WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearization talks in the final months of the Bush administration. ... > full story
MURMANSK, Russia, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) Russia test-launched a strategic missile to the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean for the first time on Saturday, at a time when Moscow's growing assertiveness is fuelling tension with the West. ... > full story
ANKARA/ARBIL, Oct. 11, 2008 (Reuters) Turkish warplanes and artillery attacked 31 Kurdish rebel bases on Friday as part of a week-long operation in northern Iraq after an attack that killed 17 Turkish soldiers, the military said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) The United States may soon remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist to try to salvage nuclear talks with Pyongyang but faces resistance from Japan, a source close to the negotiations on said Friday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) The Bush administration looks poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department's terrorism blacklist, perhaps as soon as Friday, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. ... > full story
VIENNA/SEOUL, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea deployed more than 10 missiles on its west coast apparently for an imminent test launch, a South Korean newspaper said on Thursday, and Pyongyang halted U.N. monitoring of its nuclear complex. ... > full story
SEOUL, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea has deployed more than 10 missiles on its west coast for what appears to be an imminent launch, a South Korean newspaper said on Thursday, two days after the North fired two short-range missiles into the Yellow Sea. ... > full story
KABUL, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) The U.S. military is to provide the Afghan army with armored vehicles and NATO standard weapons in an attempt to boost the capability of the fledgling force, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. ... > full story
SEOUL, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the Yellow Sea, a news report said on Wednesday, in a move likely aimed at dialing up tension as global powers try to have it abide by a nuclear disarmament deal. ... > full story
BEIJING, Oct. 7, 2008 (Reuters) A $6.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan has ruined years of work building trust with China, China said on Tuesday as the Pentagon voiced disappointment that Beijing had reacted by postponing military exchanges. ... > full story
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US: NKorea OKs Nuke Inspection Demands Oct. 11, 2008 (ABC 7 Albuquerque (KOAT)) A U.S. official has told The Associated Press that North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands. The development allows the Bush ...
PKK sympathizers set fire to public bus, shop in Istanbul Oct. 10, 2008 (Today's Zaman) A group of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) sympathizers set fire to a public bus and a shop in Istanbul's Tuzla district while another ...
WORLD: Sources: U.S. nears removing N. Korea from terror list Oct. 10, 2008 (Central Penn Business Journal) 10/10/2008 . . The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as early as today in a ...