VATICAN CITY, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.N. resolution calling on governments worldwide to de-criminalize homosexuality. ... > full story
CARACAS, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — President Hugo Chavez launched a new campaign on Monday to change Venezuela's constitution so he can stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections, almost exactly a year after voters rejected the proposal. ... > full story
LONDON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned NATO members on Monday against military activities with Russia but said she did not oppose contacts via the NATO-Russia Council. ... > full story
SHALAMCHA, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran and Iraq on Sunday exchanged the remains of a total of 241 soldiers killed in their 1980-88 war, resuming a swap that had been suspended since shortly after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Twelve people in southern Iran have died after drinking homemade liquor and dozens more have been blinded or are in a serious condition, health workers in the Islamic Republic said in remarks published Sunday. ... > 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
DOHA, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the West for the global financial crisis on Saturday, saying other countries were being dragged in to help resolve Western problems. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia's military said on Friday it had intensified efforts to develop new ballistic missiles in response to U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe and Russia's navy test fired a new generation rocket. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States and the European Union said on Friday they were disturbed by apparent Syrian efforts to "sanitize" sites U.N. inspectors want to examine in a probe into alleged covert nuclear activity. ... > full story
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Hugo Chavez to seek indefinite leadership Dec. 1, 2008 (Los Angeles Daily News) — Chafing at inroads made by his political opponents in regional elections last week, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he would seek changes to ...
Hugo Chavez seeks re-election Nov. 30, 2008 (NBC 22 Springfield (WWLP)) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (OO'-goh CHAH'-vez) wants to keep his job. He's again asking supporters to petition for a constitutional amendment ...
US suggests alleged Syrian reactor had no peaceful uses Nov. 28, 2008 (Ynet News, Israel) — The United States' ambassador at the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday in Vienna that the alleged Syrian nuclear reactor that Israel ...
IAEA & Lack of Transparency in Iran, Syria Nov. 27, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed frustration Thursday that neither Iran nor Syria been completely transparent about ...
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