NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ... > full story
HELSINKI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) Europe's main security and human rights body will this week discuss problems lingering since the war it failed to prevent between Russia and Georgia and consider calls by Moscow for a new European security pact. ... > full story
GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) At least 10 people were wounded after a bomb ripped through a passenger coach of a train in India's troubled state of Assam, officials said on Tuesday. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday. ... > 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
MUMBAI, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) The gunbattle at Mumbai's famous Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was finally over after three bloody days, but the dull thud of explosions still vibrated up through the shoes of those standing nearby. ... > full story
KINSHASA, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) Congolese Tutsi rebels took control of the eastern town of Ishasha on Congo's border with Uganda, the U.N. said on Thursday, sending thousands of Congolese civilians streaming into Uganda. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief prodded Syria on Thursday to open up military sites to investigators and said he would soon show Damascus satellite images which Washington says indicate covert atomic activity. ... > full story
COLOMBO, November 27, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) The leader of the Tamil Tigers Thursday said Sri Lanka is "living in a dreamland of military victory," moments after government jets for a second year running destroyed a rebel radio station broadcasting his annual address. ... > full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Terrorists attacked India's financial hub of Mumbai in at least seven places, the state police chief said Wednesday. ... > full story
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Georgian President Defends ‘Difficult Choice’ Dec. 1, 2008 (St. Petersburg Times, Russia) Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday mounted a fresh defense of his country's assault on South Ossetia in August, denying accusations ...
Georgian president defends war decisions Dec. 1, 2008 (FindLaw) Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Friday defended the decisions made in the run-up to the August war with Russia, telling a parliamentary ...
IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor Nov. 23, 2008 (ABC 26 New Orleans (WGNO)) The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Wednesday that a Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 had the characteristics of a nuclear reactor. It also ...
IAEA Report on Iran Nov. 21, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) For official use only. . Item 6(c) of the provisional agenda (GOV/2008/57). . . . 1. On 15 September 2008, the Director General reported to the ...