ASHGABAT, Dec. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election touted by the government as a step toward democracy but condemned by critics as a sham. ... > full story
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — President Rafael Correa declared a default on Ecuador's foreign sovereign bonds on Friday, vowing to fight "monster" debt-holders in court in one of most aggressive moves against investors in the region for years. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Dec. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday. ... > full story
BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Multilateral talks with North Korea failed on Thursday to break an impasse on checking Pyongyang's nuclear declarations, scuppering the Bush administration's hopes for a farewell diplomatic success. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Dec. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — The Iraqi government has called for the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to initiate sustained dialogue with Iran in hopes of greater Middle Eastern stability, a government spokesman said on Thursday. ... > full story
OSLO, Dec. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a knot that could be untied. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Dec. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States routinely spies on Israel to try to gather information on its assumed atomic arsenal and secret government deliberations, a new official history of Israel's intelligence services says. ... > full story
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South Korea Again Cuts Interest Rates Dec. 11, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) — SEOUL - South Korea's central bank Thursday cut its main interest rate by a full percentage point to 3% - its biggest reduction ever - in a sign of ...
Some Tour Lengths in South Korea to Increase Dec. 10, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) — Tour lengths for some family-accompanied assignments in South Korea will be extended to three years, Pentagon officials announced today.. . David ...
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