LUSAKA, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Zambian Vice President Rupiah Banda, a prominent businessman, has taken over as head of government after the death of President Levy Mwanawasa and will call early elections, officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program -- which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs -- as "positive," the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West. ... > full story
ON BOARD FLIGHT TO BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged China on Wednesday to make more progress on human rights, saying the issue needed to be addressed not only during the Olympic Games. ... > full story
HARARE, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will officially open parliament on Tuesday despite opposition warnings that such a move would endanger crucial power-sharing talks. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday. ... > full story
CANBERRA, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — An alleged World War Two war criminal living in Australia was eligible for extradition to Hungary to face justice, an Australian court ruled on Wednesday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Tuesday, prompting the Jewish state to order border crossings with the Hamas-ruled enclave closed temporarily, Israel Radio reported. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell far short of claimed successes, U.S. security officials said on Tuesday, but an analyst said the test still marked progress toward a potential weapon. ... > full story
ISTANBUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court moved to indict him for war crimes, on Tuesday denied that his forces had committed genocide in Darfur. ... > full story
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Iran to continue 'positive' nuclear talks with IAEA Aug. 20, 2008 (Middle East Times) — Iran said on Wednesday that talks on its controversial nuclear drive with top UN atomic watchdog official Olli Heinonen were "positive" and would ...
Iranian envoys visit Natanz nuclear site Aug. 20, 2008 (Tehran Times) — Iranian envoys to foreign states alongside Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki visited Natanz nuclear facility on Tuesday. The team reviewed various ...
Iranian satellite 'a dramatic failure' Aug. 19, 2008 (Scotsman) — IRAN'S attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a "dramatic failure" that fell far short of the country's assertions of success, a US ...
U.S.: Iran's Satellite Was "Dramatic Failure" Aug. 19, 2008 (KENI Newsradio 650) — The vehicle failed shortly after liftoff and in no way reached its intended position." Iran's attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a ...
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