Pirates shoot at Irishman during escape Nov. 30, 2008 (Independent, Ireland) — Somali pirates tried to shoot a Dublin man and his two British friends as they fled a hijacked ship before trying to run them down in the water.. ...
Saudi, French leaders urge efforts to protect shipping Nov. 29, 2008 (Middle East Times) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah on Saturday called for international efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden amid ...
Security Guards Jump Ship to Escape Somali Pirates Nov. 29, 2008 (Voice of America) — Three men who jumped off their ship to escape from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden have been identified as the vessel's security guards. But ...
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